Educate · Empower · Elevate

Where students become world-class problem solvers

QuestX powers Stemnovation — a project-based STEM program that teaches the fundamentals of robotics engineering, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, then launches student teams into global XPRIZE competitions.

XPRIZE competitions entered
$800K
NOAA bonus prize won
Top 5
Wildfire XPRIZE finalist
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Pillars: AI · Robotics · Cyber
Think · Build · Secure · Innovate
The Mission

Critical thinking, built through real challenges

Stemnovation is modeled after a 12-year integrated STEM and entrepreneurship curriculum that made one school the only high school in the world to compete in global XPRIZE competitions seven times. Through hands-on, experiential learning, students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills they apply to real-world challenges — not memorized for a test.

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Robotics & Engineering

Apply physics and computational thinking to build, code, and optimize functional autonomous machines.

  • micro:bit & RoboQuest series
  • CAD, 3D printing, mechanical engineering
  • Autonomous navigation & competition
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Artificial Intelligence

Design and deploy production-grade AI architectures and automated, agent-driven workflows.

  • UI/UX design with Figma & AI tools
  • Automation with n8n, Make, Zapier
  • Local AI (Ollama) & multi-agent systems
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Defensive Cybersecurity

Understand the digital threat landscape and apply real technical countermeasures and ethics.

  • Linux CLI & cryptography
  • Network security & threat modeling
  • Ethical hacking & Capture the Flag
Our XPRIZE Legacy

Students don't study the competition — they enter it

Every graduate has the opportunity to join or form an XPRIZE team with industry mentors to solve global challenges. Here is our track record of competing on the world stage.

Documentary TrailerXPRIZE Team Ocean Quest — the story behind our $800,000 NOAA Bonus Prize win in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.

Seven-time XPRIZE competitor

A level of sustained participation and impact that uniquely positions our model among STEM programs worldwide — with active teams currently competing across multiple global prizes.

Ocean Discovery

NOAA Bonus Prize Winner

Advancing autonomous, high-resolution mapping and exploration of the deep ocean — our team won the NOAA bonus prize for detecting a signal and tracing it to its source.

🏆 $800,000 Winner
Wildfire

Finalist — Top 5 Team

Building systems to autonomously detect and suppress wildfires within minutes, protecting communities and ecosystems from catastrophic fire.

Top 5 Finalist
Healthspan

Semi-Finalist — Top 40 Team

Developing therapies to restore muscle, cognitive, and immune function — extending the healthy, active years of human life. Active team competing with industry mentors.

Top 40 · In competition
Avatar

Semi-Finalists

Engineering avatar systems that transport a human's senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time.

Semi-Finalist
Carbon Removal

Top 100 Team

Designing scalable solutions to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and oceans — working toward gigaton-scale climate impact.

Top 100
Rainforest

Qualified Team

Using novel technologies to rapidly survey rainforest biodiversity and unlock the value of standing forests.

Qualified
Water Scarcity

Qualified Team

Tackling global water scarcity with technologies that make clean, affordable water accessible to communities in need.

Qualified
Accelerate Learning · 2026–27

Next: Team Forming

Our "XPRIZE with AI" class forms a real team building an offline, Ollama-powered literacy & numeracy tutor for the Last Mile — registering the day enrollment opens.

Launching
Flagship Programs

Two ways students learn by building

A 30-week hands-on practicum trains the fundamentals; the XPRIZE class turns those skills loose on a real global competition.

The Practicum

QuestX AiBot Platform

One robot, three engineering tracks. Every student builds the same micro:bit-based AiBot — chassis, motors, AiCam vision, web control — then specializes. Showcase-driven pacing means every module ends in a public demo, culminating in an all-track family finale.

Robotics & Engineering Defensive Cybersecurity Applied AI 30 weeks
The Capstone Class

XPRIZE with AI

A year-long, project-based course where students form a real XPRIZE team. They own real roles — engineering, learning science, field research, operations, storytelling — and build a localized, offline AI tutor for early literacy and numeracy. Every semester ends in a working demo, not a report.

Local AI (Ollama) Offline-first Real mentors Global impact
Stemnovation in Action Students building robots, defending live systems, and shipping real AI — the hands-on Robotics, Cybersecurity & AI practicum.
The Stemnovation Curriculum

Foundations to production-grade systems

A two-semester, modular program for ages 13+ — no prerequisites. Delivered as a full-day class or an after-school co-curricular activity, and tailored to each school's calendar.

TRACK 01

Robotics

Up to 24 modules · Semester 1
Foundations (RQ100)
  • Engineering Design Plan
  • Bot Build, Joy Ride & Mechanical Engineering
  • Gear Up, Towers, Input/Output
  • Sumo, Robot100 Derby, Synchronised Dancing
Applied Builds (RQ200)
  • City Streets, Demo Day, Supply Delivery
  • Safety First & Modular Madness
  • CAD software & 3D Printing
  • Build it Better iteration
Competition (RQ200C)
  • Bot Build + Flash, Rock Paper Scissors
  • Swim Lanes Relay, Simon Says, Battleship
  • Live on Stage
  • Final Project & Showcase
TRACK 02

Artificial Intelligence

Up to 9 modules · Semester 2
Design & UX
  • Complete UI/UX/CX/CUI design with Figma
  • AI design tools & human-centered design
Automation & Agents
  • Workflow automation (n8n, Make, Zapier)
  • Intro to DataOps & MLOps concepts
  • Agent AI orchestration
  • Advanced agents & multi-agent systems
Vibe Coding & Build
  • Engineering with AI-assisted development
  • Reading code you didn't write & code reviews
  • Advanced specialisations
  • Capstone: pitch, build, demo
TRACK 03

Cybersecurity

Up to 10 units · Both semesters
Foundations & Ethics
  • CIA triads & authentication
  • Social engineering & the human factor
  • Threat modeling & IoT safety
  • Digital data law & ethics
Technical Skills
  • Cryptography & the Linux CLI
  • Protocols, packets, devices & networks
  • Reconnaissance: WHOIS & Nslookup
Offense & Defense
  • Denial of Service (DoS) threats
  • Databases & SQL injection
  • Encryption tools & SSL
  • Capture the Flag (CTF) practice

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