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River Sunday with BRAWL

Bega River and Wetlands Landcare invite you to a morning of tree planting and environmental educational activities for all the family as part of this year’s National Science Week events. Come plant a tree, discover how scientists calculate tree carbon and discover the wonders of the Bega River’s Wattles in honour of National Wattle Day…

Satellite Selfie Webinar – ACT

Please join us during National Science Week for a special panel to complement Canberra and surrounds’ Satellite Selfie. Satellites play a number of important roles in our everyday life, from farming, GPS, and telecommunications, to astronomy and natural disaster planning and recovery. Moderated by Dr Brad Tucker, our four panellists will discuss their own varied…

Mid-afternoon Masterclass: Mapping the geology of Melbourne

Melbourne has a rich geological history. Its Silurian sedimentary rocks formed in deep oceans more than 400 million years ago, when Australia was part of the Gondwana supercontinent, and was folded within the cores of ancient mountain belts, now eroded. Multiple episodes of magmatic intrusions, volcanic eruptions, faulting, marine incursions, erosional and depositional episodes create…

VIRTUAL Science Week Incursions

This year Robofun is bringing National Science Week to your school, virtually. Robofun is a coding and robotics academy that specialises in delivering engaging and fun STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) based lessons and extracurricular activities for primary school children. Discover the ‘Deep Blue’ this year with Robofun’s curriculum focused workshops for years 1-6….

MIFF TALKS | Stories from The Leadership: Women in STEM (2020)

An in-depth conversation featuring three of the remarkable scientists featured in Australian documentary The Leadership (Samantha Grover, Fern Hames and Songqiao Yao) about their experiences on the 2016 Homeward Bound voyage, and a discussion of their groundbreaking work in the STEM field. Moderated by Natasha Mitchell (ABC Radio National’s Science Friction). Presented in partnership with…

How and why we monitor water quality on the Great Barrier Reef

If you’ve ever owned a fish tank, you’ll know how important water quality is to life below the surface.  Water quality affects the health and productivity of many ocean communities, including seagrasses and coral reefs.  Long-term monitoring of water quality can tell us important information about the marine environment, including its status and responses to…

Virtual Inspire in 5

Now you can connect in and hear from a range of incredible women working in STEM careers from the comfort of your own lounge room. Best of all? It’s free and open to all high school students, their families & teachers in Western Australia. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a scientist?…

Exploring Newcastle’s Coast – a virtual geology fieldtrip

Discover the vast forests of the supercontinent Gondwana. Hear about the opening of the Tasman Sea. Travel back in time, to the age of the dinosaurs and beyond. This webinar will take you on a virtual fieldtrip – visiting key sites on the Newcastle coastline with local geologists. Newcastle’s coastline presents a unique opportunity to…

Town by the Sea – Albany: Early Years STEM activity

An Early Years STEM program looking at the needs that are required by communities when planning, designing and building towns. Children will explore and discover their local community through interactive play, using building materials and found objects to create a large-scale townscape.