https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644 Megan Dale en-us 2022-04-29 01:26:18 UTC 2026-03-21 09:34:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f52c.png mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163630523 I found this article very informative and easy to read. It broke down the nature of science into understandable components. This article highlighted the importance of understanding the nature of science in order to be an effective science teacher. ]]> 2022-04-29 02:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163630523 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163637038 This app has great potential to be used in Earth & Space sciences to enable students to explore the changes on earth. This app is free to download and requires the use of an iPad or iPhone. This resource could be used by students in the classroom to explore how the Earth's continents and oceans have changed over 250 million years. I would use this resource as an interactive introduction into the dynamic earth that would lead into plate tectonics. There is a section within this app that explores plate tectonics and there importance to the Dynamic Earth unit. This relates to the Year 9 content desciptor of "Recognising the major plates on a world map". This app could be used in the classroom to guide students towards inquiry questions related to the unit. ]]> 2022-04-29 02:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163637038 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163648555 This screenshot is from the Australian Curriculum website. It outlines the science understanding content descriptors which is an essential point of reference when creating unit and lesson plans. ]]> 2022-04-29 02:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2163648555 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178595436 This resource is an online, interactive game that enables students to explore how tectonic plates affect Earth. Students are able to select a marker that corresponds to a certain event (earthquake, volcano, fault line etc) and examine how plate tectonic are moving at that location. Students are asked which tectonic plate interaction (slip, spreading, collision or subduction) caused the disaster and are provided with a guided explanation of the answer. This tool could be used in the classroom for students to explore global features and events in term of geological processes and timescales which aligns with Year 9 Science Achievement Standards. 

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). (2022). Science - How the Subject Works. file:///C:/Users/megan/Downloads/AustralianCurriculum%20(1).pdf ]]> 2022-05-11 02:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178595436 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178619583 This resource is an excellent source of inspiration for a summative task related to the Dynamic Earth unit. The resource outlines  a topic, inquiry questions and guiding questions that scaffold the research task. I would use this resource in the classroom to base a research task on. This resource links to the achievement standards as it involves students demonstrating their ability to analyse trends in data and identify relationships between variables. The structure of the task inspired by this resource would also require students to practice using appropriate languages and representations when communicating their findings and ideas.  ]]> 2022-05-11 02:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178619583 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178633175 This resource describes a number of teaching strategies that are best suited to engaging high-school students in science. The resource thoroughly explains why the chosen strategies are well suited to science and the age range of high school students. I believe this resource could be used to assist science teachers in developing a pedagogy map. ]]> 2022-05-11 02:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178633175 mdale30 https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178673493 This resource clearly explains the links between SAMR and Bloom's taxonomy and how these frameworks can be applied to teaching to improve student learning. I found this resource useful as I have struggled to understand the coupling of Bloom's Taxonomy and the SAMR model in the past. ]]> 2022-05-11 03:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mdale30/8wpt702hhb6vq644/wish/2178673493