Teaching Science Remotely – Have Some Fun With It!

Ben Newsome

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About the talk

Delivering subject-specific concepts in remote learning classes can be daunting! Engaging our senses with hands-on activities even whilst online, can really go a long way in fueling inquiry.

Join Founder, Fizzics Education, Ben Newsome to explore meaningful and practical strategies to use in your remote Science classrooms! Explore various hands-on activities, teaching strategies and a wide range of teaching resources that you can use to take inquiry a step further.

Key objectives

Uncover a variety of effective hands-on Science activities that can fuel science inquiry
Discover teaching strategies to boost engagement on remote learning environments
Explore a wide range of ready-to-use teaching resources

Speaker

Ben Newsome

Founder, Fizzics Education

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

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Ben Newsome

Ben Newsome founded Fizzics Education to deliver science education across Australia. Fizzics Education has served 2 million children since 2004. He is a part of the leadership team for the International Society for Technology in Education Interactive Video Conferencing group, an Ambassador for the Association of Science Education Technicians NSW and is an advisory board member of the Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration. Ben is also the co-founder of Virtual Excursions Australia, a non-profit which provides training in remote education technologies & event support for cultural organisations & schools across Australia. He is a 2013 Churchill Fellow & 2020 AMP Tomorrow Maker. Ben is also the author of "Be Amazing! How to teach science the way primary kids love" and the host of the FizzicsEd podcast. You can read more about Ben’s work here.

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Teaching Science Remotely – Have Some Fun With It!

Delivering subject specific concepts in live online classes can be daunting in a digital learning world where human connection is minimal. Engaging our senses with hands-on activities can really go a long way in fuelling inquiry. There are a number of strategies and resources that work like magic for live online classes. Join Founder, Fizzics Education, Ben Newsome to explore meaningful, effective and practical science strategies to use in your digital learning classrooms! Explore various hands-on activities, teaching strategies & a wide range of teaching resources that you can use to take inquiry a step further!