1. Santa Maria College Dr Eroia Barone-Nugent ‘Growing Tall Poppies in Science’ School-Community Partnerships Strengthening Teaching & Learning

2. Creating Relevant-Connected Science Experiences For Secondary Students Creating Relevant-Connected Science Experiences For Secondary Students Attracting and Retaining Students/Girls in the Physical Sciences Using the Interdisciplinary Nature of Science to Engage Students 1.Partnership between Santa Maria College and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science (CXS) 2.Inaugural 2009 NAB Schools First State Winner

3. Is a process through which we can provide students learning opportunities - Embedded in the real-world Empower Responsible Problem solvers Contemporary Learning Through Community Partnerships

4. Inspiration For: Growing Tall Poppies Program Moving away from excursion-type activities to promote learning ‘with’ and ‘from’ rather than ‘about’ Educational Research Declining numbers of girls studying science especially physics Sciences in school are discrete disciplines Understanding of sciences being integrated enables connection

5. NAB Schools First State Impact Award-2009 Film

6. “Not just hands-on, but dealing with real questions e.g. wine industry & climate change”

7. Sudoku Algorithm

8. Students work with -The Biologists & Physicists Working Together Cutting Edge Technology

9. Communication and Sharing: to Build Beyond the Classroom & School

11. Keeping Inquiry Going

12. Doing It For Teachers

13. Summary: value of facing outward Student Conference – share community New Partners: 1.Australian Synchrotron 2.The University of Melbourne-Earth Sciences Student benefit-increased numbers in physics 50% Academic benefit-communication

14. Growing Tall Poppies Student Conference- 2010 Film

15. Classic Pedagogy Body of knowledge to transfer The teacher decides which knowledge The teacher decides what format The teacher decides what outcomes The teacher decides what assessment The teacher decides level of achievement Teacher decides range of T/L systems

16. Classic Space & Time The school house Books reports assignments-endpoints The school yard The school room The desk orientation The ‘blackboard’ focus The teacher student ratio Length of lessons Beginning and end of day

17. Central Ideas For Students Empower Responsible Connected Thinking

18. The changing world & the information revolution Changed the classroom strategies Focus remains predominantly within Moving the focus to a whole world perspective is the challenge

19. Growing Tall Poppies: authentic science experience for Year 10 students

20. What is the Growing Tall Poppies program What inspired it How has it changed outcomes: for student, teachers and school

22. Pedagogue and Pedagogy Pedagogy The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction. The teacher is central expert/facilitator of knowledge. The slave who …. ….lead the child to the world to learn ……… …. from the masters.