My name is Jordan Knight, I am a student at Kawana Waters State College and am running an event in the school for National Science Week. For the whole of Term 2, I’ve had been doing science presentations for my class covering the concepts of: The Big Bang Theory, Black Holes, Dinosaurs, and Evolution. After…
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ACT #natsciwk Program Poster
The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee have just published a poster program guide that is being distributed around Canberra over the next few weeks. The event listing on the poster is not exhaustive and we’re sure that more will be added to the website event calendar between now and National Science Week. You can download the…
WA Small Grant Recipients 2014
The WA National Science Week Coordinating Committee was thrilled at the number and quality of applications they received in 2014. The events selected to receive funding in 2014 include: Perth Metropolitan events Being Martian Josh Richards and Launch Pad Speaking Explore space science and the mystery of the red planet through a variety of events…
ACT seed grant recipients 2014
The science of glass, decoding the dance of the chromosome 21, flying seeds, living rocks, science in the pub, the secret life of plants and the maths of pizza… These are just some of the innovative events the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee will be supporting in 2014 as part of its second round…
Seed grants in the ACT
The ACT Science Week Coordinating Committee is offering seed grants of between $500 – $1000 (incl. GST) to support science engagement events, programs and activities conducted between 1 July and 31 October 2014. There is a total of $9000 available in this round. Individual grants will be made for no more than $1000. Favourable consideration…
National Science Week at the Ekka
Liddell Education, with the support of a National Science Week grant, are running a National Science Week event during Brisbane’s Ekka in 2014 (Ekka will be running from 8 – 17 August). They are calling for expressions of interest to be involved in this event by running an interactive, hands-on exhibit for one day duration…
Unsung Heros and seed grants in SA
Unsung Hero Awards Nominations are now open for the Unsung Hero of South Australian Science and South Australian Science Communication awards. The Unsung Hero of SA Science award is for a researcher who has a sustained contribution to science in SA who has also made science communication an integral part of their work. The Unsung…
Seed grants available in WA
There were over 270 National Science Week events in WA in 2013, to continue the celebration of science in 2014, applications for this year’s seed grant round are now invited. The WA Coordinating Committee is offering grants of up to $2000 (incl. GST) to organisations wishing to organise an event, activity or program during National…
Tasmanian event holders info session live broadcast
Can’t attend our event holders info sessions this week? Hangout with us instead! We’re broadcasting the meeting live with Google Hangouts and answering your questions via Google+, YouTube and Twitter. Feel free to email us with any questions as well. A recording of the video will stay up on YouTube for you to watch at a later…
Tasmanian school event grants announced – $500 up for grabs
In 2013, 192 schools around Australia were successful in receiving grants from the Australian Science Teachers’ Association (ASTA) to hold science activities during National Science Week – 15 of these were from Tasmania! This year, schools can apply for grants of up to $700 from ASTA to help them conduct science activities at their school…