Standard+1.3.1

=Exhibit and share comprehensive knowledge of the content/discipline(s) with other teachers to develop exemplary, content-rich teaching activities and programs. =

[|My World and Beyond] is a unit of work currently being used by the year 7 science staff and students. It is available on the school Moodle site (iSchool). My class completed this unit as a self paced unit of study. Some of my colleagues used it as a complete self paced unit others used sections as a resource.

This teaching and learning program complies with current and relevant syllabuses and Board of Studies documents ~ as stated in the outcomes statement and shows all syllabus requirements. Its format caters for the interests and varying abilities of students and is differentiated in content and levels of difficulty.

I developed this unit of work in order to provide a source of interesting information, variety of activities and topics which would stimulate our students’ curiosity and thirst for knowledge. The structure as a self paced unit of work has inspired my students to work individually and with different combinations of students and to follow their own lines of research and investigation. It also allows the teacher to spend more time with those students who need more guidance.

While I exhibit and share resources with my immediate colleagues, I also present workshops at conferences [[|Certificates of Presentation]]. I have had several articles published in Science Education News, a quarterly publication of the Science Teachers’ Association of NSW. [|Animating Science], [|Accessing the Power] and [|Sneak Peak at the Beak] all show how content and the use of ICT can provide engaging activities.