School Teacher PD
Science Unplugged – Year 7 & 8
Join us to learn about how Science Unplugged can be integrated into your classroom. In this course you will explore a 16 x lesson overview where Year 7 and 8 students investigate and develop their scientific inquiry skills. The learning is linked to the Australian Curriculum in Science, alongside Design and Technologies.
The year 7 and 8 lessons and can be accessed for free and give students opportunities to learn how to develop their computational thinking skills, gain confidence in STEM activities, deepen their understanding of STEM subject choices at school and STEM based careers.
A professional learning certificate is available when all assessments are competed, which are mapped to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APSTs).
Course Content
- Welcome to the course – Lesson overview, Growth mindset, questions
- Teacher Toolkit – what is science inquiry?
- Module 1 – Scientific Observation
- Module 2 – Scientific Methodology
- Module 3 – Scientific Communication
- Final course assessment
Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 16 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Welcome to the course presented by Kathryn BroadhouseThis is the first section of the course which outlines how the course is structured and provides an overview of the structure, focus areas and curriculum of the Year 7 & 8 lessons.3
- Teacher Tool Kit - teacher and student handoutsThis section is your teacher toolkit and you can come back to this section at any time to revise the key concepts of the course and the foundations of the School project.5
- Module 1 - Scientific ObservationDuring this section you will put your scientific observation skills to the test with a lesson on scientific observation.2
- Module 2 - Scientific MethodologyDuring this section you will put your scientific motheodology skills to the test with a lesson on scientific methodology.2
- Module 3 - Scientific CommunicationDuring this section you will put your scientific communication skills to the test with a lesson on scientific communication.2
- Final Course Assessment2
