The ASE annual conference was a fabulously opportunity to attend 3 days of primary CPD and meet many teachers and primary science experts from all over the country. Above shows photos from 'Exploring Rock, Soil, Water and Fossils and a session on 'A world of choices for child-led enquiry'. I helped for a couple of hours on the ASE stand in the exhibition hall and Johnny Ball was signing copies of his latest book.
Liz Lawrence's talk 'Do I have to draw a bar chart miss' was really great for working on the connections between maths and science and which types of data representation fit in well with different enquiry types. I also attended a hands-on session on levers, gears and pulleys. This structure for holding pulleys was great.
Maggie Aderin-Pocock's lecture on BBC Terrific Scientific was an inspiring way to start the last day of the conference. Stuart Naylor gave so many ideas in his 'Adaptable Animals' talk for teaching 'Living things' in a more active and comparative way. I was tempted by these science puppets, Discovery Dog and Naughty Nora!