The workshop aims to build teacher knowledge and conceptual understandings while participants are actively engaged in science investigations using the Science Inquiry Skills. The workshop will use an inquiry approach to the learning of science, providing teachers with the confidence and resources to implement the requirements of the Australian Curriculum in their classrooms.

Structure of Workshops

•  Big Science Ideas – mapping of the concepts explored in the sub strand, what is your part in the story?

• Building Understanding – hands-on investigations that allow participants to explore the concepts and
build understanding using explicit and modelled pedagogy.

•  Resource Development – opportunity to explore a range of quality resources.

Who should attend: Year 6 / 7 teachers or specialist science teachers

 

Investigating Physical Sciences: Years 8 to 10 - Friday 17th June 2016

This is the first in a series of workshops for secondary science teachers that aims to give teachers the opportunity to expand their subject knowledge and gather new ideas about how to teach some of the more difficult concepts in this Sub Strand of the Australian Curriculum: Science.

The workshop aims to give teachers the opportunity to:

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the Physical Sciences sub strand
• Learn instructional tips and techniques
• Perform some investigations and classroom activities
• Build resources
• Share best practice with colleagues

Who should attend: Secondary/Middle school teachers