Explore all the STEM aspects of the wind tunnel, including predicting and experimenting with the terminal velocity of objects. Our program inspires and educates through an immersion of science and technology and then defying gravity by flying. It’s so much more than a lesson, it’s an enriching day of fun and learning that you will…
Topic: Energy and Transport
Huon Valley STEM Expo
The Huon STEM Expo, organised by the Huonville High Future Energy Team, will involve workshops and displays from the community such as Circular Economy Huon and the University of Tasmania. The focus will be on technology, energy, and waste with a STEM technology challenge on the theme ‘food by design’, to make a solar cooker…
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…
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,…
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…
Fantastic Festival of Food and Flight
Students will be involved in a variety of STEM challenges around the topic of FOOD and FLIGHT. They will work together in multi-age teams to complete the challenges and earn points for their houses. Students will be engaged in critical thinking as they design, test and refine their creations. They will use problem solving and…
Kilcoy State School Science Fair
Kilcoy State School are excited to whet our appetites with 2021’s National Science Week theme of Food: Different by Design. From Prep to Year 6, all classes will showcase their amazing work by creating Science Stations with visual displays linked to hands-on activities and technology of their chosen Science unit topic or STEM passion. This…