Learn how to grow produce from food scraps. This two hour free workshop includes all you need to start growing something from nothing. Presented by horticulturalist and environmentalist, Donna Higgins & expert gardener, Janet Lee. Wednesday 18th August 10am-12pm, at the Hopetoun Community Centre. Bookings essential.
Topic: Environment and Nature
Brookton Primary Science Fair
Students will work on a science project, following the scientific method, in an area of interest. The students create a display, including a poster. The projects will be displayed in the school library during National Science Week. Prize winners for each category will be announced at the end of Science Week. Visitors to the school…
Nature is a Fowl Play(ground)
Yongergnow-Ongerup Community Resource Centre has organised a day of science talks, wildlife encounters and activities about adaptation and transformation. Yongergnow Malleefowl Centre’s Zoologist, Miss Stevi Filipowski, and Mr. Kyle Townsend, environmental scientist from NSPNR (North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources) will be our guest speakers. They will focus on wildlife interaction and adaptation to the environment,…
Great Barrier Reef Science Celebration
Join us for National Science Week activities to celebrate the Great Barrier Reef, science, and launch of the Citizen Science challenge with the ultimate 1st prize holiday adventure to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef, hosted by master-reef guides teaming with Reef Today filmmakers. August 13: Celebratory Launch Launch event – online (plus in-person options:…
SciPubMemes- meme your science!
Join us at the Black Buffalo to learn all about local scientific research via the poetry of memes. Three panellists will be challenged to present for 10-12 minutes about their work, featuring slides with only scientific figures and memes and no text. Come along for an entertaining and enlightening evening. #SciPubMemes Panellist 1: Dr Thomas…
Fervor Food Experience
We will behaving the amazing FERVOR visit Mukinbudin District High School to educate the students, staff and wider community on local and sustainable food sources. FERVOR are a gastronomic experience and the local community will be able to learn about local food sources as well as partake in the tasting of food they would never…
Wing’s Wildlife Junior Keeper Experience
In National Science Week we will be holding two Junior Keeper experiences. These will give children the opportunity to become a keeper for a day and learn about the animals and all the work that goes into looking after them. Throughout the day they will get time to walk around with some of our keepers…
The Young Scientist Research Prizes
To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria offers four, prestigious, competitive prizes, open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Following assessment of applications across the four…
Fieldwork Film Festival
Are you a Tasmanian based scientist or school student with an interest in science? The Tasmanian Australian Marine Association (TasAMSA) and The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) invite Tasmanian Climate and Marine Scientists and Tasmanian Schools/Students to participate in a Fieldwork Film Festival as part of National Science Week. Our event will showcase the…
Nundah State School Science Week
Every Year Nundah State School hosts a variety of activities to engage the school’s students with the yearly theme of National Science Week. For this year’s theme ‘Food: Different by Design’, our two key activities are: a carbon footprint relay where students learn about the environmental impacts related to the production and transport of different…