Fungi play a crucial role in the ecosystem as decomposers, soil builders and nutrient cyclers. They also partner with at least 90% of plant species protecting them from disease, helping them to obtain nutrients and water and even communicate with other plants. Fungi are also an important food source for many animals. For humans they…
Topic: Environment and Nature
The State of Tasmania’s Rivers
Is Tasmania’s freshwater clean, green and abundant? Or are we asleep at the wheel? Christine Coughanowr will present the first of a two-part review of freshwater resources in Tasmania, with a focus on our river systems. In the absence of a recent State of Environment Report, do we know how are our rivers travelling? Is…
Drone Demonstration at Austins Ferry Primary
The City of Hobart will be visiting the school to show us their new drone program and engage with students to show them how drones can be used in city development. Students will be able to see how the drone can be used to take photographs of the school. This data will be used in…
STEM Fast Track ESTEAM Summit
ESTEAM Summit is a competition where the brightest young minds around the state come up with solutions to the world’s problems using entrepreneurship, science, technology, engineering, art (and design), and mathematics. The competition has two parts: Part 1 Students identify a problem in one or across several of the given topics (Space, Cyber Security, AI,…
Grow Esperance Green Seed Library
A series of events surrounding the launch of a seed library – the Grow Esperance Green Library. The development and launch of a seed library at the Esperance Library will allow people to borrow seeds available in the seed library tins, grow the plants with the support of the developed information and then using the…
Jingili Science Fair Extravaganza
The Science Fair Extravaganza in National Science Week is a day for the students to become the Science Experts. Throughout the Science Fair, students will showcase science investigations with our early childhood students and parent community. The outdoor learning area is set up to accommodate science stations where students are scientists; in action, conducting experiments…
St. John Fisher School Online Escape Room Challenges
The school community will participate in online escape room activities where family members can cooperatively discover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks to progress through a series of challenges. The challenges selected draw on a number of disciplines including science, technology and mathematics. Each grade from Kindergarten to Year 6, will have the opportunity to…
See Inside Canberra’s One and Only Insect Farm – the future of waste management and protein production
As part of National Science Week and Served With a Side of Science: A Canberra Food Festival, we will open our doors on Saturday 14 August – with tours at 12pm, 1.15pm and 2.30pm. You will see how Goterra’s modular, automated waste infrastructure manages maggots to consume food waste, converting it into sustainable protein and…
MIE Lab – Maths Modelling Challenge – Meat Consumption Scenario
Planetary health is a relatively new branch of science focusing on safeguarding the health of human civilisation and the state of the natural systems on which we depend. This branch of science has put lower meat consumption at the heart of reducing humanity’s negative impact on the environment. Deforestation of land for livestock adds to the carbon footprint of a heavy meat diet and reduces available land that could produce far…
Beacy Does National Science Week
As the culmination of our week of events, including competitions, guest speakers, staff quizzes and a tabloid science day for P-6 students we will be creating a book about food, recipes and food fables from history.