Ready, steady, hack: ANSTO’s National Science Week Hackathon is back – and you’re invited! Bring innovation to your classroom with this free, fast-paced, virtual hackathon for Australian students in Years 7-11 on an important topic. Because it’s the United Nations’ International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the National Science Week theme Food: Different by Design…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Food for Thought with Twisted Science
Take a surprising look at living in your own food chain. Discover the different life cycle forms of mealworms and how they can turn your vegetable scraps into protein. Our mini mealworm farms give you an amazing insight into an entire real-life cycle BUT this doesn’t need to be the end of this story. Imagine…
Leeville Science Fair Spectacular
Leeville Public School will be enjoying a Science Fair Spectacular which will involve a day visit to a local working farm on Wednesay 18 August where the children will get to enjoy a wide range of animals – goats, ducks, horses, cows, chickens, geese and donkeys. They will participate in a range of Science learning…
Sustainable Science
Sustainable Science activities along Dry Creek will focus on practical recycling and waste management to ensure our creek is safe from microplastics and other rubbish. Tents and booths will feature a range of activities, including: AUSMAP surveys, where members of the public are able to take part in the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project building a…
This Sounds Like Science: Sounds from the Ice
City Recital Hall and Inspiring Australia invite you to explore music on a different level in our free lunchtime series This Sounds Like Science. Join scientist, explorer, and author Professor Chris Turney for a fascinating journey through environmental change at the ends of the Earth. Chris is on a quest to understand how past climates inform…
This Sounds Like Science: Sounds from the Ice
City Recital Hall and Inspiring Australia invite you to explore music on a different level in our free lunchtime series This Sounds Like Science. Join scientist, explorer, and author Professor Chris Turney for a fascinating journey through environmental change at the ends of the Earth. Chris is on a quest to understand how past climates inform…
Diversity in STEMM gallery
That’s What I Call Science is a national award-winning radio show and podcast that celebrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) in Tasmania. For National Science Week, the all-women team is creating an online gallery that showcases and celebrates underrepresented people working in STEMM in our island state. The immersive gallery will use light…
National Science Week @ Bentleigh SC
Bentleigh Secondary College will be running a week of science activities, both with our own students, and with our local primary schools, all aimed at increasing students interest in Science and celebrating this year’s theme. We will be running a range of activities across the days, including: Cabbage Chemistry Did you know that you can…
Henbury School Science Fair
Henbury School Science Fair is a hands-on science day for students and our wider community. The event will be held at Henbury School on Thursday 19 August. Most of our activities are based around the National Science Week school theme Food: Different by Design. This year’s activities include: Fruit Ripeness/Farm Product tracker – Anna Day…
Science Week at Mountain Heights High School
We will be getting students involved in a project on the theme of food.