The Mabel Park STEM Fest is a mini school-based STEM Festival held at lunch time during National Science Week. Student STEM Ambassadors have planned STEM stalls to run on the day that include a range of activities and demos for all students and staff to interact with.
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Biodiversity Fest
The Trentham District Primary School “Biodiversity-fest” will involve our citizen scientists (Year 6 students) transferring their knowledge to younger students within the school, with the aim to increase environmental literacy throughout the school and to showcase that Science is fun! Students will carry out experiments with adherence to fair testing, repetition, measuring, maths calculations and…
STEM Girl Power Initiative
An event bound to blow the socks of students and amaze their minds with the magic of STEM. You’ll experience activities that explore: Slime Water cycle Vinegar and bicarbonate volcano Lava lamp STEM quiz/challenges
Finding the STEM Among the Stems
In Finding the STEM Among the Stems, year 5 and 6 students at Lansdowne Crescent Primary School will be guided through an award-winning landscape architecture project on the grounds of their school. Good design by its nature, goes unnoticed. In an event led by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, students will be guided through…
Making a Measurement
Visit the Making a Measurement exhibition this National Science Week to meet Sid, The Scientist, who is undertaking an artist’s residency in the Yalagang room at the Bondi Pavillion. Having been a working scientist, Sid is curious about what it means to measure; why we measure and the things we measure with. The exhibition space…
Young Tassie Scientists at HIVE Science Centre
The Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania graduates. During National Science Week they share their work at schools through engaging talks and cool activities At HIVE family day you can meet: Alex Paton (She/Her) Zoology & Invasive Species Heath Dimsey (He/Him) Mathematical Chemistry Jasmine Peterson (She/Her) Graphs, maths and data Sophie Young (She/Her) …
Young Tassie Scientists at the Festival of Bright Ideas
The Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania graduates. During National Science Week they share their work at schools through engaging talks and cool activities At the YTS table at the Festival of Bright Ideas, you might meet: Bharath Dinakaran (He/Him) Alternate Pollinators Elise Cleary (She/Her) Behavioural Neuroscience & Decision Making Jonty Dehnert, Conservation Ecology …
Royal Queensland Show, Ekka
National Science Week at the Ekka! Ekka’s Learning Trail Join Ekka’s agronomist Rhondda and her Farmyard Friends on the Ekka’s Learning Trail. This is a self-guided tour showcasing agricultural education learning experiences with a specific focus on AgTech and the science behind food and fibres. The Learning Trail Passport and Teacher’s Guide make the connection…
Community STEM Extravaganza
National Science Week at Boonah State High School culminates in a STEM Extravaganza after school event and the whole community is invited. We’ll have STEM activity stations and onstage demonstrations led by our Boonah State High School student STEM ambassadors. Former Boonah State High School students either studying or working in STEM will return to…
What is Dark Matter? An evening with physicist Dr Elisabetta Barberio
Celebrate National Science Week with Merri-Bek Libraries! Have you ever wondered what dark matter is but were too afraid to ask? Come along to meet Dr Elisabetta Barberio, the ‘dark matter detective.’ Dr Barberio is a physicist at Melbourne University and the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics. She…