Join us in National Science Week to explore the story of the white cockatoo – we see them all across Canberra. Learn about how they communicate, eat, fly and make families, all explored through movement and music. Liz Lea is an award winning Canberra based choreographer fascinated by birds and all things feathery. Join us…
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Make it Grain
Lets get ready to Make it Grain in the month of August for the chance to win big. Calling all junior scientists, schools and home brewing enthusiasts: in celebration of National Science Week, Street Science has teamed up with fabulous food technology innovators Earlee Products to challenge you to make the heaviest batch of water…
The Science of Flavour
Join us for a National Science Week event at Ancient World exploring themes of native foods, future foods and food security. About this event Joining us at Ancient World for this National Science Week event will be: Mark Koolmatrie of the Ngarrindjeri Nation Steph Daughtry & Hannah Rohrlach (Creative Directors of Post Dining) Professor Wendy…
Cockatoo Calling – Story Time take over: Tuggeranong
Join us in National Science Week to explore the story of the white cockatoo – we see them all across Canberra. Learn about how they communicate, eat, fly and make families, all explored through movement and music. Liz Lea is an award winning Canberra based choreographer fascinated by birds and all things feathery. Join us…
SciVR – Darwin
Please note: this activity involves participation at home. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this…
Aquaponics
Aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture, which is growing fish and other aquatic animals, and hydroponics which is growing plants without soil. Aquaponics uses these two in a symbiotic combination in which plants are fed the aquatic animals’ discharge or waste. In return, the vegetables clean the water that goes back to the fish. Along…
Bendy Bones
Drink plenty of milk for strong bones parents normally told their child(ren). Calcium makes for strong bones. Did you know our maximum calcium absorption occurs roughly around the age of 25? From there, it gradually weakens resulting in our elderly individuals having fragile frames. Anyone watched the movie Fantastic 4 or The Incredibles. The stretchy…
Bouncy Egg
Eggs are fragile especially when dropped. Ever drop an egg and it cracks upon impact? Interestingly enough, eggs can bounce (at certain heights). How can they bounce when they have a hard shell? Simply by removing their shells.
Catapult Into my Mouth
Anyone thought about projectiles and how things are launched? Have you been told that throwing food was frowned upon? Now you have an excuse to do it. The physics of catapults (such as Newton’s Laws of Motion and Energy conservation) will be explained in this event. You may be able to even calculate the energy…
Fudge My Senses
How my influences do our sense contribute to our sense of taste? Ever been told to eat a certain food but you have already determined it is disgusting based on its smell? The sense of smell contributes to a high percentage of our taste, hence when we are sick and have to take medicine, we…