2021 Thinking Science (Secondary)
Big Thinking Science will provide teaching strategies, processes, structures and tools for science teaching and learning that is inclusive, curious, inquiry-based, engaging, active, interdisciplinary, audacious and authentic.
Details
Date: Monday 31 May 2021
Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Bookings close: 25/05/2021
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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SASTA Student Member (1 day)
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$50.00 |
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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 |
Description
Aim
To provide teachers with the WHY, and the HOW of capability-based science learning.
Summary
Big Thinking Science will provide teaching strategies, processes, structures and tools for science teaching and learning that is inclusive, curious, inquiry-based, engaging, active, interdisciplinary, audacious and authentic.
Presenter: Lara Lang (Reynella East College)
Content
The Why
- Why do we teach science? - purpose of science teaching activity
- Why do we need to teach science by inquiry? - Fourth Industrial Revolution and future skills activity
The How
- Tools for planning a unit that is interdisciplinary, co-designed, aligned to Australian Curriculum, inquiry based
- Tools for in lessons
- Inquiry tools for Science (card sort, games, analogies, models, data collection, explore>explain, POE, TPS etc)
- Developing capabilities in Science (split-intentions, the 80-20 rule, active teaching)
- Specific literacy-development tools and strategies
Progressive Assessment
- Design and deconstruct in the middle years
- E-portfolios and show me statements
- Authentic communication and big audacious projects
What attendees get out of it
By the end of the day, attendees will have
- A collaboratively designed inquiry unit
- A collection of teaching strategies and resources aligned to 7-10 science curriculum
- Templates for tasks that encourage big thinking in science
