The Australian Space Agency’s Katherine Bennell-Pegg is the first person to be trained as an astronaut under the Australian Flag. Join in online as Katherine beams in from Germany where she is currently training with the European Space Agency. Hear about a day in the life of an astronaut-in-training, Katherine’s career journey and her advice…
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Casino West Public School Science Fair
The Casino West Public School Science Fair will take place for all students, staff and the wider community. The Science Club will be responsible for hands-on live science experiments. There will be a range of static science displays and a robot competition (with robots made from recycled materials) with prizes. Each class will be able…
Science for the Future
Gleneagles Secondary College will be honoring National Science Week by allowing students to engage in a range of exciting science and STEM based activities. The Science for the Future program will give students the opportunity to choose from 5 different activities. The biology themed session will allow students to build soft robots that are inspired…
Brain Break – PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
g4g DAY @ Canberra
This signature one day event demonstrates the link between science, technology, engineering & mathematics (STEM) to everything around us in a fun & interactive way. We invite 100-150 girls aged 10-17 to come and join the fun and be inspired by hands-on workshops led by role-model professionals in STEM. The day consists of 45-minute workshops with 15-20 girls per workshop, and each…
Young Tassie Scientists at Natone Primary School
This year’s Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania scientists who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools and communities during National Science Week. Some of the Young Tassie Scientists on the NorthWest roadtrip are: Eloise Bennett, marine biologist Gongbu Pan, neuroscientist Rhiannon Terry, chemist Marlvin Anemey Tewara,…
Young Tassie Scientists at Latrobe High School
This year’s Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania scientists who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools and communities during National Science Week. Some of the Young Tassie Scientists on the NorthWest roadtrip are: Himashu Saraswat, medical geneticist Ash Russell, neuroscientist Paula Andrea Ruiz, marine biologist Malachi…
Innovation: Powering Future Industries a National Science Week deep dive
Our planned activities will focus on how innovation is transforming the landscape of industries worldwide. In today’s rapidly changing world, it’s more important than ever to stay ahead of the curve and leverage the latest technology and trends to drive growth and success. Our focus is to run activities and experiments which focus on innovation…
Grandis Primary School STEAM Breaks
All through National Science Week during recess and lunch breaks the whole school will be involved in science inquiry based activities themed by the letters of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). This will complement our science education lessons looking at this years theme of Innovation: Powering Future Industries in a range of hands…
Programming A Bots
This activity is an introduction to robots and programming for young children. With an intuitive interface, these engaging robots will have learners excited about simple sequencing and directional language. The children will work in pairs or threes to learn how to move the robots forward, backward and side-to-side, as well as build an impressive robot track.