Join in some fun activities that remind us of how wonderful the natural environment can be. Learn about insects, soil, threatened species and minibeasts. You will make your own insect hotel, investigate minibeasts using microscopes, build your own terrarium, learn about our wonderful migratory shorebirds and challenge yourself to a trivia challenge.
Topic: Environment and Nature
Summerdale Primary School – National Science Week
Summerdale Primary School Science Week activities for all year levels will include an expo for our youngest kindergarten students, species investigation and plaster casting, a species biodiversity hunt, improving biodiversity within our school, and managing future biodiversity.
Bungendore Park Biodiversity Blitz
Embark on an exhilarating adventure with our Biodiversity Blitz at Bungendore Park, where students will delve into the captivating world of insect ecology. This immersive event aims to engage students in capturing, mounting, and identifying various insect specimens, fostering a deeper appreciation for the park’s diverse ecosystem. Participants will hone their field observation and collection…
Montello Primary School – Species Survival Challenge
Young Engineers
“Young Engineers” brings together inquisitive minds and a collection of materials to design and construct two machines – a solar powered car (called ‘Zippy’) and a walking and drawing robot called ‘Scrawl Walk’. Each session will be run across our four libraries at Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford and The Trentham Mechanics and is aimed primarily for…
Switch on to Science
Explore the Museum to discover the science that makes things work. Again this year, Redland Museum will hold its very popular Switch on to Science Day in conjunction with National Science Week. Switch on to Science is an annual event where museum volunteers operate and demonstrate a wide variety of working vintage equipment and talk about the science…
Western Treatment Plant Community Open Day
Join us for this STEMtastic adventure at the Western Treatment Plant, to learn more about the science and innovation that takes place to ensure wildlife – including some of the world’s rarest bird and frog species – will thrive for generations to come. Take a bus tour of the largest sewage treatment plant in Melbourne….
Hanlon Park/Bu’ruda Project Tour
Team Work makes the Dream Work! The Hanlon/ Bu’ruda project team come together to showcase the collaboration required between different ‘STEM’ disciplines to achieve significant outcomes like this project and the role of Landscape Architects particularly as lead designers. Providing hands on activities to school students to get them excited about career options available. Hands-on…
Save the Beetles – A Conservation Project
Do you love cool bugs and helping the environment? Join us for an awesome adventure to save the Beetles! Beetles are super important because they help plants grow by pollinating them. But their homes are being destroyed, and they need new places to live. We will work together to build a habitat for Beetles and…
Hobart College Science Week Opt-in Activities
What has Science got to do with Art or Cooking? What awesome species have you seen in our school environment? Explore these questions and many more by signing up with your Home Group to one of the many activities that are on offer in Home Group time during Science Week. Make Australian Animal biscuits with…