Multiple curriculum and year levels can be covered with one guest
Example 1- interview with Tim Quirey in Year 7 Science links with Year 5 and 6 (Scientific knowledge
is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions), Year 7 and 8(Some of
Earth’s resources are renewable, including water that cycles through the environment, but others
are non-renewable, Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding of the world and is
refined as new evidence becomes available ), Year 9 (Advances in scientific understanding often rely
on developments in technology and technological advances are often linked to scientific
discoveries, Values and needs of contemporary society can influence the focus of scientific research
Could also link with for exampleYear 7
Geography - The quantity and variability of
Australia’s water resources compared with
other continents. Year 8 Geography -
Management and planning of Australia’s
urban future
Example 2- interview with Quentin Hill - this could easily be used as a mini lesson
teaching/reinforcing a single concept. Curriculum link - Year 8 Science- Sedimentary, igneous
and metamorphic rocks contain minerals and are formed by processes that occur within Earth
over a variety of timescales
Example 3 - Professor Alan Mackay Sim -Year 8 Science - Science knowledge can develop
through collaboration across the disciplines of science and the contributions of people from a
range of cultures
Podcast/Screencast modelled on Conversations (most
popular podcast on ABCListen) and BTN (ABCTV News
for Kids
Real time 30 mins + 30 mins questions
Capacity to invite other schools to participate
Advantages for Guests
It's interesting
Guests can reach a wide audience
They don't need to travel
Throughout the week, Richard presents Conversations with Richard Fidler, broadcast across
Australia on ABC Radio. Conversations is the most popular podcast in Australia, with close to four
million programs downloaded every month.
www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations
www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations
Advantages for BrisbaneSDE
In a unique position to do this
Have the technology already in place
Opportunity to partner with Universities, CSIRO and many other
external organisations (for funding?)
can edit longer sessions
into short sessions which
focus on a single concept
Advantages for BrisbaneSDE students
Access to experts
recorded sessions
Why does it have to be a teacher?
Because a teacher can make explicit link with the curriculum and elicit information in a way that is
accessible to students.
Example 4 - Quentin Hill explains why he became a geologist