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…
Topic: Environment and Nature
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…
THINK SCIENCE! at Old Gippstown
Come see the wonders of science at Old Gippstown’s THINK SCIENCE! event. We will have a large range of engaging activities and stalls for both children and adults alike. Our heritage park, where we are hosting the event, has 8 acres of space to hold stalls and activities and we are filling it up quickly….
Science in the Centres
Come past Westfield Belconnen, Westfield Woden, South.Point Tuggeranong, Cooleman Court, or the Canberra Centre to discover the exciting science behind growing mushrooms, engineering with lego, parasites, geology, space, robotics, and much more. A variety of hands-on science activities will be on display across the different locations during the weekends of National Science Week (13 –…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
An evening designed to allow you to explore the wonders of science. Wander through classrooms filled with challenges- create the longest fibre optic fibre, use a laser cutter to cut your own key chains, use microscopes to see things too small for the human eye and loads more. Each classroom is set up to show…
Real Fossil Dig
Dig a real fossil out and take it home. Our activity offers people of all ages the opportunity to carefully extract a real fossil from a matrix. With the use of some simple tools you can dig until you see a sign of something different and you then brush and dig until it comes loose…