Coupled to DNA metabarcoding, eDNA is a powerful means of biodiversity monitoring and is increasingly being used to engage and empower community environmental awareness and action through well-designed citizen science programs. The project engages primary schools and targeted community organisations to identify a variety of animal species present in local rivers and creeks in the…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Creation Creation
How did we get here? Are aliens real? And is it possible to lick your elbow? Based on interviews with members of the community aged between 8 – 102, Creation Creation is a comedy about life’s biggest mysteries. Two fearless creators will step onto the stage and attempt to unravel the mysteries of the universe using whatever…
Dirk Hartog Island National Park: Return to 1616 Ecological Restoration
Whilst the amazing boom/bust cycles of the North American lynx and the snowshoe hare make fascinating environmental study material for Australian students… what about environmental studies closer to home? What’s happening in Australia? The Dirk Hartog Island National Park Return to 1616 is Western Australia’s most important ecological restoration project. Located within the Shark Bay…
Lego Sustainable Fashion Show
Do you want to try your hand at making clothes out of recycled and sustainable materials such as paper, plastic wrappers, recycled fabric, and organic material? Bring along your imagination and your creative engineering mindset, and we’ll provide the rest. We’ll talk about the various materials and technologies used in modern fashion design, including the…
Combining Western and Indigenous Science to Help Us Undertake Responsible Caring of the Land
The objective of the Great Southern Regional TAFE STEM day is to excite students from rural backgrounds about the extraordinary and unique biodiversity of southwestern WA. We want to ‘plant the seed’ to encourage students to continue to seek knowledge about the unique ecology of their local landscapes. We hope they will recognise the importance…
Can’t See the Adaptation For the Trees?
Plants, from miniature mosses to towering trees, are fundamental to healthy ecosystems. They provide benefits such as food, habitat, and clean air as well as to people and our cities. But what happens when the environment that plants are used to, changes? Can they adapt to withstand this change and continue supporting our fabulous ecosystems, and…
HMRI’s Poo Palace
The Poo Palace is a giant inflatable with tunnels and slides that re-creates the human digestive system. Children and adults will be able to experience the journey food takes along the digestive tract. The Poo Palace journey starts with children entering a ‘giant mouth’. Next they slide through a tunnel representing the oesophagus and into…
UV Awareness!
Sorry Hillary but I can’t publish an in-person event without a street address. If you could write a short article about the project I could put that on the news feed. That would need an image too (landscape orientation). Geoff Crane, Manager, National Science Week Cancer Council NT(CCNT) provides support, prevention education and advocacy for…
Footy Quake
As part of National Science Week, ANU’s Research School of Earth Sciences are here to measure the seismic activity caused by the Viking clap and Raiders crowd celebrations, a Footy Quake! They have installed a seismometer under the main stand, a professional grade piece of equipment normally used to measure earthquakes. We want the Raiders…
Roxby Mad Scientist
Roxby Mad Scientist program is designed introduce youth to the concepts of alternate energy while also incorporating problem-solving, design and modeling and working as a team. This will be achieved through the participants pairing up to investigate crucial design and construction processes that they will then use to build a model solar car. Each team…