Everyone loves crystals. From snowflakes to diamonds to sugar, we see crystals everyday and we love them for being beautiful, shiny and symmetrical. Crystals are extra special to scientists because they are made up of repeating patterns of atoms and molecules. These patterns allow scientists to use a special technique called ‘crystallography’ to work out…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Jingili Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza
Jingili’s Annual Science Expo, 2 August Jingili Primary School hosts the annual Science Expo where ‘Real Life Scientist’ come to our school to provoke thinking and connect our students to how science work. The aim of this event is to engage the children, from preschool to year six, with a variety of science concepts and…
Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza
Jingili’s Annual Science Expo (2nd August, 2023) Jingili Primary School hosts the annual Science Expo where ‘Real Life Scientist’ come to our school to provoke thinking and connect our students to how science work. The aim of this event is to engage the children, from preschool to year six, with a variety of science concepts…
Seville Primary School Experiment Expo
Students will research, then choose their favourite fun experiment to test, then showcase to our junior students and families. The offered experiments may include (but choices will be student led with a focus safety) colour experiments such as marbling with milk and food dyes/ melting Smarties in milk, capillary action colour moving. Water/oil experiments such…
NOCTURNA Dark Sky Retreat
Welcome to NOCTURNA, a celebration of the fragile beauty of the cosmos — embracing our long winter nights and taking the time to gaze at our still-pristine dark skies, a precious natural resource that is under threat from light pollution. The increasingly widespread use of artificial light outdoors not only impairs our view of the…
Dog Mob Cat Crew
AMRRIC’s education program, Dog Mob Cat Crew, will run a school education project at a remote Indigenous schools in the Northern Territory during National Science week, through data capture and monitoring, that lead to improved One Health (animal, human, and environmental health) outcomes for remote communities in Australia. The school-based program will deliver education sessions that demonstrate the…
Arludo’s National Game Design Challenge
Help your students design and submit an idea for Arludo’s next big science game. National winners will receive 3 months of mentoring while watching their game come to life. Arludo’s National Game Design Challenge will teach students in Years 3-6 how to design a video game, including how to pick a scientific topic or question,…
National Science Week @ Northside Christian College
Lunch time activities will be held carried throughout National Science Week to develop the enjoyment of learning STEAM and help our students become creative learners. We will have secondary students helping younger students complete the activities, on a signing-up basis. The theme for 2023, Innovation: Powering Future Industries, encourages our students to embrace Design Technology…
Kaarakin – Black Cockatoo and Nestbox Workshop
Kaarakin is a not-for-profit centre specialising in the rescue, rehabilitation and release of the three endemic and threatened species of black cockatoo that inhabit the southwest of WA. We are located on a large 41 acre site in the Perth Hills. We will be hosting a free day-long event for children to learn all about…
AI at Moorak Primary School
S: Science experiments T: Technology including VR, code.org, Mindcraft and Redstone E: Engineering with Lego building M: Maths through coding and Scratch