To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Following assessment of applications across the four…
Topic: Mining and Industry
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…
Roxby’s Virtual Science Week
Roxby’s Virtual Mad Science Week is a free, virtual, hands-on event designed to inspire the children and youth of the Roxby Downs community. The week will feature instructional content for experiments to do at home with activity packs, as well as local knowledge Scientist’s from the Roxby Downs and surrounding areas including from BHP, Arid…
UNSW Bragg Student Science Writing Prize
Are you a writer in Years 7-10? Want to win great prizes? What are the solutions that will help us to address global challenges such as catastrophic climate change, global pandemics, severe weather and sea level rise? From bushfire science using smart satellites and Indigneous know-how, to vaccine development, citizen science apps tracking insect population…
Science Exchange Series – What can I actually do with my drone?
Drone use has grown rapidly in recent years. As a society we have come to appreciate drones and remote sensors as affordable tools that enable high resolution and on-demand data collection. Join Dr Nik Callow (Senior Lecturer and UWA Chief Remote Pilot) as he explores the purpose of drones as useful remote sensing tools in…
Casey Station Science Smoko
On or about 20 August we plan to structure our morning tea around National Science Week down here at Casey Station in East Antarctica. The Sun will have returned and we will be starting to think about a new summer season on station. This one will be quite different as preparations and planning have been…