It’s our 1st Birthday and it’s National Science Week. Makerspace Adelaide first opened its doors to the public on 22 August 2019. To celebrate 12 months of collaboration, new friendships, education, and of course making, we’re hosting our first ever Virtual Open Day. Join us on Saturday 22 August from 3-5pm (ACST) as we take…
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Science Week at Pia Wadjarri RCS
Writing about our experiences with the ocean, using the Deep Blue program and the SPECTRA Cards, researching sea life, watching videos and reading about the ocean and the effects of oil spills on our environment. We will write about the time we went to the cultural camp and all the things we saw while we…
MakeX Competition – Smart light challenge
2020 MakeX spark online is a creative design competition for young inventors, aged between 6 to 13. The participating team (student with a mentor) will need to accept one or both challenge(s) and devise a solution using problem solving techniques from the industry. The solution will be presented in a poster with topics including research,…
MakeX Competition – Housework helper challenge
2020 MakeX spark online is a creative design competition for young inventors, aged between 6 to 13. The participating team (student with a mentor) will need to accept one or both challenge(s) and devise a solution using problem solving techniques from the industry. The solution will be presented in a poster with topics including research,…
Tarkine Bioblitz: Five years of citizen science in nature
For the past five years, the Bob Brown Foundation has taken over 500 scientists, volunteers and supporters into the Tarkine region to explore, observe and record the species of flora, fauna and fungi that live there. During our BioBlitzes, we have made more than 3200 observations, recorded over 1800 species, and have enjoyed countless hours…
Making STEM Real for Kids – Teachers perspectives on API’s ‘A Day in the Life’ program
Support plus early exposure for young students to science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM) is critical to ensuring social and economic well-being into the future. But what about support to help teachers be able to confidently and effectively teach STEM topics and activities? Tune into this free interactive webinar session to hear first-hand from primary…
Aboriginal Cosmology
Join EnviroCollective CDU this Friday 21 August at Casuarina Library for a night spent learning from researchers from the Northern Institute at Charles Darwin University about the science and culture of Aboriginal Cosmology. Aboriginal cosmology is the origin and general structure of the universe based in Aboriginal knowledge, lore, and science. It stretches from the…
Science Tall Tales
Science Tall Tales are short videos featuring Young Tall Poppy scientists talking about the what, why and weird of the science research that they do. We are releasing one video a day over three weeks starting on 15 August.
Body / Insect / Machine
With our friends at Chunky Move we present a video artwork is a movement experiment between Prue Lang’s choreography, artist Mathieu Briand’s androids and a Phasmid (stick insect). The work explores the body/androids/artificial movement/intelligence on the one side and the body/human instinct/natural movement/nature on the other. Through the creative process, Lang and Briand have observed, responded…
Palawa Science and Sustainable Futures – A virtual trail
The webinar will involve students, Aboriginal leaders and scientists engaged with the idea of Two- Eyed Seeing-learning to see from one eye with the strengths of indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of scientific ways of knowing, and learning to use both eyes together for the benefit…