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We live in a world of increasing innovation and change, the pace of which will increase into the future. To be successful in a global society, and equipped for this future, our students need to be innovative problem-solvers and flexible thinkers. Big History develops these skills by giving students a framework to think and solve problems in fundamentally new ways. Real-world problems don’t come neatly packaged into particular disciplines – they are complex, complicated and connected. Big History provides students with multi-domain knowledge, cross-disciplinary critical thinking, and innovative synthesis and problem solving skills required to meet the complex challenges of today’s world. This webinar will give you an overview of Big History, and introduce you to Macquarie University's Big History School. Based on the US Big History Project course,  Big History School is customised for Australian schools, mapped to the Australian Curriculum and launching in 2018. You will learn how Big History School is designed to develop student’s critical thinking, critical literacy and problem solving skills, and how you can become part of the Australian Big History School pilot program. 

This one hour webinar explores STEM as an interdisciplinary or integrated approach. Science in STEM education will explore how teachers can best support students to gain and apply knowledge, deepen their understanding and develop creative and critical thinking skills within an authentic context.

Variable testing in science

Using web conferencing technology, discover how to run simple science experiments in the primary classroom using easy to get materials. This is not a PowerPoint presentation or a series of videos; you will actively participate in hands-on experiments in real time using simple materials available from the local supermarket. Importantly, we will look at how to help students identify independent and dependent variables, with the outcome being that students will then be able to approach their STEM projects more effectively in the real-world of applied sciences. These experiments have been classroom tested, have direct links to ACARA and have shown to be highly effective in increasing student
understanding inthe scientific method.

ACARA links

 Science Inquiry Skills is concerned with the practices used to develop scientific knowledge, including questioning, planning and conducting experiments and investigations, collecting and
analysing data, drawing critical, evidence-based conclusions, and evaluating and communicating results.

The Science Inquiry Skills strand comprises of five sub-strands. This webinar will focus on three of the five sub-strands, these are:

· Questioning and predicting – key abilities include identifying and constructing questions that can be investigated scientifically, proposing hypotheses and suggesting possible
outcomes.

· Planning and conducting –key abilities include making decisions about how to investigate or solve a problem and carrying out an investigation, including the collection of data.

· Communicating – key abilities include conveying information or ideas to other through appropriate representations, text types and modes.

Support Reading

Variables & fair testing; teaching the heart of science experiments - https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog/x_post/Variables--fair-testing-teaching-the-heart-of-science-experiments-00085.html

AITSL Standards

2.1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.

2.2  Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.

3.2  Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies.

3.3  Include a range of teaching strategies.

This webinar is designed for teachers who are passionate about STEM education and innovative teaching practices to ensure that all students are provided with the opportunity to develop the literacies and capabilities that will help them succeed in a world of technological change.

The focus of this webinar is to demonstrate practical strategies for delivering curriculum that is contemporary, explicitly develops students’ 21st century skills, and incorporates good pedagogy which is accentuated by the use of new and emerging technologies to meet the diverse range of future learners.

Come and hear how students from the Early Years to the Senior Years are using augmented and mixed reality in their STEM studies to create and visualise abstract concepts by transforming them into 3D experiences. Explore the benefits of using augmented and mixed reality so that students are provided with:

* Active rather than passive experiences
* Immersive experiences that would not be possible in the real world
* A hands-on approach to explore complex concepts and theories

Outcomes:

* Explore classroom units of work that incorporates the use of augmented and mixed reality from Early years to the Senior years
* Investigate STEM units of work that explicitly incorporates the 21st century capabilities such as Skilful Communication, Knowledge Construction, ICTs for Learning, Real World Problem Solving and Innovation, Collaboration and Self Regulation
* Explore strategies for developing a culture of innovation to assist teachers to feel confident and passionate to lead initiatives, take risks and drive transformational change across a school setting

In this 40 minute webinar, hear how Laura Bain from The Springfield Anglican College developed a Maker Space on the Primary Campus and how it has:

* Provided students with opportunities to engage with design thinking and the Design Technologies curriculum
* Fostered creativity and divergent thinking in students
* Provided classroom teachers with ways to innovate on classroom curriculum and approaches to the General Capabilities

If you are thinking about creating your own Maker Space or are interested in seeing examples from a Primary School, please join us!

This webinar is designed for teachers who are passionate about improving students’ digital proficiencies needed for navigating the technological world. Digital proficiency is the ability to use a range of platforms and programs to communicate, find information, solve problems or complete tasks.

Explore the benefits of digital proficiencies,  so that students are provided with:
* active rather than passive experiences
* computational and problem thinking skills and activities
* multiple platforms for developing skills

The focus of this webinar is to demonstrate practical strategies for delivering the digital technologies curriculum that explicitly develops students’ future skills. Participants will explore the principles of programming and build the skills necessary for flying and using drones in their teaching. Please, join Travis Goulter from Ormiston College to hear and see first-hand how students from the primary years are learning and developing their coding, computational and problem thinking skills. Travis will demonstrate multiple platforms for flying drones and have you launching your drone in no time.

This webinar is designed to introduce teachers to the skills that students require in order to navigate and be a part of the emerging world. The session will also explore the development of Digital Technology teaching and learning units based on the Australian Curriculum.

* explore the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies
* begin to explore coding skills aligned to the digital technologies curriculum
* understand coding concepts such as looping, conditionals etc
* explore activities that develop computational thinking without the device
* consider practical ideas for assisting with curriculum planning and integration

Wonder of Science is promoting a STEM culture in Queensland schools, where students are engaged and achieving in STEM. Through the Young Science Ambassadors, it helps
students, teachers & parents understand the importance and potential of STEM studies and career pathways.

Wonder of Science includes:

*Provision of challenging, real-world STEM inquiry tasks for students that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum plus curriculum advice and professional learning for teachers
* Young Science Ambassadors visiting schools to work with students and teachers
* Showcase presentations by student teams at regional and state conferences
* Fostering links between schools, universities, industry groups, non-profit organisations & government agencies

What are the benefits of the Wonder of Science approach:
* Students engaged in deep learning in Science andTechnology
* Students developing important general capabilities, particularly critical and creative thinking skills and the ability to work collaboratively
* Teachers developing understanding and skills in STEM inquiry and effective student-centered and student-driven learning.

The webinar will step teachers through the Wonder of Science STEM inquiry process and provide answers to questions that teachers typically ask.

At St Hilda’s, we believe that gender equality in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) careers builds stronger economies. Through the use of drone education, we generate conversation around gender equality in STEAM and inspire our girls to seek a platform for change to occur. The Drone Academy builds high quality, authentic and engaging STEAM challenges where leadership and learning opportunities through drone education including hands on aviation training combined with drone construction and new entrepreneurial opportunities.
 
During this webinar, hear how St Hilda’s junior school have:
• engaged students with the use of technology 
• developed meaningful computational and problem thinking skills
• embedded technology in an authentic way

Many students will have acquired basic problem-solving attributes in Primary School however, the Australian Curriculum requires students to be experts in digital citizenship to successfully navigate and be a part of the emerging world. In order for students to be successful in the likes
of coding and programming, they require the skill of computational thinking. This webinar explores the use of coding as a tool to improve students’ computational thinking skills to better prepare them as digital citizens, as part of the Digital Technology teaching and learning units based on the Australian Curriculum.

HOW WILL I BENEFIT? 

•             explore the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies

•             begin to explore coding skills aligned to the digital technologies curriculum

•             understand coding concepts such as looping, conditionals etc to improve students' computational thinking skills

•             explore activities that develop computational thinking without the device

•             consider practical ideas for assisting with curriculum planning and integration