Think a career in nuclear couldn’t be for you? Chances are, jobs in nuclear and the people who do them looks nothing like you imagine. This panel is the chance to meet and ask questions of four people who have made careers in the nuclear industry: Julie Murray (Senior Radiation Security Advisor and Major Projects…
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Glowing Green – How green is nuclear energy?
This may come as a shock – nuclear reactors glow blue, not green. Thanks Homer for this misconception, d’oh! But nuclear power is green in other ways. Nuclear power is the world’s second largest source of low emissions electricity generation. And just like pretty much every other form of technology, the types of reactors under…
Becoming ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and debunking other myths about radiation
In movies, if you’re exposed to radiation you’re at a higher chance of gaining superpowers. However, if this was the case in real life, wouldn’t there be more radioactively induced superheroes and villains roaming the Earth? Enter our hero scientist, Dr Gillian Hirth, an environmental radiochemist, the current Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee…
Scouting@Home STEM Camp Webinars
Nightly webinars run by leading STEM education experts Fizzics Education will occur in the week of 10 – 14 August in the lead up to a fun filled, self run STEM Camp. These exciting webinars will showcase Scouts WA youth sharing their science interests and experiments supported by Fizzics Education presenters. For more information and…
Tasmania’s First Scientists – Investigations into Tasmanian Aboriginal canoe-making
Can you guess how many years Indigenous canoe making existed before colonisation? This web-based resource includes an investigation into the resilience of Indigenous culture in surviving the impact of British invasion. Look deeper into the rich cultural knowledge and science behind Tasmanian Aboriginal canoe-making with a focus on Naval architecture and cultural use of plants….
Gadgets, Gizmo’s and Whirligigs
National Science Week activities across the school with a focus on engineering.
Batchelor Butterfly Farm Visit
A day trip for Darwin seniors to get close to nature without having to drive.
Scouting@Home STEM Camp
An exciting, fun filled virtual STEM ‘camp’ delivered by Scouts WA. This event is targeted for Scout groups and families but anyone can join and have a great time exploring and discovering STEM in their home and community. The weekend program can be run anywhere and includes STEM challenges, a community based photo scavenger hunt…
Pathology Live! for School Groups
Take a live video tour of the Museum of Human Disease with Pathology Live! This livestreaming experience will beam our collection of 1500 human tissue specimens straight to your classroom as our pathology academics and museum education officers take you and your students on a guided tour of the body and how different diseases attack…
Prehistoric Bake Off
Dust off your apron and get your whisk at the ready. To celebrate National Science Week, the University of Adelaide Palaeontologists are hosting their first ever, virtual bake off. This online event will blend two fields of science – the chemistry of baking and palaeontology – into one tasty morsel, all whilst giving entrants the…