Science Show Capacity Building Workshop
Join Dr. Graham Walker from the Australian National University to super charge your science demonstrations and shows. Learn about the important role of psychology, emotions, humour, interactivity and enthusiasm in your shows and how to use these tools to enhance science communication and learning.
Facilitator
Dr. Graham Walker
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
Petrosains Design Thinking Workshop
Design thinking is a human-centric approach to creative problem solving and innovation. The design thinking mindset encourages multidisciplinary process and also idea creation with an open mind. This workshop aims to support and encourage team effort and collaboration to solving problems in a purposeful and meaningful way. At the end of this workshop, participants will be exposed to the different theories and models used in the design thinking process, and apply it in a given challenge.
Facilitators
Dr. Daniel Loy
Dr. Daniel Loy is currently the Director of the Centre of Learning & Innovation, Petrosains which looks at innovative approaches to STEM education while leading free choice learning research. Through the lens of STEM, Petrosains also supports entrepreneurship development, is an IMPACT Partner under the Malaysia Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC), and is a recipient of the Social Enterprise Patron under the Amplify Awards by MaGIC. Daniel has a PhD in the field of Informal Science Education, with a Masters degree in Online Education and a Bachelors in Media Innovation. Prior to his current role at Petrosains, Daniel was the Vice President of Social Innovation at Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, the National Innovation Agency. As a strategist, educator, and communicator, he views innovation as a necessary tool for managing change.
Foo Huey Chyun
Foo Huey Chyun is the Head of Learning Innovation at Petrosains, The Discovery Centre. She leads the Learning Innovation team which looks at developing new and innovative learning projects that are impactful, cost-efficient, and effective using current development models such as rapid prototyping and design thinking that promote efficient problem solving and which supports innovative approaches. Her work involves imparting a culture of innovation through role modelling, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning and development via digital platforms. She is also a Google for Education Certified Trainer.
Tinkering with Food Workshop
In this playful day-long workshop, we’ll tinkering activities with a culinary twist and reflect on the qualities of these experiences as learners. These fun hands-on investigations will serve as a starting point for identifying practical ways to adjust materials, environments and facilitation strategies to support a tinkering disposition.
Our explorations will focus on the STEAM content areas of electrical circuits, computation, and mechanical movements as we program electronic paper designs and build a collaborative chain reaction. Through these experimental food-themed versions of the activities, we'll reflect on how tinkering can support collaboration, use of familiar materials in an unfamiliar way and an iterative process.
Workshop Schedule
Tinkering with Food Workshop: ASPAC 2018 |
8:45-9:00 | 15 | Welcome | |
9:00-9:30 | 30 | Ice Breaker: Tinkerville | |
9:30-10:00 | 45 | Slice of the Pie Making/Tinkering (compass points discussion) | |
10:00-10:30 | 30 | Paper Circuits (cookbook theme) | |
10:30-11:00 | 30 | Tea Break | |
11:00-12:00 | 60 | Paper Circuits (cookbook theme) | |
12:00-12:30 | 30 | Paper Circuit Reflection | |
12:30-13:30 | 30 | Lunch Break | |
13:30-15:00 | 90 | Chain Reaction | |
15:00-15:30 | 30 | Tea Break | |
15:30-16:00 | 45 | Chain Reaction | |
16:00-17:00 | 60 | Final Discussion | |
Facilitators
Ryan Jenkins
Ryan Jenkins is the co-founder of Wonderful Idea Co, a creative studio in Northern California exploring art, science & technology through making and tinkering. Ryan helps train educators, develop playful environments, and create unique handmade exhibits and art pieces for museums and maker spaces. Previously Ryan worked at the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio, developing workshops and activities that have been used, adapted and remixed in innovative education settings around the world.
Fatin Iesa
Fatin joined Science Centre Singapore as one of the pioneer Science Educator at the Tinkering Studio when it was first started in July 2015. Being trained first-hand by the tinkering experts from San Francisco’s science museum Exploratorium, Fatin now trains staff, volunteers and interns to develop a practice of facilitation in the art of tinkering. Drawing inspirations from nature and surroundings, Fatin loves to prototype with different inspirations to create new tinkering activities.
Scientific Literacy Skills Workshop
In this workshop, we follow this year ASPAC’s theme in related to food, and adopt the current GMO debate as a case to demonstrate the development and execution of a lesson plan that foster skills of argumentation. There are many issues related to the GMO debate and we will focus on the environmental and human safety aspects of the controversies. We will lead all participants to go through the ways to gather evidences and evaluate the merits of different evidences to support or refute a claim. We also stress the importance of the ability to provide a reason why and how certain data support a claim. Finally, we would like to point out that the development of literacy-based lesson plan or program is not very difficult and highly rewarding.
Facilitators
Tak-Cheung Lau, Chih-Yu Lu and Wenhsing Hsieh
Dr. Lau is the curator of science education and Chih-Yu and Wenhsing are educators at the National Museum of Natural Science
Scientific Literacy Skills Workshop
CEO Forum
Moderator
Dr. Lim Tit Meng, Chief Executive, Science Centre Singapore/President of ASPAC