STEM with Style Fashiontech Workshops for Teens

We are celebrating the opening weekend of National Science Week in style with two STEM with Style Fashiontech Workshops. The fun and interactive, 3 hour workshops are designed to introduce 13-16 year olds to the future of fashion. Participants will learn how to upcycle one of their favourite items of clothing using wearable technology and…

From Antarctica to Outer Space: Exploring gender equity at the extremes

Men often dominate the annals of exploration in Antarctica and Space. The pervasiveness of heroic white masculine leadership and exploration at the ends of the Earth and beyond, as well as more generally in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) research cultures, has meant that women and other historically excluded groups have had less…

Scitech Presents The Great National Science Week Scavenger Hunt

We’re celebrating National Science Week with a free weekend event that everyone can enjoy. See Perth in a whole new way as you follow the clues, solve riddles and discover that science is all around you. With prizes and experiments along the way, it will be a fun and creative weekend for all ages. How…

goIT Monthly Challenge – August

Did you know that nearly all Australians aged 2-18, and 9 in 10 adults aged 19 and over do not consume enough vegetables. Many remote and rural communities in Australia don’t have adequate access to fresh foods contributing to food insecurity in those areas. Tata Consultancy Services in partnerships with Food Ladder and Woolworths Australia…

National Science Week at the Cathedral with Tony Rinaudo the Forest Maker

This year’s annual National Science Week at the Cathedral (St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne) will feature the revolutionary work of Australian missionary agronomist Tony Rinaudo. Millions of hectares of Africa have been regenerated through Tony’s work, which now promises to be a significant part of the solution to climate change. Register now online. Contact…

Flora and the Baron

Baron Ferdinand von Mueller – eccentric outsider, global scientific powerhouse and the Botanic Gardens’ first director – has a tale to tell. Banished from his beloved Gardens for the last twenty years of his life in self-imposed exile, he re-enters the Gardens as a ghost, revelling in his scientific legacy and the powerful beauty of…

Get a Grip On Science

Staff and Science Ambassadors invite all Year 4 and 5 Students on the Fraser Coast to join the St Mary’s College After School STEM Program. Register separately for each weekly event by following the links on the website, clicking the corresponding registration button and completing the form. Session Times Start  – Arrive at 3.15pm event…

Scuba in the Pub – Ocean, marine environment, habitat, and specie conservation

Scuba in the Pub provides a platform for the community to be informed on how to protect our marine environment and creatures and learn interesting facts and opportunities to be involved with marine projects from qualified and entertaining guest speakers in a friendly social environment. Three of the five saw fish species in Australia are…