South Australia

All webinar times are given in Australian Eastern time - SA, NT, QLD and WA will need to adjust for time zone differences accordingly.

RocksExpo 3-PD Introducing Our Dynamic Planet @ Glossop

March 04, 2024 @ 1:00 PM

4-PD Riding the Climate Rollercoaster, Renewable Energy/Energy Transition,  Fossils/Extinctions &  Rocks-Plate Tectonics (Rock Kit Teaching Pack, Plate Tectonics poster, hands-on exercises)

School: Rivergum Christian College, 128 Distillery Rd, Glossop SA 

Meeting Room: sign in at front office, get directions to Multi-Purpose meeting room

Date: Mon 4 March 2024, 1:00pm – 7:00pm                                  Facilitator: Andrew Crambrook

Rocks & Plate Tectonics (the integrated story) (& How to Use TESEP Rock Kit 3D renders, virtuals, tour of the Plate Tectonics poster (new curriculum year 8 focus) 1pm-2pm

Fossils, Evolution & the 5 Big Extinctions (year 10-12 focus) (extinctions & fauna/flora changes related to plate tectonics/climate/volcanic events etc 2:10pm-3:30pm, tea break

Riding the Climate Rollercoaster 3:45pm-5pm supper break

Energy & the Energy Transition the path to Net Zero, energy types compared 5:20pm-7pm

 

Download PDF flyer here

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RocksExpo 5-PDs Primary Oriented @ Loxton

March 05, 2024 @ 1:45 PM

5-short primary-oriented PDs

  • Rocks (Rock Kit Teaching Pack, Plate Tectonics poster exercise)
  • Water Cycle & Wet Rocks (artesian water, porous rock exercise)
  • Our Place in Space (incl. Mars-Earth landform & other exercises)
  • Critical Minerals & Renewable Energy – electric car/recycling
  • Local Fossils & Explorer Box Exercise for SA (local geology of the region, sponge cake exercise, explorer box, videos)

School: Loxton Lutheran School, 6 Luther Rd, Loxton SA

Meeting Room: go to front desk to be directed to STEM meeting room

Date: Tues 5 March 2024, 1:45am – 7:15pm 

Download the flyer and registration form here (PDF).

Download the flyer and registration form here (WORD).

RocksExpo 4-PD Introducing Our Dynamic Planet @ Renmark

March 06, 2024 @ 1:00 PM

4-PD Rocks/Rock Kit, Plate Tectonics/integrated story, Riding the Climate Rollercoaster, Fossils & the 5 Big Extinctions (with Rock Kit Teaching Pack, Plate Tectonics poster, videos & hands-on exercises)

  • Rocks (rock kit teaching pack) (TESEP Rock Kit 3D renders, virtuals, tour of the Plate Tectonics poster (new curriculum year 8 focus) & integrated story - Plate Tectonics 1pm-2pm, Tea Break
  • Riding the Climate Rollercoaster (climate drivers, ocean-atmosphere interactions, planetary influences, cycles through geologic time) 2:15pm-3:30pm – year 9-12 focus, Tea Break
  • Fossils & the 5 Big Extinctions (year 10-12 focus) (extinctions & fauna/flora changes related to plate tectonics/climate/volcanic events etc 3:40-5pm – year 9-12 focus

School: St Francis of Assisi College, 260 Twentyfirst St, Renmark SA
Meeting Room: sign in at front office, get directions to the meeting room
Date: Wed 6 March 2024, 1:00pm – 5:00pm Facilitator: Natalie Meuret

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RocksExpo 2-PD Introducing Our Dynamic Planet @ Clare

August 09, 2024 @ 2:30 PM

RocksExpo 2-PD Introducing Our Dynamic Planet

  • Rocks (and how to use the TESEP rock kit)
  • Plate Tectonics (the tectonic Earth history)
  • Critical Minerals (e-car, wind turbine magnets, solar panels, recycling)

School: Clare HS, Elliott St, Clare, SA
Meeting Room: sign in at front desk & get directed (STEM Meeting Room)
Date: Fri 09 August 2024; School Facilitator: Ryan O’Neill

  • 2:30pm – 3:20pm Rocks (Rock Kit Teaching Pack & integrated Plate Tectonics story, yr8),
  • 3:30-4:30pm Plate Tectonics (tectonic Earth history, mountain-building, volcanic events, extinctions), supper break,
  • 4:45pm – 6:30pm Critical Minerals (Renewables, electric car)

Download PDF flyer here

Download MSWord flyer here