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Dear Gosford City Learning Community, Thank you all again for the privilege of letting me share my enthusiasm for #STEM, optimism for the future and appreciation for Australia's free public education system with you as we prepare to launch into Term 3, 2016. Wishing you all a very happy and fantastically productive Education Week, Book Week, National Science Week. Keep smiling and bye … Continue reading Gosford City Learning Community →

Dear IGS Sydney, Thank you so much for your giving me such a warm welcome and for a fun morning sharing some optimistic yet realistic positivity and passion for teaching and learning. It was an absolute pleasure to join you for your first day back after the holidays and I look forward to hearing about … Continue reading IGSSyd INCITE! →

Dear STEMSummit2016 teachers, principals, labbies STEM lovers, Thank you very much for the incredible privilege and amazing opportunity to share a little bit of my excitement with all 750+ of you. I cannot wait to see what you do next and how things are going to change for learners in the Mt Gambier region. As promised, here are the links to the topics … Continue reading Mt Gambier STEMSummit2016 →

  Dear #IT 2015'ers, Thank you again for letting me shower you with the evidence for feeling chirpy in 2015. As promised, here are all the links to everything I mentioned and discussed and gabbled on about. Have a cracker couple of days and don't forget to get onto that sand and dip your feet … Continue reading IT 2015 – Coffs Harbour →

I had a really fun conversation with the host of HER Radio Dr Pam Peeke, "the doc who walks the talk" on RadioMD this morning. You can listen to the full interview online here any time. The gorgeous and enlightening 'human weight loss equation' we discussed is this:           C₅₅H₁₀₄O₆   +   78 O₂   →    55 … Continue reading Interview with Dr Pam Peeke on HER Radio →

What a day. At 9.30am, I was pouring liquid nitrogen on a balloon in front of 200 children at Malabar State School. Then at 10.30am, I experienced the honour of having my research published in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal). Figuring out where human fat goes took months of reading and thinking and bashing my head against the awesome wall of medical and scientific literature. This all started when … Continue reading Weight loss paper published in The BMJ today →

Dear #ESFICE teachers, Happy World Teachers Day from 'down under' and thank you again for the invitation to share ideas with you in sunny Hong Kong! Below are all the links I promised during my keynote and the workshops. Please let me know if I have missed anything or if you would like more information. Have a terrific term in the classroom and I … Continue reading ESF Science | 3 October | Renaissance College Hong Kong →

Hello again everyone, Thank you again for the invitation to speak at the Brisbane Water Learning Community Development Day and for being such a great audience to speak to! I just did some number crunching. There were 260 of you in the audience yesterday and I was told about half of you were from primary schools and half … Continue reading Brisbane Water Learning Community Development Day →

G-day ACU! Thank you again for the invitation to speak at the Australian Catholic University and the opportunity to show all you soon-to-be primary and high school teachers some nifty demos that you will all hopefully enjoy doing with your pupils in your terrific teaching careers. Below are all those links I promised. Best regards, good luck with your … Continue reading Guest lecture at the Australian Catholic University →

G-day Labbies! Thank you again for the invitation to speak at your conference! I had a ball! I hope you all had a cracking time and are recharged for another year of fun and hard yakka in the prep room. As promised, below the photo of Kepnock State High School's Super Labbies Linda and Jo-Anne, are all … Continue reading SLAMN “LABBIES” Conference 2013 →