Science Education News (SEN) Journal 2017 Volume 66 Number 4 December 2017 | Página 3

CONTENTS SEN Science Education News ASSOCIATION NEWS President’s Message........................................................................................... 4 Volume 66 Number 4 2017 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES Inc. Quarterly Issues EDITOR George Pinniger EDITORIAL TEAM 2017 PTC NSW Professional Service Awards..................................................... 5 2017 STANSW Young Scientist ISEF................................................................... 7 2017 Young Scientist Awards finishes on a massive high................................ 13 ARTICLES Waterlogged and Weary, but Wowed!.............................................................. 25 Explorers probe Hidden Continent of Zealandia............................................... 27 Serious flaws in how PISA measured student behaviour and how Australian media reported the results............................................................... 30 Australia’s Education Asset............................................................................... 33 GENERAL ARTICLES Edwina Butler Swimming in Sand – Frogs and Sand-Mining at Smiths Lake........................... 38 Margaret Shepherd Simplistic Advice for Teachers on How to Teach Won’t Work.......................... 47 University of Sydney charges ahead on zinc-air batteries................................ 49 DESKTOP PUBLISHER Claire McCabe Geoscience and innovation............................................................................... 50 REPORTS People, Planet, Profit: Telling Stories about Sustainability................................ 53 Cover images courtesy of the Annual UNSW Photo Competition 2016 IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM 7–12 A box full of radiation – a visual representation to encourage ......................... 55 IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM K–6 Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.stansw.asn.au The Butterfly Garden – Stage Two.................................................................... 59 STANSW – Our Vision.......................................................................................... 6 STANSW Depth Sudies workshops................................................................... 24 The opinions expressed in this STANSW 2018 Events Save the Date................................................................ 29 journal are those of the authors and do not Call for Papers, present at STANSW event....................................................... 41 necessarily represent those of STANSW or the Editors of SEN. © Copyright 2017 by STANSW All rights reserved. 'Teaching Inspiring' K–6 Science workshops................................................... 58 Conasta67 Spotlight on our Future ................................................................... 64 Call for Papers, Conasta67............................................................................... 65 STANSW current membership update.............................................................. 66 ISSN 0048 9603 3 SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL NEWS VOL 66 NO 4