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Fostering Curiosity: Teaching Primary School Science
Cool+PrimaryFoundationYear 1 - 6ScienceInquiry Skills
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Course Summary
Course Content
Getting Started
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Science in the Primary Classroom
03.
What science means to me
04.
Science literacy in Australia
05.
Evolving science education
06.
Science in the curriculum
Teach Snappy Science
07.
About the experiments
08.
Tornado in a jar
09.
Tornado in a jar - explanation
10.
Being a science role model
11.
How do seeds grow?
12.
How do seeds grow? - explanation
13.
Staying afloat
14.
Staying afloat - explanation
15.
Make a compass
16.
Make a compass - explanation
Your Teaching
17.
Teaching tips
18.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
19.
Reflection
20.
Taxonomy of learning
21.
Suggestions for collaboration
22.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Tracey Gray helped write this course. Tracey is an Aquatic Scientist and an experienced science classroom teacher. She is passionate about creating innovative programs that integrate STEM and STEAM techniques. Tracey is a WISE-STEM changemaker leader and participated in the 1st Homeward Bound global STEM female scientist leadership expedition to Antarctica in 2016.
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech start-up and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!