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SESSION A Friday 27 November: 11.00am – 12.00pm requirements and arrange full or halfday activities for you students to learn from and enjoy. We can also supply pre and post-visit information and activities. Our guides are experienced, well-trained teachers eagerly wanting to share their love of the local ecology and environment with the next generation. Curriculum: Biology/Environmental Science/ General A12 Forces unit for Y7 to 9 Pat O’Shea & Ian Burrows, Loreto College Ballarat Suitability: Years 5 - 10 We have designed a unit of work on Forces, suitable for yrs 7-9 science. This is very much an inquiry-based unit. The highlight of the unit is a range of homemade equipment including balance beams, ramps, see-saws, windlasses. This is all equipment that anyone can make. Students could complete this unit in workstations at their own pace. Participants will receive a copy of the unit and see a display of all equipment used. Curriculum: Physics Repeated in B12 A13 Engaging students through context-led learning Alan Finkel, Cosmos for Schools Suitability: All Many studies predict that the majority of the jobs that will replace today’s occupations will require science and technology skills, yet participation rates in secondary school science are at historic lows. One of the main reasons is that students do not see the relevance of science. This erroneous perception can be reversed by lessons that lead with a modern, real-world context to engage and motivate students before introducing the underpinning theoretical and practical science knowledge. Aligned career examples can emphasize the relevance. Curriculum: General A14 The Zooniverse & Beyond, Bringing Citizen Science into the Classroom Robert Hollow, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Suitability: All Participants will be introduced to the concept of Citizen Science and explore a range of projects and data. Astronomy is an excellent context for developing students’ investigation and ICT skills. There is wealth of readily accessible real astronomical data, much of it available via Citizen Science programs such as the Zooniverse. Examples of how these projects and data can be incorporated into structured learning tasks and openended investigations will be developed. Curriculum: Physics/Earth & Space Sciences A15 Putting the A in STEM Colleen Filippa & Julie White, Earth Ed Suitability: Years 4 - 10 STEM need not be separate from art. In DaVinci’s time, art and science coexisted and had not matured to the distinct subjects in which they exist today. Being creative, conducting research, investigating and exploring the world is directly related to both science and art. Come along to this session to discover how you can incorporate more right brain activities into your science classes and engage those kids who see themselves more in the art stream than the science stream. Curriculum: General A16 Investigations and data collection: ideas for experiments Marcia Rogerson, Christian Brothers College, Raymond Harvey, Scientific Suitability: Years 7 - 10/VCE Units 1 & 2 Are you looking for new ways to engage your students with investigations that utilise technology previously unavailable to the classroom? Would you like to find out how to collect data in experiments that have been traditionally difficult in the school laboratory? This workshop provides participants with an opportunity to engage in a range of experiments using data collection technology that provides students with rich data for analysis and interpretation as required in Investigations. Experiments have been selected from across the disciplines so that you will find experiments of relevance to your school situation. Experiments may include Analysis of % concentration of fruit juice in blended mixes; Rates of reaction investigations; Rates of photosynthesis and respiration under different light sources; Pea respiration investigation; modelling theme park rides; Investigating Lenz’s law. Participants will have a choice of workstations so that quality time can be spent on a chosen experiment. Curriculum: Biology/Chemisty/Physics/ General A17 Community Partnerships; Dynamic options for Integrated Science Education Anne Geddis, CSU & Julie Aldous, Mansfield Seconday College Suitability: Years 7 - 10 Year 9s need inspirational, appliedlearning Science experiences and sophisticated STEM opportunities are available in real contexts just outside our classroom doors. Through the formation of community partnerships, contemporary Agriculture/Horticulture models lead the way in delivering dynamic learning environments. These models, suited to all secondary schools, offer wide-ranging opportunities for integrated Science education. This presentation will map Year 9 Science AUSVELS against one such industry - Ag/Hort - discussing processes for school implementation of partnerships and examining data for a breadth of career pathways. Ag/Hort in Science encourages students to be skilled, innovative and passionate contributors in our communities. Curriculum: General 8
SESSION A A18 Context-led learning workshop. Lessons from the Cosmos Daniel Pikler, Cosmos for Schools Suitability: Years 7 - 10 Why not teach a lesson about gravity based on the Rosetta comet landing? Or explore diseases in the context of the Ebola crisis? The latest science news can both excite and engage students in their science education. This hands-on workshop will have you building your own context-led interactive science lessons. Delegates - please bring a tablet or laptop to the workshop. For more information, please visit the Cosmos for Schools team at <strong>STAVCON</strong>, send a question to teachers@cosmosmagazine or go to cosmosforschools.com Curriculum: Learning Technologies A19 WithOnePlanet open education Lyn Jenkin, xpand Foundation & Simone Tausend, St Michaels Grammar School Suitability: Years P - 10 WithOnePlanet encourages students to gain an insight and better understand the importance of the carbon cycle to the future survival of the planet on which we depend, through the exploration of science, our culture and the role of active citizenship in creating fair and equitable societies, as we deal with climate change. WithOnePlanet is an inquiry- and challenge-based teaching and learning method. It provides opportunities for teachers to engage students in single or cross-disciplinary areas of study and explores climate issues through the science, English, maths, geography, history, art and citizenship curriculums. WithOnePlanet is aligned to the Australian curriculum. Curriculum: Biology/Environmental Science/ Earth & Space Sciences/General Repeated in B19 Friday 27 November: 11.00am – 12.00pm A20 The S & M in STEM - Taking an integrated approach to teaching Science-Mathematic Gary Prasad, Fairhills High School Suitability: Years 7 - 8 This workshop will outline the benefits of adopting an integrated approach to teaching Science and Mathematics at a Junior Secondary level and provided examples of some hands-on integrated science-mathematics projects which can easily be incorporated into your teaching. Curriculum: General A21 Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into your teaching Lisa Moloney, Science, Biology, Agriculture and Horticulture teacher Suitability: Years 5 - 10 Wanting to include Aboriginal Perspectives but have found it difficult or too time consuming to find information? Unsure about how you can integrate content into your Science lessons? This session will focus on connecting content from the Australian Curriculum (covering Year 5 - 10 Science, Biology and Physics) and provide ideas on how to include Aboriginal Perspectives as an integrated part of your curriculum and not another add on. The interconnected relationship with country will be explored through the seasons, astronomy, ecology and more. Come along and learn about the world’s oldest continuous living culture. Curriculum: Biology/Physics/Science Repeated in D21 9
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