Innovation: Powering Future Industries a National Science Week deep dive

Our planned activities will focus on how innovation is transforming the landscape of industries worldwide. In today’s rapidly changing world, it’s more important than ever to stay ahead of the curve and leverage the latest technology and trends to drive growth and success. Our focus is to run activities and experiments which focus on innovation…

Grandis Primary School STEAM Breaks

All through National Science Week during recess and lunch breaks the whole school will be involved in science inquiry based activities themed by the letters of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). This will complement our science education lessons looking at this years theme of Innovation: Powering Future Industries in a range of hands…

Programming A Bots

This activity is an introduction to robots and programming for young children. With an intuitive interface, these engaging robots will have learners excited about simple sequencing and directional language. The children will work in pairs or threes to learn how to move the robots forward, backward and side-to-side, as well as build an impressive robot track.

The Physics Show

Physics helps us to understand how the world around us works and the Physics Show will demonstrate the way Physics gives us powerful tools to help us to express our creativity, to see the world in new ways, and then to change it. Be prepared to be amazed and wowed as our scientists demonstrate some…

Science Gets Real: From problem to lab innovation to real-world impact.

Taxpayers, industry partners, private donors, and international students fund university research. How can we increase the tangible social, economic, and environmental returns on this investment? Hear three inspiring stories from scientists whose innovations are solving real-world problems. When many don’t, why did these researchers succeed in moving their great ideas out of the lab and…

Indigital AR Workshop

As part of Payirri-Apinthirlu Naalityangka the First Nations Science Festival, come along to this community only workshop. Teach yourself how to create your own metaverse based cultural augmented reality (AR) experience sponsored by Inspiring SA. Inspiring SA has partnered with Indigenous TechEd company Indigital, to participate in a half day in person On Country workshop. Be first in to…

Dream STEAM Team

Two Mile’s 5/6 Classroom will be transformed into DREAM STEAM TEAM Investigation Centre, full to the brim with fun and engaging activities, investigations and experimentations relating to design technologies, science and STEAM curriculum to satisfy any budding engineer’s whims and wishes. Year 5 and 6 head engineers will demonstrate their scientific, mathematics and engineering knowledge…

3D Printing Demonstration – Sustainability in the Dilly

See how 3D printing can use biodegradable filament to create practical and fun solutions for everyday life. Bookings are not required. This Inspiring Australia initiative is supported by the Australian Government as part of National Science Week. 

Kirwan State School Science Fair

Come along and see what our Year 6 students have discovered in a series of experiments that have been designed, completed, and presented by the students themselves. Each student has worked hard to prepare a science experiment or investigation on a topic of their choice.  They are excited to share their results and conclusions they…

Kirwan State School Presents Artificial Intelligence: The future is here

Students will experience a hands-on and interactive look at what AI is, how it works and what it can do. Across all year levels, students will engage in age-appropriate activities that introduce and explore how AI works. The junior school will explore how AI is different to normal computing and then use code.org to teach…