Food for Thought explores the science of food and food innovations. But how about stepping back in time and discovering the secrets of preserving seasonal harvests? Does your garden produce an all-at-once, bumper crop? And how can we take advantage of cheap, seasonal produce? This session will cover how to get more out of your…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Switch your thinking – Building Community in your Street (Perth City)
Do you know your neighbours? Do you long for the sense of community in your street that you had as a child? Since the COVID19 pandemic, many of us have come to realise just how important our local neighbourhood is during times of crisis. To celebrate National Science Week, come and discover how much science…
Switch your thinking – Veggie Verge Garden (Girrawheen)
To celebrate National Science Week 2021, come and join Switch your thinking, the City of Wanneroo and Robyn Brown from Waste is my Resource for a morning of science and sustainable gardening! Discover how to get your veggie verge thriving, why this will help keep your street cool in summer and how to fit with…
Switch your thinking – Preserving the Harvest (Mirrabooka)
National Science Week 2021, Food for Thought, explores the science of food and food innovations. But how about stepping back in time and discovering the secrets of preserving seasonal harvests? Does your garden produce an all-at-once, bumper crop? And how can we take advantage of cheap seasonal produce? This session will cover how to get more…
Spines, Scats and Six Legs: exploring echidnas, poop and insects on Kangaroo Island
Did you know that the Kangaroo Island echidna is the best studied echidna population in the world? That there are unique insects that live on the island that can’t be found anywhere else? And on top of that echidnas eat those insects and we can tell which ones by looking at the DNA in the…
Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park Science Weekend
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. This year the Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park are holding the following activities to encourage an interest in science pursuits. Both members and the general public are welcome to attend, and we encourage younger people to come along and be fascinated by…
Where Do You Go To My Lovelies?
Facilitating community data input regarding dolphin movements in South Australian waters. Where do they come from? Where do they go? If you have any images of dolphins on Kangaroo Island, Victor Harbor or the Fleurieu Region we would love to hear from you. Kangaroo Island / Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch – a longitudinal Citizen Science…
National Science Week at Lilydale District School
As a K-13 school we will host a series of STEM activities during Science Week to cultivate engagement and grow student aspiration in agriculture as we explore food sciences and sustainable food futures. Our Year 7 and 8 hydroponic farmers will use scientific understandings of plant science to design, build and test different hydroponic setups…
Dinner with the Dinosaurs
A family, friendly theatrical production exploring the concept of plant adaptation & sustainability, as experienced through the mouths and bellies of dinosaurs! Come for the science… Stay for a picnic! This event is live at the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Additional activities commence from 1:30pm, and feature Dig a Dino, and Animals Anonymous. Palaeontologists from the…
Fight Food Waste Forever – Reducing Food Waste with Lindsay Miles
Did you know that almost 40% of the average household bin is food waste? Want to reduce waste in your kitchen? Learn some tried and tested truths from waste guru Lindsay Miles. This starts with the way we shop and the things we buy, how we store food at home and what we do with…