Every student in our school from Kindergarten to Year 6 will participate in tabloid style hands-on science activities throughout National Science Week. Each year group participates on one day during science week and will be immersed in a series of tabloid style activities in small groups, where they will be challenged by a variety of…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Renewable Energy Innovators of the Huon Valley
This field trip in the Huon Valley will visit three renewable energy innovators in the Huon Valley who will share their visions and creative solutions to their local energy needs. This will include a micro hydro, a tracking solar system, an off-grid business utilising waste products including biodiesel, bio-char and waste wood, and a community…
Tiny Scientists
The Tiny Scientists event is a free drop-in science exploration and discovery event targeted at young children aged 0-8 and their parents/carers. The aim of the event is to ignite an interest in science discovery from an early age and to equip Geraldton families with skills and resources to continue a culture of science discovery…
Story Talks with Aussie STEM Stars at State Library Victoria
The Library will be inviting 200 students* from metro schools to celebrate National Science Week with authors from the exciting new book series Aussie STEM stars. Award-winning authors Claire Saxby and Emily Gale will showcase this exciting new series and describe what it’s like writing the biographies of STEM superstars. The STEM stars themselves will…
Fantastic Festival of Food and Flight
Students will be involved in a variety of STEM challenges around the topic of FOOD and FLIGHT. They will work together in multi-age teams to complete the challenges and earn points for their houses. Students will be engaged in critical thinking as they design, test and refine their creations. They will use problem solving and…
Kilcoy State School Science Fair
Kilcoy State School are excited to whet our appetites with 2021’s National Science Week theme of Food: Different by Design. From Prep to Year 6, all classes will showcase their amazing work by creating Science Stations with visual displays linked to hands-on activities and technology of their chosen Science unit topic or STEM passion. This…
Korumburra Secondary College Science Week Activities
Day 1 National Science Week at the school gets off to a great start with the Food and Fibre School Industry Partnership Program providing a free excursion to ElliBank research centre at Warragul to run some STEM based activity stations with Year 7. Soil scientist Doug Crawford joins us for a one-hour session with Year…
Outdoor Sustainable Learning
At the end of 2020 the school’s P&C donated money towards creating an outdoor learning environment. This first stage involved building a shelter shed, water tanks and establishing some garden beds. The aim is to continue to develop this area so as to provide a learning environment for our school community. Our National Science Week…
Food Science with Moorak
The Year 5-7 students at Moorak Primary School have been busy organising Science Fair Night. The class have been working hard in their groups to create hands on Science activities that the Moorak community can participate in. This year’s theme is food so the groups have combined science and food and have a range of…
Jingili Science Expo and Science Fair
Jingili’s Science Fair is a longstanding tradition at our school and involves students from Preschool to Year 6 participating. It has evolved over time and includes a science expo, where experts from the community come in to showcase science in the real world, which is then transferred to students being the experts where they showcase…