Step Outside the Classroom - Term 3 2023 Professional Learning Opportunities
05/06/2023
South Australian Museum: Maximise your Museum Experience 3 August 2023 4-5pm Learn about programs and resources, including tips about teaching through and in the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Galleries. Explore connecting with the Museum digitally through Virtual Classroom offerings, and how you can maximise learning opportunities. History Trust: Education at the...
Regenerative Futures Labs
on 10/05/2023
Bring a ‘deep time’ perspective to your student’s learning. Imagine if students could ground their learning in Earth’s 4.5 billion year history, as they look to the future? What if students were able to bring consideration of ecological and cultural impact of their futures thinking, research, design and entrepreneurship? This...
Recreating Lost Worlds
on 04/05/2023
CREATING THE ART OF PREHISTORIC SOUTH AUSTRALIA Sunday 4 June 2023 | State Library of South Australia Are you aged 5 to 12, and want to know how to paint a plesiosaur swimming through what is now the South Australian outback? Maybe you want to draw a sketch of a...
Young Women in STEM
on 14/04/2023
14 & 15 June | North Terrace Campus FREE event Please join us in encouraging women to pursue careers in the growing fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)! Your students will have the opportunity to meet current women studying STEM while undertaking a range of engaging hands-on activities,...
South Australian Titration Competition 2023
on 11/04/2023
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) runs two titration competitions: Regional Titration Competitions for high school students, which feed into the Australian National Titration Competition and National Titration Challenge which is for teachers, science technicians and all those involved in the secondary or tertiary teaching of chemistry to students. The...
Deep Time Lab
on 05/04/2023
Bring Earth’s 4.5 billion year journey to life as we look to the future Deep Time Labs enrich students' perspectives of their place in the world, and the wondrous adventure of being human - through connecting with Earth’s evolutionary time. Suitable for Years 3 - 6 and available as a...
Teaching Placements needed
on 04/04/2023
The University of Adelaide is seeking teaching placements for their Bachelor and Master of Teaching pre-service teachers. Term 2 placement from 1/5/2023 – 2/6/2023 – 25 days – with 50% teaching workload in Psychology Term 3 placement from 28/8/2023 – 29/9/2023 = 25 days – with 80% teaching workload in...
Geoscience Pathways Project
on 04/04/2023
Climate action has never been more important to young people. Geoscience Pathways Project provides free support to schools who would like to offer the SACE subject Earth and Environmental Science which explores all aspects of the climate crisis. Please contact Kelly Sharrad at ksharrad@gmail.com for more information.
Future Thinkers 2023
on 04/04/2023
Future Thinkers 2023 is a futures-focused design thinking challenge that gives students the opportunity to solve real world problems using immersive learning.This year’s theme is ‘EcoRangers: Sustainability in Australia’. Students will be introduced to the use of immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), coding, 3D modelling...
National survey for teachers about Academy Education Programs
on 20/03/2023
Advisory firm ACIL Allen together with the Western Sydney University have been commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education to evaluate the impact of three Australian Academy of Science education programs: Primary Connections, Science by Doing and reSolve: Maths by Inquiry. These education programs will have continued funding to...
Space Science at Hamilton Secondary College
on 08/03/2023
Hamilton Secondary College has a Vision to be South Australia’s leader in Space Education and equip future generations with the passion, knowledge and skills to be innovative, entrepreneurial and globally competitive in the space sector workforce. With Australia’s aim to continue growing its space sector workforce to reach 30,000 direct...
Development for a Better Future Competition
on 03/03/2023
For Australian school students in Years 9 and 10 WIN $1000 for your school! As part of our ACIAR-supported NextGen project to encourage the next generation into studies and careers to improve food and nutrition security, the Crawford Fund is offering a $1000 prize to the school of a student...
Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize
on 28/02/2023
The 2023 University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize will be awarded for a short (2-minute) film that communicates a scientific concept in an accessible and engaging way. Communicating scientific ideas and discoveries to the world is a tricky task. Each year, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (Julius Sumner Miller Fellow...
International Science School 2023 — it’s back, live and in -person!
on 21/02/2023
The fully residential International Science School returns to the University of Sydney, July 2023. Join top science students from across Australia and around the world for two weeks of inspiring talks by world-renowned scientists, amazing visits to cutting-edge research facilities, loads of hands-on experiments and activities, and a packed program...
2023 SA Youth Environment Council (YEC)
on 21/02/2023
Applications now open! South Australian students in Years 7 to 11 who are passionate about sustainability are invited to apply to be in the Youth Environment Council. If you know of a high school or any students who are interested in environmental issues, sustainability or youth voice, please pass on...
Science in Context: Wine Australia
on 14/02/2023
For some time, SASTA has been wanting to create and deliver teacher professional development designed to give context and build relevance that science teachers already implement in the classroom. Together with Wine Australia, we have developed an exciting program to encapsulate science learning capabilities such as soil science, plant life...
2023 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
on 18/01/2023
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science. The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science recognise accomplishments in scientific research, research-based innovation and science teaching. By nominating someone for a prize, you are making a meaningful acknowledgement of the outstanding work and the value that your nominee...
Regional school students buzzing over citizen science project results
on 09/12/2022
Budding junior entomologists from 50 regional schools in South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia have successfully recorded thousands of new insects as part of the South Australian Museum’s citizen science project, Insect Investigators. The project which launched in September 2021 connected regional and remote school students with researchers to learn...
National Science Week Grants for 2023
on 17/11/2022
Applications are open now for event holders to apply for support for holding in-person or online events in National Science Week 2023. Grants can be from $2,000 to $20,000 ex GST and the total grant pool is $500,000. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: inspire wide community participation...
24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress
on 15/11/2022
On behalf of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), it gives us great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 11-16 December, 2022. There is a specially designed Education Day: Encompassing University and high...
Energy, Mining and Resources School Outreach Program
on 11/11/2022
The University of Adelaide would like to invite you and your students to participate in the innovative Energy, Mining and Resources School Outreach Program (EMRSO). The EMRSO program offers a suite of interactive, curriculum-aligned workshops for Years 7-12 students delivered both at your school and on our campus. Additionally, the...
Are your students bushfire ready?
on 02/11/2022
The South Australian Country Fire Service has developed NEW curriculum linked lesson plans, teacher guides, and resources, as a part of the Child and Youth Bushfire Education Program, a Disaster Resilience Education initiative by the South Australian Country Fire Service. These education resources follow a child centred, teacher facilitated mode...
Website of the Month
on 01/11/2022
Each month we will be featuring a website with useful resources to use in your classroom. If you have any recommendations to add, send us an email! November 2022 South Australian Country Fire Service Are your students bushfire ready? The South Australian Country Fire Service has developed NEW curriculum linked...
Science Excursions
on 19/10/2022
Each month we will be featuring an excursion that you might find useful to get your students out of the classroom! If you have any recommendations to add, send us an email! October 2022 For Teachers Inspiring South Australian Women: Women in Space – Impacting the World and Beyond Wednesday...
SA Australasian Radiation Protection Society Symposium
on 19/10/2022
Monday 31 October - Tuesday 1 November Terrace Hotel, Adelaide Radiation Protection | The New Landscape Join us in Adelaide to hear from industry, regulators and researchers on the latest radiation protection issues. The program includes invited speakers and submitted papers, and the topics include personal experiences in the US...