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Fostering Curiosity: Teaching Primary School Science

Cool+PrimaryFoundationYear 1 - 6ScienceInquiry Skills

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Course Content

Getting Started

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

Science in the Primary Classroom

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

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

Your Teaching

17.

Teaching tips

18.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Reflection

19.

Reflection

20.

Taxonomy of learning

21.

Suggestions for collaboration

22.

Congratulations

Course Writers

Instructor 1

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.

Instructor 2

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)!

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