Although the imparting of knowledge is an important part of every child’s education; The development of creative and critical thinking skills also lie at the forefront of any child's ongoing academic success.

Educations new curriculum confirms a need for an increase of activities that present students with scenarios where solutions are not immediately apparent.

Through these challenging and fun experiences, students are gently encouraged to obtain the skills to analyse and respond through inquiry, imagination and innovation.

Recent research has also revealed that students who engage with the mind's natural curiosity are also more inclined to improve their academic perseverance, adaptability and integrity.

The Australian Science Curriculum promotes six overarching ideas that highlight certain common approaches to a scientific view of the world and which can be applied to many of the areas of science understanding. 

These overarching ideas are patterns, order and organisation; form and function; stability and change; systems; scale and measurement; and matter and energy.

 

In classroom discussion:

• What scientific idea is this experiment/demonstration investigating? (Questioning and predicting)
• Before you start, what do you expect will happen? (Questioning and predicting)
• What steps did you need to take to complete the investigation? (Planning and Conducting)
• Record the results/ observations of your investigation. (Processing data & information) could be written or diagrams
• What conclusion would you draw from this investigation? (Communicating)

 

Science aims to ensure that students develop:

• an interest in science as a means of expanding their curiosity and willingness to explore, ask questions about and speculate on the changing world in which they live.
• an understanding of the vision that science provides of the nature of living things, of the Earth and its place in the cosmos, and of the physical and chemical processes that explain the behaviour of all material things.
• an understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry and the ability to use a range of scientific inquiry methods, including questioning; planning and conducting experiments and investigations based on ethical principles; collecting and analysing data; evaluating results; and drawing critical, evidence-based conclusions.
• an ability to communicate scientific understanding and findings to a range of audiences, to justify ideas on the basis of evidence, and to evaluate and debate scientific arguments and claims.
• an ability to solve problems and make informed, evidence-based decisions about current and future applications of science while taking into account ethical and social implications of decisions.
• an understanding of historical and cultural contributions to science as well as contemporary science issues and activities and an understanding of the diversity of careers related to science.
• a solid foundation of knowledge of the biological, chemical, physical, Earth and space sciences, including being able to select and integrate the scientific knowledge and methods needed to explain and predict phenomena, to apply that understanding to new situations and events, and to appreciate the dynamic nature of science knowledge.

 This makes THE SCIENCE FACTORY PROGRAMS the perfect School Incursion, Educational Reward or Enrichment day program for all grades.