Take a tour through Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative’s 90-tonne lobster facility, the main staging point for western rock lobster caught in the region. The tour is guided by factory staff and local fishers, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at a global seafood producer that has been a part of the town for over 70 years. With…
Topic: Energy and Transport
Snowy Hydro Q&A panel discussion on renewables
To celebrate National Science Week, Snowy Hydro invite students in stage 3-6 from schools across Australia to join a virtualQ&A discussion exploring this solar panels, wind and how renewables work together to power the National Electricity Market (NEM). Members of our engineering team will provide their insight, answer your questions and share their expertise in…
Marble Run Challenge
Marbles are made of glass and have been popular toys for many years. Making a path for a marble to travel down engages students with physics, and explores the concepts of gravity, friction and angles. This is a creative activity that can be taken in different directions depending on your learning objectives and the interests of your students.
Dr Karl\’s National Science Week Comedy Hour
Australia’s favourite science voice has conquered radio, TV, the lecture hall, and is now turning his sights towards the comedy stage!Heard weekly on triple j popularising science, a veteran of the Midday Show, Good Morning Australia, the Today Show, and Sunrise, and proud author of (so far) 47 books, the only thing that matches his prodigious output is his endless enthusiasm…
Careers Explorer
Careers Explorer is a discovery session designed to unearth the surprising range of roles available in large infrastructure projects and how these align with individual students’ skills and passions. We’re certain we’ll surprise your students with the breadth of careers available. In this workshop students will: learn all about our Metro Tunnel Project, why we’re…
Through the Looking Glass
Inspiring Australia Queensland is proud to present an immersive online program of experiments, activities, science vlogs and more In celebration of National Science Week and the school theme Glass: More than meets the eye, the Queensland National Science Week Committee will reignite the Inspiring Australia Queensland website to deliver an immersive online experience that teaches…
Science Quiz
Get your team together or sign up as an individual and join us for a fun science themed quiz.
Make a Light Bulb
Though LED light bulbs are common now, the incandescent light bulb was such a useful invention it has come to symbolise innovation itself. It’s even on the National Science Week logo! Much attention is paid to the material used in the light bulb filament. Edison famously tried hundreds before having success with carbonised bamboo. Tungsten filaments have been in use in light…
Glass Blowing with Bunsen Burners
Glass is made up of silica, which is a high-quality type of sand. Other materials, such as metals and metal oxides, are added to silica to lower the melting point of the mixture. Glassblowers mix these ingredients to make a batch of glass, which they will melt in a furnace in their workshop. The batch…
100 Climate Conversations Martin Green: Pioneering solar
In 1983, Martin Green led a team that invented the PERC cell, a solar power technology that allows more sunlight to be captured and turned into electricity. This innovation, further developed by Green and his team, is now used in over 90 per cent of global silicon solar module production. Green is in conversation with…