TESEP Professional Development Workshops - Narromine High School, Narromine

Narromine High School is hosting TESEP Professional Development Workshops on Thursday 30 October 2025 from 11.30am to 3.30pm on the TESEP rock and critical minerals kits with integrated resources and the 5 Big Extinctions.

Rock and Critical Minerals Kits

Introduction to the Rock and Critical Minerals Kits and the plate tectonics poster and integrated teaching (rock, mineral and big picture plate tectonics stories). This PD will include hands-on exercises and focus on Year 8.

Life, Fossils and the 5 Big Extinctions

This PD will look at the 5 big mass extinctions through geological time and what might have caused them-using fossils. We will look at the evolutionary niches that were created by some of these extinctions, including the rise of hominids. Episodes include: Introduction to Fossils, Evolution and Extinctions; Fossils and Astrobiology; Fossils and Plate Tectonics; Hominid Evolution; Economic Fossils; and Micro-fossils. Biology crossover. Years 5-6 and Years 7-12.

Cost:

attendee from Host School – Free.

attendee from another School / Institution – $50 plus GST and booking fees.

There are two payment methods:

Preferred payment by credit card on registration.

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The school contact for this event is Sue Brown. Please go to the admin office to sign in and for directions to the meeting room.

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