Educational resources and tours
If you are an educator who would like your students to learn more about earth resources and mining, Fosterville Gold Mine offers a range of educational opportunities and resources to supplement their learning in the classroom.
Career expos
For secondary and tertiary students
We participate in numerous Careers Expos during the year to provide info to students considering the career path.
We participate in numerous Careers Expos during the year which is an excellent way for individuals to learn about the mining industry and explore potential career opportunities. Check in with your careers/job networking provider to find out which expos are coming up.
Bright Future STEM Program
For primary schools
Fosterville Gold Mine supports the Bright Future STEM Program, which is facilitated by Australian Resources and Energy Employer Association (AREEA), the peak employer group for the resources and energy industry. The program engages children in Years 5-6 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), raising awareness of the diverse range of highly rewarding, technologically advanced jobs available from choosing to study STEM subjects.
Bright Future STEM is the first program of its kind tailored to primary school students, highlighting female STEM professionals, and linking the industry with educators and community groups. Hosted by AREEA in participating schools, each program event will involve several age appropriate, hands-on, educational activities to create excitement and wonder about STEM in the resources and energy industry.
This includes enhanced and virtual reality, robotics, coding and engineering challenges, and many other stimulating activities. The activities are complemented by inspiring industry role models (predominantly female) who speak to students about their STEM career journey and why they are passionate about working in resources and energy.
The Bright Future STEM Program team coordinates, facilitates and attends all events. AREEA members also provide members of their team to assist in supervising the range of activities during the sessions. All we ask is for some of your teaching staff be available to assist us too.
There is nothing else you need to do!
Shout out to the team of staff who travelled across the region in the third week of June 2023
to help deliver the Bright Future STEM Program to Year 5 and 6 students at 10 primary schools.
Minerals Council of Australia school tour program
For secondary schools
Pitched at secondary school students in Year 10-12, the MCA School Tour Program aims to connect students and teachers with people currently working in Victoria’s resources sector, whilst also providing an opportunity to experience an operational mine site firsthand.
A school mine site tour is an ideal opportunity for students considering career pathways to:
- Tour an operational mine site
- Meet engineers, environmental scientists, geologists and trades professionals to learn about the science behind mining
- Understand the future skills required to work in the mining industry
Click here to see what a tour of Fosterville Gold Mine will look like for your students.
Download the info sheet to arrange a mine tour for your students.
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For secondary and tertiary level
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Agnico Eagle Fosterville acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and work on, the Dja Dja Wurrung and the Taungurung Peoples of the Kulin Nation, and recognises their continuing connection to the land and waterways. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.