In 15 years, Queen’s College will celebrate its 150th anniversary in a warmer and very different world from the one in which it was founded. The world’s climate has changed, it will continue to change, and it will lead to significant impacts. Acting on climate change is a complicated challenge that involves weighing up many…
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Garden Project Tour
Students in Year 5 at St Columban’s School will provide a tour of their garden project.
Window To The World – A Livestream Event
Window to the World: A STEM Story celebrates the National Science Week schools theme of Glass: More than meets the eye. Jump through a Window To The World to discover the unsung hero of STEM – glass. At the heart of the global transformation of communications, technology, medicine, transport and global sustainability is the sandy substance…
Science Week 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…
Science Week 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…
Window To The World – A Livestream Event
Celebrating the National Science Week 2022 Schools Theme: Glass: More than meets the eye! WINDOW TO THE WORLD: A STEM STORY Jump through a Window To The World to discover the unsung hero of STEM – Glass! At the heart of the global transformation of communications, technology, medicine, transport and global sustainability is the sandy substance…
Window To The World – A Livestream Event
Celebrating the National Science Week 2022 Schools Theme: Glass: More than meets the eye! WINDOW TO THE WORLD: A STEM STORY Jump through a Window To The World to discover the unsung hero of STEM – Glass! At the heart of the global transformation of communications, technology, medicine, transport and global sustainability is the sandy substance…
Guided Tour of Gungahlin Crematorium
Have you ever wondered about the science behind a cremation? What goes on behind the scenes, how the crematorium works, what role the crematorium operator plays and what happens to the body and remains? Did you know, for example, that ‘ashes’ aren’t really ashes? What some may see as taboo, can be quite intriguing to…
A Sip of Science – National Science Week Pre-launch
Kicking off Science Week this year, Science Week has teamed up with Dom and his team of marvellous mixologists at Dom’s Bar in Nightcliff to create a menu of cocktails inspired by local scientists and researchers: Sip on a Seabreeze with a Celebrated Scientist Tackle a Territori-tini with Tropical Technician Grab a Greenant Gin with…
Space! ANSTO’s Research Now and in the Future
Celebrate National Science Week with a special presentation from physicist and innovator, Dr Ceri Brenner, on the incredible new space research being undertaken in the Sutherland Shire at ANSTO. Join Dr Ceri Brenner, ANSTO’s leader of the Centre for Accelerator Science, for an engaging look at some key research occurring locally which includes: Understanding the…