MENTAL: Wearable Tech Workshop (Half Day)
Details
Available: 20 January–17 June, 2022
Sessions: 11am, Tuesday to Friday
Duration: 2.5 hours (half day)
Year Level: 7–12
Capacity: 15–30 students
What is the technology of the future that will help us connect and empathise? In this exhibition tour and design thinking workshop led by university student facilitators, young people will deep dive into the MENTAL exhibition, exploring what it means to be human and how science, technology and creativity can improve wellbeing, connection and mental health.
Students then take part in an interactive STEAM workshop linking the MENTAL exhibition to the design thinking process. Students work together to design and prototype a wearable tech that connects people, enables empathy, and provides emotional and mental health support for communities.
Content warning: This exhibition contains some intense sensory experiences, confined spaces and lived experience of mental health.
+ Students will…
Undertake a STEM facilitator-led tour of MENTAL, engaging with the key concepts of the exhibition.
Explore the gallery independently, and reflect on their experience and the impact of the exhibits as a group.
In teams, unpack an exhibition-linked design brief and work through a design sprint to ideate and prototype a wearable tech solution.
Create pitch presentations to communicate their ideas, and give and receive peer feedback.
+ Curriculum Links
Critical and Creative Thinking
Health and Physical Education
Design and Technologies
Personal and Social Capability
Science
Visual Arts
Visual Communication Design
+ Themes
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Connection
Emotional intelligence
Empathy
Lived experience
Mental health maintenance
Social media
Stereotypes and biases
Technology
Wellbeing
+ Cost
A $50 education service fee applies to each booking plus a cost per student based on the table below (subsidised cost for low-SES and regional schools). All prices are inclusive of GST.
| Number of students | Cost per student | Low-SES cost per student |
|---|---|---|
| 20-25 | $15 | $8 |
| 26-30 | $13 | $7 |