In the Early Years Sugar Glass Molds session, children will learn about a technique of glassmaking called fusing. Children will crush lollies and heat in an oven, changing them form a solid to a liquid and back to a solid. Glass jars are recycled by crushing them into small pieces. The pieces are heated until…
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Middle Years Sessions – Kaleidoscope Magic
Explore mirrors and reflection with a fun, hands-on activity where students can make their own kaleidoscope using mirrored acrylic. It contains coloured beads at one end but this can be removed to have an open view that can be used to form kaleidoscopic patterns from external objects. Best suited Year 4 – Year 6 children…
Lyndhurst Secondary College STEM Fair
Year 10 STEM students will be presenting their work as a STEM Fair to the students as well as their parents. The students will be creating arcade games using recyclable materials which will be open at lunch time for students to play then it will open for parents after school on Thursday 18 August. This…
Lower King Community Kindergarten Science Day
Kindy students will engage with exciting experiments designed to spark their creative thinking. The experiments will include glass-related investigations using mirrors and magnifying glasses and also experiments designed by the parents and community members. During the activities, students will be guided through the scientific method, using their inquiring minds to ask questions, develop hypothesis, undertake…
Intro to VR Development
In this online workshop, you’ll be taken through the basics of VR Development using the XR Interaction Toolkit within the game engine Unity. You’ll be taken through: How to connect your headset to Unity. The basic’s of the XR Interaction Toolkit: Basic controls, pick-up objects, simple interaction, and teleportation. Creating an immersive scene using free…
I Love Science Game Jam (Online)
Have you ever wanted to explore making games for science education? Share knowledge of your favourite scientific field through your own game. This is a great time to put your thinking cap on and make a game with scientific meaning. This Game Jam will run over the weekend both on site and online. On day…
Family Science Day at Hive
The inaugural Family Science Day at Hive will showcase all the amazing science activities Hive has on offer plus more. With a focus on the schools theme of Glass: More than meets the eye, there will be extra planetarium shows, mini-workshops and new science centre activities. Planetarium In addition to regular planetarium shows, Capturing the…
Stargazing Evening with Dr Martin George
Join Hive’s Principal Astronomer, Dr. Martin George, to look at the spectacular night sky and learn about the stars and planets. You are encouraged to bring along your telescope if you have one, as a limited number will be provided for use on the evening. This is an outdoor, night time event so please rug…
What is the Value of Urban Forest?
We aim to add thousands of plants to homes, community spaces and schools across Adelaide to revegetate Greater Adelaide and provides a means of sequestering carbon on a large scale; improving the local climate for inhabitants by increasing the shade effects and increasing the biodiversity within the city. These workshops will help participants understand the…
What is the Value of Urban Forest?
We aim to add thousands of plants to homes, community spaces and schools across Adelaide to revegetate Greater Adelaide and provides a means of sequestering carbon on a large scale; improving the local climate for inhabitants by increasing the shade effects and increasing the biodiversity within the city. These workshops will help participants understand the…