Listen up! What is the outlook for WA’s food future? How will we produce food in a warming climate, how will water scarcity impact us, and how might our diet change? As a part of our 2021 featured events, the Western Australian Coordinating Committee is proud to present our National Science Week Season Special within…
Topic: Agriculture
ExBEERimental Science
This National Science Week, four Australian independent breweries have been challenged to don a lab coat and craft an experimental beer. The four unique creations will be explored in depth during ‘ExBEERimental Science’, a live-streamed beer tasting event sampling the science behind brewing and beer. This year, we’ll be joined by brewers from Spotty Dog…
VIC Farmer Time
The VIC Farmer Time program creates engaging and interactive food and fibre learning experiences by connecting classrooms with selected primary producers across Victoria. Each online session has a curriculum focus; is targeted to specific year groups; and is supported by accompanying activities (literacy, science, mathematics, etc). Sessions can also support staff in addressing cross-curriculum priorities…
Switch your thinking – Preserving the Harvest (Armadale)
Food for Thought explores the science of food and food innovations. But how about stepping back in time and discovering the secrets preserving seasonal harvests? Does your garden produce a bumper crop? How can we take advantage of cheap seasonal produce? This session will cover how to get more out of your fruit and vegetables…
Switch your thinking – Solar Cooking (Belmont)
Food for Thought explores the science of food and food innovations. How can we harness the energy from the sun cook and prep our food? We don’t often think about the sun as a power source for cooking, but Ecoburbia uses solar ovens, “cooktops” and solar driers all the time, especially in summer. Come and…
Switch your thinking – Preserving the Harvest (Kwinana)
Food for Thought explores the science of food and food innovations. But how about stepping back in time and discovering the secrets of preserving seasonal harvests? Does your garden produce an all-at-once, bumper crop? And how can we take advantage of cheap, seasonal produce? This session will cover how to get more out of your…
Switch your thinking – Building Community in your Street (Perth City)
Do you know your neighbours? Do you long for the sense of community in your street that you had as a child? Since the COVID19 pandemic, many of us have come to realise just how important our local neighbourhood is during times of crisis. To celebrate National Science Week, come and discover how much science…
Switch your thinking – Veggie Verge Garden (Girrawheen)
To celebrate National Science Week 2021, come and join Switch your thinking, the City of Wanneroo and Robyn Brown from Waste is my Resource for a morning of science and sustainable gardening! Discover how to get your veggie verge thriving, why this will help keep your street cool in summer and how to fit with…
Switch your thinking – Preserving the Harvest (Mirrabooka)
National Science Week 2021, Food for Thought, explores the science of food and food innovations. But how about stepping back in time and discovering the secrets of preserving seasonal harvests? Does your garden produce an all-at-once, bumper crop? And how can we take advantage of cheap seasonal produce? This session will cover how to get more…
Spines, Scats and Six Legs: exploring echidnas, poop and insects on Kangaroo Island
Did you know that the Kangaroo Island echidna is the best studied echidna population in the world? That there are unique insects that live on the island that can’t be found anywhere else? And on top of that echidnas eat those insects and we can tell which ones by looking at the DNA in the…