The Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub invite communities in the Central West NSW and beyond to imagine a world ruled by fish. Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the mighty rivers of the Central West teamed with bizarre ancient fishes – armoured fishes, fishes with lungs, and some huge predators with jaws like crocodiles. Thousands…
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Flora and the Baron
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller – eccentric outsider, global scientific powerhouse and the Botanic Gardens’ first director – has a tale to tell. Banished from his beloved Gardens for the last twenty years of his life in self-imposed exile, he re-enters the Gardens as a ghost, revelling in his scientific legacy and the powerful beauty of…
Amazing Robotic Animals
Come and discover the world of bionic technology and learn how robots can mimic animal movements. This interactive session will give young people the opportunity to solve problems using bionic methods in a creative and uncomplicated way – by building a bionic fish. Participants will walk away with an understanding of this innovative bionic technology…
Get a Grip On Science
Staff and Science Ambassadors invite all Year 4 and 5 Students on the Fraser Coast to join the St Mary’s College After School STEM Program. Register separately for each weekly event by following the links on the website, clicking the corresponding registration button and completing the form. Session Times Start – Arrive at 3.15pm event…
Murray Bridge South Science Week
Local Indigenous presenter David Booth will focus on food through an Indigenous lens. Learning activities will include: Cultural presentation focusing on Indigenous tools used for food preparation/collection and sources of food. STEM investigation into non powered ways to heat food (solar oven). Investigation of Indigenous plants to utilise in future cooking projects. Students will get…
Winton Wetlands Science Forum – Managing wetlands in times of uncertainty
Sessions include: DAY 1 Rewilding of iconic species Communities of Practice for Restoration Forum dinner DAY 2 Grassland managment Wetland walk
Scuba in the Pub – Ocean, marine environment, habitat, and specie conservation
Scuba in the Pub provides a platform for the community to be informed on how to protect our marine environment and creatures and learn interesting facts and opportunities to be involved with marine projects from qualified and entertaining guest speakers in a friendly social environment. Three of the five saw fish species in Australia are…
St Marys STEM Immersion Day
The students at St Marys will rotate around six STEM activities throughout the day. The students will be divided into small groups of approximately 15 students and will participate in a variety of hands-on activities led by the teachers. The various activities will include: build a rocket for a water rocket launcher design and build…
Light on Painting: how programming the spectrum of white light produces new colours
Rethinking painting as it appears when lit by “non-classical” white light has been one of Belgian artist Adrien Lucca’s main research projects for several years. In the presentation he will introduce his research methods, the laboratory where he uses chemistry, spectrometry, electronics and computer science for artistic purposes and his results: exhibitions, publications and artworks….
Bush Foods and Science workshop
First Nations Peoples have used plants as food for thousands of years. In this one-hour interactive workshop participants will learn about: the cultural significance of bush food; Indigenous plant identification and growing conditions; and edible uses of plants. During the workshop you will learn in-depth information about how Indigenous peoples have been using these plants…