During a recent PD meeting, Timboon P-12 teaching staff were updated on past and future TAP activities to reinforce that the TAP can be a vehicle to help them teach concepts including- Implementing change (UDV role in advocacy with Adam Jenkins), Critical thinking skills (How will incorporating a robotic milking system impact in my business), The use of metalanguage (Creating effective ads with Karen Foster from O2media as part of our Camembert course), Cause and effect (Impacts on biodiversity with Debbie Dalziel), STEM (Technology in agriculture - Unit 4 Food Studies), Connecting classrooms (NAAE Conference), Real world science (Year 4 Paddock to plate excursions), Storytelling (A journey in the Tardis with volunteers from the Mt Leura management committee), Percentage and Ration (Calculating a cow's diet requirements in CCC), Problem solving (Engineers without Borders and The Power of Engineering workshop challenges), Coding (Working with our Mindstorm robots), Teamwork (Collecting honey from our school's bee hive), Innovation (How would you grow food on Mars challenge?), Careers awareness (How many people does it take to make a hamburger?) Contextualized learning (How things move?), Scientific reports (Year 2 - What forces are needed to push or pull?), Community connections (Camembert cheese judging night and Timboon Artisan Festival selling TAP lavender goods), and reminding staff that the TAP community partnerships are a platform for creating career awareness from a very young age. Comments are closed.
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