Science, biology, STEM & science education enthusiast. Science teacher educator. Views my own.
Melbourne, Victoria
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In a world that’s changing faster than ever, the skills of creativity and critical thinking are becoming more and more essential.
In our latest podcast episode of Let's Talk Teaching we explore how these skills can be cultivated in the classroom.
bit.ly/4diDxHA
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🔊 Learners who are self-directed, autonomous and independent can fluently retrieve, transfer, integrate, and apply their knowledge, skills and capabilities across disciplinary boundaries.
▶️ Explore how schools have utilised problem-based learning to nurture student knowledge and skill development. 👉 bit.ly/3Nkgt03
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When working on a problem, collaboration enables the sharing of diverse ideas, negotiating, offering and accepting feedback. Intrinsic motivation is an important precursor for collaboration and problem-solving.
Explore frameworks and illustrations of practice for collaboration based intrinsic motivation: bit.ly/3Zlrwx7
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🚨New Pod🚨
How do you create more creative classrooms?
U.S. primary school teacher Billie Freeland & science teacher educator @JenMScience tell the OECD’s @DuncanCrawford_ that rethinking teaching training can make a big difference.
🎧Top Class➡️ bit.ly/3UZxnED
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⚛️ The Monash STEMproblem research group is launching a suite of resources exploring problem-based learning!
🔭 The team generated 4 Principles of Practice for problem-based learning in school-based STEM education.
🔊 Stay tuned! The first principle will launch in Science Week.
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📢@MonashEducation are seeking a Level B Lecturer in Learning & Teaching (Expertise in #ScienceEd/#DigiTechEd/#ArtsEd highly desired).
Applications 📆 27 May 2024
More ℹ️👇
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Amazing day exploring the role of hands on learning activities in the biology classroom with the biology pre-service teachers - Brooke Hands and @JenMScience @MonashEducation
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Interested in embedding assessment questions in videos? In this Educator Voices article, Annie Prud’homme-Généreux details research-based strategies for designing effective interactive videos using our Interactive Video Builder tool. bit.ly/VideoBuilderEV
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At the heart of the Toolkit is our Model for Great Teaching - the things teachers know, do and believe that research has shown to make the biggest difference to student learning.
It can be thought of as a curriculum for teacher learning.
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To describe maize is to describe a whole world. In this Scientists at Work video, explore how researchers are preserving maize’s genetic diversity through seed storage — and how they’re identifying genetic traits that may protect crops as climates shift. bit.ly/MaizeSaW
ALT A schematic showing maize in different climates
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Today EDF4095 Science education welcomed our wonderful Teacher Associate CoTeacher Mary Howard. We are so fortunate to learn from her experience and expertise in primary science teaching @MonashEducation
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How do adaptations let deer mice to stay active during the winter? These two new student worksheets, which accompany our Scientists at Work video, explore populations of mice in terms of their evolution and metabolism. @SCampbellstaton bit.ly/MouseAthlete
ALT Graphic showing the amount of ATP generated from sugars and fats indicating that fat generates more ATP than sugars
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📢 Registrations for our STEMinar are now open!
📅17th August 2023
⏲️6:30pm-8:00pm AEST
Hear expert #teachers share insights about working with the principles of #PBL in their #STEM #teaching.
🔗 to register: bit.ly/3JJHUPx
#theSTEMproblem #NationalScienceWeek
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Explore our Marine Animal Research Women in STEM posters.
What does a day in the life look like for Marlee, Michele or Sabrina? Find out what path they followed to land their careers in marine animal research: thegist.edu.au/students/wome…
#WomenInSTEM
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Suitable for Years 5-8, this lesson comes from our friends at @DigiTechHub and asks students to explore ways to model, interpret, represent and present data, creating an infographic to raise awareness about turtle conservation.
thegist.edu.au/educators/ste…
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Soil biodiversity is declining...
But the good news is that the loss is reversible!
What we can do to protect #SoilBiodiversity 👇
#BiodiversityDay #ForNature
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Move over honeybee, you've had enough time in the spotlight! Did you know that Australia have 2,000 species of native bees? Today let's celebrate their important role for pollination & their diversity of appearances and habits. #worldbeeday @WorldBeeDayAustralia
📸Jennifer Longo
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As students create models, they express their own ideas about events, processes, and relationships. Use our newest tool Model Builder to evaluate students’ understanding of biological concepts and provide rapid feedback. bit.ly/ModelBuilderBI
ALT Model Builder screenshots showing the process of gene expression
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A must read for all #Biology #teachers a brilliant book ... will be recommending it to the PST at @MonashEducation @JenMScience
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