2026 Teaching Science in the Middle Years: Practical Tools for Years 7-10
Presenter: Jason Greenslade, Westminster School
Middle Years Science (7-10) is a critical platform for science understanding and retention of students flowing into our senior science courses. This workshop aims to provide a range of practical tips, resources, and activities to equip and refine your skills in the middle school classroom. The focus will be on planning, pedagogy and practice to engage students whilst maintaining the level of rigour required to ensure we are meeting the achievement standard and differentiating for the needs of our classes.
Details
Date: Friday 8 May 2026
Time: 9.00 am - 3.00 pm
Venue: Education Development Centre
Bookings close: 06/05/2026
Event Pricing
| Type |
Regular price |
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Personal Member (1 day)
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$160.00 |
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Joint Member (1 day)
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$160.00 |
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Corporate Member - SA School (1 day)
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$205.00 |
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Non-Member (1 day)
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$250.00 |
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SASTA Student Member (1 day)
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$55.00 |
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1st Year of Teaching (1 day)
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$160.00 |
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2nd Year of Teaching (1 day)
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$160.00 |
Description
Topics covered will include:
- Planning for middle school science – where to look and what to do?
- Running a middle school classroom – behaviour, practical lessons, engagement, lesson structure
- Running differentiated revision – what does this look like? How to prepare for a test.
- Assessment in the Age of AI – what might it look like? How might I have evidence of student work? Providing feedback to students.
- Australian Curriculum SHE
- Moderation of middle school work for consistency – Workshopped with a real example
- Opportunities will be given to share the great work you are doing and work on improving tasks with skills learned
