Clay Reid He wanted to be a funeral director, but he wasn’t old enough. So, to fill in time, Clay Reid went to teacher college, and fell into a career he has made his own. After twenty years of secondary science teaching, he is highly respected as an inspirational teacher and leader, both in his…
Bronwyn Mart Bronwyn Mart believes that science should have a central role in the primary school curriculum. “Children are born curious about the world around them. We need to nurture and harness that curiosity from the early years of school. That’s why science matters in primary school. Taught well, it engages students and can act…
Cheryl Capra Cheryl Capra couldn’t pursue her passion for physics and astronomy as a career. Instead she turned to science teaching and, over a 40 year career, has taught at primary and secondary level and been involved in curriculum development. But it’s in primary teaching at Albany Hills State School in Brisbane that she’s made…
Mike Roach In the early 1990s Mike Roach realised that space and astronomy ignited a passion in his students for learning about science. Today, Mike has brought space science into much of the science curriculum at Hamilton Secondary School in Adelaide and runs an annual space science school in South Australia, now in its ninth…
Mark Merritt Mark Merritt believes that primary science teachers have a critical role to play in instilling an enduring enthusiasm for science in their students. “We need to make sure that future generations move into science research and science education. It’s vital that we start in the early years so we can embed in the…
Mark Butler Mark Butler realised he had a passion for teaching while researching high power lasers and lecturing at Macquarie University. But he didn’t want to preach to the converted, such as physics undergraduates. So, he turned his back on the possibility of working at Bell Laboratories on ultraviolet lasers and instead pursued a career…