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….
Archives: Events
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.
Albany Public Library Online Lego Challenge for National Science Week in the Great Southern
Use LEGO to build a structure that floats on water. Do the challenge only, or Great Southern residents in age categories 5-7, or 8-10, or 11-14 may submit evidence of success with a photo or short video of floating LEGO build, and answer STEM questions to enter the National Science Week prize draw.
Museum of the Great Southern Tuesday Curatorial – Breathing Life into Boodja
Breathing Life into Boodja Gondwana Link’s, Keith Bradbury explores the social and ecological restoration in an ancient land. At the heart of Gondwana Link is a bold but simple plan: protect what bushland remains, restore the critical gaps, and maintain the extraordinary nature of south-western Australia. Tuesday Curatorials explore various subjects across the Albany and…
Take-home Chemistry Kits
This year ChemCentre is doing things differently for National Science Week and we’d love you to join in the science celebrations! We’d like to offer our FREE hands-on chemistry kits to assist you to run hands-on science investigations after school, during National Science Week (15-23 August). The kits come complete with an instruction sheet and…
Student Webinar: Environmental Forensic Investigations – Protecting the Marine Environment
The marine environment is a precious system; it is difficult but vital to protect such a widely used resource. ChemCentre will be exploring this environment during a special National Science Week webinar; Environmental Forensic Investigations: Protecting the Marine Environment. During this live 40 minute presentation, ChemCentre’s Senior Chemist and Research Officer Leif Cooper will dive…