Have you ever taken a selfie? What if you could take one from space? Wonder no more because during National Science Week this August everyone in the ACT will find out. Introducing Canberra’s very own Satellite Selfie. How can you get involved? We would love you to get your school, business or family and friends to…
Topic: Environment and Nature
INTO THE TREES GREEN: Tree Planting
Let’s go INTO THE TREES GREEN Lismore – Book now to plant a tree for National Science Week. Registrations essential. About this Event INTO THE TREES GREEN: Lismore National Science Week Tree Planting, Wilsons River, North Lismore – Sunday 30 August. Wilsons River Landcare are returning to the riverbank in Lismore to celebrate National Science…
ARI Legacy Seminar: ARI’s bright future- science, policy and collaboration
Join us in National Science Week for our third Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) for Environmental Researcher Legacy Seminar. We are excited to feature some ARI’s brilliant up-and-coming legends: Dr Josephine MacHunter (fire ecology program leader); Dr Tracey Regan (senior decision support scientist); Annique Harris (fish ecologist) and Khorloo Batpurev (plant ecologist). Our ARI Legacy Seminar…
Scoop a Poop Canberra
We are celebrating National Science Week with the launch of Scoop a Poop Canberra and we need your help. Become a Scoop a Poop citizen scientist and help scientists contribute to the global fight against antibiotic resistance. And we want you to help by collecting possum poop. Join Michelle Power, Associate Professor from the Department…
Free Online Incursions: Saving Sam the Sea Dragon
The EcoCentre is thrilled to launch our suite of free 45-minute online incursions throughout Term 3. Your students will participate in a range of activities through Zoom, including video delivery and online Q&As with our educators. We deliver our activities through the ‘head, heart, hand’ approach to connect students to sustainable living choices and encouraging…
Seminar: Sharks of Port Phillip Bay
Join Ben Francischelli on a journey into the depths of Port Phillip Bay (Victoria) as he talks all things sharks. Ben is one of the EcoCentre’s Education Facilitators and an experienced Vertebrate Palaeontologist. Ben is leading expeditionary teams into the Bay that are re-writing the palaeontological history of Australia and has discovered the remains of…
Free Online Incursions: Sharks and Rays of Port Phillip Bay
The EcoCentre is thrilled to launch our suite of free 45-minute online incursions throughout Term 3. Your students will participate in a range of activities through Zoom, including video delivery and online Q&As with our educators. We deliver our activities through the ‘head, heart, hand’ approach to connect students to sustainable living choices and encouraging…
Mulligan’s Flat Night Walk
A Special National Science Week Tour Join a guide for a spotlighting tour chatting everything science this National Science Week. Experience the sanctuary at night when it comes alive. Learn of the years of research that has been conducted in Mulligans and why we have worked so hard to protect it. A night tour at…
Spotlight on Science
Join us online in celebrating National Science Week and learn from our panel of local scientists about their areas of expertise, their research and the path that led them there. Panellists (almost Dr) Bethany Ellis, Palaeoclimatologist PhD candidate, Australian National University (ANU) Associate Professor Nathan Langford, Physicist and Quantum Engineer, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Mr…
Fire with Stephen Pyne
What does a full-blown Fire Age look like? We are about to find out, and Australia will feel the looking-glass transition from an ice world to a fire world more fully and suddenly than elsewhere. Join the world’s leading fire historian, Stephen Pyne, for a fascinating exploration of the history of fire along with insights…