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Welcome back for Term 3. It's Oliphant Science Awards month, plus National Science Week and more professional learning workshops!
SACE Stage 2 students should book for an exam prep seminar! Read on...
OLIPHANT SCIENCE AWARDS
Open Day
Sunday 25 August, 12–4 pm
Festival Functions,
292 Findon Road, Findon
Bring yourself, your students, and your family to the Oliphant Science Awards Open Day.
Explore the winning entries in SA’s largest science competition…
Be entertained by live science shows all afternoon – exploring Australia’s wildlife, chemistry experiments, dinosaurs and space…
Get hands-on with robots, Lego, puzzles, and compete to build the furthest-flying paper plane…
And much more fun, food and science!
Entry by gold coin donation
For more information, go to www.oliphantscienceawards.com.au
Judging
Computer Programming and Robotics entries must book a judging appointment before Tuesday 6 August.
Crystal Investigation, Models & Inventions, Photography & Poster entries are to be delivered to Festival Functions (292 Findon Rd, Findon) on Friday 23 August.
Judging will happen on Saturday 24 August.
SURVEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE
The SASTA office would like to know if and how you use social media for professional learning and what sort of content you might like to see from SASTA on social platforms in the future.
It would greatly help if you could take about 1 minute to complete a short anonymous survey.
TERM 3 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Stage 2 Marking and Moderation Workshops
An opportunity for teachers to discuss assessment and the application of the performance standards to samples of work, as well as to have invaluable professional input with their own student samples. An opportunity to readjust marking standards prior to final moderation
- Stage 2 Chemistry Marking & Moderation Workshop, Friday 30 August
- Stage 2 Psychology Marking & Moderation Workshop, Friday 6 September
- Stage 2 Biology Marking & Moderation Workshop, Friday 6 September
- Stage 2 Physics Marking & Moderation Workshop, Friday 13 September
Conferences
2019 Early Career Teachers Conference
11 October, Immanuel College
The Early Career Teachers Conference is aimed at teachers in their first five years of teaching science/STEM or those who are new to a specialist science or STEM role.
This is an opportunity for early career and pre-service teachers to engage in interactive learning activities that will deepen your understanding of the science content and will give you the skills and resources to engage your students in learning.
The PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE (200 KB PDF) and includes specialised hands-on workshops for both primary and secondary teachers.
2019 STEM Conference (Years 6–11)
29 November, Adelaide Botanic High School
The conference is currently seeking presentations that address a range of the content and pedagogies of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, Science, Design & Technology and ICT.
Presentations should be 60 minutes long and actively involve participants in the professional learning through a practical and investigative approach.
Sessions that relate to real-world examples of contemporary STEM are encouraged.
SUPPORTING STAGE 2 STUDENTS
Exam Prep Seminars
Students can now book for exam prep seminars:
- Stage 2 Biology, Saturday 31 August
- Stage 2 Physics, Saturday 7 September
- Stage 2 Psychology, Saturday 7 September
- Stage 2 Chemistry, Saturday 14 September
All seminars will be held at the University of Adelaide.
$15 per person. Teachers attending with class groups are free.
Bookings at www.sasta.asn.au/student_activities/exam_prep_seminars
Stage 2 Trial Exams
Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology & Nutrition
The SASTA SACE Stage 2 Trial Exams are a 'must have' resource, developed by leading teachers. This resource will familiarise teachers and students with the SACE Stage 2 exam format and teachers will be able to use the resource as a stand-alone assessment tool or to develop exam preparation skills.
Copies can only be ordered by emailing Rebecca at office@sasta.asn.au
2019 Study Guides
Study Guide stocks are in their second print – so there will be NO MORE 2019 guides when these these run out! Hurry – order your copies online!
EVENTS & NEWS IN THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY
Applications for South Australian Space School 2019
are now open.
Please encourage your Year 10 students to apply to attend the 3 day residential conference 9–11 October in the school holidays.
Resident astronaut will be former NASA Astronaut Dan Tani.
Application forms can be found at https://www.spaceschool.com/apply
Due date 30 August 30 2019.
National Science Week
10–18 August
Still not sure what you're going to do for National Science Week? You'll find lots of ideas on the website.
Members will also be able to find some activities in the Members section of the SASTA website.
SASTA would love to know what you're doing so send us an email with some photos!
Final call for questions for Dr Karl
If you haven't yet submitted your questions for In-Class With...Dr Karl, the final deadline for question submission is Friday 2 August at 5 pm.
You can ask Dr Karl anything even slightly science-related, then stream him directly into your classroom on Wednesday 14 August and listen to his answers! Go to https://education.australiascience.tv/in-class-with-dr-karl
2019 South Australian Science Excellence Awards finalists
Congratulations to the 2019 STEM Educator of the Year - School Teaching finalists:
- Sonya Arnold, Seymour College
- Anthea Ponte, Hawthorndene Primary School
- Sarah Finney, Stirling East Primary School
Best wishes to these SASTA members and to the finalists in other award categories for the announcement of the winners on Friday 9 August!
For more information about the Awards, go to www.scienceawards.sa.gov.au.
SCINEMA for Schools
You can now access 23 films and four dedicated school playlists from this year’s SCINEMA International Science Film Festival in support of National Science Week (10-18 August).
Each school playlist comes with a related SCINEMA teacher resource pack containing, lesson inspiration, classroom activities and thought-provoking questions, all linked to the Australian National Curriculum.
You need to register to host a SCINEMA screening to access the films.
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