Podcast: STEM in the Early Years with Fiona Morrison Follow Us: Comments 2 STEM in the Early Years with Fiona Morrison About Starting off students in STEM in the early years can make such a difference to their perceptions of STEM in their later schooling years. In this episode, we chat with Fiona Morrison who is a passionate advocate of early years STEM and whom shares with us some great ideas for using Minecraft, Beebots and more as tools for connecting students to big concepts. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Fiona Morrison Fiona Morrison is an Infants Teacher and Digital Literacy Coach in an independent school in South Sydney. She has been working with children in various contexts for the last 13 years, including in child care and OOSH. Fiona graduated with Honours in 2014, and is currently studying her Masters of Educational Leadership. She is passionate about STEM in the early years, engaging children’s curiosities and imaginations, and building student’s enjoyment of learning. You can find Fiona on Twitter @FiMorrison2 or on Instagram @teachwithmrsm. With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome Other Episodes Episode: 91 " Competition open worldwide! " Comments 0 Podcast: CERN’s Beamline For Schools BL4S Ben Newsome January 24, 2020 Edchat Podcasts secondary education competitions Physics Learn more about an international science competition for high school students, where they can propose an experiment, which can be performed using a real particle accelerator. Winners are invited each year to visit CERN or DESY for two weeks with all costs covered to perform their proposed experiments together with... Read More Listen Episode: 148 " Make it simple! " Comments 0 Podcast: Science for all ages with Jacqueline McCarthy Ben Newsome October 29, 2022 Education STEM Teaching primary education Agriculture Podcast Whether you're teaching young students or high schoolers, you need to make it accessible, fun and clearly linked to their lives. We join primary science specialist Jacqueline McCarthy to learn just what makes a great science lesson for any age student. Read More Listen Love Science? Subscribe! Join our newsletter Receive more lesson plans and fun science ideas. PROGRAMS COURSES SHOP SCIENCE PARTIES Calendar of Events HIGH SCHOOL Science@Home 4-Week Membership 12PM: March 2024 Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 29, 2024 12PM - 12PM Price: $50 - $900 Book Now! PRIMARY Science@Home 4-Week Membership 2PM: March 2024 Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024 2PM - 2PM Price: $50 - $900 Book Now! Light and Colour Online Workshop, Jan 18 PM Jan 18, 2024 2PM - 3PM Price: $50 Book Now! Light and Colour Online Workshop, Jan 18 AM Jan 18, 2024 9AM - 11AM Price: $50 Book Now! Lego Robotics, Sydney Olympic Park Jan 2024 Jan 24, 2024 9AM - 12PM Price: $50 Book Now! Creative Coding, Sydney Olympic Park Jan 2024 Jan 24, 2024 1PM - 4PM Price: $50 Book Now! Creative Coding, Sydney Olympic Park July 11 2023 Jul 11, 2023 9AM - 4PM Price: $100 Book Now! Fizzics Education STEAM Day: Robots vs Dinosaurs, Lalor, Apr 14 Apr 14, 2023 9AM - 12PM Price: $45 - $50 Book Now! Creative Coding, Sydney Olympic Park April 14 2023 Apr 14, 2023 9AM - 4PM Price: $100 Book Now! Science@Home After School 4-Week Membership: March 2023 Mar 06, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023 4PM - 5PM Price: $40 - $1200 Book Now! Featured FizzicsEd Podcast Podcast: IVC at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Comments 0 Topics Agriculture [5] Eastershow [2] Maker Space [11] Scicomm [141] primary education [47] STEAM [10] virtual [2] gamification [2] Asia Pacific [1] Mindset [1] Art [17] Edchat [223] Maths [14] Scied [34] literacy [8] Higher education [4] Child online safety [1] Esports [1] Easter [1] Augmented Reality [4] Edtech [68] Media [18] Science [6] secondary education [46] teacher [1] dis [0] biotechnology [1] curriculum [2] AussieED [1] Education [217] Museums [31] Science News [4] Christmas [1] Vacation care [1] Film [1] computational thinking [2] high [1] Awards [14] Educhange [5] Music [3] Social Media [8] experiments [6] middle school [2] Inquiry-based learning [5] digital technologies [5] Earth science [2] Big History [1] Environment [40] NASA [6] Soils [1] seasonal [1] Artificial Intelligence [4] List [1] Games [1] Medicine [1] Biology [45] Events [46] National Science Week [4] Space Science [34] competitions [13] Sustainability [13] Student investigation [2] Social Emotional Learning [4] CAST test [1] Books [3] Farming [1] Outdoors [36] Sport [8] careers [11] UN SDGs [4] collaboration [1] Engineering [4] US Education [1] China [1] Food [5] Outreach [36] STEM [233] Physics [6] Global [2] K to 2 education [1] Virtual reality [2] citizen science [1] Churchill Fellowship [19] Gaming [8] Ozscied [2] Teaching [267] Chemistry [5] International [1] Photography [1] Play [1] numeracy [1] Cleveland [1] Gifted [7] Podcasts [119] Television [2] design thinking [8] Chinese student visits [1] Parenting [4] preservice teaching [5] Higher order thinking [1] Club [4] History [4] Pop Culture [4] Toys & Gadgets [1] project-based learning [5] Science & Technology Camps [1] Lesson ideas [1] Comedy [2] Philosophy [1] Coding [14] Indigenous [3] Preschool [25] Video Conferencing [40] family [2] Design [2] Lab Tech [1] math [1] Pakistan [1] Cooking [3] Kids [36] Remote Education [18] Virtual Excursions [9] Inclusive education [6] Oceans [6] Leadership [1] Electricity [1] Agritech [1] Dinosaurs [7] Kids Parties [5] Robotics [12] Edutech [26] Classroom management [1] video conference [1] special needs [1] scholarship [1] Botany [1] Apps [11] Distance Education [52] Kitchen Chemistry [7] Safety [2] Distance Learning [19] Student encouragement [2] online [5] image [1] Africa [1] English [1] Load More Topics
Starting off students in STEM in the early years can make such a difference to their perceptions of STEM in their later schooling years. In this episode, we chat with Fiona Morrison who is a passionate advocate of early years STEM and whom shares with us some great ideas for using Minecraft, Beebots and more as tools for connecting students to big concepts. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Fiona Morrison Fiona Morrison is an Infants Teacher and Digital Literacy Coach in an independent school in South Sydney. She has been working with children in various contexts for the last 13 years, including in child care and OOSH. Fiona graduated with Honours in 2014, and is currently studying her Masters of Educational Leadership. She is passionate about STEM in the early years, engaging children’s curiosities and imaginations, and building student’s enjoyment of learning. You can find Fiona on Twitter @FiMorrison2 or on Instagram @teachwithmrsm.
With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It’s not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it’s about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world! Hosted by Ben Newsome
Learn more about an international science competition for high school students, where they can propose an experiment, which can be performed using a real particle accelerator. Winners are invited each year to visit CERN or DESY for two weeks with all costs covered to perform their proposed experiments together with...
Whether you're teaching young students or high schoolers, you need to make it accessible, fun and clearly linked to their lives. We join primary science specialist Jacqueline McCarthy to learn just what makes a great science lesson for any age student.
Awesome podcast by Ben Newsome interviewing the deadly Fionna Morrison, such an interesting topic and very helpful with lots of practical guidance. Reply
This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
Thank you for looking to subscribing to our newsletter 🙂 Through this service you’ll be first to know about the newest free experiments, science news and special offers. PLUS: Get a free Kitchen Chemistry Booklet with >20 experiments, how to use variables plus a handy template!
Please fill out the details below and an email will be sent to you. Once you get that just click on the link to confirm your subscription and you're all done!