Come along for a fun-filled afternoon of activities and exhibits from our Richmond High School students to celebrate All Things Science at the official opening of our new purpose-built STEM building. Check out our themed rooms for Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & the Environment, STEM and Marine Studies as well as our Ag Show Team…
Topic: Mathematics
Robotics & Rockets
The Robogals Canberra team is holding a face-to-face National Science Week event in collaboration with ANU Rocketry. Students will participate in two Robogals workshops including python coding and learning to code an Arduino, and one ANU Rocketry workshop where they will simulate and build their own model rocket. Whilst this event is open to all…
Young Tassie Scientists at Kings Meadows High School
Young Tassie Scientists are early career researchers who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools during National Science Week. The Young Tassie Scientists on this school visit are: Anuk Kruawan – Devil Whisperer (immunologist) Lyzette Matthews – Unravelling ALS – Race against Time (neuroscientist) James Brady –…
Young Tassie Scientists at Flinders District School
Young Tassie Scientists are early career researchers who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools during National Science Week. The Young Tassie Scientists on this school visit are: Ash Russell – neuroscience and statistics Angus Olding – chemistry Sofia Gabriel– marine biology and ecology Jared Magyar –…
Science Fair at MacKillop Catholic College
MacKillop Catholic College will be celebrating National Science Week as Science Fair next week (Week 5) from 15 – 19 August. The staff of the College has prepared a number of creative activities and competitions which will run during the lunch break on those days. we are sure that everyone will enjoy and benefit from…
Bragg Your Pattern – Art competition
This is your year to show off your favourite patterns. During National Science Week we’ll be holding an art competition on the theme of pattern. The patterns can repeat infinitely (like the atoms within a crystal) or repeat about a point/line/plane (like the shape of a crystal). There will be two age brackets (10 and…
MATRIX Online Public Lecture – Dr Marcy Robertson
Mathematical oranges and deep space communication. Imagine you were trying to pack a crate full of oranges. How should you arrange the oranges in order to maximize the number of oranges you can pack into your crate? This is one example of what mathematicians call a sphere packing problem: how to arrange spheres (or polyhedra)…
Melrose Museum Guided Nukunu and Heritage Experience
This is not just another Museum. It’s an adventure into the past of Melrose and surrounding districts. The guided tour includes a history book of the Melrose area and town historical walk map. The tour includes: Nukunu people and their beginnings Their lands then, and now Impact of the first settlers, the conflict and injustice…
From Eyes to Glass to Aluminium: A history of astronomy
A public lecture by a leading astronomer to share the history of astronomy from the first people to stare at the skies, to the handmade telescopes of Galileo, to the modern-day instruments probing the universe. The lecture explores science as a human endeavour: from the first people to stare at the sky and wonder, the…
STEMsational Afternoon
An afternoon of fun STEM and science activities. Different hands-on activities and experiments will be available for the children to be involved in throughout the afternoon. They will be able to make things to take home to continue with science learning. An afternoon tea will also be provided for those that attend.