Now that National Science Week is over for 2012 we’d love to hear about how it went at your school! Here’s a quick and easy-to-use survey form. The survey data will be collected and analysed by the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA). If you complete the survey your school will go into the draw for a…
Month: August 2012
Science Week Tasmania Update
National Science Week has been very popular in Tasmania with almost 100 events all over the state and thousands participating. This year, the Young Tassie Scientists, or STARs, celebrated 10 years of National Science Week. They visited over 50 schools reaching hundreds of students, some in remote regional areas, with unique talks and demonstrations. They…
Science on triple j
Listen to the National Science Week edition of Dr Karl on triple j. Dr Karl had a special guest in the studio – Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng from robogals.
National Science Week Tasmania: it’s NOT a wrap!
National Science Week officially ended on the 19th but not for many places all over Australia. Tassie has events on until early September. A discussion on the Square Kilometre Array will be held this Tuesday, August 21 at UTAS Sandy Bay campus. Thanks to events like the Mars Curiosity rover mission and television shows like The Big…
Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Awards 2012
The awards were announced by Prof Don Bursill and presented by Prof David Solomon. 2012 Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Award Dr Jeremy Austin Jeremy is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Deputy Director of the internationally recognised Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide, and Director of the newly established…
Giants of Science videos for download
Were you unable to join the sell-out audiences for Brian Schmidt and Mike Raupach’s Giants of Science talks at the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome? You can now download them to watch at your leisure from the Academy’s website: http://www.science.org.au/events/science-week/2012.html And we have two more Giants of Science events to come. On Wednesday 15…
Day 4: Robogals Workshop Ignites Tasmanian National Science Week
Yesterday at the University of Tasmania in the state’s south, a group of students and adults participated in the Robogals Robotics Workshop. Using Lego kits, participants built small, four wheeled programmable robots. Not only were most of the kids able to build their bots quickly, but some of them had already moved on to modification and…
See Venus during National Science Week
During National Science Week 2012, it will be possible to see the planet Venus in the morning sky. Some find it easier to find a planet during the day by using binoculars and standing in the shadow of a building once you have located the waning crescent Moon. That way you are not dealing with…
Science Week: Day 3
We hope you’re enjoying National Science Week so far. There is a diverse schedule of events all over Tasmania through to early September. Ok, why don’t we just call it ‘Science Month’? This week’s highlights in the South include the already booked out screening of A Thousand Invisible Cords on Wednesday the 16th. Never fear,…
read4Nature (farm books) @ Dimboola Library
Recent Read4Nature workshops held in local libraries lead to local NSWk events, when participants will share chosen farm picture books with a small group of children, to unlock the science in the pictures about living things on farms/gardens and do activities to help inspire a love of nature.