In this 3 week project, Year 9 Athlete Development Program science students will undertake a STEM focused project to foster authentic student voice and agency opportunities, creating activities and events with an Innovation: Powering Future Industries theme to engage junior students in National Science Week Activity sessions. This project will help our ADP sports students…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
National Science Week Launch – WA
Join Inspiring WA and the WA Coordinating Committee in launching National Science Week. Held at Engineers Australia – WA‘s office with stunning views of the river and CBD you’ll be surrounded by our most innovative STEM providers in WA. Hear from WA’s Chief Scientist – Professor Peter Klinken, WA’s 2022 Innovator of the Year –…
Hotdogs, Triangles, and AI: Pattern finding in machine learning
2,4,6,8… There are patterns in numbers, language, nature, and everywhere! Humans are hard-wired to notice patterns, mathematicians analyse and model them, and machines are learning to recognise and apply them. Artificial intelligence may find patterns humans miss. Is this a good thing? Join the amazing Matthew Mack a teaching associate in the Department of Mathematics…
Brain Teaser
Brain Teaser 2023 is a public outreach event held by the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, john Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) right in the heart of ANU. Inspired by the National Science Week schools theme, we are combining fundamental research and neuro-related industries that helps bridge the scientific gap between research and pharmaceutical output….
Amazing Micro Worlds
See what it’s like to be a scientist and explore amazing micro worlds using advanced microscopes. Children and teens will receive staff guidance to operate the equipment, and can pick and choose what micro slide they would like to investigate underneath the lens. This is an inclusive free event at the Tea Tree Gully Library…
Our Lady Queen of Peace Design and Production Showcase
Every student from Our Lady Queen of Peace Gladesville will showcase a design and production project that they completed in class. Classrooms will be open to parents and students families to be involved with.
Remediate! Pub night Sydney
Gamers and science nerds. Come and test your skills on a new bespoke card game, Remediate!, that shows how to supercharge your microbe character to remediate the most plastic from the environment. Rub shoulders with synthetic biologists, hear more about the opportunities to clean up the environment using synthetic biology. Grab some food and do…
Spark: Glow & Tell
Blending the magic of light and simplicity of storytelling, students are placed at the centre of this magical, highly engaging, and interactive experience. Using UV light, in a custom built tent, the hall will be transformed into an intimate performance space, where stories and imagined worlds come alive as glowing drawings appear on the walls…
Value Adding Through the Bioeconomy
Would you like to hear about how new fermentation technology can unlock new food, feed and fibres? How metals can be recovered from mining waste to power your mobile phone or solar panels? How food and farm waste can become the valuable source of a fast-growing global bioeconomy? As part of National Science Week, the…
Traditional Knowledge: The science and engineering of Yolngu boat making
Milkwood students will work with Traditional Owners from North East Arnhem Land to build a traditional Yolngu (Aboriginal) canoe. Drawing on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in areas of science and engineering, students will take part in the design, material preparation, construction and test-floating of the canoe. Milkwood’s Strategic Plan includes a commitment to embed Traditional Knowledge,…