Dissections are definitely a worthwhile science activity
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Backyard PD in Hervey Bay, a whole new approach to workshops
So, we have this crazy idea.
I bet you find that hard to believe?
We are renting a house in Hervey Bay for a week and running a couple of afternoons of workshops. But we think we can run a kind of Choose Your Own Adventure thing where instead of offering only one workshop we can offer a range of topics to be run concurrently and you choose which one you want to do. We’ll do it under the mango tree in the backyard at the house.
It’s a bit experimental but we think we can make it work.
We’re trying to find a way to offer more flexibility in a program and not lock people into doing the workshop of our choice or wait for the next opportunity to roll around. What do you think? Is it too crazy?
Let us know by checking out the program and registering for the workshops of your choice through the online shop. We can’t wait to see how it turns out 😀
23 May 2016
Dissection Collection: reproductive dissection is serious science fun
I just wanted to let you know how much serious, Science fun we had last day of term.
We had a teacher who was a vet nurse do the dissection so she knew a lot about it all. We had many guest students, teachers and staff come to observe as everyone was so fascinated.
Definitely a worthwhile science activity!!
– Jo Kerry, Miami SHS
At this time of year it can seem like the entire curriculum is falling down on top of you. It’s a few weeks until the end of the year, you’ve got content to finish teaching, revision to fit in, exams to write and mark, graduation ceremonies, reporting…. the list is endless and you still have to turn up for rostered playground duty.
It is very easy to decide not to squeeze in an extra activity and nobody would blame you. But sometimes something special is just what the school needs at this time of year.
We had a couple of very large porcine uterus arrive unexpectedly. I couldn’t tell if they were pregnant, but they were certainly bigger than anything I had seen before. One school made the time in their day to include a dissection of the uterus and a bovine penis specimen as well and the response was fantastic.
As word spread about the impending spectacle other classes asked to come. When the reception staff were forewarned about the delivery they asked if they could watch too. On the day questions were thrown thick and fast and every single person in the room went away with at least one piece of information about their reproductive system that they didn’t know before. Can you imagine the conversations at dinner tables all around the coast that night? “What did you do at school today, son?”…..
30 Nov 2015
The gory bits: Mr Vivi’s all ovary reproduction specimens this term
Are you doing reproduction in your curriculum this term? Mr Vivi’s all ovary it. Don’t let other suppliers testis you with delays in supply, he has you covered there too. Further more, you won’t have to drive your uterus to the abattoir, he’ll send it all right to your door. 😉
6 Oct 2015
