Topic: Chemistry and Materials

Famous Scientists visit Bairnsdale Primary School Science Fair

The ‘Famous Scientists’ visits aims to bring to life student’s science understanding in a fun and engaging way. The idea is that students research (living and formerly living) famous scientists and their real life discoveries, inventions and theories. Students then plan, organise and work on bringing this knowledge to life in poster and in-person form…

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

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….

Eastlakes Public School Science Fair

The Eastlakes Public School Science Fair will showcase science and technology across all years K-6. Students, teachers, parents and community members will have the opportunity to participate in experiments, share learning and challenge their thinking with creative and critical thinking challenges. 

Fantastic Food

Students will spend the week looking at food and where it comes from in their weekly STEM classes.  They will learn about and have a go at traditional food preparation methods and compare them with the now high-tech ways to prepare the same foods.  There will be fun lunchtime activities like Candy Chemistry where students…

STEM-venture

STEM-venture day with children from Reception to Year 7 at Paringa Park Primary School. Peer Leaders from our local secondary school will be helping us with our activities. STEM activities that include a Rube Goldberg Machine, mini golf, bubbles, volcanoes, Sci-cinema, catapults, slime making, paper plane challenge, nature play exploration, loose parts play, makerspace, robotics,…

Repton Public School Science Day

Students from K-6 will participate in a day of science experiences and learning at Repton Public School. Fun and engaging ways to develop scientific thinking skills.

A Celebration of Science and STEM

      One of the ways is which Science Week will be recognised is through a hands-on and interactive Science and STEM evening. Students and parents are invited to attend a Celebration of Science and STEM at Our Holy Redeemer, Surrey Hills. This event will provide an opportunity for students and parents to participate in activities that showcases some of…