Kingsley College will hold STEM Spin Out Sessions during National Science Week. Centrifuging is one of the more spectacular food science activities. P-12 students will take part in activities that involve centripetal and centrifugal forces, and a microcentrifuge, all centring around how these ideas are applied in food science.
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
National Science Week at Wyndham College
Event Description and Activities – Celebration of National Science Week involving a variety of learning experiences for students aligned with the theme Food: different by design. Activities will include: morning tea for staff organised by Biology and Food technology students who will work together to cook edible scientific models and plant based meat products. Food…
Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest
The Aurora Science Photo Contest is for schoolgirls to get them to think about everyday science through photography. This contest is an alternative way to engage female school students with science to make them aware of science in everyday life. Flinders University’s 2021 Cochlear Aurora Photo Contest is now open, offering cash prizes to reward young female…
Settlers Primary School Science Week Spectacular
Every student in our school from Kindergarten to Year 6 will participate in tabloid style hands-on science activities throughout National Science Week. Each year group participates on one day during science week and will be immersed in a series of tabloid style activities in small groups, where they will be challenged by a variety of…
Eco-dyeing 101 – Using local plants and flowers
In the quest to live more sustainably, learning to dye naturals materials such as wool, silk and cotton (and upcycling garments made from proteins and cellulose) using plants and flowers from the immediate neighbourhood is interesting, fun, sustainable, responsible, has a low carbon footprint… and is a process jam packed with science. Join us at Alphington…
Pollination Produces our Food
Community members will gain greater awareness of the importance of pollinators such as bees and other insects to modern society through interactive displays, lectures, demonstrations, site visits and a Festival. Pollination in the Gardens, a two-week series of interactive exhibits and experiments developed and presented with the Hunter Valley Amateur Beekeepers Association. The Children’s University…
Renewable Energy Innovators of the Huon Valley
This field trip in the Huon Valley will visit three renewable energy innovators in the Huon Valley who will share their visions and creative solutions to their local energy needs. This will include a micro hydro, a tracking solar system, an off-grid business utilising waste products including biodiesel, bio-char and waste wood, and a community…
Rochester Secondary College School Network Event
Rochester’s current Year 10 students from our space and motion subject engage the Year 6 students from local feeder primary schools to teach them STEM based activities. The Year 10 students put together different activities to run with the students from different schools. This is a great opportunity for both the audience and the presenters,…
Fantastic Fermentation and Cooking Chemically
We will host workshops for Years 6 students from our six feeder primary schools from throughout National Science Week. In these workshops, students will engage in hands on, practical experiments involving food, including lacto-fermentation of vegetables and fermentation of sourdough starters, as well as the chemical role of ingredients in bread and choc chip cookies….
Tiny Scientists
The Tiny Scientists event is a free drop-in science exploration and discovery event targeted at young children aged 0-8 and their parents/carers. The aim of the event is to ignite an interest in science discovery from an early age and to equip Geraldton families with skills and resources to continue a culture of science discovery…