Seal Spotter Citizen Science Challenge – Phillip Island Nature Parks

Introducing Seal Spotter – Return to the Rocks Phillip Island Nature Parks is launching a mini citizen science challenge in line with National Science Week, kicking off Monday 17 August and running for two weeks, ending on Monday 31 August. SealSpotter allows anyone with a computer to help with the management and protection of our…

Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Burnie families)

NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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 Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen. You get stickers and…

Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Henty families)

NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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 Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen. You get stickers and…

Hope Vale interactive Periodic Table display unveiling

The Hope Vale Periodic Table display supports the Science program Years 4-6 Chemistry Unit that is part of the Class domain of the 6C Education Model developed by Good to Great Schools Australia. The cabinet is a replica of the periodic table standing 2.4 metres long, 1.7 metres high with each element represented by a…

Exploring Gravitational Wave Observatories in Minecraft

The University of Adelaide OzGrav node will be hosting an online virtual tour of one of the most sensitive instruments humanity has made, the LIGO detector. LIGO is an experiment based in the USA designed to detect gravitational waves from colliding black holes and neutron stars throughout the universe. We have assembled a scale replica…

Rock Detectives

Rock Detectives is a series of videos aimed at primary-aged kids about some of the amazing rocks that can be found around Sydney and beyond. There are also teacher resources and additional activities for students in Kindergarten to Year 6, as well as options for easily accessible excursions around Sydney. The rocks around Sydney have…

The Four Friends of Fire – a science animation

In much of Australia, bushfires are a part of life. But with major fires in recent seasons, including one of the worst ever in 2019/20, many are asking whether fire patterns are changing and what role climate change might be playing. There has never been a greater need for communities to understand the fundamentals of…