Why DIY skills are valuable in science class Being able to apply DIY skills to science education is an incredibly useful skill to have! In this post we look at how the ability to fix and create apparatus and science projects can help in a busy science education faculty.

TED talks that grab your attention! Love teaching science? Want get more inspired? Why not listen to these awesome people talking about the way they teach science & imaginative thinking via some TED talks? These people are fascinating to listen to and in many ways embody the essence of great...

Schools working together for student STEM outcomes The Peninsula Community of Schools on the Sydney's northern beaches ran an awesome STEM day at Narrabeen Sports High School as part of National Science Week celebrations. Here we look at the outstanding outcomes that can be achieved when primary, high and tertiary...

Help scientists, help the world The rise of citizen science projects has helped working scientists extend their reach through simply having more people on the ground contributing to data. Joining in citizen science projects not only teaches your students scientific thinking, it also teaches them to care for their world...

Woohoo! Great news coming into the weekend :) We've been running science classes across the world using video conferencing technology and over the past few years we've been quite involved with delivering programs to schools in North America via the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). As part of...

Students... pitch me your ideas! The business pitching TV show Shark Tank and it's competitor Dragon's Den have certainly captured the public's imagination in the past year or so. Why not take this idea into your science classroom and create a STEM pitch fest? Not only will it be fun...

Let your student's creativity shine, without breaking the bank! Teaching science in your classroom doesn't necessarily have to be just about following the textbook. If you want to truly engage kids in the sciences you have to tap into their creative side, that is, let them go about solving a...

Use the Vivid Light, Music & Ideas Festival to your advantage! With the Vivid Light, Music & Ideas Festival in full swing in Sydney from May 27 until June 18 this year it's the perfect time to teach light & colour with your students. Students love colour, they love lasers...

Lego robotics captures kids attention like nothing else! We love Lego Robotics! Also known as Lego Mindstorms, we've been using these robots for years to teach kids coding and logical reasoning in schools for years. Students intuitively understand it and can very quickly have their robot moving and sensing it's...

How to use Pinterest to remember all of those experiments! Ever been planning for a science lesson and for the life of you cannot remember that experiment website you needed? Pinterest is most definitely the education app for you! Established a couple of years ago, Pinterest is a free virtual...

If science is boring the kids, maybe the narrative is missing? Ever sat in class and thought that the classroom texts being used just simply are uninspiring? Maybe its not that the facts presented are boring, perhaps its simply the way that they are being presented that is the issue....

Wow, another business award for Fizzics Education!</b After an awesome evening meeting business leaders from across the country, our team was proud and delighted to be recognised as the 2016 winner for the Education Services category at Australia's national small business awards evening. Thank you to everyone's continuing support in...

Why not truly allow kids to express their creativity? We love the Maker movement! The popularity of Maker spaces, Maker fairs, Maker nights and more has just grown and grown from a grassroots movement to a worldwide phenomenon to bring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics together where students can...

How are good experiments constructed in the first place? Anyone can follow a science experiment from beginning to end but fewer people can construct a fair experiment in the first place! In this article we delve into the ways in which scientists create experiments that can be fairly tested and...