During National Science Week our teachers will create a Mini Science Fair for each of our three kindergarten groups within their session times. Students will dress up as mini scientists and participate in a range of fun, hands-on activities and experiments that engage young learners in the wonderment of the world around them. The children…
Topic: Health and Medical
Goodness Festival: Sustainable Living Expo
The Goodness Festival is pleased to partner with Midwest Carbon Zero is coordinating and hosting the inaugural Sustainable Living Expo. A variety of stalls, workshops, panels, guest speakers, and interactive displays will demonstrate to the public the various ways their environmental impact can be reduced. Energy, waste management, transport, food and agriculture, biodiversity and conservation…
Indigenous Science Experience at Redfern
What can Aboriginal astronomy tell us about the night sky? How is our native flora used in bush medicine? How do Indigenous Australians make axes from stone? What can we learn about sustainable living from 60,000+ years of Indigenous culture? Find out the answers to these questions and more at the Indigenous Science Experience. This…
Year 4 Science Expo
During science week year four students from our school will be presenting different science experiments to the school. They will be performing the experiment and explaining the science behind it. Each group will present their science to the lower school on one day and then to the rest of the school another day.
Cairns & Hinterland HHS WHS Science Break
Work based National Science Week event for WHS Unit in the Cairns & Hinterland Hospital & Health Service (Cairns Hospital)
The Australian Bionic Eye: the people behind the technology
Sight is the most dominant sense humans possess. From our first moments of life, sight is the sense that provides the perception of life around us. It is no surprise that restoring vision to those who are blind is one of the greatest challenges of mankind. Melbourne is playing a leading role globally in bringing…
Innovation in Tissue Engineering: Serena Duchi and Anita Quigley
Tissue engineering is the field of biomedical engineering that blends biology with engineering for tissue repair caused by a disease or an accident. In Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital has long been a hub for expertise in tissue engineering. Today, BioFab 3D, located at the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, is a leading facility undertaking leading-edge…
Cancelled: Our Health in Our Hands
Due to the recent lockdown, this event has been cancelled. We appreciate that there has been strong interest, and hope to re-organise a similar event in early 2022. Join us in the foyer of the John Curtin School of Medical Research for this delayed National Science Week event, to explore the future of precision medicine….
Innovation in Bionic Hearing – Colette McKay and Rachael Richardson
Many remarkable women make revolutionary contributions to the advancement of science, yet disparities continue to exist in gender equality and women empowerment around the world and in academia. The Convergence Science Network Women in Biomedicine series, celebrates the successes of women who have shaped the field of biomedicine through their novel ideas, ground-breaking research, and…
Rescheduled: Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre – PCR in your hands
The Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre is hosting a half-day of science activities for high school students. The activities will be facilitated and supervised by Menzies staff. Students will have the opportunity to meet with Menzies staff, as well as interacting with students from other local high schools. Students will rotate through a series of activities including the following:…