NSW

Submissions are invited for the Geoscience Educators (AUGEN) Conference which will be held between 5 and 6 August, 2017 at The University of Sydney.

The conference is aimed at first-time and experienced educators, students, postdoctoral fellows, professional society representatives, high school science teachers, plus academic, industry and government geoscientists.

The conference has six main themes

1. Strategies for supporting success in earth science education
2. Creating opportunities for work-integrated learning (WIL) in earth sciences
3. Earth science education and literacy inside and outside university walls
4. Research in the classroom and laboratory
5. Improving quantitative approaches in earth science teaching and learning
6. Tomorrow’s global geoscience workforce

Registration details are available here.

The next conference will be held in conjunction with PESA and the AIG and will be called the Australian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC).

Initial abstract submission closes on 12 May, 2017.