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DIY Science: Marshmallow Constructions
What you need: marshmallows drinking straws scissors What to do: Split up into teams of at least two people. Give each team a packet of straws and marshmallows and a pair of scissors. Make a ...
DIY Science: Popping Candy Cupcakes
What you need: a batch of iced cupcakes popping candy a glass of water What to do: Bake or borrow a batch of cupcakes for morning tea. Just before eating, sprinkle liberally with popping candy ...
DIY Science: The Stroop Effect
What you need: white paper or cardboard marker pens in a range of colours, for example: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, and black What to do: Use the white paper or cardboard to make ...
Science Week Book Pack from MUP
To celebrate the start of National Science Week, Melbourne University Press have an exciting pack of eight titles to entice curious minds. The Chloroformist by Christine Ball Made by Humans - the ...
DIY Science: Lava Lamp
What you need: vegetable oil food colouring effervescing (fizzy) aspirin or vitamin tablets a glass tumbler What to do: Fill a glass tumbler about 1/3 full with water. Add a few drops of ...
What’s on this weekend for National Science Week?
National Science Week 2021 was officially launched yesterday, and despite COVID throwing some curve balls there is still no shortage of online and in-person activities happening all across the ...
National Science Week Celebrates Indigenous Knowledge
National Science Week acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land, sea and waters, and their continuing connection to Country. We pay our ...
A Food and Fibre Short Film Festival with George the Farmer
Teachers - if you're looking for a fabulous online event to do with your class remotely — or in the classroom — consider sitting the kids down to watch our brand new series of George the Farmer ...
National Science Week 2021 is underway!
We have lift off! National Science Week 2021 was officially launched this morning by the Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, during a virtual launch event ...
Hoot Detective
Can you hear a hoot? Join ABC Science's citizen science project for National Science Week in 2021 and help find native owls from home! Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and ...