Australia's Chief Scientist Archives - Education

18 Oct 2021

A letter to Year 10 students from Australia’s former chief scientist

by Jennifer Chalmers | posted in: Careers In STEM, STEM In Action, Tools for Teachers | 0

Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020, Alan Finkel, responds to a letter from a Year 10 student struggling to make a decision about her subject choices. Alan Finkel Dr Alan Finkel is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He invented … Continued

5 Jun 2020

Best of: Renewable Energy

by Jennifer Chalmers | posted in: Earth & Space Sciences, STEM In Action, Tools for Teachers | 0

Our best of series, published regularly, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week: Renewable energy for year 7 students studying Earth and Space Science. Australian Curriculum Code: ACSSU116 Year 7: "Some of Earth’s resources … Continued

3 Mar 2020

Chief Scientist: We need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’

by Jennifer Chalmers | posted in: Chemical Sciences, Earth & Space Sciences, Physical Sciences, STEM In Action | 0

“Make no mistake, this will be the biggest engineering challenge ever undertaken.” This article is suited to students in years 7-10 studying Chemical, Earth and Space or Physical Sciences. It links the importance of school curriculum knowledge with current and … Continued