485-355 Learning Area: Sci & Technology 2 (Adv)

A minimum grade of H2A in 485-102 Learning Area: Science & Technology 1or approved equivalent.

Science topics covered in this subject will demonstrate effective and motivating ways to incorporate the big ideas of science into the primary classroom program. Comprehensive unpacking of the science and technology ideas in topics will be explored and investigated in a practical manner that provides sound pedagogical approaches, resources and strategies for innovative primary teachers. Sources of teaching materials, equipment and resources appropriate to the primary school level are incorporated. A collaborative project will be undertaken that demonstrates aspects of both science and technology in the modern world and students relationships to it.

Semester 1: A teaching report (equivalent to 1000 words) that is related to a primary science topic will be constructed (20%),

Semester 2: A written teaching report (1000 words) on the collaborative project demonstrating its relationship to science and technology teaching in primary technology (20%)

A 2-hour examination based on the whole year's study (60%).

• R Cross, Teaching Primary Science: Empowering Children for Their World. Addison Wesley Longman, 1996.