Collection Stories will be the South Australian Museum’s first ever podcast series featuring stories about our collections. Over the course of four episodes listeners will hear firsthand from museum professionals about why museums keep things, what types of things we collect, what do we learn from them, how do we care from them, and how…
Topic: Indigenous Knowledge
The Weird the Wacky of the Animal Kingdom plus DeadlyScience
Join us as we take a journey looking at the weird the wonderful and the wacky animals from around the world. Then we cover all things DeadlyScience where we chat about the original scientists and what we do. Don’t miss it.
Science Exhibition at Meadow Springs Primary School
We have a program planned for the whole week but on Thursday 20 August we have an open exhibition for parents and the community to view. This exhibition goes all day and invitations are also sent out to other local schools. The community can view all the work students have completed especially the STEM activities….
SEVEN SIBLINGS FROM THE FUTURE: Exhibition at MOD.
The year is 2050. In southern Australia there is a plot of land known as Eucalara. Eucalara is already feeling the impact of climate change. Climate refugees started arriving decades ago, invasive species are on the move, and water is an increasingly precious resource. Amongst all this are seven siblings. The siblings have inherited this…
Great Aussie BioQuest 2020
The fourth annual Great Aussie BioQuest runs during National Science Week, 15-23 August. This challenge, open to all Australians, draws attention to an urgent aspect of managing our climate change-induced biome – the lack of comprehensive data on biodiversity. It aims to address this problem by engaging people from all walks of life in a…
CSIRO National Science Week Challenge
To celebrate National Science Week, we’re challenging all Australians to find out what connects them to the ocean, wherever they live. From taking photos of local waterways to designing and building a water filter, you can explore your connection to the ocean as deeply as you’d like. Head to our National Science Week Challenge website to learn…
The Science and Citizens of the Coorong
Join us for a short film about the Coorong and the scientists and citizens helping to return it to a healthy system for all to enjoy. The Coorong is a unique environment that forms part of the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. It is important that work…
Engineers Speed Myth Buster
In this webinar, we ask three engineers to go head-to-head to answer all of your burning engineering questions and bust the most common myths about what engineering careers really look like, from hiking boots to hijabs and heels. Join Careers with STEM co-founder and journalist Heather Catchpole online as we speed test the latest edition…
Art and sustainability: A Geelong Gallery collection resource
Geelong Gallery is committed to engaging with the realities of our changing climate and environment through the works of leading artists. With your students, explore the potential of artists to address current global sustainability challenges and inspire change. This education resource examines five key works in the Gallery’s permanent collection that highlight themes such as…
Australian Animal Track Identification
Join the Adelaide Hills Science Hub and Hub patron Rob Morrison, OAM and zoological researcher will talk to us about Australian animals and their identification by the tracks they leave. We will then be learning how to make Aboriginal representations of tracks with our own hands in sand with Uncle Ivan Tiwi-Copley, OAM. We will…