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
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