Online experiments, activities and stories @ Richmond Tweed Regional Library

Join us at Richmond Tweed Regional Library for National Science Week. Check out our very special National Science Week YouTube playlist, get involved by trying out an experiment or activity and keep an eye out for our free online events all week. Monday 17 August Slime it up! with Ian @ 10am online program on…

AusMAP: The Australian Microplastic Assessment Project

Get involved in the citizen science initiative AusMAP, the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project. In this video, Dr Scott Wilson from Macquarie University explains how microplastic pollution affects our environment. He shows how you can help monitor the health of our waterways by collecting samples from your local area and he takes us into the lab…

Deep Blue – Meet The Scientists Q&A

Our marine scientists from the WA Museum will be answering questions at this special Q&A event focused on young people aged 7 – 17 years. Join them as they chart their careers and describe how they ended up exploring the ocean floor thousands of metres below the surface in deep canyons off the WA coast…

‘Fake Out’: citizen science challenge

Do you believe what you see? Did Obama really say that (he probably did but not on video)? What are Spiderman and Iron Man doing in Back to the Future? Deep fakes, like YouTuber EZRyderX47’s Back to the Future deepfake video (image featured here), are getting better and better and humans remain the best judges of the…

Possible Impossibles Online Forum

How can Science offer us a path of hope for our post COVID lives and world? What tools can Science give us to help society recover, rebuild, and thrive in the future? The Victorian Parliament will partner with the Royal Society of Victoria to host a live online community forum exploring how science can help…

Making sense of rural change in Asia: Film screening and discussion

How do we make sense of rural change in Asia? This special screening event draws together ethnographic films directed by three researchers in the School of Geography to explore the intimate and sensory aspects of cultural continuity and change across rural Asia. Featuring communities in India, China, and the border of Indonesia and Timor-Leste, each…

Busselton Jetty for Schools

Through the Busselton Jetty Environment Foundation and Busselton Jetty for Schools program, we endeavour to educate young people about our oceans, marine biodiversity, climate change and conservation, creating a new generation of people who are dedicated to protecting and preserving our marine environment. Busselton Jetty is home to one of Australia’s greatest artificial reefs, with…

Dive into the Deep Blue with the SharkSmart team

Dive into the Deep Blue with the SharkSmart team After five years of research and trials the NSW Shark Management Strategy has wrapped up. To celebrate the amazing work, we are offering three lucky schools the chance to chat with our scientists in (virtual) person. Who can enter? Primary and High schools are eligible to…

Links between Gulf rivers and food for migratory shorebirds video

The Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, funded by the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, undertakes research to support sustainable development in northern Australia. This is one of five research videos we will be launching on Facebook and Twitter during Science Week, about how important the Gulf of Carpentaria is for migratory shorebirds.