As part of 7 Decades in 7 Days during National Science Week, we’ve teamed up with the Garvan Institute, to bring you an online seminar, celebrating pioneering scientists in cancer research. Join us online as we celebrate all the strong and inspirational women, who have dedicated their lives to medical research. Recognising some of our great female trailblazers…
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
Science Tall Tales
Why would a fetus glow? Why study space dust? Learn about the WHAT, WHY and the WEIRD of science! This season of short videos explores why science is important and the sometimes bizarre things that happen in the world of science. Join each of our Tall Poppy Scientists as they give you a snapshot of…
Future Scientist Career Quiz
Scientists are humanity’s frontline. Wherever answers are needed they lead the charge – overcoming complex global challenges, solving real-world problems and developing solutions for the future. Incredibly, science is predicted to bring more human progress in the next 50 years than the previous 400 combined. Fighting climate change… saving lives… sustaining the environment… ending hunger……
Science Warriors
Cloverdale Education Support Centre will have a vast range of activities organised in rotations the entire day as follows: VR reality exploring chemical states of matter, human anatomy, Earth and space and physical properties of materials including videos of push and pull related videos. Makey Makey to explore electricity by playing a piano using different…
Science @ Urrbrae
Urrbrae High School is hosting a series of interactive science workshops, inviting primary school groups to attend and experience all the aspects of Urrbrae including the Wetland, Farm and Science labs. Each day there will be concurrent sessions running across the site which classes can book into: Urrbrae Wetland – hosting a series of workshops focused on…
Science Tall Tales
Why would a fetus glow? Why study space dust? Learn about the WHAT, WHY and the WEIRD of science! This 2021 season of short videos explores why science is important and the sometimes bizarre things that happen in the world of science. Join each of our Tall Poppy Scientists as they give you a snapshot…
Science Tall Tales
Why would you make a fetus glow? Why study space dust? Learn about the WHAT, WHY and the WEIRD of science! This 2021 season of short videos explores why science is important and the sometimes bizarre things that happen in the world of science. Join each of our Tall Poppy Scientists as they give you…
Science Tall Tales
Why would you make a fetus glow? Why study space dust? Learn about the WHAT, WHY and the WEIRD of science! This 2021 season of short videos explores why science is important and the sometimes bizarre things that happen in the world of science. Join each of our Tall Poppy Scientists as they give you…
ANSTO’s National Science Week Hackathon
Ready, steady, hack: ANSTO’s National Science Week Hackathon is back – and you’re invited! Bring innovation to your classroom with this free, fast-paced, virtual hackathon for Australian students in Years 7-11 on an important topic. Because it’s the United Nations’ International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the National Science Week theme Food: Different by Design…
Different by Design: Dehydrating Food
Our National Science Week activity for preschool children will begin with an age appropriate roleplay about going on a bushwalk, posing the question ‘Who is going to carry the food?’. Children will do a sensory evaluation of the fruit looking at how heavy it would be to carry and discussing whether it would stay fresh…