Professional development is an important part of every teacher’s ongoing activities. It should be fun, innovative and inspiring, whilst fulfilling the requirements of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).

Science Teacher PD October 10th 2014

Scienceworks Museum

Dr Pamela Gay International guest facilitator - Assistant Research Professor of STEM Research, Education and Outreach at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Session 1: Hands on with Craters! During this session, we'll explore how craters form, how they can be used to measure the ages of other

D r P a m e la G a y – S c ie n ti s t, S c ie C o m m u n ic a nce to r a n d C u r r ic u lu m S p e c ia li

worlds, and why they may someday be a great place for astronauts to live! Session 2: Astronomy in Schools!

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Activities

Find out about some great programs available to schools from some local astronomy leaders

3 Hours of PD for Science teachers

Session 3: Doing Science!

Free Planetarium show – Debut of new show Starlight

You'll get introduced to all the ways you can get your class involved in doing original science with

Information Session on Astronomy in Schools

MoonMappers and online data repositories. Have a laptop? Bring it!

Morning tea and Lunch

$95 - $85 Early Bird

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Workshop Agenda Friday October 10th 2014 9.30am

Arrival, registration, tea and coffee

10 - 11.00 am

Dr Pamela Gay - Session 1: Hands on with Craters!

11.00 - 11.20am

Morning tea

11.20 - 11.50am

Dr Katie Mack – Astronomy in

Peter Lake

schools 11.50 – 12.05pm

Peter Lake – iTelescope.net

12.05 - 12.20pm

Overview of astronomy

The event promoter Peter Lake is an amateur astronomer and IT Industry veteran. Peter has worked with schools around the world as a coach and mentor for classroom astronomy activities.

programs available at Scienceworks 12.20 - 1.15pm

Lunch

1.15 - 2.15pm

Dr Pamela Gay Session 2: Doing science!

2.15pm

Short break, move to

Dr Katie Mack

Planetarium 2.30pm

Dr Katie Mack delivers the Telescope in Schools Program as an education and outreach activity through University of Melbourne.

Planetarium show – Debut of brand new show – Starlight

3.15pm

Finish

Special Guest: Dr Pamela Gay • • •

Brilliant science communicator Developer of Science Curriculum that embraces new technology Reaching out through social media to a new generation of potential scientists • Creating partnerships between science missions and citizen scientists • Founder of Cosmoquest.org

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Science Curriculum Links

Year 6 With guidance, plan appropriate investigation methods to answer questions or solve problems (ACSIS103) Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations (ACSIS221) Year 7 Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130)

Meeting Professional Standards

Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS133)

Victorian Institute of Teaching requires professional development that references the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST). These standards clarify

Year 8 Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth over a variety of timescales (ACSSU153)

the knowledge, practice and professional engagement required for Teachers. This workshop will support your ongoing development of the following standards.

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Year 9 Advances in scientific understanding often rely on developments in technology and technological advances are often linked to scientific discoveries (ACSHE158)

Knowledge of the content and how to teach it

Analyse patterns and trends in data, including describing relationships between variables and identifying inconsistencies (ACSIS169)

Plan for and implement effective teaching

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Engage in professional learning

Order Tickets: Feedback and personal reflection forms will be provided for attending teachers.

http://www.trybooking.com/98676

Tickets: $95 – Early Bird $85 3

Sponsored by iTelescope.net and Scienceworks iTelescope.net are sponsoring a visit to Australia by Dr Pamela Gay for the official opening of the new 27” Burnell Cannon Leavitt (BCL) Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. The telescope is dedicated to Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Annie Jump Cannon, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt whose contributions to astronomy over the last century were very influential and live on to this day.

Scienceworks through Museum Victoria are sponsoring the venue and planetarium show for visiting teachers.

iTelescope.Net is the world’s premier network of Internet connected telescopes, allowing members to take astronomical images of the night sky for the purposes of education, scientific research and astrophotography.

Order Tickets: http://www.trybooking.com/98676 Tickets: $95 – Early Bird $85 All proceeds will support development of Curriculum at Cosmoquest.org