If you have access to a 3D printer you can print your own 3D coral model. Download your own 3D coral printing plans courtesy of Central Coast (Ourimbah) Library MAKERSPACE; the School of Environment & Life Sciences at The University of Newcastle and the NOAA Coral Reef Restoration Program. With thanks to grant funding from…
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Behind the Scenes Tour: Explore MAGNT’s Wet Store
Join Senior Collections Manager, Natural Sciences, Gavin Dally as he shares the stories behind the amazing variety of specimens and how they support scientific research and wildlife conservation. Explore the MAGNT Wet Store and peer into jars of preserved animal specimens held as part of MAGNT’s Scientific Reference Collection. You might even catch a rare…
Curator Talk: The changing nature of the NT
The Australian Miocence epoch saw Bullockornis planei, the giant flightless goose and other megafauna, roaming the forests of the Top End 22 to 5 million years ago. So much has changed since then; the climate and the landscape, as well as the flora and fauna that inhabit it. Explore fossils with Dr Richard Willan and…
Climate Action: How to take effective action on climate change
How can we as individuals take effective action to reduce our carbon emissions? Most of us accept the science of climate change but it can be difficult to know how to best take action on it. This panel discussion will explore the opportunities and obstacles for reducing carbon emissions, with a goal of finding concrete…
National Science Week Launch + Science Saving Lives
Join us as we officially launch National Science Week and the special ‘Science Saving Lives’ forum. Following the official launch of Science Week, stay online for a very special event that will take you behind the scenes of Australia’s COVID response. Our expert panel will reveal how maths and science expertise has helped to save…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Canberra)
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 Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. They share research using Australian facilities, like the CSIRO Parkes telescope, to reveal more about the nature of these extreme…
Robots in the Making
The Student Robotics Club of South Australia (the RoboRoos) celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2020, and we are about to kick off two new competition seasons, FIRST Lego League (FLL) and FIRST Tech Challenge. From our NEW Build Site, The Shed at Adelaide Showgrounds we will livestream our students in action as they workshop the…
Making For All
To boost the participation of our disability community during National Science Week, Making for All: Reaching people with disabilities will feature among more than 1000 events across the country. We’ll send 550 or so circuit-making kits to disability organisations around Victoria. The kits have been designed for young adults with sensory, significant motor or cognitive disabilities so…
Choosing Maths subjects for Years 11 and 12
Hear from RMIT students and industry professionals who have studied: VCE Further Mathematics VCE Mathematical Methods VCE Specialist Mathematics Discover how they chose their subjects, what the subjects were like, how they use their skills now in their work and studies, and some top tips they wish they’d known in Year 10. There will also…
Choosing Science Subjects for Years 11 & 12
Hear from RMIT students and industry professionals who have studied: VCE Biology VCE Chemistry VCE Physics Discover how they chose their subjects, what the subjects were like, how they use their skills now in their work and studies, and some top tips they wish they’d known in Year 10. There will also be the chance…