To celebrate National Science Week, a lunchtime science fair will be held in the Treendale Primary School library. The fair’s focus will be the entries of students from Years 1 – 6: Students from Year 1 to 2 will create a science poster around a topic or theme of their choice. Students from Years 3…
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Cav Road STEAM Fest
The Cav Road STEAM Fest is our annual STEAM celebration during National Science Week. The Cavendish Road STEAM Leaders are hosting a range of lunchtime STEAM activities including constructing wind turbines, solar powered cars and bionic hands. Consistent with the theme of Science Week, our activities feature innovative technologies and the use of renewable energy…
What’s the Buzz
In the Mylor Primary School Library, a dynamic presentation on electrical safety takes centre stage. The students have embarked on a journey to explore the fascinating world of electricity. This captivating classroom event aims to educate, inspire, and raise awareness about electrical safety and its multifaceted role in our lives. Each student showcases their artistic…
Engaging with STEM on the West Coast
Community hands-on learning opportunities in Zeehan, and Strahan over two days. Experience citizen science using iNaturalist; Create a Rube Goldberg machine using loose parts; Engage with energy generation and uses; and Use the design thinking process to solve a problem. The sessions will begin during school hours for students and remain open for the communities…
Powering Forward
Powering Forward involves a STEM-based morning of science activities that demonstrate different powering innovations. Powering Forward will take kindergarten students through 5 different hands-on and engaging science experiments, with stations set up throughout the kindergarten grounds and classroom. Each activity is different from the last taking advantage of the full science curriculum and encompassing activities…
Deniliquin High Loves Science
A range of activities throughout National Science Week to promote and enhance students and staffs engagement with science. We will be holding a Brain Break and morning tea, doing liquid nitrogen and dry ice demonstrations, screening the SCINEMA science film festival, exploring uses of AI in our community and using drones.
St John the Evangelist Science Spectacular
The week will include a rotation of engaging, hands-on science experiments at stations set up in our school hall, and activities and demonstrations from all areas of the science curriculum to develop a passion for science in everyday life. These activities will involve and develop problem solving and prediction skills and a sense of curiosity about…
Davidson High School Science Fair
This will be our first science fair with the aim of hosting the same event each year. This event presents a chance for our students to showcase and celebrate the excellent Science work students have done this year. Students from year 7 to Year 10 present their depth study, models and innovations for judging by…
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is an escape room designed around each of the four science topics taught in our senior secondary school (Year 11-12) and run for 1 week, with 1 hour time slots to escape our STEaM room. In keeping with the theme of innovation, student participants need to solve the puzzles within 40 minutes…
LIFT OFF! – Wallsend Library
Kick off National Science Week with a bang! We are holding LIFT OFF! at Wallsend Library on Sunday 13 August from 11am – 2.30pm, and it’s free for everyone. Science Shows Start the day with one of two incredible Balloons and Bubbles science shows from the University of Newcastle SMART team (11am or 12.30pm). Suitable for all ages. Book…