2020 Science Week @ Woodville High School
on 04/09/2020
The theme for this year’s national science week was ‘Deep Blue’, This was a chance to celebrate the enormous contribution that the oceans and rivers make to our everyday lives. It was also an opportunity to expose the students to the damage we are inflicting on the environment through poor...
Robotic Engineering at Pulteney Grammar School
on 04/09/2020
Year 10 students at Pulteney Grammar School were given the opportunity to undertake some Robotic Engineering classes. The platform for experimentation was the Lego Minstorm EV3 kits as these are easy to use, construct and program, which gave more time for the engineering design process. Four Themes were set up:...
Website of the Month
on 01/09/2020
Each month we will be featuring a website with useful resources to use in your classroom. If you have any recommendations to add, send us an email! September 2020 Find an Engaging Australian Scientist! Would you like to connect with outstanding scientists who are passionate about communicating their science? The...
Northfield Science Expo 2020
on 01/09/2020
Entering our 4th year of Science Expo we had to be creative with COVID 19 restrictions. Rather than an entire day over in the gym we have spent 2 weeks sharing science inquiry questions. Our year 6/7 students were assigned a class and they became the teachers for a lesson....
Cabra Dominican College's National Science Week
on 01/09/2020
The theme for Science week in 2020 was Deep Blue: Innovations for the future of our oceans. At Cabra Dominican College, we began the week with a staff morning tea with ocean themed cupcakes, and periodic table biscuits spelling out our school motto, Cabra Veritas! All science staff also received...
Always Question, Always Wonder: Science Week 2020
on 01/09/2020
Gleeson College embraced the theme, 'Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans' by hosting several exciting events. Our aim was to foster a passion for this meaningful topic by engaging students through external presentations and activities led by our experienced science teachers. To showcase why this subject is...
Mount Gambier High School - National Science Week
01/09/2020
This year the Mount Gambier High School Science Faculty dove deep into the 2020 National Science Week theme, ‘Deep Blue: Innovations for the future of our oceans’. This provided students with an opportunity to celebrate the pivotal part oceans play in life on the planet, to consider how we can...
Science Week at St Martin’s
01/09/2020
At St Martin’s students were involved in a whole variety of lessons and experiments for Science Week. Each year level had a different theme. Here are some examples of what the students explored during science week. Reception A variety of fun and interesting investigations were set up during discovery learning...
National Science Week at SASTA
on 18/08/2020
Check out a few of the activities we're trying for National Science Week in the SASTA office! Have you seen the ASTA National Science Week Resource Booklet? There are a range of Standalone activities for Science Fairs as well as Problem Based Learning Tasks for National Science Week for each...
2020 National Science Week
on 10/08/2020
What do you have planned for National Science Week this year? Check out some of the great activities we've come across. Let us know what you have planned to feature on our National Science Week round-up blog! Plus don't forget to check out the National Science Week website for all...
ACARA News
on 07/08/2020
Review of the Australian Curriculum The Australian Curriculum is being reviewed. The aim of the review is to improve the Australian Curriculum from Foundation to Year 10 by refining, realigning and reducing the existing content of the curriculum. Find out more here: https://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/curriculum-review/ Updating STEM ACARA has refreshed its STEM...
Book Donation | One in Four Children Inc.
on 17/07/2020
SASTA recently donated 1150 Biology books to One in Four Children Inc. to be sent to schools in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan. Find out more about how this organisation came to be and how these books will be put to use from founder, Stephen Kamal below. I recall back then,...
Credit Union SA / SASTA Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of Science Award Winners
on 29/06/2020
We're excited to announce the winners of the 2020 Credit Union SA / SASTA Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of Science Award! Primary - Jade Tinney, Salisbury Park Primary School Middle years - Samantha Brown, Mount Gambier High School Senior Secondary - Catherine O'Halloran, Cabra Dominican College Find out more...
Have you pre-ordered your 2020 Study Guide yet?
on 08/05/2020
SASTA Study Guides are the complete resource for students preparing for Stage 2 SACE exams. These guides include questions with worked solutions covering each topic of the Subject Outline and address all sections of the exam. Find out the new inclusions for the 2020 Study Guides below. To pre-order your...
Current news regarding Year 12 SACE Exams
on 02/04/2020
Stay up-to-date with how the SACE Board is supporting students, teachers and schools through the COVID-19 pandemic here: SACE support for Covid-19. The 2020 Exam Timetable can be found here: 2020 Exam Timetable Below is a list of articles related to information about this year's SACE exams: 1 April, The...
STEM Expo at St Augustine's Parish School
on 17/10/2018
Classes from across the school worked on a huge variety of STEM activities throughout term 3 then presented their learning at our STEM Expo in week 7. Each year level prepared a display of their learning journey to share with the community. Our Receptions focussed on the pollution of our...
Building a Professional Learning Community in STEM
on 04/10/2018
We all know that our colleagues are our greatest resource, and at The Grove Education Centre this resource is being used with exciting results! The Grove Education Centre, a special school in Woodville, South Australia provides a supportive learning environment for students with a verified intellectual disability and associated complex...
Tour of Learning at Stirling East Primary School
on 27/09/2018
Stirling East Primary School's second annual Science Themed Tour of Learning in the Hamilton unit was held on Thursday 6th September. The year 3 and 4 Students showcased their first semester’s work, which was designing and carrying out a scientific investigation based on students’ choice of topic. There were 144...
Engineering Design Challenge at Rosary Catholic School
on 07/09/2018
Rosary Catholic School has been working with Kate Dilger from the SA Science Teachers Association (SASTA) through 2017 and 2018 to improve teaching and learning outcomes in STEM. A whole school approach has seen teachers across all year levels engage with the engineering design process and plan student challenges that...
Highgate School's Science Expo
on 22/08/2018
From 3.30 - 5.30pm on Thursday, 16th August, Highgate School’s Science Expo came alive! This was an R-7 exhibition of ‘science games in a shoe box’. The gym was filled with families, school staff and interested community members. In every direction you could see child and adult discussions, students testing...
Findon STEMathon
on 22/08/2018
Findon High School hosted Seaton Park Primary School in student led activities for National Science Week. A range of activities occured during the week including: Wednesday - Year 3/4 students created dioramas depicting symbiosis on the reef and threats to the Reef assisted by Year 9 students. Thursday and Friday...
One Week of Wow at Risdon Park Primary School!
on 22/08/2018
One Week of Wow! was designed to allow students to enjoy activities during lunch times that they may not get to experience in their Science classes during the year. On Monday, we brought out our BrainBox circuit kits and students built simple circuits to light up bulbs, or worked with...
Northfield Primary School Science Expo
on 22/08/2018
On Friday the 17th of August, Northfield Primary School held a Science Expo. This gave our year 6/7 classes the opportunity to showcase their science learning to the rest of our school community. For 6 weeks the year 6/7 classes worked on a scientific inquiry question that they created which...
Science@Urrbrae
on 22/08/2018
Urrbrae Agricultural High School’s motto is “Science with Practice” so what better way to celebrate National Science Week than by inviting primary students to come learn about how we do science at the Urrbrae Wetland, on the Urrbrae Farm and in our Science Labs. Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of...
Science Week at Sturt Street Community School
on 22/08/2018
Three main events occurred during Science week at Sturt Street Community School. These were chemistry workshops for grades 4 to 7 (and shows for R to 3) provided by Lab on Legs (an incursion), an Open Morning to showcase student Science activities to the school community and a Science dress...