Cobram High school students are bringing their scientific expertise to the surrounding primary school community. The Science Spectacular is an interactive and educational experience that aims to ignite curiosity, inspire young minds, and foster a love for science among primary school students. During this event, the students will showcase a wide array of captivating science experiments,…
Topic: Energy and Transport
Our Lady Queen of Peace Design and Production Showcase
Every student from Our Lady Queen of Peace Gladesville will showcase a design and production project that they completed in class. Classrooms will be open to parents and students families to be involved with.
Mentone Primary Bridge Building Competition
The children in Years 3 – 6 will be challenged to build a 50 cm long bridge that can hold the most weight, using : paper straws masking tape ice-cream sticks paper cardboard. The whole school to watch to see who will be crowned MPS bridge building champion.
Traditional Knowledge: The science and engineering of Yolngu boat making
Milkwood students will work with Traditional Owners from North East Arnhem Land to build a traditional Yolngu (Aboriginal) canoe. Drawing on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in areas of science and engineering, students will take part in the design, material preparation, construction and test-floating of the canoe. Milkwood’s Strategic Plan includes a commitment to embed Traditional Knowledge,…
Gold Coast School Science Competition
The 36th annual Gold Coast Schools Science Competition aimed at raising the profile of STEM in the Gold Coast community and encourages students to demonstrate their STEM abilities by entering a project into one of the five possible categories. The competition is the largest of its type in Queensland and the competition is fierce with…
Squishy Circuits
Year 6 students learn the basics of circuits, including how electricity flows, how to create a complete circuit, and how to use batteries and switches to control electricity. They can then use this knowledge to create simple circuits with conductive playdough and LED lights. Once they have mastered the basics, the students work in small…
Ave Maria Kindergarten Science Week
Children will be immersing in National Science Week activities. Different classes will be engaging in different activities during their time at kinder.
Build a Wind Turbine
Students in Year 6 are spending Term 3 focusing on Year.6.378 – We are learning to analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity. As part of this unit students will be testing blades on a windmill
School Solar Oven Challenge
In the lead up to National Science Week, all classes at Albuera Street Primary School will be researching how to create a solar oven, using a pizza box or similar. We will pick the sunniest day (it is Hobart in winter) in Science Week to have our challenge. Each class will attempt to cook nachos…
On the Road with STEM Kids
Geraldton Community Toy Library are on the road with STEM Kids during National Science Week visiting three locations over three days to deliver exploratory play sessions targeting our future scientists, innovators, engineers and mathematicians. Children aged 3-8 and their families will discover how to ask questions, problem solve, experiment, hypothesis and evaluate with eight curated…