The microbiome-gut-brain axis: What is it and how can it affect our mental health? Bacteria and viruses have a bad reputation, especially in these times of a global pandemic. But not all bugs are bad for us. In fact, some of them actually help us to digest food and keep our bodies healthy. Recently, scientists…
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Larapinta Science Week Bonanza Day
We will be celebrating National Science Week with a host of multi-age activities that will run for an afternoon. Students will be involved in hands-on scientific processes and investigations to spark curiosity and broaden knowledge.
The Shadow Initiation
Race against the clock on an exciting new adventure and see the South Australian Museum like never before! The Shadow Initiation, Australia’s first museum-wide digital adventure game, is an escape room, scavenger hunt, and behind-the-scenes tour all rolled into one. Your team will navigate the Museum on a mission to score as many points as…
Care For Country: A children’s recipe book
Care for Country is a compilation of recipes prepared and tested by children from Pottsville Community Preschool. Children have been caring for country planting bush tucker over the past couple of years and are now harvesting the goods. During National Science Week children will cook, text, and invite families and community members to try their…
Engineering for the Final Frontier
Professor Alan Duffy will set the scene with an overview about what the space industry is and how broad space exploration is – it’s not what you think. Alan will discuss latest programmes of work at Swinburne’s Space Technology and Industry Institute, including new kinds of manufacturing, materials, and surface coatings for space, as well…
Kid’s Kitchen
Springfield Gardens- Kid’s Kitchen Thursday 19th August and Friday 20th August sees Springfield Gardens Primary School, Kid’s Kitchen come to life! Students will be getting their hands dirty and taste buds tantalised as they explore this year’s Science week theme of ‘Food: different by design’. They will be learning about different elements of science through the…
Something to Tweet About! Visualising AI
Dive into a STEM Wonderland at Westfield Garden City on Brisbane’s southside. Forget notions of a rabbit hole. Your wormhole to the future is impossible to miss, spanning 33.48m² (think 8 king size beds or 837 iPads rolled into one). A mind-boggling portal that doubles as a public mural. One of four realised in a…
Hammond Park SC Science Fair
Community event that brings together the local schools network to showcase National Science Week and the great work of our students. Guest speakers from local universities, Spud Shed, Bush Tucker Man and more. Interactive displays from our Academic Extension class project – Our Restaurant Rulz, Science Busking and much more.
Miltaburra Area School Science Demonstration
Magic cub demonstration, dry ice and the Big Watermelon Experiment.
Roaming Investigations
The students and staff at Sacred Heart will be investigating, experimenting and getting down and dirty in STEM. Between recess and lunch, the students will be split into upper and lower primary groups (around 19 students per group). Groups are a mix of students from different classes and grades. The groups will rotate between 5…