RocksExpo 2-PD Introducing Our Dynamic Planet @ Charters Towers
October 18, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
1.00 to 3.00pm: Riding the Climate Rollercoaster
What is climate and how has it changed through time? What role do the atmosphere, the oceans and greenhouse gases play? What tectonic processes change the Earth's climate? Can life radically change the Earth's atmosphere and freeze the globe? Curriculum topics for years 9 to 12, with STEM, physics and chemistry crossover.
3.00 to 5:00pm: Rocks and Critical Minerals.
Introduction to the TESEP kits and teaching resources: integrated teaching of rocks/minerals in the plate tectonics and rock cycle context, with rock/mineral stories, 3D renders/virtual teaching. Hands-on activities to describe rocks, rock cycle examples, and their use in society, by First Nations Australians and for the energy transition. Curriculum topics for years 5 to 9.
School: Blackheath & Thornburgh College, King St, Richmond Hill, Charters Towers Qld
Meeting Room: Attendees to attendees to go to the front desk to be directed to Meeting Room
Date: Friday 18 October 2024
School Facilitator: Jacqui Street