Smart Farm Ag-tivities features activities designed to showcase the role of automation in modern agriculture. The event consists of several activities as well as talks on topics including GM technologies, AI and Agricultural robotics, Digital Agriculture in WA, amd careers in robotics and automation. The Smart Farm Ag-tivities event will be co-located at the Curtin…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Donut Shooting Robots – Feed your Senses
Feed your competitive spirit and thirst for scientific and engineering knowledge in this interactive event. Participate in robot competitions (enter your robot), workshops (demystifying robots for adults and how to build a robot in 9 complicated steps), interactive robot driving in an expo type setting. We invite participation from other community groups, schools and clubs…
Adult Only Zone: Demystifying and Decoding Robotics
Are your kids waaaaaay ahead of you when it comes to coding, robotics, and technology? The Student Robotics Club of South Australia (the RoboRoos) will conduct a short series of Adult Workshop sessions, focussed on the FIRST program of Robotics that students are participating in in Adelaide. From these sessions you will gain a greater…
Murdoch University’s Scintillating Science Quiz Competition – Metro
Are your students the best in the state when it comes to science knowledge? Murdoch University is celebrating National Science Week for the entire month of August with a state-wide science quiz competition. The metropolitan school with the highest average score per student will win a performance of Murdoch University’s Live and Explosive Science Show…
Murdoch University’s Scintillating Science Quiz Competition – Regional
Are your students the best in the state when it comes to science knowledge? Murdoch University is celebrating National Science Week for the entire month of August with a state-wide science quiz competition. The winning regional school, with the highest average score per student, will receive $500 to put towards visiting Murdoch University for a…
Research Bites: Green Energy
Virtual debate with top researchers working on green energy projects in Australia and Spain. Dr Cesar Menendez Muniz is a research associate at the UNSW School of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Oviedo and his PhD in computational modelling of multiferroics at UNSW Sydney. In his current…
Pollinator Lab
Come and join the fun and excitement of Pollinator Lab, a weekend of free, action-packed activities for the entire family. Pollinator Lab’s activities highlight and celebrate the vitally important role that pollinators play in maintaining life on Earth. Sadly, many pollinators, in particular insects, are disappearing from the planet impacting its biodiversity and capacity to…
LEGO Volcanoes
Families are invited to come along to design and build a volcano out of LEGO before applying their knowledge of chemistry to make their volcanoes erupt.
Food for Thought: AVR Symposium
A symposium with a big picture focus on impact: for industry, other researchers, the world. Hear about how our scientists are making a difference in food and food security.
Family Science Challenge Evening
Families, upon registering their interest will receive a bag of materials and a challenge related to this year’s National Science Week theme. They will be permitted to view what’s in the bag but not to touch them until everyone comes together on the evening of Thursday 19 August. Participants will be acquainted with the equipment…