Quantum Light, the Aurora and Prophecies What makes the aurora so beautiful? Why is science predatory? How can airline weight limits help us solve the Biggest Problems in physics? All will be revealed when local Sydney physicists take to the stage for Physics in the Pub. Quizzes, comedy and damn interesting science are on the…
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Science Week at Southern Cross Catholic College
In line with the National Science Week theme of Glass: More than meets the eye, at lunchtimes the secondary school students will make jelly optic fibres, light bulbs, and poster competition on glass: more than meets the eye. There will be opportunities for students to use glass prisms to spilt sunlight. The College has four…
Serious Game Design with Year 4 students
In this sequence of lessons, students will design and program a serious game in Scratch, to educate others about how living things depend on each other and the environment to survive.
Arduino | Electrical Circuits with Year 6 students
The learning focuses on growth mindset and perseverance and is linked to the curriculum in Science, Digital Technologies and Design and Technologies. The Year 6 lessons and resources provide students with opportunities to learn how to program an Arduino, develop their computational thinking skills and deepen their understanding of STEM careers. Students also have the…
Pathways to Citizen Science
The upcoming ACSA-WA Citizen Science Forum Pathways to Citizen Science will present a range of citizen science practitioners across WA describing their fascinating projects. The aim is to promote ways to engage in current citizen science projects and to discuss successful engagement strategies and project outcomes. We have a great line-up of outstanding citizen science…
Canberra Women of Science and Art
Meet a diverse group of amazing Canberran women working in or inspired by science, tech, engineering, art and maths (STEAM). These interesting people are anything but ‘boring scientists’ or ‘wacky artists’. They have: taught hundreds of children how to fly drones created a balloon show to introduce the concept of genetics to children sparked the…
Science at State Library Victoria
From preserving and restoring rare books and artefacts to discussing and dissecting science books within the Library’s vast collection, we’re giving you a peek behind the scenes at State Library Victoria during National Science Week. Join us for a panel discussion with three extraordinary women at the Library whose day-to-day work caring for the collection…
Guide to Life (sciences)
Guide to Life (sciences) is an online event hosted by Alan Robertson: scientist and massive nerd. Over the course of National Science Week, a series of three animated videos will be released on YouTube. These videos cover topics important to science, but ones we don’t discuss as often as we should, like “the importance of…
Mad Food Science Experiments
The Mad Food Science Workshop is a fun, interactive educational workshop that uses quirky experiments to get children to understand key health messages. Experiments: Making a green smoothie Showing how food colouring disperses differently in different size and shape cups Sugar experiment showing amount of sugar in popular drinks How gut bacteria feed on different…
Words with Wine: The Science of Stained Glass with Vaughan Bisschops
Enjoy a glass of wine and listen to Vaughn Bisschops share the secrets of stained-glass for National Science Week. We have invited a master craftsman to talk about the science of stained-glass. Come and discover how glass is stained, where the colours come from, what happens to glass as it ages and lots of other…