Imagine you could go back in time… Imagine you could not only see but hear the creatures… Imagine that you’re the first person to discover a fossil from a giant beast from the bay… Barking Spider Creative artists have created Shadow Beasts of Bayside to give you a taste of an imagined long-ago, watery world….
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Prehistoric Bayside – Fossil Roadshow
Have you found a fossil in Bayside? Ben Francischelli, palaeontologist and curator of Prehistoric Bayside, wants to hear from you! Bring along your fossil discoveries to our Fossil Roadshow where Ben Francischelli and Ruairidh Duncan will be on hand to identify and age your specimens. In addition, our citizen scientists will have items from their collections for you to…
Circuitry at Mitchell Street Child Care Centre
Mitchell street Preschool children are learning about Circuitry.
Brain Break – The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
CSI – Curious science investigators: Discovering the wonders of science
St Francis of Assisi College (SFoAC) is excited to be celebrating National Science Week 2024 with St Joseph’s School Renmark (SJSR). SFoAC wants to ignite the curiosity and creativity of our high school students and SJSR primary school students, with a variety of fun and hands-on science experiments. SFoAC Year 8 students and SJSR Year…
Camera Trap Chronicles
Ever wondered what Tassie’s wildlife gets up to when no one’s watching? Explore the Tasmanian Land Conservancy’s (TLC) camera trap photo exhibition. Captured by WildTracker citizen scientists and landholders from across the state, these photos reveal the hidden lives of our special wildlife. The exhibition will showcase camera trap photos that tell compelling, beautiful and…
Brain Break – Goulburn North Public School
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
Poetry Zoo
Can you write a poem about ‘Loving Living Things’? The poem could be about your favourite animal, a curious creature, plant, microbe or caring for the environment. The Science Rhymes website will display a collection of your rhyming poems in our Poetry Zoo anthology blog. There’s a free downloadable PDF called ‘Loving Little Things’ to help…
Fantastic Fungi
Through this Science Week project, the Pre-K – Year 6 students at Trinity Prep School will step into the shoes of a mycologists, inquiring into the form, change, and connection of mushrooms. Mushrooms play a vital role in nature’s balance, through their ability to recycling nutrients, essential for the survival of many species. Through this…
Wild Food – Tasmanian natives on the menu
Wild Food is on the menu! Join us for a day of foraging, cooking and tasting the best wild ingredients Tasmania has to offer. Learn about edible Tasmanian sustainable food at this National Science Week event. Rees Campbell, author of Eat Wild Tasmanian, will lead the event at Kickstart Arts in New Town. Hungry for…