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2021 UNE GRASS Teacher Professional Development
Welcome to the 2021 UNE GRASS Teacher Professional Development Event Presentations included in this GRASS Teacher event are offered by internationally recognised scientists outlining topical and cutting edge science alongside key leaders in secondary science education supporting the delivery of the NESA suite of science courses. The workshops are closely and purposely aligned with content and syllabus requirements of the Science stage 4/5 and NESA Stage 6 Science courses. Please note, at the time of planning these workshops and with changes to NESA Accreditation we will be offering the GRASS Teacher PD workshops as Elective PD. NESA Standards Addressed: 6.2.2 Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities; 6.3.2 Contribute to collegial discussions and apply constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice. 7.4.2 Participate in professional and community networks and forums to broaden knowledge and improve practice.
Monday 29 November
UNE GRASS 2021 / Teacher PD event
TIME WHO WHAT WHERE
Agricultural Education
8.00am – 8.20am Registration UNE GRASS Team
building (W77) Lab 102
Aboriginal Elder and Agricultural Education
8.20am – 8.30am Welcome to country and Official Welcome.
Prof Brigid Heywood, VC, UNE. building (W77) Lab 102
8.35am – 10.25am Dr Stephen Bosi, Dr Peter Fletcher Concurrent workshop | Physics Agricultural Education
& Mr Ron Bradbury (UNE) building (W77) Lab 102
Building and testing a model on a very small scale of a solar photovoltaic system:
Solar radiation falling on Australia is about 10,000 times larger than its total energy consumption. The use of solar PV
continues to grow. The electrical power output of a solar PV panel depends on what it is connected to, not just the
panel itself. In this exercise, the power output of a small solar panel is measured under different conditions in order
to find how to get the greatest power from that panel.
Shining Light upon Planck’s Constant:
Planck’s Constant relates the energy of light photons to their frequency. It also shows up in de Broglie’s relation
for the wavelength of matter waves and in Schrödinger’s Equation. A common device, the light emitting diode
(LED), could be designed only because engineers understood quantum mechanics. Thus, knowledge of the value of
Planck’s constant is “hidden” in the LED. This workshop will show you how you can determine a value for Planck’s
Constant by using LEDs.
Modelling and experiment – Drag on a falling ball:
Some experiments are simple: measure the quantity you want to know. But many involve modelling and this exercise
demonstrates that idea in four different ways. We determine the air-drag force and terminal velocity of a falling
ball. The ball represents a skydiver (a representative model) scaled down in size (a physical scale model). We write
kinetic equations of its movement (a mathematical model), implemented in a spreadsheet (a computer simulation)
and then calibrate against practical measurements of the falling ball. The key learning outcome from the exercise is
that the results come directly from the model we create, rather than the measurements.
Dr Gal Winter (UNE) Concurrent workshop | Biology Agricultural Education
building (W77) Lab 102
Biotechnology in action: using COVID-19 as a case study:
The outbreak of Covid-19 has been the most significant public health emergency of the 21st century. The global
response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been led by biotechnologists, who have been able to identify the pathogen,
understand how the virus changes over time, identify the mode of transfer, develop diagnostic tests, and finally
develop vaccines to protect against the virus. This laboratory-based session will explore, using this real-life
example, viral structure and some of the techniques used in identification and diagnostics. This session is aligned
with Modules 6 and 7 of the NESA stage 6 Biology course, and will equip teachers with skills to help their students
understand different technologies used in genetic analysis and the applications of biotechnology to solving real-
world problems. This session is separate from, but complementary to, the online session on biotechnology.
10.30am – 10.45am MORNING TEA
UNE GRASS 2021 / Teacher PD Event / 3Monday 29 November
UNE GRASS 2021 / Teacher PD event
WHO WHAT WHERE
10.50am – 12.50pm Dr Sham Nair and Mr Chris Bormann Building success in Working Scientifically: Developing and assessing the WS skills Agricultural Education
(NSW Dept. Education) In this workshop, Sham and Chris will share feedback and insights from the 2020 GRASS Teacher PD Depth Study building (W77) Lab 102
workshops, on task design supporting the development of critical and creative thinking and Working Scientifically skills.
The skills for Working Scientifically are an important set of outcomes in all NSW science syllabuses. In Stage 6, the
Working Scientifically outcomes constitute more than 50% of the formal assessments’ weightings. This presentation
and workshop will explore the role of the Working Scientifically skills in developing scientific knowledge.
Furthermore, participants will actively examine strategies for developing the skills for Working Scientifically and how
to assess those skills in various formats.
12.50pm – 1:30pm LUNCH
1.35pm – 3.35pm Dr Peter Lye & Dr Michelle Taylor Concurrent Sage 6 workshop | Chemistry Stokes Building
(UNE) This session will focus on activities exploring two areas of investigation relating to Module 6 of the NESA HSC East Wing Teaching Lab
Chemistry syllabus, as detailed below. (C24)
Quantitative Analysis: you will investigate how the shapes of titration curves constructed using either pH and /or
conductivity can be used to analyse, and derive information about, a range of different acid/base titrations. Then we Riggs Building (C23)
will build on your knowledge of weak acids and bases to investigate the preparation and properties of buffer solutions. Seminar Room 3.07
Teachers joining this workshop, will also have the opportunity to work with Michelle Taylor to analyse and interpret
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H NMR, 13C NMR, IR and Mass spectra graph to identify organic compounds.
Dr Sham Nair and Mr Hardeep Phull Concurrent Stage 6 workshop | Science Extension Agricultural Education
(NSW Dept. Education) building (W77) Lab 102
The Science Extension course provides students with opportunities to engage in high-level scientific inquiry. In this
workshop, teachers will understand the requirements of the Scientific Research Project, including how to supervise
Collaborative Learning
students in their projects. Teachers will consider how to effectively guide students in varied research projects,
including those outside their comfort zone, or when projects do not go as planned. Finally, teachers will explore how Room 120.1
to assess the Scientific Research Report and judge its quality effectively (consistency of judgement).
3.35pm – 4.35pm Dr Sham Nair, Mr Chris Bormann & Primary investigations in Stage 6 science: Using Investigating Science as a model Agricultural Education
Ms Alexa Barr (NSW Dept. Education) This workshop, will allow teachers to engage with the Stage 6 Investigating Science syllabus to learn about the building (W77) Lab 102
deeper elements of scientific investigations. This syllabus describes all of the building blocks that are important for
conducting valid first-hand investigations. In doing so, teachers will improve students’ readiness for Stage 6 science
and enhance the learning opportunities presented in Stage 4 and 5 science investigative activities.
This workshop will allow teachers to evaluate and reflect upon a unit of work suitable for a Year 12 Investigating
Science class, in a format easily modified as a depth study for other Stage 6 science courses. Workshop participants
will discuss and be supported in adapting this unit to meet the needs of their students.
Insight to the UNE GRASS Agricultural Education
3.35pm – 3.50pm Ms Susanna Greig (UNE GRASS)
opportunity for students and teachers building (W77) Lab 102
3.50pm – 4:05pm Event wrap up, feedback/evaluation survey completion | AFTERNOON TEA
UNE GRASS 2021 / Teacher PD Event / 4The 2021 UNE GRASS program is funded by
The Higher Education Participation & Partnership Program (HEPPP)
Armidale
Central Rotary Club
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