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…
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
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…
STEM Hour: Connect, learn, grow – Food for thought: philosophical inquiry with children
“How does a cow turn into a sausage?”; “Why is it ok to eat cows but not whales?; “Can I send my sandwich to a child who’s really hungry?”. As part of National Science Week, our webinar panel will discuss how children’s critical questions can be addressed in an honest and age-appropriate way that encourages…
STEM Hour: Connect, learn, grow – Exploring Bush Tucker
What comes to mind when we think about Australian cuisine? There are few things more Aussie than meat pies and the good old barbie. In our July webinar, we will celebrate food that has been here for thousands of years, much longer than the sausage sizzle: Bush Tucker. Join us on a journey back in…
Science Night At The Museum
Science Night at the Museum is a science fair run at the Museum of the Goldfields each year over National Science Week. The event showcases what mining companies, the council and other organisations in the region are doing. The objective of this program is to encourage an interest in science among the public and encourage…
Tasty Atoms
Events throughout the week with junior and upper primary classes held during science lessons and a shared learning time from 9.00 – 9.40 am daily. Activities include: extending chemical sciences into fantastic food designs building chemical molecules using fruit pieces for healthy fruit snack experimenting with changes in state – demonstrating changes with heating and…
St Leonards Primary Science Week
Whole school hands-on Science Fair in the school assembly hall, rotating Prep to Year 6 through investigative and hands on work stations in a central location. Food and science of food will be the focus with the idea to activate science inquiry skills of questioning, predicting, conducting, processing and evaluation. This includes an open invitation…
Children’s Storytelling Online Workshop with Aussie STEM Stars
Celebrate National Science Week with authors from the exciting new book series Aussie STEM stars. Join award-winning authors Claire Saxby and Emily Gale as they showcase the book series and describe what it’s like writing the biographies of STEM superstars. The STEM stars themselves will then challenge you with a range of exciting STEM-based activities…