Book launch – Long Half-life: The Nuclear Industry in Australia by Ian Lowe (Brisbane)

Join us when Rod Welford, the former Queensland Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister for Natural Resources, launches Ian Lowe’s new book Long Half-life: The Nuclear Industry in Australia. ‘This book is a clarion call for sanity at a time when we can finally get the nuclear monkey off our back – highly recommended.’ Peter Garrett…

Up and Atom Science Fair

The children at the preschool will have a chance to get “Up and Atom” with science. First the children will be introduced to science concepts by viewing a science show created by local scientists and educators. They will then break into smaller groups and explore a variety of science experiments throughout the preschool, getting hands…

National Science Week Lecture Series @ Cairns SHS

This is a series of lectures to inspire students of all year levels and encourage them to develop their curiosity in the science world and open their minds up to the possibility of careers in science. The lectures and interactive sessions include: Wednesday 18 August The 2021 AIP Lecture Series delivered by Dr. Martin Stringer…

Gymea North’s Veggie Garden Irrigation

The students in Stage 2 at our school will be designing and building an irrigation system for our school vegetable garden. Our school has a gardening club with a hugely successful vegetable garden. It is so successful that one of our giant homegrown zucchinis was featured in the local paper. However we have a problem…

Indigenous Uses of Plants

Indigenous man Adam Shipp from Yurbay will come to the school and give a talk about traditional uses of plants. After the talk, the students will be exposed to native plants and investigate the environmental factors and sustainability of them. How the ancient cultures used and harvested these plants and the medicinal and healing properties…

Food for the Modern Family

During National Science Week from Monday to Thursday we will have guest speakers from 4 different science fields to discuss with the students their roles as scientists, and how their specific discipline is working towards  sustainable futures. The students will have a chance for Q&A at the end of each presentation. During the week, there…

Grafton High School – Year 6 Transition in Science Week

Grafton High School uses National Science Week to help get local primary school students interested and keen for science when they start Year 7. Year 10 Select and Gold classes run scientific experiments with the Year 6 students and talk to them about science and general high school life.