As part of National Science Week Hawkesbury Library Service hosts an online presentation by Dr Melinda Waterman. Bryofight Club: Mosses living in the extreme, examines the organisms living in the harsh environment of Antartica. Dr Melinda Waterman is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Wollongong. As an early career biotechnologist, she examines the…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Invading The Bay by Fishcare Victoria
Our Invading the Bay program is designed to increase awareness of the invasive species living within Port Phillip Bay and the impact they are having on our native species and the environment. Aligned with the Victorian Curriculum our workbook caters to both Primary and Secondary schools and covers the following topics: Living things Adaptation and…
In Conversation with author, James Bradley
Public Libraries NSW and Blacktown City Libraries present Amy Heap chatting with James Bradley as he talks about his new book ‘Ghost Species. This free online author talk will be presented via Zoom starting at 6:30pm and ending at 7:30pm (AEST). This will include a Q &A session at the end. Copies of the book…
Making Scents with Artist Yasmin Smith
Parramatta Artists’ Studios presents this special National Science Week event. Parramatta Creative Fellow and PAS Rydalmere Studio Artist Yasmin Smith takes us on a visual journey through collecting and distilling the Lilly Pilly plant. Yasmin will walk us through how to distil scents ourselves, while connecting these processes with her practice as a local ceramic…
Ornithologist Julie Ryeland chats with artist Tully Arnot
For National Science Week, Parramatta Artists’ Studios will release a special podcast in their Studio Conversations series. This podcast will feature Parramatta Artists’ Studios artist Tully Arnot and Western Sydney Unversity Ecologist, Biologist and Ornithologist Julia Ryeland in a conversation about shared interest in local bird life. Photo shows artist Tully Arnot from Parramatta Artists’…
Rosetta Tomorrow
Until the discovery of the Rosetta stone, many details of Egyptian life were hidden to modern eyes. Even though we had thousands of artifacts with hieroglyphics on them, the language was so lost to history that none of it could be understood. Carved around 196 BCE, this stone gave the world a glimpse of what…
Seal Spotter Citizen Science Challenge – Phillip Island Nature Parks
Introducing Seal Spotter – Return to the Rocks Phillip Island Nature Parks is launching a mini citizen science challenge in line with National Science Week, kicking off Monday 17 August and running for two weeks, ending on Monday 31 August. SealSpotter allows anyone with a computer to help with the management and protection of our…
Lake Mac STEAM Week – 2020 Digital Edition
While we can’t run our full STEAM Week program this year you can check out some fun and educational science, technology, engineering, ART and maths content via YouTube.
Rock Detectives
Rock Detectives is a series of videos aimed at primary-aged kids about some of the amazing rocks that can be found around Sydney and beyond. There are also teacher resources and additional activities for students in Kindergarten to Year 6, as well as options for easily accessible excursions around Sydney. The rocks around Sydney have…
The Four Friends of Fire – a science animation
In much of Australia, bushfires are a part of life. But with major fires in recent seasons, including one of the worst ever in 2019/20, many are asking whether fire patterns are changing and what role climate change might be playing. There has never been a greater need for communities to understand the fundamentals of…