Inspire Young Scientists in Your Learning Room

This course will help you build your confidence and skills to teach science to children, from birth to 5 years old. You will discover how to use science experiments and teachable moments to develop the scientific thinking of children and help them achieve EYLF outcomes.
You’ll learn:

• How to involve children in simple science experiments.
• How to develop the scientific thinking of children of different ages.
• How science is linked to EYLF outcomes.
• Where to download teaching resources that you can use right away.

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access.

This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. You receive a certificate when you finish.

You will need this equipment to conduct some fun science experiments:

• A flashlight/torch or the light on your mobile phone
• 3 objects that you can shine your torch on eg. fabric, leaf, paper
• 2 clear cups
• Two large ice cubes
• Salt

Early Years Learning Framework – Outcome 4

• Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
• Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, enquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.
• Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.
• Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials.

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher
2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
3.3.3 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning
3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning

 

This program has been approved for accreditation within the ACT for 2023.
Please be advised you will be accredited within 14 days of completion.  

Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!

 

 

Tracey Gray helped write this course. Tracey is an Aquatic Scientist and an experienced science classroom teacher. She is passionate about creating innovative programs that integrate STEM and STEAM techniques. Tracey is a WISE-STEM changemaker leader and participated in the 1st Homeward Bound- global STEM female scientist leadership expedition to Antarctica in 2016.