PrimeSCI! Winter School Holiday Science Workshops will be running from Monday 29 June – Friday 10 July and will be filled with hands-on home science for your children. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, PrimeSCI! will be providing live-streamed Zoom Webinars for the Winter School Holidays. Webinars are scheduled to run for a minimum of…
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STEM Treasures
Right at Home with Science online classes. Unveiling Dr Joe’s hands-on, minds-on, online science programs for the first five weeks of term 3. This is a fun, exciting science program that aligns well with the Australian National Curriculum. Kids love (and understand) science with Dr Joe! The sign in fee includes a Science Kit and…
Rochester S.C. Science Week
Rochester’s current Year 10 students engage the Year 6 students from local feeder primary schools to teach them STEM based activities. The secondary students will put together 10 different activities, for example exploring how light travels through space, and grasping the concepts of force and motion on the Moon. Throughout National Science Week different primary…
Oceans of Poetry
Write a poem about THE OCEAN: it could be a discovery under the waves; a form of ocean life you find interesting; anything that’s Ocean-related. By the time National Science Week begins the Science Rhymes website will display a collection of your rhyming verse poems about THE OCEAN and related science discoveries that have captured…
Tec-NQ Open Day
Come learn about how STEM is used in the trades. Virtual and hands-on try-a-trade activities and demonstrations are on show at Tec-NQ’s Open Day. Activities include: use of DC in electrical power circuits. CNC Programming virtual welding on an augmented reality welding simulator hydraulic systems testing measure the fuel output, flow rates and spray patterns…
UNSW Bragg Student Science Writing Prize
Are you a writer in Years 7-10? Want to win great prizes? What are the solutions that will help us to address global challenges such as catastrophic climate change, global pandemics, severe weather and sea level rise? From bushfire science using smart satellites and Indigneous know-how, to vaccine development, citizen science apps tracking insect population…
Science Exchange Series – What can I actually do with my drone?
Drone use has grown rapidly in recent years. As a society we have come to appreciate drones and remote sensors as affordable tools that enable high resolution and on-demand data collection. Join Dr Nik Callow (Senior Lecturer and UWA Chief Remote Pilot) as he explores the purpose of drones as useful remote sensing tools in…
Casey Station Science Smoko
On or about 20 August we plan to structure our morning tea around National Science Week down here at Casey Station in East Antarctica. The Sun will have returned and we will be starting to think about a new summer season on station. This one will be quite different as preparations and planning have been…
Leeuwin Ocean Adventure
Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation is a not for profit organisation which operates Australia’s largest Sail Training Tall Ship Leeuwin ll out of Fremantle, WA. The interactive presentation aims to inspire the community to become involved with STEM based immersion activities whilst experiencing adventure sailing over the “Deep Blue”. The presentation showcases the environment and wildlife…
Keeping an Eye on Dementia Using Science From Space
The eye has long been regarded as the window to the brain and recent advances in imaging technologies may make it possible to detect early signs of brain diseases via the eye. Researchers at the Centre for Eye Research in Melbourne have applied a method developed by NASA scientists for imaging the earth from satellites…