Moorak Primary School are holding a Science Night full of interactive and hands-on science tasks that link with the 2022 theme of Glass: more than meets the eye. They will be setting up different stations that all link to the different STEM areas, including: science experiement demonstrations making electrical circuits with an electric pen problem…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Indigenous Science Experience at Redfern
What can Aboriginal astronomy tell us about the night sky? How is our native flora used in bush medicine? How do Indigenous Australians make axes from stone? What can we learn about sustainable living from 60,000+ years of Indigenous culture? Find out the answers to these questions and more at the Indigenous Science Experience. This…
SOUND & VISION: Sci-Art on Ocean & Ice
Don’t miss these free online sci-art experiences to dive, sketch, explore, quiz, and Q&A with our expert presenters pondering the sounds and visions of our oceans. The Sound of Colour Join NASA Oceanographer Ryan Vandermeulen for this one hour presentation with quiz and Q&A. Scientific data analysis is often exclusively visual components, and this is…
Year 4 Science Expo
During science week year four students from our school will be presenting different science experiments to the school. They will be performing the experiment and explaining the science behind it. Each group will present their science to the lower school on one day and then to the rest of the school another day.
Glass – More than Meets the Eye: An Aboriginal Perspective
Christian Aboriginal Parent-Direct School (CAPS) Coolgardie will look at the history of glass and how it has influenced advancements in technology and some of its industrial applications today. We will explore how it may be utilized in future technologies. The project will be a whole school approach where the other departments will prepare their own…
Let’s Torque Public Speaking Competition Grand Final
The Let’s Torque is a subsidiary of the Royal Society of Victoria, and we run Victoria’s premier public speaking competition for university undergraduates. Competitors submit their ideas in May and then refine their ideas with Let’s Torque workshops. Competitors have to succeed in the semi-finals to progress to our Grand Final. After a live-streamed Grand…
ADM STEM in Defence Summit
Now in its fourth year, the ADM STEM in Defence Summit is a cornerstone event that brings together Defence, defence industry and education to discuss the future of the Defence workforce. What the Defence Force will look like in the future and how industry, education and Defence work together to achieve this is the core…
Cancelled: Our Health in Our Hands
Due to the recent lockdown, this event has been cancelled. We appreciate that there has been strong interest, and hope to re-organise a similar event in early 2022. Join us in the foyer of the John Curtin School of Medical Research for this delayed National Science Week event, to explore the future of precision medicine….
Weaving Technology into the Fabric of the Classroom – Pedagogy before Technology
Weaving Technology workshop series provides keynote speeches and hands-on sessions for K – 12 teachers on the use of innovative technology in the classroom. It has been running since 2017 across Queensland from Mackay to the Gold Coast, and in 2019 won the CQUniversity Opal Award for Excellence in Engagement (Learning & Teaching). Through a framework…
This Show Is NOT Rubbish!
A one night show opening with a welcome to country and cultural ‘caring for country’ dances by local Indigenous dance group Dusty Feet Mob. We then delve into the world of recycling and sustainability, accompanied by spectacular science experiments, explosions and many other surprises. All showcasing how we can reduce, reuse and recycle our way…