Held in August each year, Science in Practice is a one-day event hosted by the Faculty of Science to coincide with Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology, National Science Week. Developed and led by our world-class experts, we’ll be offering a FREE online experience this year, delivering a virtual day of exciting, interactive activities and presentations for the whole…
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PLANT X – Presents Todd Fuller – Animation, drawing bees and plants – online tutorial and video
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents PLANT X – a series of presentations + tutorials a collaboration between artists and scientists with acclaimed Sydney based artist Todd Fisher. This workshop explores how to draw, collage, and animate a Bee using collage, i-pads, and smartphones. Please register for the presentations. The session will be shared via…
PLANT X – Presents Angus Fisher – Botanical Scientific Illustration – online tutorial and video
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents PLANT X – a series of presentations + tutorials a collaboration between artists and scientists with acclaimed Sydney based artist Angus Fisher. This workshop explores how you can draw botanical and scientific illustrations. Please register for the presentation. The session will be shared via Zoom. Angus will be featured…
PLANT X – Presents Shannon Mulholland Discussing Plant Viruses
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists with Shannon Mulholland. This workshop explores the investigation of Pathogens that cause disease in vegetable crops. Please register for the workshop. The session will be shared online via Zoom. Shannon will…
PLANT X – Presents Dr Polychronis Rempoulakis – Discussing entomology, biosecurity, and Insect Control Strategies
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists with Dr. Polychronis Rempoulakis. This workshop explores entomology, biosecurity, and insects’ bio-rational control strategies. Please register for the workshop. The session will be shared via Zoom. Dr Rempoulakis will be featured as…
PLANT X – Presents Elizabeth Frost – Discussing Bee Biosecurity
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists. Introduction – Bee Biosecurity This workshop explores how plant health effects bees. Please register for the presentation. The webinar will be shared via Zoom. Elizabeth Frost will give a presentation about…
PLANT X – Presents Dr Angus Carnegie – Discussing Forest Health and Surveillance
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists with Dr. Angus Carnegie. This workshop explores forest health and biosecurity surveillance. Please register for the workshop. The session will be shared via Zoom. Dr Angus Carnegie is featured as part of the…
PLANT X – Presents Toni Chapman – Discussing Plant Bacteria
Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists. This workshop explores Tonis’ current job as a Plant Bacteriologist at the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Toni will be featured as part of the Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub, online video,…
Pop-In Science Centre
Let the Science on the GO! team guide you through a week’s worth of hands-on, wizz-bang science to celebrate National Science Week. Each day the Science on the GO! team will virtually ‘Pop-In’ to your classroom and demonstrate a different scientific concept. Explore each concept using your very own FREE STEM kit. Everything you need for a…
Mid-Afternoon Masterclass: Growing an urban woody meadow
Cities around the world are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in urban green spaces. Urban greening has wide-ranging benefits for human health and well-being, local and regional biodiversity, pollution mitigation, and local urban microclimate. However, maintaining vegetation in urban environments is expensive, which leads to simple plantings with limited visual appeal and resilience to the…