YEARS 7–12 IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM
Learning Across the Curriculum: Is it important? (continued)
4. Model and interpret relationships
Author:
Deborah de Ridder is Vice-president of STANSW and works for
the Association of Independent Schools as a Science Education
Consultant.
Students can use digital applications to interpret and create
models. There is a variety of chemical modelling applications
found on line that can be used in place of plastic models.
Free infographic software is available on-line and can be
used to represent summarised data, produce models and
add visualisation to information. Some of the free resources
available include Visme https://www.visme.co/ and Canva
https://www.canva.com/en_au/ .
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