Bega River and Wetlands Landcare (BRAWL) is hosting a family-friendly, community engagement event fusing bush tucker education and re-vegetation on the Bega River with indigenous plant species. Participants will collect, soak & grind lomandra seed on grinding stones, to cook up a damper for morning tea. This will be followed by a discussion on the…
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BRAWL by the River
Bega River and Wetlands Landcare (BRAWL) is hosting a family-friendly, community engagement event fusing bush tucker education and re-vegetation on the Bega River with indigenous plant species. Participants will collect, soak & grind lomandra seed on grinding stones, to cook up a damper for morning tea. This will be followed by a discussion on the…
BRAWL by the River
Bega River and Wetlands Landcare (BRAWL) is hosting a family-friendly, community engagement event fusing bush tucker education and re-vegetation on the Bega River with indigenous plant species. Participants will collect, soak & grind lomandra seed on grinding stones, to cook up a damper for morning tea. This will be followed by a discussion on the…
Advanced Tips for Using iNaturalist
This workshop will introduce more advanced aspects of the free to use natural history platform iNaturalist used to record the biodiversity in your local area. This platform will be used during the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short; an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species…
A Beginners Guide for Using iNaturalist
This workshop will introduce the free to use natural history platform iNaturalist used to record the biodiversity in your local area. This platform will be used during the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short; an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas…
Taste the Difference
The world that we are living in is rapidly changing – the global population continues to grow, and so does the demand for food. What will be eating in the future and how will we feed more than 10 billion people across the globe by 2050? Whether it’s insects, algae or lab -grown food, the…
Immersive Science – Investigate, research and demonstrate
Students from Years 2-12 at Mentone Girls’ Grammar will be presenting, demonstrating and running live trials of investigations of their own design with members of the school and broader community centred on the theme of this year’s theme of Food: Different by design. Local primary schools, secondary schools and members of the public are invited…
Time For Tech – Science Week in Schools 2021
TIME FOR TECH! STEM is the future for food. It’s never been more important to be knowledgeable on what makes food technology tick, from sustainable agriculture to innovation to biosecurity. Time for Tech explores how the more we know about food science and technology, the more we can solve problems in everyday life. Celebrating the National…
SciVR – Lilydale TAS
Note: this activity involves participation at home. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this year…
SciVR – Swan Hill
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this year includes the Mars rover Perseverance and helicopter…