The theme of SciCon 2020 is ‘Making connections’, which has far reaching implications. This year it will be an online format.

It is an opportunity to make connections with educators and organisations, or to foster the uptake of new technologies and ideas for teaching.

A range of workshops will be available as pre-recorded sessions that delegates will be able to watch online at their leisure over a three month period.

Keynote speakers

The great range of speaker includes:

  • Robin Millar – Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of York, UK. In 2015 he was made an OBE for services to science education.

  • Siouxsie Wiles – Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles and head of the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland. In 2020 she was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to microbiology and science communication.

  • Cather Simpson – Professor of Physics and Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland and founder of the Photon Factory.

  • Juliet Gerrard – Professor at the University of Auckland and currently the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor.

See SciCon 2020 website for more information https://nzase.org.nz/scicon-2020/

Look out for the Science Learning Hub team at SciCon, we will be running a workshop.

Planning for primary science – Science Learning Hub

Join us to explore different approaches to planning for science in primary classrooms and schools – from making the most of 'teachable moments' to in-depth planning around a whole-school theme. Planning might also start with the key concepts, or pick up on particular science capabilities; other planning could centre around a scientific or socio-scientific context.

We will share examples and supporting resources for a range of different approaches. We will also introduce some of our newer resources, including our citizen science collection, resources that support mātauranga Māori, and our collections tool designed to support teacher planning.

Related content

Prepare for our workshop by checking out our resources below.

The annual Primary Science Week provides an opportunity for all New Zealand schools to engage in science learning and the 2020 theme was Sounds of Aotearoa.

Remember that in our PLD section and under a topic or concept, you can use the filters to select primary or secondary levels and in search you can narrow it even further to help focus your results.

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