A Science and Technology Education project, developed for Graduate entry students in Bachelor of Education, (early childhood, primary and middle school) has been embraced as an outstanding success and excellent teaching resource.The ‘big book’ project required students to design, make and appraise an interactive ‘big book’ to teach a science concept for students in a primary, early childhood or middle school classroom.
The ‘big book’ had to be a narrative, have a movable part and teach a concept utilising a range of recycled materials.
Iain Hay, Lecturer in Science and Technology Education said, “The project is truly a ‘rich task’, in the sense that it allowed our students to engage in the design and appraisal process in a very concrete way by making the interactive ‘big book’."
