TESEP Professional Development Workshop Series in Earth and Environmental Science, Ashcroft NSW
Thursday 19 December 2024, 11:30am – 3:30pm 2-PD ASHCROFT HS
Critical Minerals (renewable energy/electric car/batteries/recycling), yr 6-12
(Physics/Chemistry/STEM crossover)
Life, Fossils & the 5 Big Extinctions (Aust fossil changes through time, big extinctions, integrated plate tectonics/climate/volcanic events), yr 9-12 (crossover with Biology/Geography)
School: Ashcroft High School, 108 Maxwells Ave, Ashcroft, NSW 2168
Meeting Room: Sign in at front office and get directed to meeting room
Date: Thursday 19 December 2024 PD workshop, BYO lunch, afternoon tea provided
Facilitator: Melissa Duck
1. PD workshops – After-school professional development workshops for teachers (2-PD sessions @ $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 rock kit or critical mineral kit – Host to receive a FREE rock or mineral kit and Plate Tectonics poster.
4. Introductory RocksExpo feature How to Use the Rock Kit, Critical Mineral Kit and Teaching Packs (e.g. how to relate rock kit rocks to rock stories, 3D rendered samples, virtual thin sections and virtual outcrops).
5. Subsequent RocksExpo topics can be chosen from TESEP’s “The Challenging Earth” series 2
Presenter: Malte Ebach is an experienced fossil geologist (palaeontologist) and NSW educator.
Please email your completed form to TESEP registration: registration@tesep.org.au
