Learn basic glass cutting with local glass artist Michelle Gray. Cutting and repurposing glass bottles grinding them into smooth useful vessels. A glass of wine on arrival with cheese grazing platters, please feel free to bring along any extra beverages. This event is for adults only 18+.
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Glass Flower Sculpting with Sci-artist Michelle Gray
Fire up a gas torch and learn to melt glass to form your beautiful glass flowers in this fun and exciting workshop with local glass artist Michelle Gray. In this workshop, you will learn the beginner techniques of working with hot glass to form and sculpt your masterpieces. Lunch provided by a local caterer Like…
Glass Cutting with Michelle Gray
In this two-part workshop, learn basic glass cutting with local glass artist Michelle Gray. Cutting and repurposing glass bottles grinding them into smooth useful vessels. Open to ages 12 – 18 years. Part one: 5.00 – 7:00 pm, Thursday 11 August Part two: 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Friday 12 August
No Longer Just Bones – Palaeontology in the 21st-century
Have you ever wondered what a palaeontologist does? Join Dr Vera Korasidis as she explains what really happens on a dig hunting for fossils, and what scientists do after they find them! Learn how ancient pollen preserved for millions of years can help reconstruct past climates and even help us understand what a daily menu…
The Australian Grasshopper That Has Given Up Sex
What can a unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species teach us about evolution? The answer is simple – a lot! How is this unique species thriving and just as ecologically successful as its counterparts that breed by sex? And how does this significant research fundamentally challenge current evolutionary theory about the advantages…
Tree Species Selection for Future Climates – More difficult than you think
We currently use tree selection processes that are either based on experience of practitioners or on science approaches that are deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. But the new science approaches have found their way into councils and they are making tree selection decisions based on it. Thus, we are getting bad decisions based…
The Crazy Places Data Science Can Take You
Data science is an amazing field that brings together mathematics and >computer science – along with biology, physics, chemistry, policy, finance, climate science, advertising… you name it and data scientists are probably working on it. In this masterclass we welcome data scientists Dr Christopher Baker and Isobel Abell from the School of Mathematics and Statistics,…
Glass Fusing with Sci-artist Michelle Gray
Learn some basic glass fusing with local glass artist Michelle Gray. You will make fused glass items in the workshop using a microwave kiln. Learn to cut sheet glass and combine it with other decorative elements in a kiln to create unique fused glass items. Thursday 11 August 9:30 am – 2:00 pm. Lunch provided…
The Australian grasshopper that has given up sex
What can a unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species teach us about evolution? The answer is simple – a lot! How is this unique species thriving and just as ecologically successful as its counterparts that breed by sex? And how does this significant research fundamentally challenge current evolutionary theory about the advantages…
Science Week at St Mary’s College
Starting Monday 15 August, St Mary’s College Primary will be celebrating National Science Week with daily hand-on experiments in class and during lunch. Classroom teachers and the Science Teacher Mr. Jake will work together to make science fun.