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EDUCATION
Engage and excite your students in Science and STEM
Edu.Cat is an exciting Australian-first Curriculum aligned feline education program focusing on fostering responsible cat ownership with the aim to create social change in how people care for cats and protect wildlife. The program is free and available to all schools in Tasmania. It includes Science STEM challenges, incursions, teacher guidebooks, activity plans, student workbooks, posters, online resources and more.
What are our educational messages?
Edu.Cat is an Australian-first Feline Education Program designed to create social change in how people care for cats and protect wildlife.
Edu.Cat is linked to the Australian Curriculum and Science STEM challenges.
Edu.Cat is Australian-first Curriculum aligned Feline Education Program for students from Kindergarten to Yr 7.
The program was developed by consultant Kara Spence who is a professional Science Curriculum expert and teacher in conjunction with Ten Lives, to foster responsible cat ownership whilst engaging, empowering and inspiring students in STEM Challenges.
Edu.Cat provides a practical teacher guidebook with tailored activity plans based on hands-on team challenges relating to student’s everyday lives.
Edu.Cat is FREE to all schools in Tasmania, including incursions, teacher guidebooks, activity plans, student workbooks, posters, online resources and more.
The program focuses on 3 key areas of responsible cat ownership;
The program content is tailored for the following year groups;
The program is delivered to all grades in the following way;
A 45 -60 minute incursion for individual classes. The incursion provides students with information that assists teacher with the STEM Challenges.
Each teacher is provided with a Teacher Guidebook which includes three 30min – 90min STEM Activities, links to the Australian Curriculum, online resources and student work book in one convenient book. Student workbooks are also provide for each student.
The structure of the program outlined above allows enhanced children learning every 1-2 years with scaffolding messaging on responsible cat ownership to create long term social change for cats, community and wildlife in Tasmania whilst engaging inquiring young minds in STEM challenges.
This is a truly unique and exciting Australian-first program which has received praise and positive feedback from various principals, teachers, DoE Curriculum Services Tasmania, the Sustainability Learning Centre, the Deputy Premier, veterinarians, councils, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and Parks and Wildlife.
Key social, cultural, economic or environmental sustainability messages delivered
The program focuses on 3 key areas of responsible cat ownership with the aim to create social change through an exciting Australian-first Curriculum aligned Feline Education Program whilst igniting student engagement in the Science Curriculum through STEM Challenges.
The 3 areas are;
The needs and wants of a cat are also taught.
Changes in behaviour achieved (or expected)
Edu.Cat is designed to create long term social change in how people care for cats, improve community relationships and protect wildlife.
Outcomes and measures of success
This is a truly unique and exciting Australian-first program which has received praise and positive feedback from various principals, teachers, DoE Curriculum Services, the Sustainability Learning Centre, the Deputy Premier, various council members across the state, veterinarians, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and Parks and Wildlife.
As the program has only recently been launched we are unable to provide measurements of success in relation to social change, but will do this as part of the program.
Feedback received from a Yr 1/2 teacher “So we have made our cats out of recycled materials so I can send you some pics of the students with them tomorrow if you like? They did a fantastic job! They put lots of thought into what materials they used for each part of the cat. We have just started 3D shapes in maths, so they will now use their models of the cats to explore what 3D shapes their model is made of”.
Edu.Cat is FREE to all schools in Tasmania, including incursions, teacher guidebooks, activity plans, student workbooks, posters, online resources and more.
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Ten Lives Cat Centre
12 Selfs Point Road New Town 7008
PO Box 309 Lenah Valley 7008
6278 2111
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