McDougall Park’s students will benefit from an understanding of how weather affects plant growth and that this effect is different for different plant species. We already have an outdoor garden bed that we use to grow various plants, but a greenhouse is required to be able to directly compare warmer/more humid conditions to ambient conditions…
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The SCOTS PGC Science Sculpture Festival
Our Junior School students will be tasked with creating a class sculpture with the tangible waste that is created through the delivery of food from our Dining Hall. As a day and boarding school The SCOTS PGC College feeds all students morning tea and lunch everyday. In the Junior School, this process can produce a…
An Introduction to Observing the Night Sky
This event is now fully booked. Astrophysicist, Dr Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez from Macquarie University, presents an illustrated talk on observing the night sky. Dr Lopez-Sanchez is an Australian/Spanish astrophysicist and science communicator working at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Macquarie University. In 2011 he joined the Australian Astronomical Observatory.
Aspendale Gardens Primary School Science Week – Whole School Provocation
The entire school will participate in a provocation about how we will build our future buildings/cities. They will investigate concepts such as sustainability, renewable resources, design and function. Students will be prompted to think about how we will build our future buildings and what buildings we may need in the future. At each year level,…
STEM 10! Innovation for the Future
This year for STEM 10! we will be looking at Innovation in Industry. Roseworth Primary School will host our STEM 10! with class run activities called Innovation Stations. These Innovation Stations will incorporate Mission Impossibles and Innovation Projects. These activities will encourage students to take risks, reflect and innovate. Each collaborative group is to organise…
Darwin Middle School Future Innovators Event
Innovations and Inventions Competition What is an invention? Inventions are original applications of technology which solve a problem. The scope for inventions is limited only by your imagination. You are asked to apply your knowledge of science to make an invention. Your invention may be a new device, method or process that has not existed…
Birds of a Feather
This activity will combine elements of aerodynamics and natural history to illustrate: how birds fly (physics, aerodynamics, vectors); how different birds fly in different ways and why they do so (biology); and how different birds have adapted different types of feathers in order to enable them to fly in different ways (biology.) An introductory classroom…
Energy: Wham! Bam! Boom!
This event will look at simple ways of making things move through kinetic energy. Children will move through four stations where they will get the opportunity to make a hovercraft, Lego car with sail, catapults and rubber band powered cars using everyday items from around the home. There will be a discussion about kinetic energy…
Science Alive!
Science Alive! was launched in 2006 by the SA Coordinating Committee of National Science Week as a single day event in a modest 2,400 m2 space. Over 16 years it has grown into a suite of 3 separate events held over 3 days in over 16,000 m2 at the Adelaide Showground. It is held in…
Brain Break – St John’s Greek Orthodox College
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.