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…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
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…
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…
World of Drones and Robotics Congress 2021
The 5th World of Drones and Robotics Congress will be the largest drone and robotics application Congress in the Asia Pacific region. In 2020, during peak Covid-19, the congress was successfully presented to some 800 physical in-person and virtual delegates. Half the attendees came in-person. Delegates from America to Zimbabwe attended. Abstract Submissions Submit an…
Design-A-Drone Workshop
This one-day workshop consists of a series of design-thinking workshops including prototyping a drone idea that can fly, swim or crawl. Students will work in teams to market their design idea, develop a business logo and pitch their design. They will also develop a short pitch video entry into the ‘Design-a-Drone’ Competition for a chance…
Flesh Made New – Professor John Rasko in conversation with Robyn Williams
The dazzling promise of stem-cell medicine: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hype. Join us as Professor John Rasko, leading physician-scientist and co-author of Flesh Made New takes us on a wild historical tour of this scandal-prone field. Professor Rasko will appear in conversation with Robyn Williams. Tickets are just…