To celebrate National Science Week, the Early Childhood Educators encouraged students to use the Mud Kitchen to create some interesting and creative recipes. Using plants and vegetables from the 3R’s Garden located in the school, the students will be able to make delicious soups made from spring onion flowers, silver beet leaves and parsley to…
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Dr Magda’s & Nerdy Nard’s Chemistry Zoom Party (Regional WA Families)
Become a scientist and perform experiments in your own home. Back by popular demand! Following the success of the 2020 party, we are going to do it all again, this time for Regional WA families. Edith Cowan University scientists invite you to join their interactive science demonstrations and experiments, broadcasting live from the ECU Science SuperLabs. …
Postponed: Mt Majura On Country Tour (fully booked)
Postponed due to the ACT COVID lockdown. Cultural Heritage Walk At 888 metres, Mt Majura is the highest peak in suburban Canberra. It provides habitat for a wide range of wildlife, including a number of threatened species, as well as various opportunities for recreation. Guide and local Ngunawal traditional custodian, Tyronne Bell will interpret the…
Innovation in Bionic Hearing – Colette McKay and Rachael Richardson
Many remarkable women make revolutionary contributions to the advancement of science, yet disparities continue to exist in gender equality and women empowerment around the world and in academia. The Convergence Science Network Women in Biomedicine series, celebrates the successes of women who have shaped the field of biomedicine through their novel ideas, ground-breaking research, and…
Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt
Bush Blitz is Australia’s largest species discovery program. Since Bush Blitz started taking taxonomists on expeditions in 2010, the program has discovered more than 1700 new species across Australia. Now all Australians can get involved through the Backyard Species Discovery citizen science expedition. As part of National Science Week, Bush Blitz is running a scavenger…
This Show Is NOT Rubbish!
A one night show opening with a welcome to country and cultural ‘caring for country’ dances by local Indigenous dance group Dusty Feet Mob. We then delve into the world of recycling and sustainability, accompanied by spectacular science experiments, explosions and many other surprises. All showcasing how we can reduce, reuse and recycle our way…
Rescheduled: Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre – PCR in your hands
The Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre is hosting a half-day of science activities for high school students. The activities will be facilitated and supervised by Menzies staff. Students will have the opportunity to meet with Menzies staff, as well as interacting with students from other local high schools. Students will rotate through a series of activities including the following:…
Rescheduled: Brain Teaser
This event has been rescheduled to 4 September. Brain Teaser 2021 will comprise of multiple neuroscience themed demonstrations, as well as short communicative talks from neuroscience researchers. The demonstrations will include interactive stations where attendees can learn about various aspects of their nervous system and brain, as well as stations with informative content about neuroscience research…
Croydon Hills Primary School Science Week
Our original plan for National Science Week had to change due to remote learning with materials that most households would have in their pantry. As we also have around 100 students attending school onsite, these students will be participating in the experiments at school.
WANTED: Citizen Science Kids With Keen Ears and Quick Reactions
Are you a nature noise expert? Can you tell the difference between a frog and a bird? We need keen-eared kids with quick click fingers to take the challenge. Every click helps us with the brand new science of Ecoacoustics, which means listening to the sounds of the natural world to understand what’s going on…