Inspiring Australia is a federally funded Australian program that works to increase engagement and interest in the sciences through sharing ideas, events and stories created by educators, researchers, and science communicators. Jackie Randles is the Manager of Inspiring Australia NSW and is heavily involved in helping science events, regional science hubs, citizen science projects and more find an audience across NSW. A huge number of free resources are discussed in this podcast… have a pen and paper ready!

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

About Jackie Randles

Jackie Randles finds interesting and creative ways to bring science and technology experts out of the lab and into the community through collaborative outreach and engagement projects, including during National Science Week. A state manager with the Inspiring Australia initiative, the national strategy for community engagement with science, technology and innovation, she brings stakeholders across the community, business and cultural sectors together to promote the relevance of science and innovation to everyday life and the value of STEM careers. A cofounder of Sydney Science Festival, Jackie has also established a network of Regional Science Hubs that regularly present entertaining science experiences for their communities.

Top 3 learnings

Join in citizen science initiatives! There are many opportunities for your students to be working with real scientists in real research across Australia.

Encourage entrepreneurial thinking! A business creates opportunities for people to make a positive impact in their world and teaching students to adopt a growth mindset can set them and their local community up for a brighter future.

Get involved in science events… or even better, create your own! A science event doesn’t have to be bigger than Ben Hur, it can be as simple as opening up your school hall or community centre to display science experiments and posters that depict how our world works. Reach out to local scientists to get involved and create a buzz.


Education tip of the week

Create a longitudinal science experiment. Have students setup an ongoing science project where they take measurements and photographs over several days or even weeks to find out a result. Incorporate fair testing of variables and get students to describe their project in a classroom blog or similar to communicate their findings.


Further contact details for Jackie Randles

inspiring.nsw@sydney.edu.au

Support links

Inspiring Australia
http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/

National Science Week
https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

NSW Regional Science Hubs
http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/inspiring/hubs.shtml

Australian Science Teachers Association
http://asta.edu.au/

Australian Citizen Science Association
http://csna.gaiaresources.com.au/wordpress/

Citizen Science ideas 
http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog/x_post/Ideas-for-citizen-science-for-your-students-00115.html

Contact Fizzics Education

Web: http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/

Phone: +612 9674 2191

STEM Teaching support resources

NEW Primary STEM teaching book! http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/be+amazing+book.html

>100 Free Science Experiments http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Free+experiments.html

>100 Free Science Ideas and Tips
http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog.html

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Inspiring Australia is a federally funded Australian program that works to increase engagement and interest in the sciences through sharing ideas, events and stories created by educators, researchers, and science communicators. Jackie Randles is the Manager of Inspiring Australia NSW and is heavily involved in helping science events, regional science hubs, citizen science projects and more find an audience across NSW. A huge number of free resources are discussed in this podcast&hellip; have a pen and paper ready! Hosted by Ben Newsome from <a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/">Fizzics Education</a> About Jackie Randles Jackie&nbsp;Randles&nbsp;finds interesting and creative ways to bring science and technology experts out of the lab and into the community through collaborative outreach and engagement projects, including during National Science Week. A state manager with the Inspiring Australia initiative, the national strategy for community engagement with science, technology and innovation, she brings stakeholders across the community, business and cultural sectors together to promote the relevance of&nbsp;science&nbsp;and&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;to everyday life and the value of STEM careers. A cofounder of Sydney Science Festival, Jackie has also established a network of Regional Science Hubs that regularly present entertaining science experiences for their communities. Top 3 learnings Join in citizen science initiatives! There are many opportunities for your students to be working with real scientists in real research across Australia.
Encourage entrepreneurial thinking! A business creates opportunities for people to make a positive impact in their world and teaching students to adopt a growth mindset can set them and their local community up for a brighter future.
Get involved in science events&hellip; or even better, create your own! A science event doesn&rsquo;t have to be bigger than Ben Hur, it can be as simple as opening up your school hall or community centre to display science experiments and posters that depict how our world works. Reach out to local scientists to get involved and create a buzz. Education tip of the week Create a longitudinal science experiment. Have students setup an ongoing science project where they take measurements and photographs over several days or even weeks to find out a result. Incorporate fair testing of variables and get students to describe their project in a classroom blog or similar to communicate their findings.
 Further contact details for Jackie Randles <a href="mailto:inspiring.nsw@sydney.edu.au">inspiring.nsw@sydney.edu.au</a> Support links Inspiring Australia <a href="http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/">http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/</a> National Science Week <a href="https://www.scienceweek.net.au/">https://www.scienceweek.net.au/</a> NSW Regional Science Hubs <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/inspiring/hubs.shtml">http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/inspiring/hubs.shtml</a> Australian Science Teachers Association <a href="http://asta.edu.au/">http://asta.edu.au/</a> Australian Citizen Science Association <a href="http://csna.gaiaresources.com.au/wordpress/">http://csna.gaiaresources.com.au/wordpress/</a> Citizen Science ideas <a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog/x_post/Ideas-for-citizen-science-for-your-students-00115.html">http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog/x_post/Ideas-for-citizen-science-for-your-students-00115.html</a> Contact Fizzics Education Web:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/">http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/</a> Phone: +612 9674 2191 STEM Teaching support resources NEW Primary STEM teaching book!&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/be+amazing+book.html">http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/be+amazing+book.html</a> &gt;100 Free Science Experiments&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Free+experiments.html">http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Free+experiments.html</a> &gt;100 Free Science Ideas and Tips <a href="http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog.html">http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/Blog.html</a> Know an educator who'd love this episode? Share it! If something grabbed your attention in this STEM podcast please leave your thoughts below

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For educators wanting to make STEM awesome! No matter whether you're teaching science in grade 1, running a high school lab or delivering  science shows in a museum, this show helps you teach science & technology the way kids want to learn.

The FizzicsEd Podcast brings in educators from across Australia and around the world to talk about tips, tricks, lessons and learnings they've had whilst working with students in the classroom and beyond. Hosted by Ben Newsome, a science teacher, author and founder of the multi-award winning science outreach team at Fizzics Education.

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