Our two Kinder classes – the Kinder Apples and the Kinder Pears come together each Wednesday for shared learning experiences. We will be using our new food dehydrator to engage in some food science including: observing pieces of fresh pear and apple and their properties with our senses predicting what might happen if we placed…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Indigenous Science Experience Online
What can Aboriginal astronomy tell us about the night sky? How is our native flora used as bush medicine? What can we learn about sustainable living from 60 000+ years of Indigenous culture? Find out the answers to these questions and more during the Indigenous Science Experience Online. The Indigenous Science Experience Online will consist…
Mid-Afternoon Masterclass: Calculating whale migration
Long-distance whale migration is a spectacular phenomenon! Every year many species travel huge distances from feeding grounds near the planet’s poles to breeding grounds in warmer waters. Some animals rely on navigational cues such as the magnetic field and celestial information to orient themselves. Frequently, migration occurs as a group, and this “wisdom of the…
Bees Creek Fantastic Food Fair
Science Week event: “Bees Creek Fantastic Food Fair” Thursday 12th August 11-1:00pm 2021 Week 4 Term 3. (Due to Week 5 being Yr 5 and 6 camps) Each station will be visited by 2 classes and their teachers. (Buddy classes) Each station is visited for 15 minutes. Bees Creek Fantastic Food Fair will include a…
Small Schools Sustainability and Science Day
Parents and students from all schools will work together as they rotate around four Sustainability and STEM activities. On the day we will have assistance from our local Landcare, parents and community members. Worm Farm – Parents and students will be able to turn recycled polystyrene boxes into working Worm Farms for their classroom or…
Food in Abundance
Food in Abundance will be a series of school-based events running from 16 to 20 August. Throughout the week, each year level from Foundation through to Year 10 will take their turn at visiting the Science Laboratory for an age appropriate double lesson period of fun, hands-on science experiments and food-themed design challenges aimed at…
Furlong Park School for Deaf Children Science Fair
Furlong Park School for Deaf Children’s Science Fair. Each classroom will be presenting their projects based on the National Science Week theme Food: Different by Design. Each class will be given a task and they need to research, create, make, display and explain to increase understanding and engagement with food. The completed tasks will be…
SciScouts: Science of Outdoors
Scouting has always been strong on STEM skills. Maths to calculate catering quantities and navigate, the science of water purification, the physics of abseiling, and the engineering and construction of pioneering structures – they all had their place. Why not join Scouts from across Australia for our National Science Week program in August? We have…
Biodiversity
Planting – Pollinator Patch Year 5 – Love Food? Love Bees? Inquiry-based Learning four-day activities – Bees, Pollination and Food – Bees knees and Flower power – What are the threats? – Beeing helpful
Hope Christian College Science Week Activities
There will be science based activities for students from Receptions to Year 9s. It will be spread over the week 16 to 20 August. Most of the activities will be food based scientific activities. There will be four year levels which will be competing against each other. We will also have a combined staff morning…