We’re really pleased that former test cricketer Mike Hussey (aka “Mr Cricket”) is appearing in National Science Week’s community service announcement this year. As well as his slightly higher profile as a test cricketer, Mike is also a qualified science teacher. When asked upon his retirement what he would have done if he hadn’t played cricket he…
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Five Things I Love About My Job in Science
Hi, I’m Tracey O’Connell, the owner of Blue Sky Science and I LOVE my job! I suppose it makes sense that I love it so much because I created it. Yes, you read right. I created a job based on what I love to do. One day I decided “this is what I want to…
Share Your Ideas to Change the World
Entries for QUT’s Ideas to Change the World 60 second challenge has been extended to 19 July 2013. Queensland students in Years 10-12 are invited to share their ideas on finding a solution toward some of the global challenges facing our world. By being part of tomorrow’s solution today you could share in great prizes…
ACT National Science Week Calendar
There are more than 80 events happening across the ACT in National Science Week this year. From the National Dinosaur Museum to Geoscience Australia, the Shine Dome and Questacon, there’s something on for everyone. There are events for children and families taking place in every public library and three major shopping centres, as well as…
All the fun of science at the Gold Coast Science Fair
Come along to the Gold Coast Science Fair during National Science Week for fantastic science and technology activities, live entertainment, demonstrations and competitions. The Gold Coast Science Fair is an annual event now in its fourth year created to help encourage engagement within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries in a fun and…
Science Events Cooking Across Queensland
A solar bake-off, multi-location trivia night and a Café Scientifique featuring a speaker from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum are some of the events that Queenslanders can look forward to attending during National Science Week. The Queensland committee has awarded seed grants of up to $2500 to five events: A trivia night for…
Showcase Your Work in an Art/Science Exhibition
Celebrate National Science Week and showcase your work in an Art/Science Exhibition at the Ecosciences Precinct (ESP), Dutton Park. The Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts is calling for expressions of interest from artists who would like to exhibit their work during National Science Week (10 – 18 August 2013). Artworks must…
Australian grown and Australian made
Last time you ate chocolate, was it dark or milk? Do you know how much cocoa it contained? Do you know where that cocoa came from? Most of the world’s chocolate is made from cocoa grown in third world countries. Cocoa only grows between about 18 degrees north and south of the equator, and that…
Walking With Dinosaurs in Winton
Around 95 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed Australia. The remains of these dinosaurs are found in abundance near the town of Winton, in outback Queensland, because the surrounding rocks are the right age (Cretaceous), and formed in the right environments (rivers, streams, billabongs), to preserve their bones. The dinosaurs most commonly found here are the…
Protecting plants to make your steak
My name is Jimmy Botella and I’m a Professor of Plant Biotechnology at the University of Queensland. In my lab we are studying the way plants defend themselves against pathogens (or ‘germs’ as they are often called). This is important because most of the food you consume either is a plant, or ate plants. This…