NOCTURNA Dark Sky Retreat

Welcome to NOCTURNA, a celebration of the fragile beauty of the cosmos — embracing our long winter nights and taking the time to gaze at our still-pristine dark skies, a precious natural resource that is under threat from light pollution. The increasingly widespread use of artificial light outdoors not only impairs our view of the…

Arludo’s National Game Design Challenge

Help your students design and submit an idea for Arludo’s next big science game. National winners will receive 3 months of mentoring while watching their game come to life. Arludo’s National Game Design Challenge will teach students in Years 3-6 how to design a video game, including how to pick a scientific topic or question,…

Northfield Primary’s 2023 Science Expo

Over the past 6 weeks, Year 5 and Year 6 students have been working together in groups of 3 or 4 to research a scientific topic of their choice and have chosen a relevant science experiment to showcase. On 15 August, they will all come together in the gymnasium and present their research, show their…

FLEX Exhibition at MOD.

Are limits made to be pushed? We dare you to find out. Your capacity for pain will be put to the test and your perception of risk will be gauged in MOD.s new exhibition FLEX. Alter your form and find ways to play, where your body and the rules of the space it inhabits are…

Stunning Saturn

This week we will travel to Saturn and take a close look at this beautiful planet. This month Saturn is at opposition on 27 August, this means it is at it’s closest point to Earth in its current travels around the Sun. Something interesting is happening with Saturn’s rings as well, come along and find…

Science Factory Expo at BRIS

The primary and secondary students at Blackall Range Independent School (BRIS) will be participating in hands-on rotational interactive science activity stations on Friday 18 August, to celebrate National Science Week.  The Science Factory Expo will challenge young minds from 5 to 14 years and it will present students with the opportunity to explore a wide…

Innovative STEAM Renewable Energy Design Challenge

National Science Week is an exciting opportunity for Dripstone to showcase the innovative and progressive ideas of our students in the field of STEAM. As a part of the week-long celebration, we are organising a science fair that will involve the entire school community, including council members, ministers, and primary schools. Innovation: Powering Future Industries….