School of the Environment
Professional development

Data are Fun?! for Senior Science Teachers

21 March 2025 9:45am–1:45pm
 

Join Dr Gurion Ang and other Queensland teachers for a biology-focused Professional Development (PD) day which covers best-practice in data processing, analysis and report preparation for new and returning teachers in senior sciences.

In 2025, the PD includes content which covers new expectations of data analysis for the 2025 general science syllabuses.

This event is held in-person at Brisbane South State Secondary College and is our only session for 2025. No online version or recordings will be available.

We'll deliver from a senior biology context but the data analysis techniques and skills we cover are useful across all senior sciences, and to some extent senior geography.

These skills are highly relevant to Internal Assessment 2: Student Experiment, but the concepts and contexts we present are relevant to Internal Assessment 1: Data Test and Internal Assessment 3: Research Investigation.

Program

TimeDescription
9:30amArrive at Brisbane South State Secondary College
179 Annerley Road, Dutton Park 4102
9:45am

Part one:

  • Syllabus orientation
  • Research question and experimental design
  • Data processing (means, uncertainty, standard deviation, standard error)
  • Confidence intervals
11:20amLunch (provided)
12pm

Part two:

  • Testing for comparison (t-tests)
  • Testing for correlation (Pearson’s correlation coefficient, Spearman’s rank test)
  • Student exemplars
  • UQ resources and services
1:30pmLucky draw presented by the School of the Environment
1:45pmClose

Parking

We'll provide you with further instructions by email 2 weeks before the workshop.

Registration and cost

$110 exc. GST ($121 incl. GST), includes a printed copy of Dr Gurion Ang’s 2025 edition of Data are Fun!? guidebook, and lunch. Professional development certificates will be emailed to you after the session.

Register now to secure your spot

Please note:

  • This payment link has been set up for an indefinite period so please ignore the notice that the PD is running until “31 December 2028”.
  • A tax invoice is automatically sent to the email used during registration.
  • If you’re registering on behalf of multiple teachers please indicate each teacher’s email address and dietary requirements.
  • We use the email information provided for the generation of PD certificates so please check carefully before submitting your registration and making payment.

What to bring

  • Fully charged laptop (with data set downloaded, more information in our joining instructions)
  • Writing materials
  • Your questions about anything and everything related to data analysis for IA2.

Queries

Please contact Dr Gurion Ang (gurion.ang@uq.edu.au) with any questions.