ASE Annual Conference 2016
Notes for NUSTEM sessions
NUSTEM attended the ASE conference in Birmingham to catch up on all the latest happenings in the Science Education world. We also ran three sessions and attended the Primary pop-up, and you can find the resources from the sessions below:
Gender Equity in Science
You might want to have a look at some of the resources on the NUSTEM site. We have a basic reading list which highlights publications that we’ve found useful in shaping our thinking about gender equity, as well as posts about other relevant reports. For the wider picture, you may also wish to explore the concept of ‘Science Capital‘.
Session slides: Gender Equity ASE2016 Presentation (800Kb PDF)
Primary Pop-Up
Did you make a lolly stick catapult? Or had I run out by the time you found the pop-up?
If you’re interested in finding out about cross-curricular links between Science and DT using levers, then you can find instructions about how to build catapults and more on this page.
Careers in Your Classroom
Putting careers at the heart of teaching is a key part of NUSTEM’s’ work with schools. If you want to see some examples of workshops where we’ve done this, then have a look at The Botanist and Medical Physics.
Worksheet and examples (100Kb PDF).
Session slides (1.5Mb PDF).
Science for Families
Parents are a key influence on children’s attitudes to science and future career choices. As part of the NUSTEM project, we are working to encourage parents and carers to talk about science together with their children. The Science for Families course is a five week after-school course, run in conjunction with local authorities and schools. During the course, families do science together and find out that not knowing the answer is part of what science is all about.
Session slides: Science For Families ASE2016 Presentation (600Kb PDF)
Here are the worksheets for the three activities that were used during the session.
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