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Inquiry-based training in physics and astronomy for Cape winelands intermediate phase teachers

The Natural Sciences curriculum content taught during the third and fourth school terms was covered in the final training session organized by Advancing Knowledge Non-Profit Company. This session took place on 15 August 2025 in the science laboratory at Noorder Paarl High School in Paarl, specifically in the STEM Teaching and Learning Centre (STEM TLC). […]

  • Shaun Goosen
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Advancing inquiry-based teaching of physics and astronomy in the Overberg education district

Advancing Knowledge NPC’s professional development sessions for natural sciences teachers concluded their 2025 delivery in the Overberg Education District of the Western Cape Education Department. A total of 25 Intersen (grades 4-7) teachers braved the bad weather on the weekend of August 1, 2025, to attend the SACE-endorsed course, Inquiry-Based Science Education. The course, which […]

  • Shaun Goosen
5 min read
Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest planetarium has relaunched as the new state-of-the-art Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome after it underwent an R90 million refurbishment project.

Wits relaunches state of the art digital dome after R90 million refurbishment

The dome has over the years projected significant historical events, including screening footage of the Apollo 11

  • Umamah Bakharia
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