‘Blending Science and Gardening’ enables a series of workshops to take place during the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival. The four exciting FREE workshops being offered are: Beneficial Bugs with Dr Bob Longmore at Nannup Town Hall, Warren Road, Nannup 10.30am – 12.30pm, Saturday 14 and 11.30am-1.30pm, Saturday 21 August Investigate the world of beneficial…
Topic: Environment and Nature
The STEAM Room: A Science Comedy Experience
Praxical & Stand-Out Comedy will present The STEAM Room, a science, tech, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) themed comedy night at Sydney’s Giant Dwarf Theatre. The event will highlight leading Australian research through a diverse range of comedians and emerging STEM communicators. Partnering with established comedy room, Stand-Out Comedy, this event will bring together scientists, performers and you…
Dream Big – Engineering our World
Dream Big: Engineering our World is a film that explores the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels both big and small, and reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people all around the world. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders – they will engineer and build the extraordinary, help solve the world’s greatest…
Into the Depths of the Fascinating World of Whales, Sharks and Jellyfish
The oceans are rich in biodiversity ranging from microscopic organisms to the world’s largest mammal, the blue whale. Are you passionate about marine life and want to learn more? Curious about the marine environment and want to support science? We invite you to submerge yourself into the underwater world of iconic marine organisms including sharks, jellyfish and whales. Learn about lesser-known facts about these majestic marine animals and experience the oceans in an interactive and engaging hands-on event, delivered by experienced local marine scientists. We…
The Future of Food
Food is essential for life, but the global systems we rely on to feed us have become increasingly complex and industrialised. Sometimes it’s hard to know where our food comes from, what’s in it and how healthy or ethically produced it is. Paradoxically, as a global community we face major challenges based on both too…
The Poetry of Science
Would you like to have a bit of fun with the chance to win a prize? Then this is the competition for you! Express a scientific idea/concept through poetry and fill out the form below to enter The Poetry of Science: a science-themed poetry writing competition open to all people in Tasmania for National Science…
Identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and Their Feed Trees – Online workshop
Join like-minded bird-lovers to learn how to locate and identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and their feed trees in the wild. This workshop is presented by Dr Daniella Teixeira – a Glossy Black Conservancy partner, who specialises in threatened species monitoring and recovery and community-driven conservation. This one hour workshop will teach you everything you need to…
ID workshop: Glossy Black-Cockatoos + their feed trees
Join like-minded bird-lovers to learn how to locate and identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and their feed trees in the wild. This workshop will introduce you to bird ID skills that you can put into action at our Birding Day on 11 – 12 September. Registration for the workshop via email is essential. Feature image: George Gornacz.
Identify Glossy Black-Cockatoos and Their Feed Trees – Dayboro
As Glossy Black-Cockatoo Birding Day approaches, we’re keen to ensure your Glossy ID skills are up to scratch. Our ID workshops will help you refresh your skills, but will also be an opportunity to meet other bird-lovers, your local coordinator and to find out more about Glossy Black-Cockatoos in general. At this one hour workshop,…
Marvellous Mini Beasts
Children will be going into the Bugtopia Tent, where they handle and feed a selection of minibeasts including stick insects, butterflies, giant litter bugs, yabbies and more. When not in the bug tent, students continue their minibeast discovery at different stations. These events will introduce the children to a diverse range of minibeasts; from butterflies…