EMERGING SCIENCES FOR MIDDLE YEARS

 

Emerging Sciences for Middle Years Students is a Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) funded project and part of the Australian Schools Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) initiative. It aims to introduce the teaching/learning of concepts in the emerging and thriving science areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology and Picaxe-microprocessor-based robotics in ways that are relevant to their everyday living to interest and enthuse years 5-9 students in learning science.

 

For more information on the project and curriculum materials (see below for lists), please visit http://www.latrobe.edu.au/educationalstudies/projects/emerging-science.htm

 

Biotechnology for Middle Years

 

  •  Experiment with yeast .doc

 

  • Biotechnology day program .ppt

 

  • Biotechnology: A historical overview .ppt

 

  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from fermentation .doc

 

  • Dough a traditional biotechnology using fermentation .doc

 

  • Junket a traditional biotechnology product .doc

Nanotechnology for Middle Years

 

  •  Nanotechnology for middle years journal article .doc

 

  • Nanotechnology module .doc

 

  • Nanotechnology .ppt

 

  • Nanotechnology size & sunscreen .ppt

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