Professional Development Workshop Series in Earth and Environmental Science – Renmark SA
Tuesday 30 July 2024, Renmark 4-PD Rocks/Rock Kit, Plate Tectonics/integrated story, Riding the Climate Rollercoaster and Life, Fossils & the 5 Big Extinctions (with Rock Kit Teaching Pack, Plate Tectonics poster, videos & hands-on exercises)
4 X Casual Relief Funds on application (apply p2)
School: St Francis of Assisi College, 260 Twentyfirst St, Renmark SA
Meeting Room: sign in at front office, get directions to the meeting room
Date: Tuesday 30 July 2024, 1:00pm – 5:00pm Facilitator: Natalie Meuret
Rocks (rock kit teaching pack) (TESEP Rock Kit 3D renders, virtuals, tour of the Plate Tectonics poster (new curriculum year 8 focus) & integrated story – Plate Tectonics 1pm-2pm, Tea Break
Riding the Climate Rollercoaster (climate drivers, ocean-atmosphere interactions, planetary influences, cycles through geologic time) 2:15pm-3:30pm – year 9-12 focus, Tea Break
Fossils & the 5 Big Extinctions (year 10-12 focus) (extinctions & fauna/flora changes related to plate tectonics/climate/volcanic events etc 3:40-5pm – year 9-12 focus
The RocksExpo experience includes–
1. PD workshops – Professional development workshops for teachers (4-PD sessions @ $55 per attendee for visiting teachers, FREE to host-school teachers).
2. ASTA Certificate of attendance – A certificate of hours and workshop outcomes will be issued.
3. Introductory RocksExpo feature How to Use the Rock Kit and Teaching Pack
4. Subsequent RocksExpo topics can be chosen from TESEP’s “The Challenging Earth” series 2
Presenters: Peter Nisbet and Glen Nash – All TESEP teacher/earth scientists are educators in the stories of Australia’s fossil & Earth history, with experience in the geology of many states of Australia.
Please email your completed form to TESEP registration: registration@tesep.org.au
