Do you want to learn how synthetic biology can remediate plastic from the environment? How you can add superpowers to a microbe to gobble up polluting plastic? And find out about the new industries synthetic biology is creating right now. Come along to our booth and play a speed version of our card game Remediate! Equip your microbe…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Remediate! Canberra pub night
Have you heard of the cool new science that is synthetic biology and want to learn more? Are you a card game nerd who wants to help develop a brand-new awesome card game? The Centre for Excellence in Synthetic Biology is developing a new card game and we need your help to make it the…
Great Glossy Count Training Workshop – Capalaba
Join like-minded bird-lovers to learn how to locate and identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and their feed trees in the wild. Lisa Bailey from Redland City Council will present information about Glossy Black-Cockatoo identification and ecology. The workshop will also feature a talk from Geckoes Wildlife who will display a live Glossy Black-Cockatoo and other native wildlife….
Awards Day & Ag Science Expo
Help us celebrate National Science Week this year at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Hermitage Research Facility’s Schools Plant Science Competition Awards Day & Ag Science Expo. This event formally recognises prize winners and participants of the The Buzz About Bees competition and celebrates all things agricultural science. You’ll have the opportunity to…
Scouting the Skies
Scouts will be designing and constructing a payload for a high altitude balloon. The payload will be designed to record atmospheric data during the flight, such as temperature, air pressure, and CO2 concentration. It will also be able to record photos and video of the flight, showing the amazing panorama from the top of the…
Great Glossy Count Training Workshop – Burpengary
Join like-minded bird-lovers to learn how to locate and identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and their feed trees in the wild. Eric Anderson from Birdlife Southern Queensland will present information about Glossy Black-Cockatoo identification and ecology. The workshop will also feature a talk from Geckoes Wildlife who will display a live Glossy Black-Cockatoo and other native wildlife….
Hands-on Science at Harrison School
The science team at Harrison will be conducting break time activities in the VAST building at the school. Students from P-10 can register for the activity of their choice and celebrate science.
Put the FUN into Fungi!
Are you into FUNgi? Then join us on Wednesday, 16 August to between 12:00 and 14:00 at Warrnambool Neighbourhood Community Centre (WNCC) and become a mini mushroom farmer! You will be provided with a mushroom kit and all you need to start the process on the day. Two fun guys will teach us all we…
Put the FUN into Fungi!
Are you into FUNgi? Then join us on Wednesday, 16 August to between 12:00 and 14:00 at Warrnambool Neighbourhood Community Centre (WNCC) and become a mini mushroom farmer! You will be provided with a mushroom kit and all you need to start the process on the day. Two fun guys will teach us all we…
Put the FUN into Fungi!
Are you into FUNgi? Then join us on Wednesday, 16 August to between 12:00 and 14:00 at Warrnambool Neighbourhood Community Centre (WNCC) and become a mini mushroom farmer! You will be provided with a mushroom kit and all you need to start the process on the day. Two fun guys will teach us all we…