The Spirit of Garad offers a transformative 5-day experience for K-6 students, immersing them in the conservation of the Glossy Black Cockatoo, known as Garad in our local Darug Country. This immersive program includes school-wide, hands-on activities such as interactive discussions on Glossy Black Cockatoo conservation, bird interactions, tree planting, and a Garad exhibition covering…
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St Aloysius Changemakers – National Science Week Challenge
The “St Aloysius Changemakers National Science Week Challenge” is a one day event that aims to empower young minds to become proactive agents of change through immersive scientific exploration. Students from Kindergarten to Year 6 will delve into the challenges faced by endangered keystone species, working with local experts from Sutherland Council to understand their…
Beneficial Bugs
Planting a native insectary and release of beneficial insects to then collect on going data on the population growth of beneficial insects for food crops in both the school orchard and horticulture precinct. The event during science week would include the planting of insectary plants to encourage beneficial insects populations and the release of beneficial…
Wildlife Wonders – Survival Spectacular
Join Preps and Year 7 students as they become Wildlife Explorers in this exciting Science Week event. Students will be shown a range of real-life animals such as snakes, possums, and birds. They will learn about their unique survival strategies. We’ll discuss habitat destruction and how students can become Wildlife Warriors to help ensure species…
2025 International Quantum Year – Online briefing
The Australian Institute of Physics invites cultural, political, business and industry organisations to consider how you might use Quantum Year as you plan your activities for 2025. Lighting our homes, the Internet, fighting disease, and scanning our groceries: we use quantum science every day. It underpins discoveries from astronomy to photosynthesis. And Schrödinger’s cat has…
2025 International Quantum Year – Sydney briefing
The Australian Institute of Physics invites cultural, political, business and industry organisations to consider how you might use Quantum Year as you plan your activities for 2025. Lighting our homes, the Internet, fighting disease, and scanning our groceries: we use quantum science every day. It underpins discoveries from astronomy to photosynthesis. And Schrödinger’s cat has…
National Science Week at SJV
Science fun at SJV. On Wednesday during National Science Week, our Early Learning Centre will join us for an afternoon of Science fun. With thanks to a National Science Week grant, each student from St John Vianney’s Primary School and the Early Learning Centre, will take home a Science Show Bag filled with Science experiments,…
National Science Week Trivia
National Science Week Trivia is the themed trivia for DISR’s fortnightly trivia. Three rounds of questions all based around science. Come along to improve your science knowledge, challenge your colleagues and have ultimate bragging rights across the department.
Salon After D’Arc – Trial and Error
From Mary Anning’s Jurassic fossil discoveries to Rosalind Franklin’s contribution to uncovering the structure of DNA, women have led significant contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for centuries. This National Science Week, dive into the profound revelations and accidental discoveries in the world of STEM with award-winning Australian environmentalist Tanya Ha. Hear from…
Science at the Library
The UNE Discovery team are excited to bring you a late afternoon science show at the Armidale War Memorial Library. During National Science Week, we invite young and old to join us for some creative chemistry and a little magic of physics – we might create some elephant’s toothpaste or a fire tornado, perhaps we’ll…