Indigenous Inventions

Get ready for an exciting National Science Week where we’re exploring how Indigenous peoples have used their incredible knowledge and inventions to help animals survive and thrive for thousands of years. This year, our theme is “Indigenous Inventions: Surviving and Thriving, Past, Present, and Future.” It’s going to be a journey through time where you’ll…

Grandis Saves the World ‘STEAM Breaks’

All through National Science Week during recess and lunch breaks the whole school will be involved in science inquiry-based activities themed by the letters of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). This will complement our science education lessons looking at this year’s Science Week schools theme of Species Survival – More Than Just Sustainability in…

Species Survivability in the West Wimmera

The school theme for National Science Week in 2024 is Species Survival – More than just sustainability. The theme aims to highlight the importance of science and innovation in ensuring the survival and thriving of different species in an ever-changing world. At Edenhope College we’ve decided to meet the scientists who work in the field to…

Bring Back the Karaks

We have a problem at Woodlands Primary School – many birds used to feed and nest within our school, but we are seeing less and less of them each year. The STEM whole school project of Bringing Back the Kaarakins (endangered black cockatoos) will be conducted in weekly Science lessons with the Science Specialist. Each year group from Kindy to Year 6…

Everyday Science

We will be providing opportunities for students to experience science every day of the week. We are providing opportunities for students to see how science is used in everyday life from making a bush tucker garden to chemical reactions of everyday household ingredients. 

Science and Storytelling, Technology and Tradition

Discover the Ancient Science of the Land: A One-Day Journey Through Indigenous STEM Step into the world of traditional Indigenous science and technology for a unique, one-day experience at the Wildbark learning centre during National Science Week. Join us at Mulligans Flat, where the critically endangered box gum grassy woodlands set the perfect backdrop for…

St Carlo’s – National Science Week Activities

Hi there, science fans!  Ready for some fun? We’re on a mission to discover what happens when hot and cold mix, and we’re going to do it by making a cloud inside a bottle. When the hot air in the bottle meets cold air, it turns into a cloud that you can’t undo—pretty wild, huh? But…

Microbats

As one component of a school-wide series of workshops and weeklong event held in National Science Week, students will learn about the biodiversity of the Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) that is present on our school grounds. To replenish the biodiversity of the grasslands, students will be involved in various activities such as, building bat boxes,…

Science Week Pop-up at the Hut

We’ll have several stations inside the Hut related to the forest ecosystem. Join us to learn about nearby microclimates. Make a cuppa to enjoy on the veranda while reading the latest Double Helix magazine or check out what’s under the microscope. Will the Butcher Bird and Rainbow Lorikeet visit us? Drop-in and learn about the…

Bay Explorers Urraween Kindy

At Bay Explorers Urraween in Kindy this week we’ll be exploring all things STEAM based to raise awareness of National Science Week and to encourage children to develop a love of learning through science experiences and experiments. We can’t wait to venture to the most amazing places and explore the wonderful things science has provided…