Glowy the Glowing Ladybug will involve transition kids getting a mini glowy ladybug pet rock and there will also be a book reading of ‘What an Angel’ by Susie Linn. The concepts of light, why things look like they do and how we use light in our lives will be explored in a sit-down discussion session….
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Doonside Technology High School Science Week Roadshow
Student mentors from Years 8, 9 and 10 to local primary schools to run science activity workshops. Activities include: making a magnet maze making a kaleidoscope and fair testing – how does changing the amount of bi-carb to vinegar change how much the balloon blows up?
Amaroo Cub Scouts Paper Plane Competition
Amaroo Cub Scouts (ages 8-11) will design, test and fly paper planes at the Amaroo School hall as a Creative STEAM activity as part of National Science Week. The competition will include longest distance, longest airtime and aerobatics and follow the Red Bull Paper Wings rules and criteria. This event follows on from an online…
Brain Teaser 2022
This year BrainTeaser is back, better than before – and in person. Come by the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU to learn all about the brain and central nervous system and the research being done to understand them better. There will be some interactive booths where you can talk to neuroscientists, see…
Sustainable Science at the Creek
Sustainable science activities along Dry Creek will focus on practical recycling and waste management to ensure our creek is safe from microplastics and other rubbish. Tents and booths will feature a range of activities, including: Join the Conservation Volunteers Australia LitterStoppets program Design a low cost, waste sorting station for the home endemic plant potting…
Game Plus Fest 2022
Game Plus Fest is a celebration of games and STEM. It is an opportunity for creatives across these fields to showcase their innovative technologies and the projects they are working on. Game Plus Fest will help people of all ages get a better understanding of the role STEM plays in our lives with exciting technology…
SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screening – Macquarie Regional Library, Narromine
SCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible.
Science – To Be Seen for National Science Week
This year for National Science Week, we would like it to be ‘seen’. We will have daily activities and have a showy week. We will be collaborating with other faculties to show that science permeates itself in all walks of life. Science and Textiles: Tie Dye T-shirts – an opportunity for the students to create…
The State of Cultivated Meat in Australia
Cultivated? Cell-based? Cultured? So, what is cultivated meat anyway? It’s real meat produced by growing animal cells directly—without creating the full live animals. What does Gen Z think about cultivated meat? Why is a startup making cultivated quail meat? What are the biggest challenges to getting cultivated meat on our shelves? … and more. Come…
Being a Christian in Science
In honour of National Science Week, for our fourth symposium we will be hearing from a panel of scientists on their experience of and reflections on being a Christian working in the field of science. 1pm Friday 19 August in the Norman Gregg lecture theatre (Edward Ford Building) & on Zoom – RSVP via weblink…