Scoresby Secondary College seriously value National Science Week: Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. We are in partnership with the Knox Innovation and Opportunity Centre (KIOSC) at Swinburne University, we are a listed Monash University Chemistry Extension Centre and every year we run exciting activities with help from Carly Siebentritt from CSIRO. This year…
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In Tasmania, you can become a RoboCup champion!
Entries are NOW OPEN for students wishing to enter the Tasmanian RoboCup Junior competition, to be held on Saturday 8 August. You can find more information and register at their website. RoboCup Junior is a competition open to primary and high school students, who build and program robots to compete in one of three categories: dance, rescue or soccer. The RoboCup Jr…
Schools: last days to register for Young Tassie Scientists visit
Boom! Crash! Sploosh! Young Tassie Scientists will be visiting schools all over Tasmania this August to celebrate National Science Week. They bring interactive and entertaining presentations to your school, for FREE! These presentations are suitable for all ages and open to all Tasmanian schools. You can apply for a visit at their website. Applications close on Friday 24 July….
Galaxy Explorer
Calling citizen scientists of Earth! This National Science Week we need you to help classify galaxies far, far away… Take a trip to some of the furthest reaches of our Universe to help Australian scientists understand how galaxies grow and evolve. During August, we’re looking for citizen scientists to help astronomers classify thousands of galaxies up…
The Future-Makers: Zero Carbon Canberra Workshops
‘The Future-Makers’ is a local scale model building project visualising how the sciences of climate and light will continue to powerfully combine to reshape Canberra’s energy profile over the next decade. The first building workshops for this project are especially for schools in the Wanniassa area to book and participate in from 22 July to…
Science resource eBook and poster
The Making waves: the science of light resource online eBook is now available. You can also download the matching poster that was posted to all schools in May.
WHAT’S THE MATTER? – Celebrate the 2015 Schools Theme ‘Making Waves – The Science of Light’
Book the show for your school! WHAT’S THE MATTER? is a fact-filled theatrical experience using an action packed narrative, appealing characters, comedy, high energy and audience interaction, along with some famous historical scientists to explain the Science of Light! Jump aboard a galactic adventure to explore how 100 years ago this year, Albert Einstein used…
School Grant Recipients for 2015
Congratulations to the 263 schools that have been successful in receiving grants of up to $500 to help them conduct a range and variety of science activities during National Science Week. Thank you to each and every one of the 468 Australian schools who applied for school grants. It is fantastic to have such a…
Your Mission: Your Exhibition – students rise to the challenge at Queensland Museum
On Saturday 23 August, when our Everyday Einstein program for National Science Week was winding down, students from Years 7-9 were cranking up! The Make your Museum student challenge was a (mutual) learning experience generated in partnership with Queensland Academies as part of their Young Scholars workshop program. Their challenge? A day of ‘professional duties’…
Science Week Kicks Off with a Bang
Flames, explosions and loud bangs are just some of some spectacular science demonstrations at the School of Chemistry, UTAS, to launch National Science Week tomorrow – or should that be National Science Month ! Presented by Young Tassie Scientist Reyne Pullen, and Chemistry Honours students Jeremy Just and Deanne Heier, the show will grab the audience’s…