Science Education News (SEN) Journal 2018 Science Education News Volume 67 Number 2 | Page 3

CONTENTS SEN Science Education News ASSOCIATION NEWS President’s Message........................................................................................... 4 STANSW ‘BEEINS’ Conference, 2018 Report..................................................... 5 Volume 67 Number 2 2018 STANSW Chemistry Conference, 2018 Report................................................... 8 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE STANSW ‘Meet the Markers’ 2018 Report........................................................ 11 TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES Inc. Quarterly Issues REPORTS STANSW Young Scientist Awards 2018............................................................ 14 ARTICLES STEM down under students are on top of the world......................................... 16 EDITOR George Pinniger EDITORIAL TEAM Margaret Shepherd Celebrating the Significance and Relevance of STEAM at the Australian Museum............................................................................................ 25 Love them or Hate them, Cane Toads are Here to Stay................................... 27 The Future of NAPLAN – both views................................................................. 32 Let’s Abandon NAPLAN – We can do Better!................................................... 33 Five Things We Wouldn’t Know Without NAPLAN............................................. 35 DESKTOP PUBLISHER Claire McCabe The Skeleton in the Closet................................................................................. 38 Trouble in Paradise: Eruptions from Kīlauea Volcano place the Hawaiian island on Red Alert............................................................................ 39 Action to Limit the Outcomes of Human-induced Climate Change.................. 43 Email: [email protected] Solar PV and Wind are on track to Replace all Coal, Oil and Gas within Two Decades.......................................................................................... 44 Web site: http://www.stansw.asn.au The Nature of Knowledge.................................................................................. 46 Acting out their Age, or Something Worse? Dealing with Difficult Behaviour in Children........................................................................................ 53 The opinions expressed in this journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of STANSW or the Editors of SEN. IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM 7–12 Using Cultures of Thinking to Promote an Inquiry-based Approach in Stage-4 Geology........................................................................... 47 High School Students helping Primary Students with Science......................... 52 © Copyright 2018 by STANSW All rights reserved. ISSN 0048 9603 3 SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL NEWS VOL 67 NO 2