TESEP Professional Development Workshop Series in Earth and Environmental Science Evanston South SA

Monday 12 August 2024, 3:30pm to 6:45pm 2-PD, Trinity College Gawler, hands-on exercises, Powerpoints, critical minerals kit, talks on local geology/sustainable energy transition – For Upper Primary to Junior secondary

Rock and the Rock Kit, integrated story/Plate Tectonics, (Year 4-8) – for upper primary to junior secondary

Critical Minerals (TESEP Aust. Critical Mineral Kit Teaching Pack) & Integrated Mineral Stories (Year 4-8)

Life Fossils, Evolution, Volcanoes/Climate Events & the 5 Big Extinctions (Aust. fossil changes through time, big extinctions, integrated plate tectonics/climate & volcanic events) (Year 4-8)

School: Trinity College Gawler, Alexander Ave, Evanston South, SA 5118

Meeting Room: Park in Starplex carpark, sign in at front office/central admin and get directed to TICS Building, Design A room on Level 1 (through atrium, up the stairs/lift)

Date: Monday 12 August 2024 PD workshop, 3:30-6:45pm   (with light supper)

Facilitator: Emma Watson

1. PD workshops – After-school professional development workshops for teachers (2-PD/ @ $50 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. FREE kit – First-time Host to receive a FREE rock or critical mineral kit and P. Tectonics poster.

4. 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). 

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

Presenter: Philip Sansom is a keen geologist, who has worked in industry across Australia and has many years in teaching earth science.

Please download your registration form here.

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