Primary Science Professional Development for Teachers
Struggling with teacher confidence in science?
This hands-on, curriculum-aligned PD gives your staff the strategies, structure, and confidence to teach science effectively — immediately.
Delivered by a practising NSW classroom teacher with 30+ years experience — not presenters, real teaching expertise.
Low Effort Guarantee
✔ No prep overwhelm
✔ No complicated equipment
✔ Works the very next day in class
30 Years Teaching Experience
NSW Science Education Specialist
Programs Aligned to NSW Syllabus
Trusted by 100 + NSW Schools
Across science incursions, workshops and professional learning programs
Supporting NSW primary teachers across public, Catholic and independent schools
✔ Whole-school professional development days
✔ Stage-based teacher workshops (K–2, 3–4, 5–6)
✔ Staff meetings and twilight PD sessions
✔ Building teacher confidence in science teaching
Turn Your Teachers Into Confident Science Educators — In One Session
Your teachers are already capable educators — they just need the right science structure.
This session builds on what they already do well — showing how to apply proven teaching strategies to science using practical approaches developed over 30+ years in real classrooms.
Science becomes simple, structured, and immediately teachable
Powered by The Crazy Scientist Lab System™
✔ Practical, classroom-ready science lessons teachers can use immediately
✔ Clear strategies for teaching “Working Scientifically” across K–6
✔ Confidence to teach science without relying on external providers
✔ Simple, low-cost experiments that work in real classrooms
✔ Structured lesson ideas aligned to the NSW Science syllabus
No fluff.
No passive learning.
No theory overload.
Real PD Sessions in Action
Designed for Real Schools
✔ Fits into staff meetings, half days, or full-day PD
✔ Minimal preparation required from teachers
✔ All materials and structure provided
✔ Delivered and guided by an experienced classroom teacher
This is from a Twilight teacher PD session with the optional teacher's toolkit' , that they could take home materials allowing them to use the next day!
No fluff. No passive learning. Just practical strategies teachers can use the very next day.
A System for Teaching Science — Not Just Activities
Most science PD gives teachers activities.
We give them a system based on pedagogy & real classroom experience.
The Crazy Scientist LAB System™ provides a structured learning sequence that guides how students engage with, process, and apply scientific ideas.
The LAB System™ is built on over 30 years of classroom experience and is designed around how students build understanding — not just experience activities.
It ensures that hands-on learning leads to thinking, explanation, and long-term transfer, not just engagement in the moment.
✔ Every activity has a clear learning purpose
✔ Every lesson builds toward deep understanding
✔ Every experience transfers into real classroom practice
Unlike one-off demonstrations or stand-alone activities, this approach ensures that what students experience in the moment connects directly to what they understand and retain over time.
Drawing on experience teaching both primary and high school science, the system bridges the gap between simple classroom activities and deeper scientific thinking — ensuring students are not just engaged, but challenged.
The full framework and supporting materials are introduced and unpacked during professional development sessions.
The LAB framework is a learning sequence model, designed specifically for science, that structures how students move from prior knowledge to exploration and finally to explanation and transfer.
Hands-on learning is not the end point — it’s the driver for thinking, explanation, and deep understanding. It is the driver for deep understanding — aligned with explicit teaching principles used across NSW schools.
The Crazy Scientist Lab System™
A simple, repeatable structure that turns hands-on activities into deep learning.
Most hands-on activities stop at engagement. The LAB System™ ensures students move beyond activity into understanding and transfer.
Choose the Right PD for Your School
Built by a practising NSW teacher with 30+ years of classroom experience — not a generic presenter.
Designed
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for different school contexts — but built on the same proven system.
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delivered by a practising NSW classroom teacher — not external presenters.
No fluff. No passive learning. Just practical strategies teachers can use the very next day.
No fluff. No passive learning. Just practical strategies teachers can use the very next day.
Bringing Science to Life in Early Learning
Play-based, hands-on science experiences that spark curiosity, language, and confidence in young learners.
A Simple, Practical Way to Bring Science Into
Everyday Play
The Early Years LAB System™ gives educators a simple, repeatable way to turn everyday play into meaningful learning — supporting curiosity, language, and thinking in young children.
Simple. Practical. Aligned with play-based learning.
✔ Builds confidence using simple, familiar materials
✔ Fits naturally into play-based learning environments
✔ Supports language, thinking, and social interaction
✔ Works for all educators — from new to experienced
This isn’t just fun science activities — it’s how play becomes meaningful learning.
Choose the Right PD Format for Your School
Flexible PD options — all designed for real classroom impact.
✔ Quick, practical science activities using everyday materials
✔ Builds confidence without adding workload
✔ Easy to implement immediately
✔ No prep-heavy planning required
✔ Experience and unpack the Wonder → Explore → Talk → Extend cycle
✔ Build a bank of simple, repeatable science experiences
✔ Learn how to guide language and thinking through play
✔ Strong links to EYLF outcomes
✔ Cost-effective for individual centres
✔ Great for franchise or group training days
✔ Shared ideas across teams and settings
✔ Strong community and collaboration focus
Everything is designed to work in real classrooms, with the time, resources, and constraints teachers actually face. Teachers leave with a clear understanding of how to teach science, not just what activities to run.
Primary School Science Professional Development
Hands-on, curriculum-aligned training designed specifically for NSW K–6 classrooms.
Why Science Often Gets Avoided in Primary Schools
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Low teacher confidence
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Knowledge apprehension
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Too many disconnected activities
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Unclear structure and vague syllabus outcomes
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Lack of time
The result? Science becomes rushed, skipped, or surface-level.
A Structured Approach to Teaching Science Across K–6
The professional development sessions use The Crazy Scientist Lab System™ (introduced above) to give teachers a clear, structured way to teach science across all stages — from early learners through to Stage 3 and opportunity classes.
Rather than isolated activities, this approach builds a consistent way of teaching that supports all learners and develops understanding over time. Designed to align teaching practice across all classrooms — regardless of teacher experience or confidence level.
✔ Break down syllabus outcomes into clear, stage-appropriate learning sequences
✔ Use hands-on activities as a pathway to deep understanding — not just engagement
✔ Differentiate learning across Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3 (including extension for high-ability learners)
✔ Structure lessons that build knowledge progressively across K–6
✔ Deliver science with clarity, purpose, and confidence in every classroom
Full program structure, stage differentiation, and implementation support shared on enquiry.
Flexible Professional Learning Options
Every school is different — and professional learning needs to fit within real timetables.
While full-day sessions are often booked on pupil-free days, many schools now choose more flexible formats such as:
✔ Half-day workshops with staff rotating in stage groups
✔ Twilight sessions after school
✔ In-classroom modelling and team teaching
✔ Combined workshop + classroom implementation
✔ Perfect for staff meetings or twilight sessions
✔ Focused, practical strategies teachers can apply immediately
✔ High engagement with minimal time commitment
✔ Ideal introduction to the Lab System™
✔ Focused application of the Lab System™ within a shorter timeframe
✔ Hands-on learning with clear links to classroom practice
✔ Teachers experience and unpack key lesson structures
✔ Strong connection to NSW syllabus outcomes
✔ Builds confidence and clarity in teaching science
✔ Stage-based differentiation across K–6 (Stage 1, 2, and 3)
✔ A consistent, whole-school approach to teaching science
✔ Deep dive into the Lab System™ for structured lesson design
✔ Multiple science areas explored through a teaching framework
✔ Time for planning, reflection, and classroom application
✔ Builds confidence across all staff — from early career to experienced teachers
Everything is designed to work in real classrooms, with the time, resources, and constraints teachers actually face. Teachers leave with a clear understanding of how to teach science, not just what activities to run.
What Does a Full Day Look Like?
Quick Summary Box
In One Day, Teachers Will:
✔ Understand a clear structure for teaching science (LAB System™)
✔Experience and run a hands-on lesson.
✔Learn how to differentiate across K–6Leave with ready-to-use lessons and strategies.
Every school is different — and that matters.
The structure of the day is tailored to your staff, your students, and your school goals.
However, all full-day sessions are built around a proven framework using the Crazy Scientist LAB System™.
Below is an example of how a whole-school professional learning day may be structured:
A detailed, customised program is provided to schools upon booking.
Teachers don’t need more theory — they need a clear structure they can trust.
The morning session introduces the Crazy Scientist LAB System™ and shows how it aligns directly with the NSW Explicit Teaching Model and Teaching & Learning Cycle.
Teachers will:
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Experience how the LINK phase activates prior knowledge and surfaces misconceptions
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Explore how to structure lessons with clear learning purpose (not just activities)
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See how hands-on learning fits within explicit teaching — not outside it
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Engage in short, active challenges that model how this looks in real classrooms
This is where teachers gain the confidence and clarity to teach science with purpose.
This is where most PD falls apart — teachers watch… but don’t learn how to actually run it.
In this session, teachers work in Stage-based groups (Stage 1, 2, and 3) to experience a fully modelled ACTIVATE lesson.
Teachers will:
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Break down the NSW Science syllabus across their stage
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Learn how to group students and differentiate within the same activity
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Participate in a mini ACTIVATE lesson (they do the experiment themselves)
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Explore how to use chunking + guided reflection to deepen understanding
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Use simple, classroom-ready materials they can replicate immediately
This is where teachers learn: how to actually RUN the lesson — not just watch it
The final session focuses on turning learning into real classroom implementation.
Teachers move beyond the activity to design lessons that build understanding over time.
Teachers will:
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Explore the BUILD phase — where learning is consolidated and transferred
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Design lessons using the LAB System™ structure
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Apply differentiation strategies across K–6
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Develop classroom-ready sequences aligned to the NSW syllabus
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Walk away with practical resources and implementation strategies
This is where teachers leave with a clear plan to teach science the next day
Delivered across Sydney to primary schools, vacation care centres, libraries and community venues — fully risk-assessed, insured and compliant with school requirements
Carefully selected materials and chemicals that deepen key science concepts
Resources that increase student engagement and experimental quality
Activities linked across multiple NSW syllabus areas and stages
Classroom Implementation Kits (Optional Add-On)
Curriculum-Aligned | Stage Adaptable | High Impact
Throughout the day, teachers work with simple, everyday materials to demonstrate how high-quality science lessons can be delivered without complex equipment.
This ensures that all strategies are:
✔ Accessible
✔ Low-prep
✔ Immediately usable in any classroom
Taking It Further
While the teaching approach works with simple materials, these kits allow teachers to take lessons further — with greater clarity, impact, and scientific depth
Outcome
Teachers walk away with:
A clear teaching structure
A bank of classroom-ready lesson ideas
And the option to extend their program with high-impact, reusable resources
Bridging the Gap Between Extension and Everyday Learning
Many schools are doing fantastic work in their HPGE programs — the challenge is translating that level of thinking and engagement into everyday classroom science across all stages.
That’s where our professional learning supports your whole staff — building confidence, consistency, and real classroom impact.
Request Professional Development Information
Tell us a little about your school and goals — we’ll recommend the best PD option and provide tailored details.
Simple Booking Process
Enquire with your school detailsReceive a tailored program for your staffWe deliver everything — materials, structure, and facilitation
✔ No complex planning required
✔ Flexible to your school context
✔ Designed for immediate classroom impact
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