This year for National Science Week our senior students and staff will run engaging and age-appropriate innovative STEM activities with our R-9 students across two 45-minute lunch breaks. Stations will be set up in our biology lab and will showcase current innovation in the areas of, alternative energy and fuel cells, food sources, connecting our…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
ExBEERimental Science
ExBEERimental Science is a beer-tasting, science-sipping event connecting the public with the amazing science behind the brews they love! This year, three Australian breweries will craft both a control and an experimental beer. These beers will be exactly the same except for one experimental difference, which will highlight the incredible sensory shifts that science can…
‘Pour’ Intelligence: Building a Teachable Machine for Measuring Liquids
Measuring liquids can be a mL-ticulous task, it’s always like “Is it a mL bit more or a mL bit less”. While flow meters and level sensors are commonly used in STEM industries such as chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, and water treatment they may be a ‘pour’ decision. Make room… for teachable machines, a current application of AI, which…
Crystal-A-Con
Everyone loves crystals. From snowflakes to diamonds to sugar, we see crystals everyday and we love them for being beautiful, shiny and symmetrical. Crystals are extra special to scientists because they are made up of repeating patterns of atoms and molecules. These patterns allow scientists to use a special technique called ‘crystallography’ to work out…
Brains vs. Computers online workshop
Join us with artist Jess Herrington for a workshop like no other. In this we’ll compare the human brain with artificial intelligence. We’ll do some art activities to explore how each of us perceives visuals, then end with a creative challenge designing an artwork inspired by brains and computers. To prepare Grab some drawing materials…
Jingili Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza
Jingili’s Annual Science Expo, 2 August Jingili Primary School hosts the annual Science Expo where ‘Real Life Scientist’ come to our school to provoke thinking and connect our students to how science work. The aim of this event is to engage the children, from preschool to year six, with a variety of science concepts and…
Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza
Jingili’s Annual Science Expo (2nd August, 2023) Jingili Primary School hosts the annual Science Expo where ‘Real Life Scientist’ come to our school to provoke thinking and connect our students to how science work. The aim of this event is to engage the children, from preschool to year six, with a variety of science concepts…
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…
Dog Mob Cat Crew
AMRRIC’s education program, Dog Mob Cat Crew, will run a school education project at a remote Indigenous schools in the Northern Territory during National Science week, through data capture and monitoring, that lead to improved One Health (animal, human, and environmental health) outcomes for remote communities in Australia. The school-based program will deliver education sessions that demonstrate the…
Creating Coral Reefs
Every class at Northlakes PS will begin National Science Week investigating coral reefs and the problem of coral bleaching and loss. They will learn about the recent technologies that are being implemented to conserve and restore coral reefs, including 3D printing. On one day in the middle of the week, every student will participate in…