Podcast: Tocal Virtual Farm Follow Us: Comments 0 Tocal Virtual Farm About Not all students have the opportunity to visit a real farm! Thankfully the NSW Department of Primary Industries has solved this problem by creating the Tocal Virtual Farm. We chat with Jo Hathway who is the school program project officer for the farm, where she guides through what is available for primary and secondary students. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education More Information About the FizzicsEd Podcast About Tocal Virtual Farm Tocal Virtual Farm provides a fantastic opportunity for primary and secondary schools to study science and technology, geography and history as well as outcomes from the English, maths, PDHPE and capacity syllabuses from the classroom. Teaching guides, student workbooks, learning activities, immersive digital resources and on-site visits for Kindergarten to Year 12 classes have been designed to ensure that depth of learning occurs. 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: 31 " Collaboration & relationships matter! " Comments 0 Educational Leadership Ben Newsome December 10, 2017 Edchat Education Podcasts Scicomm Scied STEM Teaching secondary education The Science Teachers Association of NSW exists to help teachers from all years and from all school types to learn from each other and to share best practice. This week we’re joined by Margaret Shepherd, president of STANSW and lecturer in science education, who shares her thoughts on educational leadership... Read More Listen Episode: 57 " Challenging students Australia-wide to expand their creativity " Comments 0 The Science and Engineering Challenge Ben Newsome June 19, 2018 Edchat Education Maker Space Podcasts Scicomm STEM Teaching secondary education Listen to Dr Terry Burns as he describes why science & engineering challenges help students prepare to work collaboratively and creatively in real-world environments. Read More Listen Love Science? Subscribe! Join our newsletter Receive more lesson plans and fun science ideas. Calendar of Events Featured FizzicsEd Podcast Podcast: UN SDGs in the Classroom with Helena Nicholson Comments 0 Topics Apps [11] Agriculture [3] Art [13] Augmented Reality [4] AussieED [1] Awards [10] Big History [1] Biology [34] Books [1] China [1] Churchill Fellowship [19] Cleveland [1] Club [4] Coding [12] Cooking [3] Dinosaurs [6] Distance Education [44] Eastershow [2] Edchat [220] Edtech [60] Education [169] Educhange [5] Environment [27] Events [39] Farming [1] Food [2] Gaming [6] Gifted [7] History [3] Indigenous [3] Kids [33] Kids Parties [5] Kitchen Chemistry [6] Maker Space [11] Maths [7] Media [16] Museums [30] Music [1] NASA [6] National Science Week [2] Outdoors [29] Outreach [32] Ozscied [2] Podcasts [116] Pop Culture [4] Preschool [21] Remote Education [14] Robotics [8] Safety [2] Scicomm [129] Scied [34] Science [4] Science News [4] Social Media [7] Soils [1] Space Science [15] Sport [7] STEM [172] Teaching [215] Television [2] Toys & Gadgets [1] Video Conferencing [37] Virtual Excursions [7] Edutech [24] Distance Learning [16] primary education [31] literacy [4] secondary education [24] Christmas [1] experiments [5] seasonal [1] competitions [7] careers [3] Physics [3] Chemistry [2] design thinking [6] project-based learning [5] family [3] Inclusive education [3] Classroom management [1] Student encouragement [2] STEAM [3] Higher education [2] teacher [0] Vacation care [1] middle school [1] Artificial Intelligence [1] Sustainability [2] UN SDGs [2] Global [1] International [1] Chinese student visits [1] Science & Technology Camps [1] Design [2] Oceans [1] video conference [1] online [2] virtual [1] Child online safety [1] dis [0] Film [1] Inquiry-based learning [2] List [1] Student investigation [2] collaboration [1] Load More Topics
Not all students have the opportunity to visit a real farm! Thankfully the NSW Department of Primary Industries has solved this problem by creating the Tocal Virtual Farm. We chat with Jo Hathway who is the school program project officer for the farm, where she guides through what is available for primary and secondary students. Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education
About Tocal Virtual Farm Tocal Virtual Farm provides a fantastic opportunity for primary and secondary schools to study science and technology, geography and history as well as outcomes from the English, maths, PDHPE and capacity syllabuses from the classroom. Teaching guides, student workbooks, learning activities, immersive digital resources and on-site visits for Kindergarten to Year 12 classes have been designed to ensure that depth of learning occurs.
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
The Science Teachers Association of NSW exists to help teachers from all years and from all school types to learn from each other and to share best practice. This week we’re joined by Margaret Shepherd, president of STANSW and lecturer in science education, who shares her thoughts on educational leadership...
Listen to Dr Terry Burns as he describes why science & engineering challenges help students prepare to work collaboratively and creatively in real-world environments.
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