The week will involve the students accessing online activities. They will think analytically and problem solve different STEM activities based on food problems.
Topic: Environment and Nature
Sustainable Food
We are going to implement a focus on agriculture and sustainable food futures as part of the new K-6 Science syllabus through an agriculture day where students can interact with food and agriculture to develop sustainable solutions through STEM based activities. Students will be involved in a range of activities that will be rotated throughout…
Postponed: Life in Our Cemeteries Mini Bioblitz
Postponed due to the COVID lockdown. This is the first of a series of mini-Bioblitzes which will visit each cemetery in Bega Valley Shire over the next 3 years. This is a community event where we will explore and record all the creatures and plants in and around the cemetery on the iNaturalist app ….
Postponed: BRAWL by the River
Postponed due to the COVID lockdown. Bega River and Wetlands Landcare (BRAWL) is hosting a family-friendly, community engagement event fusing bush tucker education and re-vegetation on the Bega River with indigenous plant species. Participants will collect, soak & grind seeds on grinding stones, to cook up a damper for morning tea. This will be followed by…
The Gap SHS Escape Rooms
Students will participate in a range of science-themed virtual escape rooms.
Citizen Scientists Wanted: Record soil sounds with borrowed equipment to add to an audible audit of soil health in the area.
This National Science Week endeavour is a foray into the emerging field of ecoacoustics, interdisciplinary science that investigates natural and anthropogenic sounds and their relationship with the environment over a wide range of study scales, both spatial and temporal, including populations, communities, and landscapes. Ecoacoustics operates in all types of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We…
Science at Parramatta Online Trivia Quiz
Sick of lockdown isolation? Then join your fellow science enthusiasts for this fast and furious, live and online, trivia quiz. The Science at Parramatta Trivia Quiz will feature the topics: The Earth, The body, The sky. It will test your knowledge of some amazing science associated with Parramatta, from agriculture to biology, medicine to archaeology,…
Microgreen Experiments for Teachers
Farmwall’s microgreen Experiment kit is a great tool for exploring different ways to grow your own nutritious microgreens. This kit can be used in classrooms or at home to teach students of all ages about seed germination, plant growth, soil health, fertilizer, photosynthesis, hydroponics, nutrition and more. Join Farmwall’s Urban Farmers in a PD where…
WeAreBrisbane Twitter x National Science Week
WeAreBrisbane Twitter account @WeAreBrisbane will feature a different Queensland-based STEM professional each day, as part of daily rotation curation of the account. Come follow us on from Monday 16 – Sunday 22 August. Learn about what people are working on in STEM in Queensland directly from those in the field, and also see that they’re…
A Smorgasbord of STEM
Students will engage in a menu of STEM activities that involve making, creating and exploring a range of scientific concepts. Amended program due to COVID restrictions. Parent and community event to be re-scheduled.