A celebration of insect proteins and other innovations in food. Our popular, student run cafe will feature crickets, mealworms and products made from insect flours, supported by information collated by science students. During our regular pastoral care time, all students will have the opportunity to participate in National Science Week activities based around the theme…
Topic: Health and Medical
Experimenta Life Forms
Philosophers have wrestled with defining life for thousands of years. EXPERIMENTA LIFE FORMS reveals how contemporary artists are approaching this perennial question, at a time when technological change and new research findings are making definitions of ‘life’ increasingly difficult to pin down. What new life forms are emerging through technological and biological adaptation and invention?…
Parasites and You
Meet parasites and the ANU researchers studying them, through a series of videos, blogs and games. Learn what a parasite is and take a close look at these amazing critters – some 100-times smaller than the eye can see and others the length of a swimming pool. Learn how ANU scientists are studying parasites to…
Virtual Tour: Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre – Meet Magnus for the last time
Join the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre as we take you on a live tour of the facility – your last opportunity to meet the Magnus Supercomputer, before it is replaced by Setonix, a supercomputer 30x more powerful than its predecessors. The tour will be live streamed on Pawsey’s Facebook page. Invite your friends and family…
Sustainable Food and Seaweed Production
Guest Speaker Dr Libby Swanepoel from the University of Sunshine Coast Seaweed Research Group will explain her research in seaweed utilisation for food. We will also have seaweed tasting and other sustainable Australian meats to try. Held at Suncoast Christian College Auditorium August 18 at 11:30am (approx 1 hour presentation). The auditorium is large and…
Building Public Support for Science, Engineering and Technology
What are the lessons to be learned from COVID when it comes building trust and interest in the views and advice of scientific experts? Through this webinar event we’ll aim to address three key questions: Using the pandemic as a case study, can we harness this renewed public interest & trust and expand it to…
Experiment in STEM
Join Robogals Canberra for a session of hands-on science this National Science Week. We will have five awesome experiments to try yourself with the help of our awesome volunteers. The experiments we enable primary school-aged children to think deeper about different STEM themes which are not focused on in schools until high school, including: chromatography,…
goIT Monthly Challenge – August
Did you know that nearly all Australians aged 2-18, and 9 in 10 adults aged 19 and over do not consume enough vegetables. Many remote and rural communities in Australia don’t have adequate access to fresh foods contributing to food insecurity in those areas. Tata Consultancy Services in partnerships with Food Ladder and Woolworths Australia…
National Science Week at the Cathedral with Tony Rinaudo the Forest Maker
This year’s annual National Science Week at the Cathedral (St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne) will feature the revolutionary work of Australian missionary agronomist Tony Rinaudo. Millions of hectares of Africa have been regenerated through Tony’s work, which now promises to be a significant part of the solution to climate change. Register now online. Contact…
Bush Foods and Science workshop
First Nations Peoples have used plants as food for thousands of years. In this one-hour interactive workshop participants will learn about: the cultural significance of bush food; Indigenous plant identification and growing conditions; and edible uses of plants. During the workshop you will learn in-depth information about how Indigenous peoples have been using these plants…