Time For Tech – Science Week in Schools 2021

TIME FOR TECH! ​ STEM is the future for food. It’s never been more important to be knowledgeable on what  makes food technology tick, from sustainable agriculture to innovation to biosecurity.   Time for Tech explores how the more we know about food science and technology, the more we can solve problems in everyday life. Celebrating the National…

Time For Tech – Science Week in Schools 2021

TIME FOR TECH! ​ STEM is the future for food. It’s never been more important to be knowledgeable on what  makes food technology tick, from sustainable agriculture to innovation to biosecurity.   Time for Tech explores how the more we know about food science and technology, the more we can solve problems in everyday life. Celebrating the National…

Time For Tech – Science Week in Schools 2021

TIME FOR TECH! ​ STEM is the future for food. It’s never been more important to be knowledgeable on what  makes food technology tick, from sustainable agriculture to innovation to biosecurity.   Time for Tech explores how the more we know about food science and technology, the more we can solve problems in everyday life. Celebrating the National…

2021 Australian State of Science Index Results Revealed

Science and innovation company, 3M, is releasing the results of the State of Science Index, including Australian data for the first time. The State of Science Index explores global attitudes about science. It is a third-party, independent research study commissioned by 3M that has been conducted annually for the past four years. It seeks to…

Home Solar-Battery Case Study

Australia has one of the highest rates of uptake of domestic photo-voltaic systems in the world and now the option of battery storage is transforming the way people can manage their own energy needs.  Is a Home Solar-Battery system a good investment? This real life customer case study by David Howard from Clean Energy from…

Food Different by Design – Online class activity using Trello

Fast and easy activity for teachers to engage students of all ages in a STEM activity of approx. 45 minutes duration. Just download and copy the Trello template for all of the instructions. Students explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and various food-related projects. Adjust this template as you need. Encourage students to: add checklists…

Master Scientist

Master scientist is a scientific focus based on the importance of scientific method and relating the process of scientific method to that of following the method of a recipe by introducing the whole school to a variety of science and engineering tasks based on the concept of kitchen physics. Each year group will compete with…

Newton Moore Senior High School Community STEM Fair

The Newton Moore Senior High School Community STEM Fair is held annually on a day during National Science Week.  The Fair attracts interested people as well as parents and teachers from other schools as well as primary students. It also invites community groups like members of Dolphin Discovery, Rotary, Edith Cowan University, City of Bunbury,…

Significant Figures

Can you work out who the mystery scientist is and what they researches in their lab? That is the challenge for panellists on a live recording of science communicator Tom Gordon and his popular STEMpunk podcast. It all looks a lot more like a game or variety show than a science panel, as we try…