Dr Polly Burey, Senior Lecturer (Food Science) at the University of Southern Queensland, will share her tips and experience on how to get the most out of your household food budget. She has practical ideas on how to create less food waste and also, how to make the most of any food scraps and vegetables…
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How to Fix a Pixie: art meets science in hospital
This project focuses on 14 Pixie O’Harris paintings from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s art collection in need of conservation and restoration. Each painting ‘becomes the patient’ and undergoes examination, diagnosis and treatment. The art conservator will demonstrate how to make swabs, remove varnish layers and ‘operate’ to replace paint losses in a simulated environment….
Diego’s Foraging Guide
Learn all about wild edible plants growing in your backyard. In this 15 minute video, foraging expert Diego Bonetto demonstrates how to identify some of the common edible plants that grow in backyards and parks in the local Liverpool area, and explains some of their uses. Diego Bonetto is an artist, forager and wild food…
CURATOR TALK: The Larapintine Sea and Australia’s oldest ‘Megafauna’
Join Dr Adam Yates, MAGNT Senior Curator of Earth Sciences, as he discusses the Larapintine Sea and Australia’s oldest ‘Megafauna’. Dr Yates will talk about fossils of marine animals from the Ordovician period, approximately 450 million years ago when a warm shallow sea stretched across southern NT. You will get the chance to see fossils…
Deep Dive into Australia’s Ocean Odyssey
Deep Dive into Australia’s Ocean Odyssey is a 3 x 20-minute ocean education series on ABC ME and iview on 17 and 19 August during National Science Week. Focusing on Marine Life, Interconnectedness of Land and Sea, and Ocean Protection and Restoration the series is hosted by Rad Yeo and combines segments from ABC TV’s…
Green Team Presents – The Science Quiz
Grab your lab coat, mad scientist outfit and a beaker of your favourite drink and get ready for the Green Team National Science Week Quiz: Featuring four sections: Living Science Earth Science Prehistoric Science Adults Only Science
Explore and Learn at Home
Sign up for a free National Science Week activity pack for ages 5 to 10 and join us for Explore and Learn at Home as we work through six different activities during the week. Videos will be posted to Facebook for each activity so you can follow along easily.
Brain Break – STEM StoryTime @ Devonport Christian School
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
The Reception, Quality and Evaluation of Scientific Evidence in Australian Courts
What are the differences between scientific evidence and legal proof—and how do we navigate different types of evidence in Australian courts? You are invited to join an online symposium held in collaboration between the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Law. Join a panel of experts from scientific and legal fields, chaired by The Hon Justice Virginia…
Keep Those Toys Afloat
Via remote learning, school students are encouraged to build a floating vessel out of foil, and they need to see how many Lego, Duplo or Mobilo characters or blocks they can balance on the vessel before it sinks or tips.