Education

Faculty of Education, Bundoora

ASISTM Project

Emerging Sciences for Middle Year Students

Emerging Sciences for Middle Years Students is a Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) funded project and part of the Australian Schools Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) initiative. It aims to introduce the teaching/learning of concepts in the emerging and thriving science areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology and Picaxe-microprocessor-based robotics in ways that are relevant to their everyday living to interest and enthuse years 5-9 students in learning science.

Project Co-ordinator: Dr Wan Ng - School of Educational Studies Faculty of Education La Trobe University

Project Consultant: Dr Chee-Kai Chan - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering La Trobe University. Mr Philip Pawlowski - APMP Home Automation Company.