Professional Learning

STAT has professional learning packages and trained facilitators to cover most aspects of the science curriculum. Special focus PL sessions can also be organised if members or member schools request, provided costs are covered and there is sufficient interest.

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2012 Professional learning Opportunities

Brochure here

Early Career Science Educator Institute

Thursday April 26th 2012

Pre-Conference Professional Learning opportunity for Early Career Science teachers with Professor Debra Corrigan, Monash University. Information and registration details here.

 

For enquiries contact:

Marj Colvill

 Phone: 0438 312905
 Email: marjcol@bigpond.net.au

President:

Robyn Aitken
Learning Services SE
 Phone:03 62123119
Fax: 03 62123111
 Email: robyn.aitken@education.tas.gov.au
 

PowerPoint Presentations

 

Below are 2 new Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations;

[ CLICK HERE ]

[ CLICK HERE ]

Australian Biodiversity

“Workshop presented at
CONSTAT March 2010”

TSTS Research Investigations

“From UTAS Science Investigations
workshop March 2010”

If you don't have Microsoft Office installed you can download a free
PowerPoint Viewer Only directly from Microsoft - [ CLICK HERE ]

 

Curtin University School of Technology videos

 

[ CLICK HERE ] to view some short videos on specific topics for Year 12 Chemistry students produced by the Curtin University School of Technology. These videos may be a useful resource for you.

Topics covered include:

  • Equilibrium

  • Electrochemistry

  • Bonding and Polarity

  • Intermolecular forces

  • Chemical reactions

  • Organic chemistry

The six topics have been split over 8 videos as some topics required longer explanation.

Risk Assessment Templates

 

Click on either the Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word logos below to download the Risk Assessment Templates;

 

"Risk Assessment for Practical Investigations"

Risk Assessment for Practical Investigations.doc

"Risk Assessment for Practical Activities"

Risk Assessment for Practical Activities.doc

 

 

Vega Science Trust's Teaching Resources

 

"Instructional science mini-films for teachers"

[ CLICK HERE ]

To view a set of short popular instructional science mini-films explaining such things as how to generate electricity from wind-power, how to make a battery from a potato, what are Bucky Balls? (c60), nanotubes and fullerenes?
   

"Solids, liquids and Gases: videos for Primary Teachers"
[ CLICK HERE ]

To view a very popular set of short videos for the benefit of primary school teachers in terms of thinking about new ways to teach states of matter topics in an interactive manner.
 

NOTE: Vega is a registered UK educational charity working to promote science - if you consider their resources useful, links to their site can only help to further their work.


For further information on Professional Learning visit the ASTA website at; www.asta.edu.au.