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24.01.2022 Did you watch the Perseverance land on Mars this morning? If not, it’s not too late! Click here to watch - or re-watch - the moment it landed: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars20/timeline/landing/watch-online/

24.01.2022 The Difference via xkcd #fridayfunny

23.01.2022 Have you heard of the Imagine This podcast from ABC Kids Listen? Imagine This is a science podcast for the young and curious. Have you ever wondered why cats don't wear shoes? Or why stars twinkle? Or, very importantly, where your poo goes when you flush it down the toilet? Imagine This is a series of puzzling science questions from inquisitive young minds. The host, Brianna Peterson, chats to kids and Australia's leading academics, taking you on imaginative adventu...res to learn about the world around us and find the answers together, in just 10 minutes or so an episode! This podcast is suited to kids aged 4 and up, though all members of the family are sure to learn something! #bigideasofscience #dialogiceducation #abcscience #abceducation See more

22.01.2022 You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you! What is the backfire effect, how does it protect us, and what can we do about it when we want or need to learn something new? This comic can stimulate questions and discussion about the nature of belief, "knowledge," and learning among upper primary students or secondary students. Via The Oatmeal

20.01.2022 What an amazing Technologies challenge! I think I love the way the sides are sticky-taped and folded best of all Such a great opportunity to develop, practise and apply some literacy and numeracy capabilities too.

20.01.2022 Would you like to win a copy of Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'? On Monday, all Queensland teachers who are active subscribers to the Dialogic Education Services (Big Ideas of Science) newsletter will go into the draw. We'll know you're a Queensland teacher by your email address, so make sure you've used your school email address to subscribe by 7 pm on Monday 5 October! ... To subscribe to the Dialogic Education Services newsletter, visit https://buff.ly/340IW3V. T&Cs in the link! This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook. Image credit: Penguin Books via https://buff.ly/309Y65Z See more

19.01.2022 Critical thinking does need to be taught, and can be taught, and yes there is scope in the curriculum - but the structures and cultures of schools (and systems!) must enable and empower teachers to do it. How do you teach for critical thinking in your classrooms?

18.01.2022 Have you attended a Big Ideas of Science workshop in the last few months? Please leave a recommendation for our workshops, letting others know what helped you most!

18.01.2022 Oooh! I love using stimuli for developing new understandings. When it comes to stimuli like this, there are three questions your class can discuss (in small groups then as a whole class, perhaps): 1. What is the problem, issue, challenge, or situation? 2. How can we solve it? (Bonus activity: what are the different ways we can solve it?) 3. What is a/the solution? ... There is a tendency to jump straight to the third, but it’s collaborative dialogue around the first two that builds students’ reasoning, understanding, and problem-solving, while also promoting positive dispositions toward learning and for decision-making!

18.01.2022 "The failure of science education is not that students have not learned facts or do not understand theories; it is that they have not been challenged to evaluate the validity of their own beliefs, assumptions, and values." - me! (Charlotte Pezaro). We need to make space and time for students to question their own understandings and perspectives, and learn to hold their ideas lightly... #bigideasofscience #scienceeducation #stemeducation #primaryscience #primaryteachers #dialogiceducation #science #whatisscience #natureofscience #ideasaboutscience #questions #criticalthinking #teachingforthinking #inquiry

17.01.2022 When teachers complain... via xkcd #fridayfunny

17.01.2022 No prediction has been made as often, or as incorrectly, as [the claim that] "this will revolutionise education." We see this claim made again now, in the time of COVID-19. And while there's lots about education that needs changing, there's one thing that never will... the fundamental role of a teacher in guiding, inspiring, and motivating students to learn. Be inspired again by this wonderful video by Veritasium!

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Dialogic Education Services newsletter subscriber Jess Ellis, who won a copy of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything - and all she had to do was be on our list! Subscribe at www.dialogic.com.au/updates.

15.01.2022 Welcome to the Big Ideas of Science! Effective planning and teaching of students through constructive learning experiences and meaningful assessment for and of students’ learning requires strong and interconnected understandings of and about science. Join me for one or more of a series of workshops designed to extend your understandings of and confidence to teach and assess science. ... Each workshop costs just $325 for a full day, including catering and materials. Minimum numbers are required, so please invite your colleagues! A workshop can also be organised for your staff at your school on a date that suits you. Please contact me to discuss the possibilities. #bigideasofscience

13.01.2022 Would you like to win a copy of Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'? On Monday 5 October, all Queensland teachers who are active subscribers to the Dialogic Education Services (Big Ideas of Science) newsletter will go into the draw to win the book. We'll know you're a Queensland teacher by your email address, so make sure you've used your school email address to subscribe by 7 pm on Monday 5 October! ... To subscribe to the Dialogic Education Services newsletter, visit https://www.dialogic.com.au/updates. Terms and Conditions: 1. Entry is open to Queensland teachers only. Only one (1) entry per individual will be accepted. 2. Promotion commences 26/09/2020 and final entries close at 7 pm AEST on 5/10/2020. 3. To enter participants must subscribe to the Dialogic Education Services newsletter (free) before 7 pm AEST on 5/10/2020. 4. The Prize is a copy of Bill Bryson's book 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' valued at $25. Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. The Prize will be posted to the winner using Australia Post's everyday services. 5. Winners will be notified via email and announced on our Facebook page on 7/10/2020. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook. See more

13.01.2022 Poor Jupiter... via Safely Endangered

11.01.2022 Use the news in your science classes to build students’ scientific literacy, stimulate questions, and demonstrate the value of scientific understandings in everyday citizenship.

11.01.2022 Did you know that the Queensland Museum has over 800 000 educational resources available online? Including audio, video, images, learning resources, and teacher notes, as well as lesson plans aligned with the 5Es? Find what you're looking for at the Queensland Museum Network Learning Resources site!

09.01.2022 It may seem like the process of making and testing vaccines against COVID-19 has been rushed, but as Hank Green explains in this excellent episode of SciShow, these new mRNA vaccines have actually been about 50 years in the making. Scientific progress is incremental, and many of the breakthroughs that were needed to develop the mRNA vaccines came before COVID-19 was even a speck on the horizon. Hat tip to Ellie for sharing this video!

09.01.2022 "All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind." - Martin H. Fischer Join me at the next #bigideasofscience workshop, Intrigued by Inquiry, in which we will explore the different levels of #inquiry (from #closedinquiry, through #structuredinquiry and #guidedinquiry, to #openinquiry), frameworks for planning and scaffolding inquiry, and approaches to nurture students toward independent learning through inquiry. Register at https://www.dialogic.com.au/register/inquiry...-by-design or join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/377177103278062. #bigideasofscience #scienceeducation #stemeducation #primaryscience #primaryteachers #dialogiceducation #science #whatisscience #natureofscience #ideasaboutscience #questions #inquiry #MartinHFischer See more

08.01.2022 We know that primary teachers are pedagogical experts. They understand children, teaching, learning, how the curriculum works, assessment, behaviour; the many and varied aspects of their role. We also know that there are many primary teachers who (just like many everyday people) lack confidence in their capacities to interpret, analyse, and evaluate scientific ideas, pose hypotheses, evaluate scientific claims and arguments, synthesise scientific evidence, justify scientif...ic procedures and methods, and communicate their understandings clearly and coherently. Big Ideas of Science aims to give those teachers the support they need to develop these capacities. Interested? Register today for one or more workshops in the 2021 Big Ideas of Science series at https://www.dialogic.com.au/register See more

08.01.2022 Are you intrigued by inquiry, but don't know where to start? In this workshop, we’ll talk about the different levels of inquiry, frameworks for planning and scaffolding inquiries, and how to nurture your students toward independence in learning through inquiry! Join Charlotte at the Cross River Rail Experience Centre, in Albert Street, Brisbane from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday 17 October 2020 for this workshop.

08.01.2022 What teachers make, a poem by Taylor Mali, illustrated by the ever-inspiring Zen Pencils - a little motivation for you on the holidays! Remember that the biggest, most important thing you make, is the difference in the lives of the students you teach Find the original at https://www.zenpencils.com//124-taylor-mali-what-teachers/

05.01.2022 You made it to the end of another week! #fridayfunny via The Oatmeal