Now you can connect in and hear from a range of incredible women working in STEM careers from the comfort of your own lounge room. Best of all? It’s free and open to all high school students, their families & teachers in Western Australia. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a scientist?…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Town by the Sea – Albany: Early Years STEM activity
An Early Years STEM program looking at the needs that are required by communities when planning, designing and building towns. Children will explore and discover their local community through interactive play, using building materials and found objects to create a large-scale townscape.
Albany Public Library Online Lego Challenge for National Science Week in the Great Southern
Use LEGO to build a structure that floats on water. Do the challenge only, or Great Southern residents in age categories 5-7, or 8-10, or 11-14 may submit evidence of success with a photo or short video of floating LEGO build, and answer STEM questions to enter the National Science Week prize draw.
Museum of the Great Southern Tuesday Curatorial – Breathing Life into Boodja
Breathing Life into Boodja Gondwana Link’s, Keith Bradbury explores the social and ecological restoration in an ancient land. At the heart of Gondwana Link is a bold but simple plan: protect what bushland remains, restore the critical gaps, and maintain the extraordinary nature of south-western Australia. Tuesday Curatorials explore various subjects across the Albany and…
A Dive Down Under with George the Farmer
Join us for a dive down under with Australia’s favourite farmer, George the Farmer, as we investigate the Deep Blue. In a fun and exciting 15 minute pre-filmed interactive show, George the Farmer and his mates, Simone and Ben will uncover exciting facts about the Southern Rock Lobster which live off of the South Australian…
Robo Competition
Robo builders unite. To go into the draw, we’re challenging you to build a robot creation. Get in touch with your inner mad scientist and construct a robot out of whatever materials you can lay your hands on – the sky’s the limit. To enter, just complete the form below, and don’t forget to attach…
Great Southern Great Science Symposium 2020
A day of short talks showcasing the fabulous science of the Great Southern region. Discover recent research and innovations from RV Falkor scientific investigations of the Bremer Canyon with Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Gondwana Link project, Noongar food plants, threatened fauna management, geological past of the Great Southern, regenerative agriculture, and much more. The Great Southern…
Innovation Games with Sydney Olympic Park
This year Sydney Olympic Park’s Innovation Games goes online. Now in its fourth year, the annual Sydney Olympic Park Innovation Games is traditionally staged as a free one-day sports science expo at Cathy Freeman Park. Event restrictions have meant this year the Games will have their own innovative twist. Daily from August 17-21, you can…
Satellite Selfie
Have you ever taken a selfie? What if you could take one from space? Wonder no more because during National Science Week this August everyone in the ACT will find out. Introducing Canberra’s very own Satellite Selfie. How can you get involved? We would love you to get your school, business or family and friends to…
Spotlight on Science
Join us online in celebrating National Science Week and learn from our panel of local scientists about their areas of expertise, their research and the path that led them there. Panellists (almost Dr) Bethany Ellis, Palaeoclimatologist PhD candidate, Australian National University (ANU) Associate Professor Nathan Langford, Physicist and Quantum Engineer, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Mr…