LibGuides: Professional Learning Resources: Science PL

Professional Associations and Links

Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAAE)
VAEE seeks to provide for the needs and concerns of all professionals and volunteers engaged in education and change for sustainability in Victoria and beyond. VAEE does this by leading and coordinating the development of a high standard of effective practice, based in collaborative and transformative approaches. These will be respectful of the diversity of interests and cultural perspectives, across communities, formal educational institutions and business practices
Chemistry Education Association
We're an association that promotes the teaching and learning of chemistry in schools. We have an extensive collection of material to help teach VCE Chemistry. We run conferences and networking sessions for teachers and special classes for students.
VicPhys
The Vicphysics Teachers’ Network is a group of Victorian teachers and academics. The purpose of the group is outlined below. Membership of the group is open to any person interested in physics education.
Australian Science Teachers Association
The Australian Science Teachers Association is the federation of Science Teacher Associations across each state and territory in Australia.

Biology teachers do not appear to have an association dedicated to them. Searches for "Biology Teachers Association" lead to the STAV site above. There are however, Facebook groups.

Tyler DeWitt Hey Science Teachers make it Fun

High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about a lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) -- and devastated when his students hated it. The problem was the textbook: it was impossible to understand. He delivers a rousing call for science teachers to ditch the jargon and extreme precision, and instead make science sing through stories and demonstrations. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.) Tyler DeWitt recognizes that textbooks are not the way to get young people interested in science. Instead, he teaches science by making it fun and fantastical.