[20-Feb-2022 02:14:48 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vendors/cf7.php:8 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vendors/cf7.php on line 8 [21-Feb-2022 01:47:50 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vendors/woocommerce.php:19 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vendors/woocommerce.php on line 19 [20-Feb-2022 05:33:37 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vc-pages/settings-tabs.php:27 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /home/australi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/autoload/vc-pages/settings-tabs.php on line 27 Katie McIntyre – Australian Science http://australianscience.com.au Independent Initiative for Advancement of Science and Research in Australia Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:17:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hands on Science in the Early Years http://australianscience.com.au/education/hands-on-science-in-the-early-years/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:28:34 +0000 http://www.australianscience.com.au/?p=5483 Hands on science activities to engage students in scientific inquiry and investigation are key in


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Hands on science activities to engage students in scientific inquiry and investigation are key in the early years to develop skills and knowledge in all areas of science. No one knows this better than Mrs Suzanne Clarke who is the founder of the mini-scammers science club at Mitchelton State School, a feeder club for SC@M (Science Club at Mitchie).

Hands on learning in the early years.

Established just this year, the junior science club encourages students in the early years to formulate hypothesis, carry out experiments and discuss their findings with their peers directly mirroring the similar process used in later years. Student work in multi-aged groups to manipulate materials and equipment, generate solutions and compare their results. As Mrs Clarke highlights “this method of discovery learning engages all children and promotes the use of multiple intelligences


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Setting up a science club in a primary school: Why you should! http://australianscience.com.au/education/setting-up-a-science-club-in-a-primary-school-why-you-should/ http://australianscience.com.au/education/setting-up-a-science-club-in-a-primary-school-why-you-should/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:38:52 +0000 http://www.australianscience.com.au/?p=5369 Last week, I dissected a chicken leg and while many may believe such a thing


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Last week, I dissected a chicken leg and while many may believe such a thing is not extraordinary having done it so many times, the ordinary became the extraordinary when I saw it through the eyes of a child in our recently established science club.

The research on extra-curricular clubs is growing and with it there is mounting evidence of the benefit to students. In 2010 Blomfield and Barber from Murdoch University published an article which asserted that “Extracurricular participation was positively associated with higher academic track enrolment, university aspirations, and school belonging, and negatively associated with skipping school


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