We are inviting Western Australian schools to tune in LIVE for a very special National Science Week event for the pilot of FameLab Academy in Australia. Your students will be part of the virtual audience at Cecil Andrews College, as thirteen Western Australian students take to the stage to deliver short and sharp explanations on their chosen topic from…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Astro in the Home
Explore the universe at home. You can measure the speed of light in your own kitchen. You can explore the colours of galaxies using cleaning supplies. Find out how in the new Youtube series coming from ASTRO 3D – Astro in the Home. To launch the series we will be posting one video every day…
STEM Design Challenge for Regional Students
This National Science Week, the University of Technology Sydney, Engineers Without Borders and Tech Girls Movement Foundation invite regional students to create for your community in a two-day design challenge. On Thursday 20 & Friday 21 August, classes from Stage 3 and 4 can join our virtual classroom to design, create and build solutions to…
Successes and Failures of Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking
Events over the last 12 months have demonstrated the vital role science, skepticism, and critical thinking plays in society. Yet, many of these events have also shown that science, skepticism, and critical thinking is failing to effectively counter anti-science attitudes. This panel discussion will provide an opportunity for discussion on precisely why this is and…
SciFest 2020
SciFest 2020 is a great opportunity to engage your students in a variety of live, by request or on demand science workshops and events. SciFest aligns with National Science Week in August and is a virtual excursions festival promoting science and technology. Join some of Australia’s best science presenters for this dynamic month of science….
Top End Start Gazers Astronomy Evening
Join the Casuarina Senior College Top End Star Gazers for an astronomy evening on the school oval. Students and teachers from CSC will assist visitors with using the 11 inch tracking telescopes to view Jupiter, Saturn, open and globular star clusters and distant galaxies. Tours of the night sky identifying interesting stars, constellations and asterisms…
EcoScience Schools Day
Central Australian schools are invited to participate in a series of free fun, informative and educational activities as part of Central Australia’s premier sustainability event – the 2020 EcoFair Science Schools Fair. The Ecofair Science Schools Event will run over two weeks, coinciding with National Science Week. Workshops will be presented by local and interstate…
Shoot for the Stars: Rocket building workshop – Science Week @ CDU
If it wasn’t for chemical reactions astronauts wouldn’t be able to escape Earth’s gravity and get to the International Space Station. Make your own model rocket (with a real explosive chemical black powder engine) and experience a bit of gravity defying rocketry. This fun chemical STEM experience is sure to be a blast. You get…
Shirty Science Season Home
Dust off those art supplies because Shirty Science Season Home is streaming scientists straight into your lounge room so you can try your hand at science shirt making and learn a few things in the process. Each weeknight of National Science Week, Shirty Science will go live on Instagram with a Canberra scientist, armed with…
Tracking space junk, building brain-like computers and self-playing pinball machines
The International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) at Western Sydney University will open their doors to showcase the exciting science and research currently underway using biology inspired technology to solve real-world problems. During this 1.5 hour interactive forum, the audience will have insights into a diverse range of research projects from tracking space junk to…