Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub presents Plant X for Investigators – a series of zoom presentations + tutorials a collaboration between scientists and artists. This workshop explores Tonis’ current job as a Plant Bacteriologist at the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Toni will be featured as part of the Orange Cowra Cabonne Science Hub, online video,…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Pop-In Science Centre
Let the Science on the GO! team guide you through a week’s worth of hands-on, wizz-bang science to celebrate National Science Week. Each day the Science on the GO! team will virtually ‘Pop-In’ to your classroom and demonstrate a different scientific concept. Explore each concept using your very own FREE STEM kit. Everything you need for a…
Mid-Afternoon Masterclass: Growing an urban woody meadow
Cities around the world are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in urban green spaces. Urban greening has wide-ranging benefits for human health and well-being, local and regional biodiversity, pollution mitigation, and local urban microclimate. However, maintaining vegetation in urban environments is expensive, which leads to simple plantings with limited visual appeal and resilience to the…
Flying Scientist Panel – Spinifex State College
Students from Spinifex State College, Mount Isa will participate in a virtual Flying Scientist panel. Scientists will cover a diverse range of topics including marine science, environmental science and applied mathematics. Students will be able to ask scientists their burning science questions and gain an understanding for what being a scientists is really like. The…
Flying Scientist Panel – Yeppoon
Students from St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon will participate in a virtual Flying Scientist panel. Scientists will cover a diverse range of topics including marine science and aerospace engineering. Students will be able to ask scientists their burning science questions and gain an understanding for what being a scientists is really like. The panel will be…
The Science of Healthy Cities
Join us during National Science Week to explore how the cities in which we live influence our health and wellbeing. Through a series of videos and online discussions with experts working in the intersection of health and urban planning, you will learn about the role that urban spaces play in your health and wellbeing, how…
The Future is in Their Hands
Growing up is tough enough. Add the knowledge and threat of climate catastrophe and you have Generation Z, a cohort of young adults with an enormous degree of eco-anxiety to manage. In the name of hope, we give voice to three inspiring young changemakers and their creative solutions for surviving and thriving on the future…
Nuclear Could Save Your Life and the Environment
Chances are, if someone says the word “nuclear”, Homer Simpson and power stations are on the list of things that come to mind. But what about the environment or health? Believe it or not, nuclear science and technology makes a critical contribution to the wellbeing of the planet and the people who live on it….
Careers in Nuclear – for who? You!
Think a career in nuclear couldn’t be for you? Chances are, jobs in nuclear and the people who do them looks nothing like you imagine. This panel is the chance to meet and ask questions of four people who have made careers in the nuclear industry: Julie Murray (Senior Radiation Security Advisor and Major Projects…
Glowing Green – How green is nuclear energy?
This may come as a shock – nuclear reactors glow blue, not green. Thanks Homer for this misconception, d’oh! But nuclear power is green in other ways. Nuclear power is the world’s second largest source of low emissions electricity generation. And just like pretty much every other form of technology, the types of reactors under…