[Catalist] Einstein-First workshop at UWA (28th June)

[John Clarke]

Hi All,
This is a reminder to secure a place at the free Einsteinian physics workshop for Primary and Secondary Science Teachers on June 28.

Numbers are limited so please confirm your attendance along with any dietary requirements by email to Jyoti at tkaur868 at gmail.com<mailto:tkaur868 at gmail.com> from UWA or David Wood from STAWA at dandrwood at aapt.net.au<mailto:dandrwood at aapt.net.au> by Tuesday 25 June.
Please feel free to call David on 0477 308 768 if you have any questions concerning the workshop.

Day:                Friday, 28th of June 2019,
Time:             8.45 am – 3.30 pm
Venue:           Physics building at UWA. A precise venue will be sent out soon
Cost:               Free
Parking:         Free - Semester break, so you are allowed to park free in the student yellow parking areas.

Workshop Program
8.45 – 9.00       Arrival and registration
9.00 – 9.30       Overview of the Einstein First initiative (Professor David Blair)
9.30 – 9.40       Overview of activities and outline of familiarisation plan and process
9.40 – 12.30      Introduction to our learning resources and activities
                                       a) Introduction with models and analogies at primary school level
                                       b) Introduction with models and analogies at secondary school level
12.30 – 1.15      Lunch
1.15 – 2.45        Workshop feedback
                                       a) Feedback from primary teachers for proposed curriculum sequence (David Wood)
                                       b) Feedback from secondary teachers for proposed curriculum sequence (Elaine Horne)
2.45 – 3.15         Workshop reporting and evaluation (David Wood)
3.15 – 3.30         Next steps (David Blair and David Wood)

Registration
Numbers are limited so please confirm your attendance along with any dietary requirements by email to Jyoti at tkaur868 at gmail.com<mailto:tkaur868 at gmail.com> from UWA or David Wood from STAWA at dandrwood at aapt.net.au<mailto:dandrwood at aapt.net.au> by Tuesday 25 June.
Please feel free to call David on 0477 308 768 if you have any questions concerning the workshop.

Background
Earlier this year, the Einstein-First project was awarded with an Australian Research Council grant to teach Einsteinian physics in schools (an announcement is attached below). As part of this project, the team is organising a free full-day workshop on June 28.

The aims of this workshop
a) to introduce you to the Einstein-First project and propose a new curriculum
b) to obtain your advice regarding the learning sequences we propose.

We hope to integrate Einsteinian physics into the existing primary and secondary school science curriculum. Your suggestions and comments will be extremely helpful for us to design future programs for primary and secondary schools.

At the workshop
You will be introduced to the resources used to teach the concepts of space, time, gravity and light. In the second stage, we will be asked for your feedback on how best to introduce these concepts at various year levels.

Website
Please browse the Einstein-First project website www.einsteinianphysics.com<http://www.einsteinianphysics.com/>.

Regards,
John

John Clarke
CEO
STAWA
Unit 6/1270-1274 Albany Highway
Cannington WA 6107
PO Box 7310 Karawara WA 6152
P (08) 9244 1987 | F (08) 9244 2601 | web:  http://www.stawa.net<http://www.stawa.net/> | mail: john at stawa.net


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