Little Scientists provides affordable professional development workshops in STEM topics to early childhood educators and teachers.
The workshops aim to promote your confidence in recognising STEM learning opportunities and implementing playful, inquiry-based experiences in the children’s daily lives.
Covering a growing number of topics from Acoustics to Water and Computer Science to the Human Body, the workshops are run Australia-wide.
Our engaging play-based workshops are designed with you, the teacher in mind and previous knowledge is not required.
The training will provide you with a solid understanding and confidence in planning and implementing STEM learning in your service.
* STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Little Scientists workshops are endorsed to provide NESA Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficiency Teacher level. Each workshop counts as 5 hours and 30 minutes of PD.
Little Scientists Water, Air, Optics and Acoustics workshops are endorsed to provide TQI Registered Professional Development for teachers. Each workshop counts as 5 hours of PD.
Our professional development workshop program provides teachers and educators with a variety of tools and educational concepts to meet a range of requirements of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
The Little Scientists project is supported and funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the National Innovation and Science Agenda.
There are 10 STEM workshop topics to choose from. These include Chemical Reactions, Air, Mathematics, Computer Science, Water, Engineering, Human Body, Optics, Acoustics and Design and Technologies. Workshop information and bookings.
Our hands-on workshops are available in a range of STEM topics including Water, Air, Chemical Reactions, Computer Science, Engineering, Optics, Mathematics, Human Body, Acoustics and Design and Technologies with a new workshop launched yearly.
Each full-day workshop explores a specific STEM subject and pedagogical technique.
They are designed to help you connect theory and practice in an engaging, easy to understand way to provide you with the knowledge needed to confidently implement STEM as part of every-day learning. Watch the video below to learn more.
After each workshop, you will receive:
Collectively, these materials allow you to begin your explorations with the children the very next day. Our workshops:
Through every additional workshop, the participants’ confidence and competence in inquiry-based STEM learning grows.
* Price valid until 31 December 2019