Students at our Leighland Christian School Burnie Campus will be discovering all about glass and share their learning with each other and our community at their Science Fair. Students across each grade will be creating and learning in the weeks leading up to National Science Week in STEAM lessons all about glass and the way…
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My Community Library Presents STEM Zone
Students will explore the National Science Week theme Glass: more than meets the eye through hands-on activities and investigations. They will learn about how glass is made and how its properties determine its many uses. Activities will include looking at the use of mirrors and creating optical illusions, they will explore the effects of tools…
The Big Brain Experiment – 5 Mini Missions into the Mind
Is pain just in the brain? Can you improve your memory? How fast do your neurons fire? All these questions (and more) are answered in The Big Brain Experiment, where students and teachers all over the country conduct experiments on their own brains (without a degree in Psychology or Neuroscience!). All up there are 5…
Lenses and Light – Kirwan State School
Following National Science Week’s theme Glass: More Than Meets the Eye, students at Kirwan State School will be using glass lenses, along with mirrors, to manipulate light. Students will explore how light can be reflected, refracted and transformed using glass. Students will draw their own conclusions before extending that knowledge with teacher-led demonstrations.
Glass, Animals, and Remote Communities
Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities’ National Science Week program will hold an education program at a school in a remote community of the NT. Targeted at primary and secondary school students, the program will introduce the role of glass in veterinary medicine (drug vials, microscopes, slides etc.), and how this equipment plays…
Insects and Flowers: A Natural Connection led by ecologist Dr Sue Jaggar
Come join us in the wonderful and vibrant world of insects and flowers for a two-day workshop on Pollination. Saturday 20 August A morning field excursion exploring and finding insects and the flowers they pollinate in our local area. From 9am to noon. And an afternoon in the Herbarium looking at the wonder of insects and flowers…
Warrakan ga baḻ’yun Galiwink’ŋur (Animals hiding around Galiwin’ku)
The National Science Week theme of Glass: more than meets the eye has inspired us to deliver a series of activities on Country that support our students to learn about local fauna that are often cryptic, nocturnal or just plain shy. The local Gumurr Marthakal Rangers will support daily field trips for classes across the…
Junkbot Challenge at Goodna Special School
During National Science Week we will have a maker space designated for the creation of a home for native Australian animals. We have linked this to our science units investigating animal habitats. Students will have a number of opportunities to construct their habitat. We will also have a volunteer parent come in on one day…
Brain Break – Questacon
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
In a World of Magic, Can Science Save the Day?
Wednesday Weeks is bringing science and the magic of reading to the Sydney Opera House! This National Science Week, celebrate science and creativity with Cristy Burne and Denis Knight. Cristy (a science communicator) and Denis (a computer programmer) are the authors of the science-meets-fantasy comedy series for kids, Wednesday Weeks. They’ll be presenting from the…