SciExt 1B Week 1 - Introduction To Syllabus

Science 1B Tutorial Week 1
Expectations for Online

Learning
Feedback promotes successful learning.
Accept and respectfully acknowledge the feedback provided by
your tutors and peers.
Attendance is expected.
Be present in online sessions by turning your camera on, participating
in the text chat, and raising your hand.
Collaboration enhances learning.

Contribute to break out groups, peer discussions, and group tasks.
Engagement makes learning powerful.

Engage with all independent and guided tasks on a weekly basis, and
complete pre-learning before online sessions.
Introductions
Monday night:
Gail Walker: [email protected]
Tuesday night:
Chris Ferry: [email protected]
About me- Gail
- CEDP Science teacher for 20+ years
- ALOL until recently
- HSC and SC Marker
- Biology and Investigating Science
- Avid traveller- until recently
- 3rd Semester with WSU
About me- Chris
- W & SW Sydney Catholic Schools (14 years)
- EES specialist, Phys, INVS
- LoL Science
- HSC Marker
- Science teacher/nerd
Tutorials 1H (Science 1B)
• Weeks 1-5
• 1-30/3/21 (Zooms)
• Assessment Preparation, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Skills/Application and Q&A
• Week 6
• 5/4/21 - No Tutorials
• Weeks 7-8 - Tentative Microlabs (presented by students)
• 12-20/4/21 Penrith
• Professional Experience until 4th June
Tutorial Format
Typically, we will start with some input from us, an opportunity to ask
questions then you will be set a task to complete during tutorial.
We will come back together as a class to discuss the task that you
completed
Week 1 Activities
As a group: Individually:
Introductions Getting to know the syllabus:
Q&A
PMI or See think Wonder on the syllabus
Assessment 1 overview
Choose a possible focus for your lessons
what?
how?
why?
Syllabus structure
Objectives (p. 80): these are broad statements about the values and attitudes, and skills, knowledge,
and understanding that the students will ideally develop through their study of Stage 4/5 Science. The
objectives are split into two categories:
Values and attitudes Skills, knowledge and understanding

Students: Students:
• develop an appreciation of the contribution of • develop knowledge, understanding of and skills
science to finding solutions to personal, social in applying the processes of Working
and global issues relevant to their lives now and Scientifically
in the future • develop knowledge of the Physical World, Earth
• develop a willingness to use evidence and and Space, Living World and Chemical World,
reason to engage with and respond to scientific and understanding about the nature,
and technological ideas as informed, reflective development, use and influence of science.
citizens.
NESA (2012)
Syllabus structure
Outcomes (p. 81-83): these are more specific statements about what students will
learn in their study of Stage 4/5 Science, and are organised under the objectives:
• The three values and attitudes outcomes are standard across Stage 4 and 5.
• There are six skills outcomes for Stage 4 that are different to the six skills outcomes
for Stage 5.
• There are eight knowledge and understanding outcomes for Stage 4 that are
different to the eight knowledge and understanding outcomes for Stage 5. Within
these there are:
• Two physical world outcomes,
• Two earth and space outcomes,
• Two living world outcomes, and
• Two chemical world outcomes
NESA (2012)
Outcome coding
SC5-11PW
Interpretation =
Science Science, Stage 5, Outcome 11,
Stage Strand Physical World
Outcome number
Strands:
• WS = working scientifically (skills)
• PW = physical world (knowledge and understanding)
• ES = earth and space (knowledge and understanding)
• LW = living world (knowledge and understanding)
• CW = chemical world (knowledge and understanding)
NESA (2012)
Syllabus structure
Content statements (p. 101-131): these unpack the outcomes and describe what
students will learn in order to achieve each outcome. There are content statements for
the skills and knowledge and understanding outcomes. For example:
The working scientifically (skills) outcome and it’s content statements are shown here:
Outcome = A student identifies questions and problems that can be tested or researched and
makes predictions based on scientific knowledge (SC4-4WS).
Content = Students question and predict by:

a. identifying questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically
b. making predictions based on scientific knowledge and their own observations
NESA (2012)
Week 1 Activity
Individually:
Getting to know the syllabus:
PMI or See think Wonder on the syllabus (300 words)- Breakout rooms
Individually:
Choose a possible focus for your lessons
• what?
• how?
• why?
100 words
● What elements?
● What structures?
● What content?
● What skills?
100 words
● How does this syllabus connect with my
understanding of quality pedagogy?
● What else was interesting?
● What limitations is there?
100 words
● What am i now interested in?
● What else am I wondering about?
100 words
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Expectations for Online

Collaboration enhances learning.

Engagement makes learning powerful.

Values and attitudes Skills, knowledge and understanding

Content = Students question and predict by:

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