
This issue celebrates CONASTA71, National Science Week and Science Talent Search – all amazing events showcasing and advancing science education. We unpack the new F-6 Science Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0, which continues to offer a range of contemporary, evidence based and real-world approaches to teaching and learning science. Ange Fitzgerald provides recent science education research where students from as early as Year 2 are investigating age-appropriate understanding of DNA and genetics. Lawson Power discusses the benefits and challenges of GenAI for primary science education and draws on his experiences of using GenAI in science education. Bronwen Lasky discusses trialling retrieval grids with Years 5 and 6 students in her school and presents her experience and findings, providing examples of retrieval grids and how she has used them. Read the full issue: Let’s Find Out (members must be logged in)