The Peter Underwood Centre is delivering 5 STEM based broadcasts during National Science Week. The broadcasts are tailored to suit children from Years 3 through to 6 however children and adults of all ages will find things of interest in these presentations. Broadcasts will be via Zoom Webinar. As a precaution and ensuring a safe,…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Did you know? Community Talk – Reducing Food Waste
Dr Polly Burey, Senior Lecturer (Food Science) at the University of Southern Queensland, will share her tips and experience on how to get the most out of your household food budget. She has practical ideas on how to create less food waste and also, how to make the most of any food scraps and vegetables…
Diego’s Foraging Guide
Learn all about wild edible plants growing in your backyard. In this 15 minute video, foraging expert Diego Bonetto demonstrates how to identify some of the common edible plants that grow in backyards and parks in the local Liverpool area, and explains some of their uses. Diego Bonetto is an artist, forager and wild food…
CURATOR TALK: The Larapintine Sea and Australia’s oldest ‘Megafauna’
Join Dr Adam Yates, MAGNT Senior Curator of Earth Sciences, as he discusses the Larapintine Sea and Australia’s oldest ‘Megafauna’. Dr Yates will talk about fossils of marine animals from the Ordovician period, approximately 450 million years ago when a warm shallow sea stretched across southern NT. You will get the chance to see fossils…
Deep Dive into Australia’s Ocean Odyssey
Deep Dive into Australia’s Ocean Odyssey is a 3 x 20-minute ocean education series on ABC ME and iview on 17 and 19 August during National Science Week. Focusing on Marine Life, Interconnectedness of Land and Sea, and Ocean Protection and Restoration the series is hosted by Rad Yeo and combines segments from ABC TV’s…
Green Team Presents – The Science Quiz
Grab your lab coat, mad scientist outfit and a beaker of your favourite drink and get ready for the Green Team National Science Week Quiz: Featuring four sections: Living Science Earth Science Prehistoric Science Adults Only Science
Keep Those Toys Afloat
Via remote learning, school students are encouraged to build a floating vessel out of foil, and they need to see how many Lego, Duplo or Mobilo characters or blocks they can balance on the vessel before it sinks or tips.
The Sensible Sawfish: Book Reading
Doctoral candidate Amy Kirke and the Malak Malak Rangers of the Daly River region have written a book about sawfish and sharks in the NT with the theme of sustainable fishing and sharing. The book has been illustrated by children from Bachelor Area School and Karama Primary School and will be distributed to communities around…
Science Adventures
To explore the science activities with other home education families, at my house, using the resources available turning science week into a science month. Some will be online and some will be hands on activities. There’s also a table for early childhood set up with activity sheets.
Diving Deep with Robogals Canberra
This year’s National Science Week school theme is ‘Deep Blue’, which is related to the ocean. The challenges will thus be related to varying uses of the ocean, such as marine life, renewable energy and the ocean’s role in regulating climate. Each of the challenges has a different age range based on the level of…