We are opening our college to the school community on 19 August. We are starting the day with our senior students, they have been invited to a breakfast with professionals in our community that work in the field of science and food. The breakfast will be held in the Trade Training Centre cooked and served…
Topic: Agriculture
Carnaby Rise Primary School’s Science Celebration Day
Carnaby Rise Primary School’s Science Celebration Day includes rotational activities between classes across the entire school. Our Super Science Day will run for one whole school day, with each student rotating through 4 one-hour activities, moving through 4 classrooms, with each teacher in the school teaching one engaging, hands-on science lesson each, every hour, at…
Food: A practical experience
Students will explore recess and lunchtime activities over the course of National Science Week. They will: build pollen traps undergo flower dissections understand thermodynamics by designing a vertical wall or roof top garden burn food to find energy content investigate aquaculture undergo a sensory food journey
Abiotic Factors and Plant Growth
Students will investigate abiotic factors that affect plant growth. Using the watering stand using block-based coding on a Microbit to monitor soil moisture levels. Environment and Sustainability students will create posters for display and present to a whole school assembly. In National Science Week the hands-on activity is where students will use alphabet templates to…
SHPSH Bee Friendly Project
Students will learn about the importance of bees and food production. They will design and make bee homes and bee baths to encourage bees into the garden. Students will research plants that attract and enable bees to thrive in our school’s dedicated garden terrace and plan to improve this garden area by planting more pollinator…
The Future of Foods, From the Ground Up
Activities will explore the future opportunities in food science and STEM. The environmental impact of food production systems and how the food we grow or harvest can impact climate change. Highlighting site appropriate agriculture, students will follow an existing bush food trail through our school grounds and adjacent parklands guided by our local Indigenous elders….
Sustainable Garden
Mary MacKillop Catholic College in Highfields will be setting up a small sustaining garden at our new and devolving high school campus. The garden will be made and cared for by student volunteers. The aim of the garden is to be able to supply some of our hospitality students (and even our tuckshop) with a…
Agriculture in STEM – Chicken coop tractor
Students are to design a mobile chicken coop that meets a set of ethical and standard criteria. Students investigate the importance of the materials used, understanding size and scale, as well as design and manufacture considerations such as cost, availability of resources and space. They are to use their critical thinking and communication skills to…
Woodend Sustainable Food Expo
An opportunity for our school to explore themes relating to food sustainability, this week long expo will showcase some of the ways that students, classes and families can make a difference through their daily food choices. While our younger students are exploring small world gardening, our middle and upper primary students will be investigating the…
Food Fight: Inspiring imagination to solidify sustainability
It’s the modern-day food-fight, trade fair style. Sectioned into year levels and tasked with a fruity challenge, students at Helensvale State School will be provided fruit (this time not for traditional use) and a bag of craft items to kickstart imaginations and encourage collaborative thinking. Class vs class, the entire school will be engaged for…