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…
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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…
Woodvale Secondary College Science Extravaganza Day
We are opening our college to the school community on 19 August. We are starting the day with our senior students, they have been invited to a breakfast with professionals in our community that work in the field of science and food. The breakfast will be held in the Trade Training Centre cooked and served…
Carnaby Rise Primary School’s Science Celebration Day
Carnaby Rise Primary School’s Science Celebration Day includes rotational activities between classes across the entire school. Our Super Science Day will run for one whole school day, with each student rotating through 4 one-hour activities, moving through 4 classrooms, with each teacher in the school teaching one engaging, hands-on science lesson each, every hour, at…
Sphero Challenge
Students from across the school will be coming together to take part in a robotics challenge event.
Trust me, I’m a Scientist: COVID-19 and public attitudes to biomedical science
Trust underpins relationships between people and their views on institutions. Trust is critical for a healthy, functioning society. It is the glue that allows people and institutions to share and collaborate and to advance human progress. Surveys and polls on the issue of trust indicate that Australians place a high level of trust in science…
Food: A practical experience
Students will explore recess and lunchtime activities over the course of National Science Week. They will: build pollen traps undergo flower dissections understand thermodynamics by designing a vertical wall or roof top garden burn food to find energy content investigate aquaculture undergo a sensory food journey
Abiotic Factors and Plant Growth
Students will investigate abiotic factors that affect plant growth. Using the watering stand using block-based coding on a Microbit to monitor soil moisture levels. Environment and Sustainability students will create posters for display and present to a whole school assembly. In National Science Week the hands-on activity is where students will use alphabet templates to…
SHPSH Bee Friendly Project
Students will learn about the importance of bees and food production. They will design and make bee homes and bee baths to encourage bees into the garden. Students will research plants that attract and enable bees to thrive in our school’s dedicated garden terrace and plan to improve this garden area by planting more pollinator…
The Future of Foods, From the Ground Up
Activities will explore the future opportunities in food science and STEM. The environmental impact of food production systems and how the food we grow or harvest can impact climate change. Highlighting site appropriate agriculture, students will follow an existing bush food trail through our school grounds and adjacent parklands guided by our local Indigenous elders….