
2025 Virtual Forum: Excelling Science across NSW – Day 1
2 September @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm AEST

The STANSW 2025 Virtual Forum: Excelling Science across NSW is a professional learning series accessible to all science teachers across NSW. It is in a virtual format designed with regional and remote science teachers in mind. Spread over four flexible online sessions in September, this forum supports K–10 and Stage 6 educators with a strong focus on the new NSW Science syllabuses.
Join us at the Virtual Forum for:
- Accessible, high-quality professional learning for NSW science teachers.
- A diverse mix of workshop highlights from STANSW’s K–10 and Secondary Conferences in a virtual format, alongside new contributions from regional presenters.
- Guidance on science syllabus changes through sessions on pedagogy, assessment, practical investigations, depth studies, content progression, and working scientifically skills.
Virtual Forum Day 1 Secondary, Tuesday 2 September, 11am – 1pm
Attend your chosen session in each block, and get access to the other recordings on-demand!
Program
Block 1: 11am – 11.40am
- You Don’t Have To Be Einstein: Teaching Physics Without the Panic (Stage 4/5/6), presented by Sue Farroukh, Marist College
- Supercharge Your Class Time with Flipped Learning: Pedagogy (Stage 4/5), presented by Timothy Byrne, Chevalier College
Networking: 11.45am- 12.15pm
Choose between the following networking themes: Connecting Head Teachers, Connecting Early Career Teachers, Connecting Regions , Connecting Out of Field Science Teachers, Connecting Subject Specialists.
Block 2: 12.20pm – 1pm
- Think & Ink: Building Scientific Literacy Through Portfolios and Formative Assessment (Stage 4), presented by Min Fang, Davidson High School
- Explicit Teaching and Inquiry Based Learning: Myth-busting Pedagogies in Science Learning, presented by Genevieve Firmer
- Teaching Children to Study: Strategies for Revision (Stage 4/5), presented by Margaret Shepherd, ASTA
Mark your diaries, tickets available per day:
- Day 1 (as above): Tuesday 2 September, 11am – 1pm (Secondary)
- Day 2: Wednesday 10 September, 1pm – 3pm (Secondary)
- Day 3: Tuesday 16 September, 4.30pm – 6.30pm (Primary & Secondary)
- Day 4: Wednesday 24th September, 4.30pm – 6.30pm (Primary & Secondary)
Register now to secure your spot!
Ticket Price includes gst/ each | |
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Full Price | $240 | |
Secondary School Members | $120 | |
Individual Teacher Members |
$90 | |
Student Members | $20 | |
* Individual Teacher Members include: Life Members, Secondary Teacher Members, Non-Teacher Members and Student Members.
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Registration Closes: 19 August, 2025. Payment must be received prior to the event date.
STANSW is a NESA recognised PD provider. Attendance at this conference can be logged as up to 2hours of PD as part of NESA maintenance and accreditation requirements.
Standards Addressed: 2, 3 and 5, 6 and 7.
Details
$90.00 – $240.00