What can a unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species teach us about evolution? The answer is simple – a lot! How is this unique species thriving and just as ecologically successful as its counterparts that breed by sex? And how does this significant research fundamentally challenge current evolutionary theory about the advantages…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Tree Species Selection for Future Climates – More difficult than you think
We currently use tree selection processes that are either based on experience of practitioners or on science approaches that are deeply flawed and not fit for purpose. But the new science approaches have found their way into councils and they are making tree selection decisions based on it. Thus, we are getting bad decisions based…
The Crazy Places Data Science Can Take You
Data science is an amazing field that brings together mathematics and >computer science – along with biology, physics, chemistry, policy, finance, climate science, advertising… you name it and data scientists are probably working on it. In this masterclass we welcome data scientists Dr Christopher Baker and Isobel Abell from the School of Mathematics and Statistics,…
Glass Fusing with Sci-artist Michelle Gray
Learn some basic glass fusing with local glass artist Michelle Gray. You will make fused glass items in the workshop using a microwave kiln. Learn to cut sheet glass and combine it with other decorative elements in a kiln to create unique fused glass items. Thursday 11 August 9:30 am – 2:00 pm. Lunch provided…
The Australian grasshopper that has given up sex
What can a unique ‘matchstick’ grasshopper that’s evolved into an all-female species teach us about evolution? The answer is simple – a lot! How is this unique species thriving and just as ecologically successful as its counterparts that breed by sex? And how does this significant research fundamentally challenge current evolutionary theory about the advantages…
Science Week at St Mary’s College
Starting Monday 15 August, St Mary’s College Primary will be celebrating National Science Week with daily hand-on experiments in class and during lunch. Classroom teachers and the Science Teacher Mr. Jake will work together to make science fun.
Online Live Demo with Aaron Micallef
In Aaron Micallef’s world science and art naturally overlap. Aaron has an established career in science as well as a close relationship with glasswork in both the UK and Australia. His hot glass practice is devoted to capturing the fleeting and magical effects of light in blown and cut glass. A practice complemented by photography,…
St Mary’s College Science Fair
Making glass out of natural materials, harnessing the power of the sun, or looking at the eye itself. Student and teams at the St Mary’s College Primary Campus will battle it out in the Assembly area on Thursday 18 August to see who can use science to explore the world of glass and explain what’s…
National Science Week – Online live demo with Aaron Micallef
In Aaron Micallef’s world science and art naturally overlap. Aaron has an established career in science as well as a close relationship with glasswork in both the UK and Australia. His hot glass practice is devoted to capturing the fleeting and magical effects of light in blown and cut glass. A practice complemented by photography,…
National Science Week – Online live demo with Aaron Micallef
In Aaron Micallef’s world science and art naturally overlap. Aaron has an established career in science as well as a close relationship with glasswork in both the UK and Australia. His hot glass practice is devoted to capturing the fleeting and magical effects of light in blown and cut glass. A practice complemented by photography,…