The Fitzgerald Biosphere (FB) is internationally and nationally recognised for its high biodiversity richness, species endemism and high level of threats, as it is part of the international Southwest Biodiversity Hotspot. An extensive renomination process from 2010 – 2017 saw a rezoning of the FB to adhere to United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Topic: Indigenous Knowledge
Living and Learning the Biosphere – West Biosphere
The Fitzgerald Biosphere (FB) is internationally and nationally recognised for its high biodiversity richness, species endemism and high level of threats, as it is part of the international Southwest Biodiversity Hotspot. An extensive renomination process from 2010 – 2017 saw a rezoning of the FB to adhere to United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Melba Copland Secondary School Wetlands Survey
Melba Copland Secondary School is located across two campuses (Campus One 7 – 9 and Campus Two 10 – 12) in the West Belconnen water catchment area. Between the two campuses lies a new wetlands area (completed in 2019) that will remove over 49,000 kilograms of nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended sediment every year from urban…
Rube Goldberg AI
During National Science Week all science students at Centralian Middle School will have the opportunity to be part of a competition to design and build a machine that runs on renewable energy and can perform a task to help the lives of human beings in some way. The machines will be displayed and judged at…
Oakbank School Science Day
At the Oakbank School Science Day students will participate in a variety of activities centered around the National Science Week theme of Innovation: Powering future industries. Students will participate in activities with high school students as well as across the primary years. Activities will include those with a STEM focus and incorporate science theory while…
Sustainability at Throsby School
Throughout National Science Week, Throsby School will involve students, families and community members in setting up a Subpod worm farm in the compost bed, and planting out a range of local native edible plants. We look forward to being able to expand our students understanding of growing and using native plants, as well as being…
Menzies Little Scientist
The ‘Menzies-Ramaciotti Little Scientist’ event will take place at this years Power and Water Bite of Science day at CDU, on the 19th of August. We will present visual and hands on activities, aimed at budding young scientists, with opportunities to use technology researchers use in the laboratory to make new discoveries. These include visualising…
Innovation Exploration
This year’s theme of Innovation: Powering Future Industries explores the link between science and technology and advances across all areas of science. Technology uses science to solve problems and science uses technology to make new discoveries. Science and technology help each other in advance. New technologies often allow scientists to explore nature in new ways….
Lara Primary Science Week Expo
At Lara Primary School we will be running a school science expo engaging family and local community to make meaningful connections with science around our community and in our everyday lives. Students will be participating in an expo where they can run experiments, demonstrate scientific concepts, present local programs, and explore STEM in meaningful hands…
OAPRCS STEMfest
One Arm Point Remote Community School will be working with community members to hold a science festival that focuses on the traditional knowledge from Bardi Country. This festival continues our work with the Two-Way Science program and the students’ interest in environmental science and authentic engineering. The activities will tie in with some of the…