Lanyon science teachers run activities during the breaks that are aimed at all 7 to 10 students involving activities that are not normally run in the classroom. One teacher will borrow Makey Makey equipment for a day and run activities around coding. Another teacher uses dry ice for a number of activities including; Dry ice…
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Justice for the Oceans
How can we make a Blue New Deal? Healthy oceans are fundamental to a healthy planet. From phytoplankton, the tiny ocean plants that produce the oxygen we breathe, to the rich diversity of other ocean plants and creatures, we depend on our oceans to survive and thrive. But our oceans are both under threat and pose a threat. Pollution, overfishing and the destruction of coral reefs are killing them from…
Space Weather and the Path to Mars
2021 EINSTEIN LECTURE Activity on the Sun’s surface creates a type of climate called ‘space weather’. It takes the form of solar flares, coronal mass ejections and bursts of radiation that travel far and wide across the Solar System and beyond. Space weather reaches Earth too – causing satellite disruption, electrical blackouts and the beautiful…
Future Medicine
Necessity is the mother of invention. The supersonic development of several highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines has shown what can be achieved. So why, despite today’s researchers, clinicians and innovators having so many powerful tools at their disposal, do so many promising breakthroughs take so long to reach the doctors’ consulting rooms? From the tangible impact of…
St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar Science Market Fair
Students in Y7-9 at St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar will showcase their science fair Food Different by Design projects to other students in our P-12 school, parents and the wider community COVID restrictions permitting. Each year level has been assigned a theme ranging from GM food crops, sustainable foods, composting and nutrient cycling and the water…
National Science Week at Bute Early Learning and Primary School
Students will be immersed in a range of learning experiences linked to the National Science Week theme Food: Different by design. This will include students using virtual reality to explore food production process from around the world. Student will also investigate and sample edible insects as a sustainable, bit currently non-mainstream, food source.
St Mary’s – Getting students excited
Our Year 5 and 6 students will run a variety of science activities in the Auditorium for the P-2 students to try. The older students will be responsible for planning the items, with teacher support, and delivering the activities. The Prep-2 students will have fun learning about different types of science.
Koorda Primary School STEM Challenge
A group of local schools will be joining us for a STEM challenge day, full of science based activities and competitions.
Famous Scientists visit Bairnsdale Primary School Science Fair
The ‘Famous Scientists’ visits aims to bring to life student’s science understanding in a fun and engaging way. The idea is that students research (living and formerly living) famous scientists and their real life discoveries, inventions and theories. Students then plan, organise and work on bringing this knowledge to life in poster and in-person form…
Park Ridge State High School Year 8 STEAM Showcase
National Science Week is being celebrate at the school from 16 to 20 August and to celebrate and showcase the success of our Year 8 IGNITE science of rockets projects the students will host their parents/carers and other school staff into our classroom to see the students developing their 21st Century skills as they working…