THE MATHS SCIENCE LADY

Tutoring in PHYSICS, SCIENCE & MATHS from a QUALIFIED TEACHER
with 30 years experience teaching in government & private secondary schools.
Also offering exciting and educational SHOWS and INCURSIONS for
students on various themes including National Science Week &
other curriculum topics.

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Tutoring

ONLINE TUTORING

If you or your child needs help with PHYSICS, SCIENCE or MATHS, online tutoring is a very convenient way for your student to get live, qualified help no matter where you live! No travelling!

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SPECTACULAR SCIENCE SHOW BOOKING FORM

Please use this form to submit both booking enquiries and firm booking requests.
I will get back to you as soon as possible to provide further information or confirm your booking!


Incursion Workshops

INCURSION WORKSHOPS

These hands-on workshops can be tailored to suit your specific curriculum needs and the year level(s) of your students. Click LEARN MORE to see the workshops on offer.

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SCIENCE WEEK 2020 - DEEP BLUE

The National Science Week 2020 theme is 'Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans' and features the establishment of the Blue Economy CRC. Plans are underway for Diane's 2020 show. Details to follow. Please email with any enquiries.

SCIENCE WEEK 2019 - DESTINATION MOON

An exciting National Science Week incursion/presentation (on the 2019 theme of Destination Moon) featuring audio-visual presentations, interactive demonstrations and dressed-up characters including Miss Moon, Polly Rocket, Galaxy Girl and NASA astronaut Roger Houston. This program was offered throughout the months of July, August & September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (20 July) and Science Week (10-18 August). This show is still available to schools in Term 4, 2019 and beyond - if you are interested, please email or send a message using the Contact tab.

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About

About
Diane is a qualified secondary teacher with a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) majoring in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, with current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration and a current Police and Working With Children Check.
With 30 years of experience teaching Physics, Science & Mathematics in both government & private secondary schools, she not only has the KNOWLEDGE but also the understanding of HOW TO TEACH and HOW students LEARN.

After 30 years in traditional secondary school education, Diane is continuing to use her skills and knowledge to tutor individual students.

Diane's many years as Head of Science involved planning and running excursions, incursions and many Science events to engage students in Science. This, along with her passion for Science, her love of costumes, dressing up and transforming into various characters for Science Week and other programs, has led her to develop in-school presentations and demonstrations for students that are not only informative, but also exciting, fun and engaging.

Presentation Characters (an ever growing list...)

Diane Krosby

The Maths Science Lady!

Professor Mad.E.Scientist

B.Sci B.Phun

Mad.E.Scientist (Maddie for short) is an excitable lady who gives presentations to students to encourage them to love Science as much as she does.

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Professor Peri OdicTable

Chemist

Professor Peri OdicTable is a scientist who is most truly 'in her element' when she is demonstrating and talking about Chemistry.

Nikola Tesla

A very bright spark ...

Nikola loves to spark student interest in Physics especially electricity.

Albert Einstein

A relatively very famous scientist!

Marie Curie

A very famous female scientist with a radiant and curie-ous personality!

Sir Isaac Newton

A giant of Science and a force to be reckoned with!

Galaxy Girl

Galaxy Girl always gives a stellar performance and is universally loved by school audiences, for her passion for all things cosmic.

Roger Houston

Roger is a NASA Astronaut who really suits his role. He's a bit of a space cadet but always entertaining.

Testimonials

“I am forever in your debt, you really were my rock in Physics and the only reason I achieved the study score I got. So you really are magic, thank you so much!”

A. P.

“You have given me such great tips on answering difficult questions and provided incredible questions of your own which I was able to practise and get better at solving much trickier questions. You were able to share such valuable knowledge and it made it very easy to understand the basics so that I can apply it to all kinds of questions. Once again thank you for being so awesome!”

A. V.

“Thank you for all the great lessons, it's been great learning from you and I hope you continue being the amazing, inspiring teacher you are."

A. K.

“I'm so glad to have had you as a teacher and appreciate all you have done over the past 2 years of my VCE and what you have taught me. You bring out the best in us and I don't know how I would've gone in my Year 12 exam without your guidance. You came up with the craziest and most helpful questions. Thankyou!" 

J.M.

"Thank you for all the hard work you have put in to help me succeed in Physics. I hope one day to tell you that I've succeeded in becoming a mechatronics engineer."

C.I.

“It has been two long years of stress and hard work that has accompanied VCE Physics and I cannot thank you enough for all your help without which I would have died! Your hard work and dedication to teaching is amazing. Thank you so much!" 

M. B.

Parent Comments: “I don't know what you have done to my son but he went to his Physics exam today with calm confidence like I have never seen before. Thank you for all the hard work you have put in with him and for helping him to develop his skills and believe in himself." —Miguel “Thank you for the support you have shown (Q). We really appreciate it." — Sue  “I really appreciate the care and support that you have given (M).” — Karen  ​“Your dedication, your knowledge and ability to explain concepts to kids in a simple way is amazing. We have really appreciated the difference your efforts have made to our son and to his understanding and confidence in Physics. " — Rose  “Thank you so much for teaching our daughter to be confident with material that used to baffle her. We are so grateful.” — John & Liz

Contact

  • Based near Ballarat Victoria but will travel to spread the message of Science to future generations!
  • ABN 51 493 426 782

SKYPE

SKYPE
Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet.

Skype also provides instant messaging services. Users may transmit text, video, audio and images.

To download and install Skype on a desktop computer, laptop or mobile (iPhone or android) click this link
https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/ 

Then all you need to do is add me as a new Skype contact. Don't worry, your student is probably going to know how to do this!


Skype data usage
The data used by a Skype video call depends on what devices are involved at either end, and on the 'bandwidth' that is available (i.e. the data transfer rate, or speed of your internet service).

Video calls between two mobile devices using Skype over the cellular network apparently uses about 3.75 MB of data every minute.

If you are on a faster home internet service and making a HD video call, you may use up to about 22.5MB per minute.

The below table shows some approximations of the number of Megabytes used for some typical types of Skype calls - those that don't include videos and those that do.

Source:
https://www.itandcoffee.com.au/blog/how-much-data-is-used-when-using-skype-or-any-other-free-communications-via-the-internet 




 

Call Type

Minimum download / upload speed

Recommended
download / upload speed

MB used per minute (approx)

 

Calling

30kbps / 30kbps

100kbps / 100kbps

0.25 - 7.5MB

 

Video calling / Screen sharing

128kbps / 128kbps

300kbps / 300kbps

1 - 2.25MB

 

Video calling (high-quality)

400kbps / 400kbps

500kbps / 500kbps

3 – 4MB

 

Video calling (HD)

1.2Mbps / 1.2Mbps

1.5Mbps / 1.5Mbps

9-12MB, but could be up to approx. 22MB





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