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Guest Speakers at Wavell

The Year 11 University of Queensland  have invited 4 guest speakers. They will be using “Teams” to present various science topics to the students at Wavell State High School. The topics are: genetically modified foods, psychiatric genetics (mental health), immunology, and quantum physics specifically quantum chaos and thermalization. The presentations will start at 1.10pm and…

Women in STEM: Navigating Barriers to Leadership

Women in STEM, including emerging and established leaders, experience exacerbated barriers to retention, leadership development and success due to a complex web of factors underpinned by STEM disciplines being primarily male-dominated. This free live webinar explores key barriers and associated protective factors and provides practical strategies to assist women navigate the challenge of leading in…

Big Science Quiz

The University of Queensland Year 11 student ambassadors will run a quiz using the brain break materials provided from National Science Week. Students will participate in teams and prizes will be awarded to the inners after the three rounds.

Bush Tucker – come and try

The University of Queensland Year 11 student ambassadors received a national science week grant and planted a bush tucker garden. This will be shown to the rest of the school and some of the produce will be used to produce ad present food to tasting.

Science Week Escape Room with STILE

This lunch time activity involves 15 teams of Year 7 , 8 and 9 students engaging in a problem solving activity using experiments to solve a problem. This will be held in the school library annex and supported by teachers and the University of Queensland year 11 student ambassadors. The sign on sheet filled in…

AI IoT Science Spectacular

A science arena of stunning spectaculars and exciting discoveries. All content of this event is selected from forefront and new science using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to resonate with the theme. The scale of topics is far-reaching, from that in the field of nanoscale biophotonics (Roman Kostecki, research fellow at ARC…

Future Food: Edible Insects

Participants will explore, taste and cook with edible insects farmed ethically and sustainably right here in Australia by Circle Harvest. With a live video link-up, you will hear directly from Circle Harvest about the real and accessible future of edible insect protein and nutrition in Australia and be able to ask those burning questions. Are…

At Home Science Scavenger Hunt

As part of National Science Week, InquiBox has developed an at-home science scavenger hunt pack to get the whole family involved in some science fun. Have fun with the genes, mirrors, colours, numbers and much more. Our science scavenger hunt resource involves: riddles and puzzles you need to answer/scavenge for at home; details on the…