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Topic: Innovation and Technology
STEM is Fun for Everyone
Join in some STEM fun on Wednesday 16 August 3.45-4.45pm at the Port Lincoln Library. Have fun using Lego Spike kits and program your creations on an iPad to move and make noise. Suitable for families and ages 5-12 years. Bookings are essential: call 08 8621 2345 to reserve your spot.
St Mary’s Primary School STEM Immersion Day
The students at St Mary’s will rotate around six STEM activities throughout the day. The students will be divided into small groups of approximately 15 students and will participate in a variety of hands-on activities led by the teachers and visiting high school students. The various activities will include: build a rocket for a water…
GovHack Competition – Northern Territory
GovHack is an annual open data competition held across Australia. This year it will be held on the weekend of 18 – 20 August. In 46 hours teams create a project page, proof of concept and a video that tells the story of how government data can be reused. GovHack is a free event to…
CSIRO Parent Information Session: Engaging With STEM
Building Bridges to STEM: Empowering Parents to Motivate and Inspire Their Young Person What better way to celebrate National Science Week than to join the CSIRO at Carnes Hill Library to find out how you can support your young person’s interest in STEM, now and into the future? Not sure what STEM is? STEM is all…
Ag STEM at the Ekka
Join our Street Science presenters as we learn about the amazing science behind agriculture through exciting visual demonstrations. Discover the unexpected potential for produce like seaweed and corn in revolutionising our everyday lives. Fun and interactive demonstrations will have any young scientist engaged before exploring how innovations in agriculture are shaping the future sustainability of…
Queensland Children’s Hospital STEM Fair
Students, their siblings and parents can engage with the following groups as part of a STEM fair: STEM Punks CoralWatch Dr Rob Bell Experimentary The Create Lab /Professor Tech Chinchilla sand megafauna (palaeontology) presented by PhD candidate Mr Vikram Viakil (University of Queensland) Sharkecology presented by Dr Marielle Familiar Lopez
First Nations STEM Careers Day
An exciting day discovering the world of STEM careers and the diverse pathways available, this will provide valuable insights to all. Students and their guests will be collected by bus from Queens Park, Warwick at 8:30am. The bus will transport students and their guests from each location before returning them to the pick-up point at…
Big Science Adventure
Celebrate National Science Week at Capricorn Caves on Friday 18 & Saturday 19 August. All your favourite cave adventures over one weekend, and more. Saturday is jam-packed with activities. Harness up and try our 8m climbing wall or do our 25m abseil off the cave, grab a head torch and explore the cave chambers and…
Solar Powered Cars
Come along to a special STEM based activity session and make your very own solar powered car. Learn about solar power, where it comes from, how it works, and why it helps the planet, then construct your own solar powered car and watch it go. This is a National Science Week event, presented with the…