In National Science Week we will offer hands-on opportunities to make, create, innovate and research. A variety of transport kits, electronic kits, solar and air powered kits will be available to work individually or in small groups. Students will access augmented reality transport through iPads, design with Lego, drawing or loose parts play and build…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Remediate! for Orange High Schools
Do you want to learn how synthetic biology can remediate plastic from the environment? How you can add superpowers to a microbe to gobble up polluting plastic? And find out about the new industries synthetic biology is creating right now in your region. Come along and play a speed version of our card game Remediate! Equip your microbe character…
Footy Oval Astronomy
Join the Mount Burnett Observatory team as they take over a footy oval for a night of astronomy. View the night sky through our telescopes which will be trained on various objects in the night sky – Saturn, Mars, Mercury and the Moon should be visible. Learn how telescopes work and how to use one….
Meringandan State School’s From Farm to Fork Expo
During the Farm to Fork Expo students and families will participate in a range of activities to support their understanding of healthy eating including where their food comes from and sustainable practices to reduce organic waste. The expo aligns student learning with the development our vegetable garden and the inclusion of Indigenous plants as food…
Living and Learning the Biosphere – East Biosphere
The Fitzgerald Biosphere (FB) is internationally and nationally recognised for its high biodiversity richness, species endemism and high level of threats, as it is part of the international Southwest Biodiversity Hotspot. An extensive renomination process from 2010 – 2017 saw a rezoning of the FB to adhere to United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Living and Learning the Biosphere – West Biosphere
The Fitzgerald Biosphere (FB) is internationally and nationally recognised for its high biodiversity richness, species endemism and high level of threats, as it is part of the international Southwest Biodiversity Hotspot. An extensive renomination process from 2010 – 2017 saw a rezoning of the FB to adhere to United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Valley View Secondary School Science Week Extravaganza
Valley View Secondary School is proud to be hosting a National Science Week Extravaganza. The week will feature lunchtime science and STEM activities open to all students, A guest speaker from with the science area (speaker to be confirmed), The daily Brain Break quiz competition and a science showcase featuring student made models linked to…
Melba Copland Secondary School Wetlands Survey
Melba Copland Secondary School is located across two campuses (Campus One 7 – 9 and Campus Two 10 – 12) in the West Belconnen water catchment area. Between the two campuses lies a new wetlands area (completed in 2019) that will remove over 49,000 kilograms of nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended sediment every year from urban…
Prescott College Southern Science Fair
Prescott College Southern will be celebrating National Science Week through a number of activities focusing on Innovation: Powering Future Industries. A fair in the hall next to the school will highlight a number of STEM projects. Projects will be completed by students from both the Primary and Secondary School. The fair will be open for…
Oakbank School Science Day
At the Oakbank School Science Day students will participate in a variety of activities centered around the National Science Week theme of Innovation: Powering future industries. Students will participate in activities with high school students as well as across the primary years. Activities will include those with a STEM focus and incorporate science theory while…