Our Year 6 students will facilitate a session for other students which helps them build solar powered cars using kits prepared for the synergy solar car challenge.
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Professor Bunsen presented by NG Libraries
Professor Bunsen, educator and scientist, will put on two shows on Friday 25 August as part of Northern Grampians Libraries’ Science Week celebrations. Times are: 9.30-10.30am at the Stawell Library; and 1.30-2.30pm at the St Arnaud Town Hall. The event is suitable for Grades 1-6 and will be open for the general public as well…
Hillcrest PS Future Focused Festival
A showcase of the STEM inquiry project work being explored in Year 1 to 6 STEM, Sustainability and Media Arts specialist classes and in classrooms. This all-day exhibition will enable students to learn about exciting projects occurring throughout the school, and is opening up to parents and the school community in the afternoon. Examples of…
MicroART: Science and art collide
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is proud to present MicroART 2023, an exhibition of images captured by our cancer researchers on powerful microscopes. Using stains, images are lit up in vibrant colour to help researchers identify certain structures within cells – resulting in images that look like works of art. Come along to Peter Mac (Level 7…
Explore Science in the Museum: A free participatory workshop on science and cultural heritage
Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum to explore the world of colours in art, various types of film & plastics, liquids in museums and plants. Scientists from Sydney Analytical and the School of Physics from the University of Sydney will be showing live demonstrations of scientific equipment and how different techniques can provide…
Science Together for the 20th anniversary of the Reef Guardian Program
A regional convention for National Science Week, Science Together for the 20th anniversary of the Reef Guardian Program at the Bundaberg Multiplex. Teachers, stall holders and the community will: further develop their science knowledge learn about conservation and protection of the Great Barrier Reef through special guest speakers engage in hands-on activities designed to inspire…
Megafauna at Yulara School
Two staff members (Drs Adam Yates and Sam Arman) will present at Yulara school on the morning of 16 August on the topic of megafauna and the science of uncovering the ancient past. Two sessions will be held, the first from 8.40 – 9.20AM for secondary learners, and 9.30 – 10.30 AM for primary school….
Big Science Fun Show at Frankston Library
We are celebrating National Science Week at the library with Fizzics Educations, bringing their Big Science Fun Show to Frankston. In this National Science Week event, presented with the support of the Inspiring Victoria program, you’ll see gigantic bubbles, flying toilet paper, hair-raising electricity experiments, levitating beach balls, volunteers on a nail chair, a giant…
Water You Waiting For? Let’s have a beer
This event carries on from the At Yeast There’ll be Beer, What’s the Malternative and In Pursuit of Hoppiness presentations from the past three years. This will follow the same format with a one hour talk followed by a beer tasting to illustrate the concepts covered in the talk and general conversation. This talk will…
Water you waiting for? Lets have a beer!
This event carries on from the “At yeast there’ll be beer”, “What’s the malternative” and “in pursuit of hoppiness” presentations from the past three years. This will follow the same format with a one hour talk followed by a beer tasting to illustrate the concepts covered in the talk and general conversation. This talk will…