Think a career in nuclear couldn’t be for you? Chances are, jobs in nuclear and the people who do them looks nothing like you imagine. This panel is the chance to meet and ask questions of four people who have made careers in the nuclear industry: Julie Murray (Senior Radiation Security Advisor and Major Projects…
Topic: Energy and Transport
Glowing Green – How green is nuclear energy?
This may come as a shock – nuclear reactors glow blue, not green. Thanks Homer for this misconception, d’oh! But nuclear power is green in other ways. Nuclear power is the world’s second largest source of low emissions electricity generation. And just like pretty much every other form of technology, the types of reactors under…
Gadgets, Gizmo’s and Whirligigs
National Science Week activities across the school with a focus on engineering.
Curtin University joins The Big Watermelon Experiment
Come and join us to celebrate National Science Week with one fruity (and somewhat messy) science experiment. At this free event we will investigate how many rubber bands does it take to implode a watermelon. Predict, plan, explore the forces at work and participate in a mass collaboration in science. Watch University teams compete to…
COOL AERONAUTICS: Space Travel…How can I be a part of it?
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to sit in the space shuttle as it is about to launch… do you wonder what it takes to become an astronaut, would you like to be a part of the team designing and building the rockets that will take us to Mars? Learn how STEM is…
STEM Design Challenge for Regional Students
This National Science Week, the University of Technology Sydney, Engineers Without Borders and Tech Girls Movement Foundation invite regional students to create for your community in a two-day design challenge. On Thursday 20 & Friday 21 August, classes from Stage 3 and 4 can join our virtual classroom to design, create and build solutions to…
EcoScience Schools Day
Central Australian schools are invited to participate in a series of free fun, informative and educational activities as part of Central Australia’s premier sustainability event – the 2020 EcoFair Science Schools Fair. The Ecofair Science Schools Event will run over two weeks, coinciding with National Science Week. Workshops will be presented by local and interstate…
Virtual Science Snippets – Does an Orange Float or Sink?
To Celebrate National Science Week East Gippsland Shire Library will be posting a short science demonstration that can be easily replicated at home. Does an Orange Float or Sink? In today’s demonstration, Jane is answering the question “Does an orange float or sink?”. Videos will be posted at 4.00pm daily during the week on East…
How to Build Your Own Solar Powerbank Workshop – Science Week @ CDU
Charge your electronic devices on the go using a power banks you made yourself. In this workshop participants will learn about the basic electronics behind a power bank and how it all works together. A large portion of the workshop is to finally build your own power bank. The participants will learn how to use…
Know More About Nuclear – Science Week @ CDU
When you think of nuclear radiation what words come to your mind? Bombs? Waste? Chernobyl? 5G? The truth is we’re surrounded by radiation all the time; we live our whole lives being exposed to it. Australia has whole industries devoted to the scientific application of nuclear radiation for economic, medical and research benefits. A more…