The school theme for National Science Week in 2024 is Species Survival – More than just sustainability. The theme aims to highlight the importance of science and innovation in ensuring the survival and thriving of different species in an ever-changing world. At Edenhope College we’ve decided to meet the scientists who work in the field to…
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Brain Break
Staff at Mazenod College will be enjoying a science themed morning tea. With decorations promoting conservation of local species and a science quiz. Staff will enjoy biscuits and cakes whilst learning more about sustainability.
Dominican School Science Week
Get Ready for an Epic Science Adventure! This Science Week, we’re turning our school into a super cool science lab! Every class gets their very own experiment box, filled with awesome activities that’ll make you go, “Wow!” Over the week, you’ll get to try out 5 different experiments, exploring all sorts of wild and wacky…
2024 Science Educators Colloquium
2024 Science Educators Colloquium is a wonderful event for Brisbane Teachers and Administrators supported by high school students and UQ students where we listen to amazing guest speakers taking about groundbreaking research in the science space – primarily themed about species sustainability. We have three UQ guest speakers and fifteen Wonders of Science PhD students,…
Bring Back the Karaks
We have a problem at Woodlands Primary School – many birds used to feed and nest within our school, but we are seeing less and less of them each year. The STEM whole school project of Bringing Back the Kaarakins (endangered black cockatoos) will be conducted in weekly Science lessons with the Science Specialist. Each year group from Kindy to Year 6…
Kids teaching kids all things science
Secondary students teaching primary students all things science! Primary students will get to rotate through a range of fun and engaging science activities developed, set up and delivered by older students. Kids teaching kids!
Everyday Science
We will be providing opportunities for students to experience science every day of the week. We are providing opportunities for students to see how science is used in everyday life from making a bush tucker garden to chemical reactions of everyday household ingredients.
Play and Explore Day 2024 – Georges River Libraries
Play and explore at the Library with different activities and workshops to celebrate National Science Week. The day will include family-friendly workshops on cryptography, AI animation, the chemistry of fizzy drinks, electronic papercraft, and more. Come and experience a range of tabletop discoveries, interactive installations, and opportunities galore to play and explore with something for…
Science and Storytelling, Technology and Tradition
Discover the Ancient Science of the Land: A One-Day Journey Through Indigenous STEM Step into the world of traditional Indigenous science and technology for a unique, one-day experience at the Wildbark learning centre during National Science Week. Join us at Mulligans Flat, where the critically endangered box gum grassy woodlands set the perfect backdrop for…
The Martian Garden
In the next 30 years, missions to the Moon and Mars will explore habitation in new and extreme environments. The Martian Garden will explore how we can create sustainable new ecosystems off-world. Discover how we select and adapt plant species to survive and thrive. Learn how we’re guiding novel approaches to sustainable ecosystems on Earth….