Rescheduled after the COVID lockdown. Interested in studying environmental science? Visit our stall at CDU Open Day to paint your own bird box and learn about the importance of hollows and habitat for our native wildlife. Free, but registration is essential.
Topic: Environment and Nature
One Health in Remote Communities
AMRRIC are running an education program at two remote schools in the NT in National Science Week. Targeted at both primary and secondary students, the program will introduce the principles of One Health and its importance within remote communities. This will be demonstrated with lessons and activities focusing on the topics of vaccinations and zoonoses,…
Rescheduled: Peculiar Plant Parts
Rescheduled after the COVID lockdown. Domatia, glands, stipules, oil dots, nectaries, latex, lenticels, colleters and tendrils – this workshop will look at some of the less obvious features of native plants. Using microscopes, magnifiers and light tables we will investigate unusual anatomical features of native plants.
Intersections between Science and Art – Engaging Communities – ONLINE TALK Bees in Backyards
Timetobee – The wonders of bees and backyards. Join Dani Lloyd-Prichard from Timetobee as she explores the many ways we can revitalise, reconnect and regenerate with bees as part of urban biodiversity.
Rescheduled: STEAM Spectacular
New date confirmed – 4 September. The National Science Week STEAM Spectacular will be a family-fun day of workshops and activities for all, where the exciting world of science in the NT will be showcased by schools, researchers and practitioners alike. Test your chemistry skills by making essential oils, become an engineer for a day…
Rescheduled: We’re going on a ‘high-tech’ bear hunt
New date confirmed – 4 September. At this year’s National Science Week STEAM Spectacular, we are exploring how Top End scientists are using tracking technology to understand how and why animals move. Examine a variety of devices used to study animals like Gouldian Finches, Magpie Geese, and Feral Pigs, learn how the technology works and…
Rescheduled: A Quick Guide to the Insides of Sharks
Rescheduled after the COVID lockdown. A short workshop on the anatomy and biology of sharks that interact with our commercial fisheries. Come down and hang out with two of Charles Darwin University’s shark researchers and learn what sharks have inside them. Learn how different parts of sharks work and why it is important to understand…
Rescheduled: Night Sky: Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the STEM curriculum
Rescheduled after the COVID lockdown. Milkwood Steiner School students are deep in their learning about the Night Sky. An important part of this STEM learning comes from the traditional knowledge of Larrakia and other Aboriginal elders. We are in the final stages of preparing our artwork, which incorporates two important Dreaming stories. A painting by…
Rescheduled: Model Aquaponics
Rescheduled due to the COVID lockdown. Our students will be learning about one method of creating a sustainable food source through the use of aquaponics. In the weeks prior to National Science Week, students will be researching aquaponic systems, plant and fish needs as well as suitable materials. They will create design options and then…
Diversity is the Bee’s Knees
Update: This event will now take place online. Please tell all your LGBTIQA+ friends here and interstate about “Diversity is the Bees Knees” so they can also sign up for access to the online activities. Thanks for your understanding and support. Bee kind to yourselves. This event introduces LGBTIQA+ students to the amazing ways in…