Regional STEM Education Conference 2018

May 22, 2018 by rcrellin

The fourth annual Regional STEM Conference will be held in Wodonga on Monday June 25.

Early bird registrations now open

Presenters include:

Maria James, Curriculum Manager – Science, VCAA
Michelle Rayner, The Patch Primary School
Jackie Bondell, OzGrav
Jenny Ashby, Department of Education
Pauline Rogers, Essential Assessment
Dr Seamus Delaney, School of Education, Deakin University

Primary focused sessions include:

Rocketing into numbers and words
Level up story telling across the curriculum
Essential Assessment masterclass
STEM in the outdoors
Critical and creative thinking
Approaches to Integrated STEM – Mission to Mars
STEM learning through robotics and CAD

Secondary focused sessions include:

Introduction to the Wolfram Suite for STEM
Implementing the revised VCAL Numeracy curriculum
Taking it to the field – collecting primary GIS data in a digital age
The language of science: do you have the energy?
Developing scientific literacy – turning science articles into assessment tasks
The logbook & scientific poster in VCE sciences
Immersive science: using virtual reality and interactive apps to introduce space science

A more detailed preview is on the website with the full program to follow.

There are still some spaces in the program for sessions. If you would like to offer a session, or know someone else that might, please get in touch by reply email as soon as possible.