At the Indigenous Science Experience at Logan, school students from primary schools in the Logan area will take part in immersive Indigenous STEM activities including learning about boomerangs, weaving, bush medicines, and native bees. This event will celebrate the rich cultural and STEM knowledge held by Indigenous Australians and highlight its value to students. Please…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest
The Aurora Science Photo Contest is for schoolgirls to get them to think about everyday science through photography. This contest is an alternative way to engage female school students with science to make them aware of science in everyday life. Flinders University’s 2021 Cochlear Aurora Photo Contest is now open, offering cash prizes to reward young female…
Eco-dyeing 101 – Using local plants and flowers
In the quest to live more sustainably, learning to dye naturals materials such as wool, silk and cotton (and upcycling garments made from proteins and cellulose) using plants and flowers from the immediate neighbourhood is interesting, fun, sustainable, responsible, has a low carbon footprint… and is a process jam packed with science. Join us at Alphington…
Our Fruit and Veggie-verse
Write a poem that has something to do with FRUITS and/or VEGETABLES: it could be about how you enjoy eating a certain fruit or vegetable: its colour, texture, taste and beauty; how it is linked to culture, traditions or dishes you enjoy; how to care, store and not waste them; how, when and where they…
Pollination Produces our Food
Community members will gain greater awareness of the importance of pollinators such as bees and other insects to modern society through interactive displays, lectures, demonstrations, site visits and a Festival. Pollination in the Gardens, a two-week series of interactive exhibits and experiments developed and presented with the Hunter Valley Amateur Beekeepers Association. The Children’s University…
Tiny Scientists
The Tiny Scientists event is a free drop-in science exploration and discovery event targeted at young children aged 0-8 and their parents/carers. The aim of the event is to ignite an interest in science discovery from an early age and to equip Geraldton families with skills and resources to continue a culture of science discovery…
Food for Thought
Embracing the 2021 schools theme Food: Different by Design, we will be spending the week creating edible science activities to support our Term 3 topic of biological science. Every student in the school from Kindy – Year 6 will have the opportunity to use food as a learning tool – enticing both curiosity and their…
STEM Hour: Connect, learn, grow – Food for thought: philosophical inquiry with children
“How does a cow turn into a sausage?”; “Why is it ok to eat cows but not whales?; “Can I send my sandwich to a child who’s really hungry?”. As part of National Science Week, our webinar panel will discuss how children’s critical questions can be addressed in an honest and age-appropriate way that encourages…
STEM Hour: Connect, learn, grow – Exploring Bush Tucker
What comes to mind when we think about Australian cuisine? There are few things more Aussie than meat pies and the good old barbie. In our July webinar, we will celebrate food that has been here for thousands of years, much longer than the sausage sizzle: Bush Tucker. Join us on a journey back in…
Science Night At The Museum
Science Night at the Museum is a science fair run at the Museum of the Goldfields each year over National Science Week. The event showcases what mining companies, the council and other organisations in the region are doing. The objective of this program is to encourage an interest in science among the public and encourage…