Presenters Lauren Hook and Erna Llenore want to raise the conservation profile of threatened glossy black- cockatoos (GBC), the Saving our Species, Glossies in the Mist project provided identification training to the Southern Highlands community and invited citizen scientists to submit sightings of GBCs. Glossies in the Mist (GITM) teamed up with community champions to…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
A celebration – The Atlas of Life and iNaturalist
The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness is celebrating its 10 years anniversary, so we will have a short trip down memory lane and share some of our favourite events and records. Thomas Mesaglio will give you a tour around our biodiversity mapping platform, the rapidly growing Australian iNaturalist – how you can use…
Bega Cheese – Sustainability Programs
Bega Cheese is a leading Australian owned and operated dairy and food company located in the beautiful Bega Valley, on the south coast of New South Wales. The company was founded as a dairy co-operative in 1899, and many of the current owners of Bega Cheese are the 100 plus dairy farmers. This presentation will…
Science Café
Science Café is a National Science Week event where Year 10 students are invited to network with STEM professionals and tertiary students over morning and afternoon tea to gain practical knowledge about STEM careers and pathways. Previous years saw over 60 STEM professionals attend, representing various disciplines from universities, government, and industry. Students will have…
How to regenerate our landscape to achieve maximum soil, produce, social and environmental health
All our panel experts are supported by a significant history of proven outcomes and measurable results emanating from their own early adoption of leading principles and systems. Join us on a journey into the exciting possibilities that regeneration offers. The approach offers a world where our children and grandchildren can feel confidence that the damage…
Don’t Waste it, Recreate it
Discover how to turn food waste into skin products that you can use for yourself or someone at home. Suited to Year 7 and over. Wednesday 18 August School session: 10:00am – 10:45am Public session: 4.00pm – 4:45pm
Bee Hotels: Why Bees Deserve 5-starAccommodation
An introduction to the importance of bees, the challenges facing bees and how we can assist in future sustainability of bees. BYO ceramic mug per student to make and take home their own ‘Bee Hotel’. Thursday 19 August Session 1: 10:00am – 10:45am Session 2: 1:00pm – 1:45pm Special guest is a local beekeeper. Suited…
7 Decades in 7 Days – Virtual Friday Night Drinks and some 70s fun!
The Australian Museum and the Science Teachers Association NSW have teamed up to bring you Virtual Friday Nights Drinks and some 70s Fun! as part of 7 Decades in 7 Days, a week-long celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Science Teachers Association for NSW in and around National Science Week. Pull on your best…
The Fuzzy Logic Science Show National Science Week Special- From tectonic plates to dinner plates
Canberra’s beloved Fuzzy Logic Science Show is celebrating National Science Week with some geoscience greats on Sunday 15 August at 11am as they explore links between geoscience and food production. As you enjoy a late breakfast, tune in to 2XX 98.3fm to hear from not one, not two, but three special guests from Geoscience Australia….
7 Decades in 7 Days – Science in the House
2021 is the 70th Anniversary of the Science Teachers Association for NSW and we will be celebrating the scientific and educational advancements that have taken place across the last 70 years during 7 Decades in 7 Days in and around National Science Week in a Virtual 7 Decades in 7 Days world. 70 years is…