Why every child needs to learn science at school
Learning science in school is a great way to develop students’ critical and creative thinking skills while engaging them in activities.
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Young children’s natural connection with Science
Why teach science to young children? Because young children and science are a natural fit. Early learning science engages young explorers.
Integrating climate change into your curriculum
Why is climate change important to young people’s learning? In Years 7–11, students are already experiencing rapid physical, emotional and social changes in their own lives. As they see it, climate change may be just one more disaster that no one can do anything about.
Play and learning in the early years
Play and learning. Not opposites, but complementary. Associate Professor Christine Howitt discusses how play is what young children naturally do and how they best learn.
Young children and STEM
Associate Professor Christine Howitt discusses the importance of integrating STEM into early childhood settings. It is an integrated approach to exploring and investigating.
The ultimate guide to using SOLO Taxonomy in science
Pam Hook and Willem Tolhoek’s latest SOLO Taxonomy book presents simple experiments to guide science students as they investigate, observe, gather and interpret data.
Inspirational ideas for keeping science curiosity alive
Brenda Greene discusses how exposing students to different ways of expressing and experiencing science is vital to their learning and engagement.
