STEM WEEK and Family STEM Night

Our event starts on the Monday of National Science Week when we hold science demos on assembly, have project building lunch time activities, HEROs of STEM teaching competition and other smaller activities to celebrate STEM at our College. Then we also hold a Family STEM Night where our College community engages in STEM related activities…

Defence Faces of STEM

A physical display in Russell celebrating the diversity of STEM roles and personnel across Defence. Profiles will be showcased featuring STEM professionals and STEM enabled roles from a wide range of Groups and Services across Defence.

Immersive Science – Investigate, research and demonstrate

Students from Years 2-12 at Mentone Girls’ Grammar will be presenting, demonstrating and running live trials of investigations of their own design with members of the school and broader community centred on the theme of this year’s theme of Food: Different by design. Local primary schools, secondary schools and members of the public are invited…

The Big Biofilm Hunt

Have you ever realised that we are surrounded by millions of microbes, such as bacteria and viruses? Do you know the difference between them? Are they our friends or foes? And how do they live and survive our best medical care? Microbes are known to form communities and excrete a slime that protects them from…

2021 Australian State of Science Index Results Revealed

Science and innovation company, 3M, is releasing the results of the State of Science Index, including Australian data for the first time. The State of Science Index explores global attitudes about science. It is a third-party, independent research study commissioned by 3M that has been conducted annually for the past four years. It seeks to…

Student Insight – Grace & Medical Science

Join student Grace Peters as she takes us through her path to uni and gives her insights on studying at science at UTS. Aimed at high school students, but all members of the community are welcome to join this webinar to discover more about science and maths at UTS.

Student Insight – Samara & Forensic Science

Join student Samara Garrett-Rickman as she takes us through her path to uni and gives her insights on studying science at UTS. Aimed at high school students, but all members of the community are welcome to join this webinar to discover more about science and maths at UTS.

Student Insight – Caitlin & Medical Biotechnology

Join student Caitlin Sives as she takes us through her path to uni and gives her insights on studying at science at UTS. Aimed at high school students, but all members of the community are welcome to join this webinar to discover more about science and maths at UTS.

A Gastronomical Journey

Join us for a gastronomical journey – a celebration of food and the science that goes into designing, growing and commercialising it. This 8 course sit-down dinner features raw and cooked morsels designed by food scientists, showcasing a breadth of unusual ingredients that we may be eating well into the future. As guests enjoy a ‘meal…

Food Different by Design – Online class activity using Trello

Fast and easy activity for teachers to engage students of all ages in a STEM activity of approx. 45 minutes duration. Just download and copy the Trello template for all of the instructions. Students explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and various food-related projects. Adjust this template as you need. Encourage students to: add checklists…