This year our libraries will celebrate National Science Week with the offering of primary school home packs, based on the 2020 theme Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans. Packs will be available throughout Science Week as part of our libraries Click & Deliver service. Families can request a pack be included with…
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Celebrating Food Science & Technology as a Career
National Science Week is an opportunity for everyone to talk science, see science and do science. During the Week, AIFST will be turning the spotlight onto food science & technology as a career and what the future holds. Hear from a range of food industry professionals about their food science journey and the future. Over…
Peel Bright Minds presents: Black Bream Project
Did you know that Black Bream complete their whole life cycle in the estuary in which they are born? Their home is their home forever, therefore it is so important that we make sure they have a sustainable habitat in the Peel Harvey Estuary. This National Science Week we’re taking a look at local innovation,…
Sapphire Coast Science Festival Overview
Wanting to find out more about what activities are on offer? Check into our Zoom session (you will need an account) to find out what’s happening and how you can access it. This could be the ideal time to check out whether you can get Zoom to work for other sessions in the Festival. Register…
Location Information, Mapping and Their Future
We use location information every day (when we locate ourselves on maps or look for the fastest route between home and school/work). There are many other examples out there, but have you ever thought how it’s all possible? how location data is collected, put together into maps and these services? This online workshop is brought to…
3D Printing Workshops for New Inventors – Live Video Stream
The aim of our in person and online workshops will be to introduce 3D printing into the wider community in the Shire of Manjimup, allowing people of all ages and backgrounds to access a critical technology shaping the future, one that is especially important for people wanting to design new solutions for the unique challenges…
3D Printing Workshops for New Inventors – In Person
The aim of our in person and online workshops will be to introduce 3D printing into the wider community in the Shire of Manjimup, allowing people of all ages and backgrounds to access a critical technology shaping the future, one that is especially important for people wanting to design new solutions for the unique challenges…
The Deep Blue: On My Doorstep
Hosted by Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth, a coral biologist from UNSW Sydney, this new series of 12 podcasts for National Science Week will focus of research being undertaken in Australia by leading marine experts, talking about the marine places on their doorsteps that have inspired them and how their love of these places has influenced…
Exploring and Mapping our Living World With the Atlas of Life and NatureMapr
The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness is an ongoing citizen-science project. It was originally the initiative of a small group of dedicated people who, in 2011, recognised the biological importance of the far south coastal region of NSW. They sought to encourage the documentation of the area’s biodiversity, building a community-based resource and network of…
What Shapes Biodiversity? with Associate Professor Ceridwen Fraser
On World Environment Day, 5 June 2020 Bournda Environmental Education Centre (BEEC), in association with the Sapphire Coast Regional Science Hub Sustainability Education Network (SCRSHSEN), was fortunate to have a guest lecture from Associate Professor Ceridwen “Crid” Fraser from the University of Otago. The lecture was part of our series of community science engagement events supported…