As Cicada Innovations turns 20, we are very excited to share a landmark piece of research with you: Australia’s Deep Tech Opportunity — Insights from the Cicada Innovations Journey, prepared by AlphaBeta. As Australia’s first deep tech incubator, we’ve spent the last 20 years supporting some of the country’s brightest minds to create hundreds of millions of…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Ocean In A Jar
Have you ever wondered about life below the watery waves? About the animals that call the different layers of the ocean home? Well, wonder no more. Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez (melissacristinamarquez.com) will teach you and your little ones about the different ocean zones and the sharks that live in these different layers by guiding…
Space Canvas Satellite Selfie – Bakewell Primary School
During National Science Week, a MAXAR high-resolution satellite will be taking images of the NT. This satellite will be passing over Bakewell. Bakewell Primary School will be joining this giant space art event over the Northern Territory. On 17 August, the NT will become a big canvas that can be seen from space.
Satellite Selfie Webinar – NT
Please join us during National Science Week for a special panel to complement the Northern Territory’s Satellite Selfie. Satellites play a number of important roles in our everyday life, from farming, GPS, and telecommunications, to astronomy and natural disaster planning and recovery. Moderated by Dr Brad Tucker, our four panellists will discuss their own varied work…
National Science Week Story Time
A special science themed story time on Thursday 20 August, at the South Hedland Library for children aged 2-5 years. Science related story books will be read outdoors. There will be a book display based on science. Microscopes, magnify glasses, bug catches. Sensory toys will be available to play and explore the outdoor space. Children…
Queer in STEMM
Out for Australia in collaboration with Queers in Science invites you to experience “Queer in STEMM” a free virtual event. In this upcoming event, we are focusing on the experiences of being LGBTQIA+ in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) fields. Join us for a ‘data blitz’ and listen to the personal career…
Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt
Bush Blitz is Australia’s largest species discovery program. Since Bush Blitz started taking taxonomists on expeditions in 2010, the program has discovered more than 1700 new species across Australia. Now all Australians can get involved through the Backyard Species Discovery citizen science expedition. As part of Sydney Science Trail, Bush Blitz is running a Scavenger…
What Does a Cockatoo Do?
Natalie from the Kyabram Branch, Campaspe Regional Library has partnered with the Education team at the Kyabram Fauna Park and local author Leigh Ritchie who wrote What does a cockatoo do? to present three separate segments throughout the week that will be broadcast on the library Facebook page. The aim of the program is for children to enjoy learning about what…
Fighting Bushfires With Science
How can science help us to fight bushfires? All will be revealed in this National Science Week online event, featuring experts from the Bureau of Meteorology and the University of Melbourne. In a crisis, creativity is required to solve problems. As bushfires blazed across vast areas of Australia in the devastating summer of 2019–20, scientists…
The Science of the Black Box
The Science of the Black Box is a dynamic online learning program inviting young people to explore traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal artifacts and the modern science behind their remarkable qualities: from the medicinal properties of bull kelp to the chemistry of resins and the secrets of bush-foods. Delivered by TMAG Aboriginal Learning Facilitator, Teangi Brown in…