TESEP Professional Development Workshop Series in Earth and Environmental Science Bendigo Vic

Friday 20 September 2024, 11:30am to 2:30pm 3-PD, hands-on exercises, Powerpoints, rock & critical minerals kits, talks on local geology/sustainable energy transition

Plate Tectonics – integrated story for junior Science & Humanities (linked to rocks/climate changes/ use of resources and the land) – (year 8 Science, geography)

Rock & Critical Minerals Kits (TESEP Aust. Rock & Critical Mineral Kit Teaching Packs) & Integrated Stories (Year 8-12 STEM/EES)

Fossils, Evolution & the 5 Big Extinctions (Aust. fossil changes through time, big extinctions, integrated plate tectonics/climate & volcanic events) (Year 9-12 STEM/EES)

School: Bendigo South East College, 56 Ellis St, Flora Hill 3550 (Bendigo), Vic   

Meeting Room: Sign in at front office and get directed to the meeting room, (light lunch provided)

Date: Friday 20 September 2024 PD workshop,      Facilitator: Leah Cripps

1. PD workshops – Professional development workshops for teachers (3-PD/ sessions @ $70 per attendee for visiting teachers, FREE to host-school teachers – lunch included).

3. ASTA Certificate of attendance – A certificate of hours and workshop outcomes will be issued.

4. FREE kit – Host to receive a FREE rock or critical mineral kit and Plate Tectonics poster.

5. Introductory Rocks/Critical Minerals – feature How to Use the Rock & Critical Mineral Kit and Teaching Pack (Earth history in rock/mineral stories, 3D renders, virtual thin sections/outcrops). 

6. Subsequent RocksExpo topics can be chosen from TESEP’s “The Challenging Earth” series 

Presenter: Rod Boucher is a keen ore geologist, who has worked in industry across Australia. 

He has many years of studying the geology of the region and in teaching earth science.

You can download the registration form here.

Please email your completed form to TESEP registration: registration@tesep.org.au