Learning Areas
General Description
This course will help you build your confidence and skills to teach science to children, from birth to 5 years old. You will discover how to use science experiments and teachable moments to develop the scientific thinking of children and help them achieve EYLF outcomes.
You’ll learn:
- How to involve children in simple science experiments.
- How to develop the scientific thinking of children of different ages.
- How science is linked to EYLF outcomes.
- Where to download teaching resources that you can use right away.
Audience
Early Learning Teachers
Available Delivery Formats
Format Description
24/7 course access
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- If you have a TTA subscription or membership please ignore the pricing when enrolling. Rest assured if your school has a subscription you will not be charged and for Memberships, your invoice will be adjusted accordingly to reflect your discount.
- If you have no subscription or membership but you are interested in placing a bulk discounted order for a team of teachers see the ONLINE TEAM tab above.
- For more details on our Unlimited Online Subscription packages Click here .
- Money-Back Guarantee – If you complete less than 25% of an online course and aren’t impressed, simply visit tta.edu/go/refund to let us know what happened, and we will cancel your enrolment and provide a full refund.
Teaching Standards
2.1.2 Proficient Level – Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
3.3.2 Proficient Level – Use teaching strategies
3.4.2 Proficient Level – Select and use resources
Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you
This course contributes to 2.0 professional development hours.
Occurrences
Sessions
Introduction
5 minutes
Get started with your online professional development.
Science in Early Learning
35 minutes
Read about the benefits of teaching science in early learning.
Teach Snappy Science
35 minutes
Experience science experiments and discover how to teach them.
Your Teaching
35 minutes
Download teaching resources.
Reflection
10 minutes
Reflect on your course learning and next steps
User Rating
4.6Latest Reviews
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Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
08/07/2020
the reflective questions were very useful especially to have them to consider as you viewed things.
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
18/04/2020
very relevant, lots of ideas
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
I feel the quality and relevance was high and gave me lots of ideas and confidence with incorporating science experiments in my classroom. Carmen Clare
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
05/12/2019
great examples and resources to accompany the course
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
I was pleased with the usefulness of this course with content I will be able to use immediately. It is very relevant to the primary classroom.
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
the information was relevant and will allow me to teach the children more about science
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
The course was very helpful and engaging
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
The content was great, really liked the use of text and video.
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
02/09/2019
Excellent
Inspire Young Scientists in your Learning Room - Cool Australia
22/12/2018
It has inspired me be more curious with the way that I approach science and allow students to teach me.
About the team
Cool Australia
Creator
Cool Australia is an award winning not-for-profit dedicated to supporting educators with tools to foster ‘learning for life’. We help integrate topics around sustainability, ethics, economics and wellbeing across the curriculum. This enables teachers of all age groups and disciplines to engage young Aussies in real-life learning whilst achieving Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework outcomes. Our accredited professional development is designed to build your confidence, understanding and expertise. You will learn through a mixture of practical and thinking activities as well as hearing the stories of others. Plus you will access a range of teaching tools that can you can use straight away in your teaching.