High School staff at the STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy with their 'legendary' scientific rollercoaster.
Last week, six of our High school staff joined teachers from seven other schools across the district, at Ballina, for some intensive STEM professional development. The three-day workshop was funded by the University of Sydney's STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy. The NESA-accredited professional development program for teachers of STEM, focused on themes embedded in the Australian Curriculum.
The program was facilitated by the university’s leading academic specialists from the Faculties of Science, Engineering, and the Sydney School of Education and Social Work. We participated in a variety of workshops from robotics to roller-coasters (in which the Shearwater team blew the rest of the competition out of the theme park!).
We also had significant time to be able to plan integrated Science, Technology and Mathematics lessons, which we will implement in the High School next year. This workshop will be followed by two more days in 2023, when the schools will be able to present and share the results of their work to the group.
We are very grateful to the STEM academy and the School for making it possible to take this valuable time out for planning and inspiration.
Gerard Braithwaite
Science KLA Coordinator
The program was facilitated by the university’s leading academic specialists from the Faculties of Science, Engineering, and the Sydney School of Education and Social Work. We participated in a variety of workshops from robotics to roller-coasters (in which the Shearwater team blew the rest of the competition out of the theme park!).
We also had significant time to be able to plan integrated Science, Technology and Mathematics lessons, which we will implement in the High School next year. This workshop will be followed by two more days in 2023, when the schools will be able to present and share the results of their work to the group.
We are very grateful to the STEM academy and the School for making it possible to take this valuable time out for planning and inspiration.
Gerard Braithwaite
Science KLA Coordinator