Students in Years 7-12 will take part in the sustainable energy challenge. They will create a design to capture wind energy and convert this into electrical energy. They will use software to create their design, then print using the school’s 3D printer. They will then test their design to see if it converts wind energy…
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Science in the Swamp
Celebrate National Science Week with free family fun at Centennial Park. Science in the Swamp returns to Loch Avenue South packed with science, fun and discovery. Engage in hands-on experiments, get up close with native animals and meet real life scientists including geologists, zoologists, mathematicians and marine biologists. Say hello to Ginger the life-size dinosaur,…
Art of Science
The Art of Science exhibition presents fascinating scientific art from creative and visionary Walter and Eliza Hall Institue of Medical Research (WEHI) researchers, working to solve the world’s most complex medical challenges. This year there will be 16 still and moving images presented. The moving images have accompanying music created by the students of the Melbourne Conservatorium of…
Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition
Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition is a joint program by Future Science Talks and the Sydney Comedy School. The show involves a group of scientists giving short talks, who have been trained by a pair of comedians to jazz up the way they discuss their science. Come for the laughs, and learn something along the…
Science in the Scrub
Celebrate National Science Week with free family fun at Western Sydney Parklands. Science in the Scrub returns to Lizard Log packed with science, fun and discovery. Engage in hands-on experiments, get up close with native animals and meet real life scientists including geologists, zoologists, physicists and marine biologists. Say hello to Ginger the life-size dinosaur,…
Exploring STEM in the Mary River – Empowering Minds, Nurturing Scientific Curiousity
The Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) is kicking off National Science Week with a forum at the Mimburi Outdoor Education Centre, Belli Park on Saturday 12 August. The Exploring STEM in the Mary River forum features Dr Margaret Cook, Research Fellow at the Australian Rivers Institute, Environmental Historian and author of a River with…
Our Future and the Earth’s Past – learning from holes in the ocean bottom
How does Earth’s climate system work? How were the continents made? What causes volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis? The answers are all to be found at the bottom of the ocean. Join geoscientist Bob Musgrave on a two-month adventure on a scientific drilling ship – but from the comfort of the Newcastle Museum McIntyre Lecture…
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
Join the Phelan boys for a discussion about life journeys, renewable energy, finance & complexity, activism, ecological justice and guitars. How did engineering student Ollie arrive at his final year research project on offshore wind energy? Oliver is a Renewable Energy Engineering student at the University of Newcastle and the recipient of the 2023 Oceanex…
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
oin the Phelan boys for a discussion about life journeys, renewable energy, finance & complexity, activism, ecological justice and guitars.How did Engineering student Ollie arrive at his final year research project on offshore wind energy? Oliver is a Renewable Energy Engineering student at the University of Newcastle and the recipient of the 2023 Oceanex Energy…
ESP Science Posters Display
Want an easy way to share information about the projects you’ve been working on? National Science Week@ESP Poster Displays is the perfect opportunity to communicate your science in an engaging and efficient way. This is a call out for existing posters, and will provide help if you are creating something new: traditional printed posters ePosters…