Teachers and students — step into the role of space-bound scientists and engineers with Plants for Space and join our dynamic three-part program to help design life beyond Earth
Comic Crops is a curriculum-linked STEM teacher professional learning and student engagement program connecting classrooms to cutting-edge research into how plants can sustain life beyond Earth. Developed with Plants for Space researchers and educators, the three-part program includes:
- Teacher professional learning
- Classroom-ready experiments and resources
Immersive student incursions/excursions
Together, these experiences build scientific understanding, critical thinking and student agency as learners step into the roles of plant biologists, engineers, psychologists and food chemists to explore how humans might survive and thrive off-Earth.
This program is expected to run once every term.
Locations and Dates available for Term 2:
Perth, The University of Western Australia, Secondary years 12th May
Adelaide, Adelaide University, Secondary years, May TBC
Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Primary years, 14th May
Melbourne, La Trobe University Bundoora, Secondary years, 15th May
Online, 18th May
Curriculum links (Australian national curriculum number):
3-10 Science Understanding- Biological sciences
3-10 Science as a human endeavor
3-10 Science inquiry
ATSIL professional standards:
Content knowledge (Standard 2)
Teaching strategies and pedagogy (Standard 3)
Ability to use inquiry / STEM approaches (Standards 2 & 3)
Capacity to engage students in future-focused learning (Standards 1 & 3)
Understanding of sustainability / real-world STEM contexts (Standard 2)
Confidence to implement new learning in practice (Standard 6)