This topic is curated by members of the Learning Futures Network to help each other through the rapidly changing educational landscape that's evolving during the world's response to COVID-19. Its here to help you identify some quality resources that have been looked over by other educators. Please remember to comment and offer guidance where you can. This is more about contribution and sharing than it is about simply taking.
Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article outlines simple ways to engage learners and enhance their learning.
Check out our articles with ideas for hands-on, active and outdoor learning from home for:
- early childhood
- lower primary
- middle primary
These articles include a mixture of hands-on and online at home learning for: - upper primary
- secondary
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Slip some science into everyday activities you can do while at home. The Hub has resources for helping early childhood, lower primary and middle primary students and families. This article outlines simple ways to engage learners and enhance their learning. Check out our articles with ideas for hands-on, active and outdoor learning from home for: - early childhood - lower primary - middle primary These articles include a mixture of hands-on and online at home learning for: - upper primary - secondary
ACMI Education will continue to support teacher and student learning around the screen, media and digital technologies. Keep learning with us by using our online modules and resources which can be shared with families at home. To stay in touch and find out when we add and share new content, programs and news you can: subscribe to our education enews follow us on Facebook and Twitter explore our monthly blog Perspectives""
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"ACMI Education will continue to support teacher and student learning around the screen, media and digital technologies. Keep learning with us by using our online modules and resources which can be shared with families at home. To stay in touch and find out when we add and share new content, programs and news you can: subscribe to our education enews follow us on Facebook and Twitter explore our monthly blog Perspectives"
ACMI: Education is the primary source that I had used to develop my mini-unit plan. This resource, in particular, influenced how I constructed my mini-unit plan around English and the Media. This source gave insight into how I could redefine English studies, making it more relevant and engaging to students of the 21st century. From this resource, I was also able to understand how English studies could reach the redefinition level of the SAMR model, which, in turn, generated various ideas.
To help us make sense of the crisis, learn-tech.io called on experts from around the world to help demystify COVID-19 in a short, practical course. COVID-19 Demystified has been developed for three key audiences. Firstly, the more than 1bn young people now shut out of classrooms who still seek education. Secondly, the wider public who are ‘drinking from a firehose’ of ‘news’. Information that frequently includes much disinformation and fake news. Thirdly, those decision makers and policy makers seeking to understand more about the challenges they face. Each of these audiences really needs opportunities to learn more about the pandemic both to protect their own lives and the lives of others. The scientific and mathematical complexity behind fighting COVID-19 means that many people lack tools to understand fully the impact of their own actions. Without such tools, misinformation and ignorance spread easily and can amplify negative effects of the pandemic. Those with no understanding of the science of the pandemic have sought to destroy 5G infrastructure, or adopt false cures bringing risk and harm to themselves. Some have adopted blame and hatred rather than nurtured their own understanding. The Demystification team hopes that this course will aid understanding and ultimately it will aid the fight against COVID-19. We all hope COVID 19 Demystified could be a key weapon in our fight against the pandemic and its effects.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"It is intended that COVID-19 Demystified aids our fight against the virus. It offers practical ways to gain analytical skills and knowledge enabling more people to make their own sense of the pandemic. With a set of data and models that a user can examine and investigate, each of us can model strategies for mitigation, understand better why different strategies are being followed and come to their own conclusions regarding the wisdom of different government strategies."
Primezone provides teachers with single-point access to a range of free primary industry and food and fibre related educational, curriculum based resources.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"About Primezone provides teachers with single-point access to a range of primary industries education resources.
This website is an initiative of the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia. The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) is a tripartite not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, formed through the collaboration of the Australian Government, primary industries organisations and the education sector.
It has government, industry and education membership. PIEFA's vision is for an Australian community that understands and values its primary industries.
The Foundation's objectives are to:
- provide national leadership and coordination of initiatives to encourage primary industries education in schools through a partnership between industry, government and educators;
- commission, coordinate, facilitate and manage national projects to encourage primary industries education in schools;
- provide a source of credible, objective and educational resources for schools to maintain and improve community confidence in Australia's primary industries; and
- communicate primary industries research and development outcomes in a format accessible for schools and encourage interest from schools in primary industries related careers."
STEM at Home is a collection of Challenger Center lessons and activities that can be modified and completed at home. Each STEM at Home category includes at least one at-home lesson. These activities require common household items or products that are readily available online.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The Challenger Centre STEM resources page not only provides a range of space-related learning activities for primary and middle-school aged learners, it also links to other high quality Space Science learning collections elsewhere.
"Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering."
Glimpses of Science is a collection of multimedia-enhanced science activities for Primary School Teachers and Students.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Maintained by the Physics Dept at UNSW this collection of primary school science resources allows independent exploration and learning, as well as more structured and guidance engagement with many parts of the science curriculum.
Get new ideas to inspire and support your STEM teaching. We provide a regularly updated feed of free videos, articles, resources and teacher tools all linked to the Australian National Curriculum to inspire your students to discover how science shapes all our lives. Scroll down for the latest content and news stories, or search using keywords, topics or curriculum codes.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Welcome to our free platform for Australian educators providing a regularly updated collection of videos, articles, and resources to support STEM teaching in class mapped to the Australian National Curriculum (v8.3). Our carefully curated content includes trending subjects and interviews selected from Australia’s Science Channel, our publication Ultimate Careers, and from our publishing partners. Australia’s Science Channel and Ultimate Careers are developed and operated by The Royal Institution of Australia, an independent charity and unique national science hub promoting public awareness and understanding of science. Founded in 2009, The Royal Institution of Australia is the sister organisation of the prestigious Royal Institution of Great Britain. We work with leading minds, universities and scientific organisations from around Australia to build and connect communities through our role as an authoritative but accessible source of information about current science. We are passionate about inspiring the next generation of innovators to discover how science shapes all our lives. The site has been developed in partnership with the Government of South Australia through the Department for Education."
"Space Design Competitions Australia is pleased to announce the launch of its 2020 season! Check out our latest video to hear about the details of the 2020 season. Get started For more information about this years competitions, including registration, head on over to our brand new website at https://ausspacedesign.org.au If you have any questions, reach out to us at admin@ausspacedesign.org.au Best Regards, Space Design Competitions Australia"
Kim Flintoff's insight:
I just received an email from one of our member organisations - the SDCA supports design-based learning from Years 5-12 - we assisted 200+ Year 7 students from one Perth school last year, and they utilised our Challenge platform to support and scaffold the learning.
Instructables is committed to helping teachers inspire, engage, and prepare students through hands-on projects to make in the classroom. Always free, and always fun, come explore projects for your next classroom lesson!
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Many teachers may be unaware that INstructables has a whole section dedicated to support you.
The Game Changer Awards is an opportunity for teachers and their students who are interested in STEM, to create solutions to the worlds challenges, and compete at a state level for amazing prizes. There are four age categories for Year 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and 9 and 10 students. In each age group, there are then prizes for students and their teachers for Best use of STEM, Best overall Project and Best Presentation. Students work on their projects throughout the year, with the support of their Teachers, and come together on Game Day, to present them to the judges. The teams are also given the opportunity to showcase their projects to the families and other teachers, as well as industry and government representatives. In the tradition of science fairs, we encourage students to unleash their inner innovator to create projects aimed at developing and utilising STEM skills, including project based learning, organisation, teamwork and presentation skills. We currently have 78 teams registered to take part in 2019, and we plan to expand even further in 2020, to take the awards to all parts on WA.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
While working online to teach and learn it is also important to remember that we still need to come together to acknowledge and celebrate the learning.
Bebras Mini Challenges Bebras Mini Challenges are shorter versions of the Bebras Challenge with a focus on a particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges, like Bebras 365, are available as a free, easy-access resource throughout the year. Bebras Mini Challenges and do not require a student or teacher login to access and students will receive a grade upon completion of the questions. These challenges are shorter than Bebras 365 with a focus on one particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges have been divided into three categories: primary school students, middle school students and senior secondary students.The primary category is recommended for students in years 3-5, middle school for students in years 6-8, and senior secondary for students in year 9 and above. These age groupings are a suggestion only, and we encourage students to challenge themselves by attempting different question sets.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
"Bebras Mini Challenges Bebras Mini Challenges are shorter versions of the Bebras Challenge with a focus on a particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges, like Bebras 365, are available as a free, easy-access resource throughout the year. Bebras Mini Challenges and do not require a student or teacher login to access and students will receive a grade upon completion of the questions. These challenges are shorter than Bebras 365 with a focus on one particular Computational Thinking skill. Bebras Mini Challenges have been divided into three categories: primary school students, middle school students and senior secondary students.The primary category is recommended for students in years 3-5, middle school for students in years 6-8, and senior secondary for students in year 9 and above. These age groupings are a suggestion only, and we encourage students to challenge themselves by attempting different question sets."
"ICRAR is the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, and we have a team of teachers and science communicators ready to help you (even as we learn more about the online world ourselves). This is a shorter reminder email that we have a few regular things on offer for teachers if you’re after some support.
""ICRAR is the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, and we have a team of teachers and science communicators ready to help you (even as we learn more about the online world ourselves). This is a shorter reminder email that we have a few regular things on offer for teachers if you’re after some support."
The STARportal makes the connections to STEM learning activities that inspire young people to explore, discover, and create.
The STARportal is Australia’s first centralised national portal for exciting and engaging STEM activities from around the country. This searchable database connects parents, students and teachers with their local and online STEM activities in real time.
The STARportal has been a collaboration between the Office of the Chief Scientist, Engineers Australia, Telstra, AMSI, BHP Billiton and the Commonwealth Bank, in consultation with the Department of Education to ensure all Australian families have access to any and all STEM outreach activities in their area and online.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The STARportal makes the connections that inspire young people to explore, discover, and create.
By offering the most comprehensive collection of STEM activities and providers, the STARportal is the go-to place for families to discover local STEM activities for the children in their lives and for providers to find partners with which to collaborate.
Perk up your ears, Wonder Kids is a super science podcast for the younger ones where we answer curious questions asked by kids!
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Scitech have started to produce a series of podcasts and accompanying resources for use in early childhood education. Made in house and utilising the talents of Scitech's versatile staff.
Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
A great source of free science and mathematics simulations from the University of Colorado. Many of these resources are useful to upper school studies
The Physclips project provides multimedia education in introductory physics at different levels. Currently, it includes kinematics, mechanics, special relativity, waves, sound, electricity and magnetism. Resources may be freely used by teachers, while students may use the whole package, including interactive tutorials and support pages, for self instruction or for reference
Kim Flintoff's insight:
This is a high quality resource from the Dept of Physics at UNSW. All manner of physics concepts and principles are demonstrated through animated examples with informed narration and explanations. The package includes tutorials and other supports for independent learners.
Wherever you are, be inspired by science and learn about the way our world works through a variety of fun experiments and activities you can do at home. Share your home experiments on social media using the #Questaconathome hashtag. We’re looking forward to seeing your results! We want to hear from you! If you have any feedback or ideas for your favourite at home science resources, please email us.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Questacon, Australia's foremost Science and Technology Discovery Centre, and a long time member of the Learning Futures Network are making available a range of online resources to engage learners, teachers and families with Science and STEM. Resources are easily searchable and categorised by subject and level.
Study Hall: Presented by Arizona State University and Crash Course
Welcome to Study Hall! Arizona State University and the team at Crash Course have partnered to create four different learning playlists this year. Together we’ll dive into subjects like writing composition, algebra, chemistry and data literacy. First up is writing composition! Join us starting next week on March 31 and every following Tuesday.
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Our friends at Arizona Sate University (#! Innovation University in the US) have teamed up with Complexly to bring learners (and their parents and teachers) a collection of quality video guides and explainers of principles and practices across a range of disciplines.
These can be used as support material in your lessons or stand alone casual engagements with knowledge and insights in an entertaining and accessible way.
Data Science Education Video - how graphs lie to you.
To donate to ADSEI and support the making of these videos go to givenow.com.au/adsei
With heartfelt thanks to Michele Playfair for editing!
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Dr Linda McIver - through her Australian Data Science Education INstitute offers a range of data science video explainers - this one relates to data representation and how graphs can tell different stories.
Proud to have ADSEI as a member of the Learning Futures Network!
Science doesn’t have to stop when you leave Scitech. Keep young minds occupied for hours with science activities for kids at home, or send a STEM-related question online
Kim Flintoff's insight:
The educators at Scitech have started putting together a collection of science learning activities.
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