2021 Purposeful Science (Primary)
This is the first in a series of workshops that will unpack the new Science Units. Look out for further workshops in Term 2 and 3.
Purposeful Science - Take a dive into the Department for Education’s Science Curriculum resources
Presenter: Meegan Ballantyne and Anthea Ponte (Department for Education)
Details
Date: Monday 15 March 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Bookings close: 09/03/2021
Event Pricing
| Type |
Regular price |
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Personal Member (1 day)
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$145.00 |
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Joint Member (1 day)
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$145.00 |
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1st Year of Teaching (1 day)
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$145.00 |
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2nd Year of Teaching (1 day)
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$145.00 |
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Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
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$185.00 |
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Non Member (1 day)
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$225.00 |
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SASTA Student Member (1 day)
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$50.00 |
Description
Background information
South Australian teachers are being supported to help bring the national curriculum to the classroom like never before, with one of the biggest curriculum development initiatives ever seen in South Australia being launched.
The new resources include detailed scope and sequence documents for the science learning area in the Australian curriculum, as well as flexible and practical units of work that teach directly to the curriculum and are designed specifically for South Australian students.
These resources have been written by teachers, for teachers, in close partnership with the primary and secondary principal associations, educators SA and their learning area associations, as well as teacher reference groups with over 240 participating teachers.
Why you should attend this workshop!
This workshop will unpack the Why? How? & What? of the units of work.
Content descriptions don’t always give teachers enough information about what they need to teach and how deep to go. These units unpack the concepts that need to be taught, the pedagogy that will promote understanding and engagement, and clearly provide assessment opportunities which highlight learner growth.
Each unit comes complete with all the resources needed to implement in your classroom.
Each unit:
Embeds Literacy and Numeracy when teaching science.
Explicitly teaches a General Capability.
Embeds Aboriginal science practices information into the unit as well as providing resources ready to teach in your classroom.
Provides high impact teaching strategies throughout the teaching and learning sequence.
The aim is for teachers to be able to implement the units in their classrooms as they are released. This workshop will use an example unit from Year 5 and resources will be provided to all delegates.
Teachers will be engaged in purposeful activities that build pedagogical tools as well as an understanding of how to connect classroom learning to the Australian Curriculum.
Who should attend this workshop?
Primary classroom teachers R-6 and science specialist teachers
