Using fluorescence to see DNA in real-time. Dr Elizabeth Hinde will show how physics allows us to uncover in real-time the spatial reorganisation of the DNA network that seems to be serving as an epigenetic layer of control for gene expression. This event is part of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Science’s Science Festival….
Topic: Health and Medical
Bungendore Public School Science Day
There will be a variety of activities going on across the whole school for National Science Week: teachers talk to classes and introduce science week theme. Year 6’s pick up Kindy’s and take them to their peer support classes. Year 6 students leading a making ice cream experiment. Two bags of ice cream will be…
You Are What You Eat!
Students will participate in a number of lunchtime activities over National Science Week related to the theme of food and sustainability. Events include: Cooking with and tasting products made from farmed insects Meat free BBQ Taste testing – can you really tell the difference? Exploding water melon
Future Medicine
Necessity is the mother of invention. The supersonic development of several highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines has shown what can be achieved. So why, despite today’s researchers, clinicians and innovators having so many powerful tools at their disposal, do so many promising breakthroughs take so long to reach the doctors’ consulting rooms? From the tangible impact of…
National Science Week at Bute Early Learning and Primary School
Students will be immersed in a range of learning experiences linked to the National Science Week theme Food: Different by design. This will include students using virtual reality to explore food production process from around the world. Student will also investigate and sample edible insects as a sustainable, bit currently non-mainstream, food source.
Trust me, I’m a Scientist: COVID-19 and public attitudes to biomedical science
Trust underpins relationships between people and their views on institutions. Trust is critical for a healthy, functioning society. It is the glue that allows people and institutions to share and collaborate and to advance human progress. Surveys and polls on the issue of trust indicate that Australians place a high level of trust in science…
Austins Ferry Primary School Microbit Bike Challenge
Recently our school installed a bike track. Students are often arguing over who is the fastest bike rider. We can solve this problem using our STEM knowledge. This is a great opportunity to showcase how STEM can be used to solve everyday problems and connect to our local community. Leading up to National Science Week…
Sensory Intermediaries: biochemistry, images and imaginings at non-human scales
Alicia Sometimes, Deirdre Feeney, Swaminatha Iyer and Andrea Rassell will discuss their varied practices, all of which occur in part at non-human scales. Alicia will look at the use of poetic language across non-human scales, drawn from work with dark matter and particle physics. Deirdre’s presentation explores how optical devices, traditionally used to make invisible objects…
Master Chef Challenge
One student will be selected from each year to compete for the title of GMAS MasterChef. To be selected the students must submit a 30-second video showing their dish, skills, and commentary on why they should be selected. Videos to be submitted by 1 August. The link to drop your entry will be provided via…
Fire Pit Cooking
Junior School Students will have an opportunity to experience Indigenous cooking in an open firepit. Students will make their own damper and cook it in the coals of the fire.