TESEP Professional Development Workshop Series in STEM / Earth and Environmental Science at Blackheath & Thornburgh College
1.00 to 3.00pm: Riding the Climate Rollercoaster What is climate and how has it changed through time? What role do the atmosphere, the oceans and greenhouse gases play? What tectonic processes change the Earth’s climate? Can life radically change the Earth’s atmosphere and freeze the globe? Curriculum topics for years 9 to 12, with STEM, physics and chemistry crossover.
3.00 to 5:00pm: Rocks and Critical Minerals. Introduction to the TESEP kits and teaching resources: integrated teaching of rocks/minerals in the plate tectonics and rock cycle context, with rock/mineral stories, 3D renders/virtual teaching. Hands-on activities to describe rocks, rock cycle examples, and their use in society, by First Nations Australians and for the energy transition. Curriculum topics for years 5 to 9.
| Location: Blackheath & Thornburgh College, King St, Richmond Hill, Charters Towers Qld | Meeting room: Attendees to attendees to go to the front desk to be directed to Meeting Room |
| Date: Friday 18 October 2024 | Time: 1.00pm to 5pm |
| School Facilitators: Jacqui Street | Refreshments: Afternoon tea/light supper provided |
| Presenter: Phil Gilmore is a TESEP regional coordinator, and a geoscientist with over 25 years of experience and expertise in geological mapping and geodynamics, mineral systems and exploration, outreach and geotourism. | |
The TESEP RocksExpo experience includes:
- PD workshops: after-school professional development workshops for teachers.
- Certificate of attendance: a certificate of hours and workshop outcomes will be issued.
- FREE rock kit: host school to receive a FREE rock kit and Plate Tectonics poster.
- Rock and Critical Mineral Kit Teaching Packs: how to relate rock kit rocks to rock stories, 3D rendered samples, virtual thin sections and virtual outcrops).
- Rock checks of school collections: to check labelling and suitability of existing school collections.
- Incursions: classroom lessons with students and teachers.
To register for a workshop:
- Please complete the following form and email to: office@asta.edu.au
- You will be issued with an invoice by ASTA for payment by direct bank transfer or credit card.
