As part of National Science Week and Served With a Side of Science: A Canberra Food Festival, we will open our doors on Saturday 14th 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…
Topic: Environment and Nature
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 14th 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…
Environmental Conditions and the Growth of Plants
Students will explore a variety of conditions which influence the growth of plants.
Community Plant Based Recipe Competition
Creating a plant based community cookbook. As part of National Science Week celebrations John Curtin College of the Arts Roots and Shoots club in association with the Science, Food Technology and Media departments are running a competition to find our communities favourite plant based recipes. The 2021 theme Food: Different by Design can not only…
Free online screening: A Plastic Ocean – 22 minute condensed version
Each minute, the equivalent of a garbage truck of rubbish enters the worlds oceans, estimated to cause the death of over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles every year. As humans, we aren’t immune to the impacts of our addiction to plastic, with scientists predicting that we are eating a credit card size…
Swim with the Giant Australian Cuttlefish – Virtual tour
An internationally unique marine phenomena occurs from May to August each year, in the cold water of Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park near Whyalla. This amazing annual event is the aggregation of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, who migrate to the rocky coastline with one thing on their mind, to breed. The Giant Australian Cuttlefish is…
Swim with the Giant Australian Cuttlefish – Virtual Tour
An internationally unique marine phenomena occurs from May to August each year, in the cold water of Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park near Whyalla. This amazing annual event is the aggregation of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, who migrate to the rocky coastline with one thing on their mind, to breed. The Giant Australian Cuttlefish is…
Kalgoorlie Primary School Big Watermelon Experiment
Have you ever wondered how many rubber bands it takes to implode a watermelon? Students will utilise predictions, plans, dependent and independent variables, measurements, even a little mathematics to determine how many elastic bands are required to implode a watermelon. The Big Watermelon Experiment is a mass science experiment for all the schools students, that seeks to…
Deakin University – LIVE Panel – Explore Science Careers
Live Panel – Explore Science Careers Meet real scientists and industry professionals studying and working in different areas with years theme Food: Different by Design. Hear about their career journeys as you explore the many jobs available in science and learn about different pathways. Suitable for secondary students and families.
Deakin University – Backyard Bird Watch & Art
Learn about birds in your own backyard, their different features and how to identify them through drawing and colouring. For this workshop you will need: drawing paper coloured pencils/textas bird field guide (optional) Suitable for Years 3 – 6.