This event will be taking place online. All registrants will be sent an access link on the day Join scientist, explorer and author Professor Chris Turney in an online conversation with composer Brendon John Warner as they discuss their new work in progress: Sounds from the Ice. Intended as a debut sound and image presentation…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt
Bush Blitz is Australia’s largest species discovery program. Since Bush Blitz started taking taxonomists on expeditions in 2010, the program has discovered more than 1700 new species across Australia. Now all Australians can get involved through the Backyard Species Discovery citizen science expedition. As part of Sydney Science Trail, Bush Blitz is running a Scavenger…
STEM WEEK and Family STEM Night
Our event starts on the Monday of National Science Week when we hold science demos on assembly, have project building lunch time activities, HEROs of STEM teaching competition and other smaller activities to celebrate STEM at our College. Then we also hold a Family STEM Night where our College community engages in STEM related activities…
Sydney Science Trail 2021 – Women in STEM Panel
Join us to hear from our panel of incredible women working in STEM, and their individual journeys that have brought them to where they are today. Follow their amazing research over their careers and get inspired by their work. Featuring Dr Ceri Brenner (ANSTO), Dr Jen Matthews (UTS) and other panellists to be confirmed. This event will be delivered…
Sydney Science Trail 2021 – The Great Space Debate
Private companies like SpaceX are making great progress in humanity’s ability to access space for exploration or even recreation, with billions of dollars being invested annually on research and development of new technologies. For many space enthusiasts, colonising Mars is the next big step for humanity. However, many ask why would we spend so much…
Sydney Science Trail 2021 – Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Future Careers
Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki for a fun, inspirational talk that will cover five main areas in future careers in science, how this will affect students and become important in their future working lives, followed by a Q&A session. Computer and information technology and how computers will be as smart as we are. Genetic engineering and…
Growing Delights
Students will explore how some of our food is produced by undertaking activities in the school’s vegetable garden. These will include garden bed preparation, planting seeds and/or seedlings, watering and weeding. Students will plant native and non-native seeds. They will also begin to learn how to handle and care for a variety of gardening tools. …
National Science Week at Tuggeranong Homestead
Lots of displays, talks and hands-on activities for a special National Science Week day at Tuggeranong Homestead. Entry is free but some activities have a charge. The activities include: Tharawal Aboriginal Kitchen – Learn how tasty, fresh it is! – Free Watching Water with Satellites – Free Make your own Bento Box to take home…
Science Trivia in the Club
The National Science Week Quiz Night is back. This year we’re pushing ahead full-STEAM: science, technology, engineering,aArts, and maths – with a quiz round dedicated to each. Fear not, you won’t need an advanced degree to do well in our quiz night, you will be surprised just how much STEAM is all around your day-to-day…
Sapphire Coast Science Festival – STEM Schools Day
We are kicking off National Science Week with Bega Valley Shire Council Libraries and 2pi and other exhibitors creating a Maker Space and Biodiversity Explotorium in the main Civic Centre auditorium featuring: 3D printing and 3D pens Ozobots Visual motion capture Making circuits with electro dough Making banana pianos with Makey Makey Micro bits- more…