A festival of street science with outdoor and indoor activities and roving demonstrations at lunchtimes. The aim is to get students switched on to science by exploring activities centred around the theme of “Glass”. Activities will include investigating how brittle glass is and how can we make objects as brittle by using liquid nitrogen, comparing…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Looking Through Glass
Corowa Public School’s National Science Week activities will have students exploring our school environment with magnifying glasses and kaleidoscopes. Our Looking Through Glass Science Day will be held on Tuesday 16 August involving 210 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Students will be engaged in STEM activities making their own kaleidoscopes and hands-on investigations using…
Aboriginal Rangers STEM & Cultural Restoration
Indigenous Rangers in Esperance, WA will present their scientific, research, and culturally sensitive conservation activities. The Rangers will present a mix of authentic video, live talking, and opportunities for students to ask questions for 20-30 mins. Rangers will discuss the ‘How, What, Why’ of scientific inquiry and demonstrate: Data collection and analysis Conservation strategies, What…
Music Collaboration on the Internet: The World is your Oyster/Orchestra
Remote Music Collaboration Software platforms facilitate social networking, virtual studio collaboration and live music performances over the Internet. Collaborative software platforms enabling interaction between global communities of music makers have grown exponentially in the last decade and have undergone further changes during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this presentation, Martin K. Koszolko will discuss the functional…
Bundaberg Science Roadshow
Bundaberg State High School students will travel to nine primary schools in Bundaberg and deliver a fun and interactive show. Our Science presenters will do exciting demonstration of chemistry, physics and biology with displays using dry ice, force and friction, conductivity, pressure, and magnetism. Primary students will get the chance to come on stage and…
I Love Science Game Jam (Venue)
You can attend this event either ONLINE or VENUE (SAE Institute in Perth WA). Please register for the chosen attendance style. Have you ever wanted to explore making games for science education? Share knowledge of your favourite scientific field through your own game. This is a great time to put your thinking cap on and…
Lenses and Light – Kirwan State School
Following National Science Week’s theme Glass: More Than Meets the Eye, students at Kirwan State School will be using glass lenses, along with mirrors, to manipulate light. Students will explore how light can be reflected, refracted and transformed using glass. Students will draw their own conclusions before extending that knowledge with teacher-led demonstrations.
Warrakan ga baḻ’yun Galiwink’ŋur (Animals hiding around Galiwin’ku)
The National Science Week theme of Glass: more than meets the eye has inspired us to deliver a series of activities on Country that support our students to learn about local fauna that are often cryptic, nocturnal or just plain shy. The local Gumurr Marthakal Rangers will support daily field trips for classes across the…
Junkbot Challenge at Goodna Special School
During National Science Week we will have a maker space designated for the creation of a home for native Australian animals. We have linked this to our science units investigating animal habitats. Students will have a number of opportunities to construct their habitat. We will also have a volunteer parent come in on one day…
In a World of Magic, Can Science Save the Day?
Wednesday Weeks is bringing science and the magic of reading to the Sydney Opera House! This National Science Week, celebrate science and creativity with Cristy Burne and Denis Knight. Cristy (a science communicator) and Denis (a computer programmer) are the authors of the science-meets-fantasy comedy series for kids, Wednesday Weeks. They’ll be presenting from the…