STEMician will hold a workshop for Foundation to Year 4 students as an inclusive day long weekend program designed to help young children grow interest and build confidence in the world of STEM. We aim to help propel young children of regional community into STEM by introducing them to a range of interactive and fun…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Science Day at Charthouse Primary School
On Science Friday, groups of Year 5 and 6 students will set up a presentation table, and present their investigations to all the students in the school and to their parents. Students are encouraged to present their findings in an interesting way, which may involve hands-on investigations, presentations and demonstrations, including virtual demonstrations. This is an opportunity for…
Prehistoric Picnic
It’s been a while – 65 million years, actually – since the land echoed with the footsteps of dinosaurs. Now, thanks to Erth, Sydney’s world-famous dinorecreationists, these majestic creatures will once again walk amongst us. The picturesque lawns of the Museum and Art Gallery of NT are the perfect picnic ground for a prehistoric pack…
Glass from Nature
The Gardens presents an exhibition and display of natural forms of glass, curated by lapidarist and Gardens volunteer, Gillian Stewart. Although most people think of glass as being an artificially made material, it is also found the natural world. Meteorite impacts melt silica in Earth’s crust that rains down as glassy pebbles called tektites. Lava,…
Measuring the Viking Clap and #FootyQuake Raiders v’s Dragons, GIO Stadium, Bruce ACT 14th of August, 2022
Hi Larisa, This event is already in the website. Cheers, Geoff Geoff Crane Manager, National Science Week We know Canberra Raiders fans are passionate, but are they loud enough to cause a footy quake? On Sunday the 14th of August ANU Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) researchers will be testing that theory, by…
Sea Country Stories – Launch Event
Join us at the South Australia Maritime Museum for the launch of the first ever Sea Country Stories from Ngarrindjeri Country on the lower Murray River and Coorong. An immersive experience of being on Yarlawa Ruwi, Sea Country with cultural icon and Ngarrindjeri elder Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner as he demonstrates how to make the kaiki, the freshwater reed spears, harvested…
Launch of National Science Week 2022 – Celebrating First Nations Sciences of the Land
National Science Week is Australia’s annual national celebration of science and technology. It’s a chance for all Australians to meet our scientists, do science, and celebrate its crucial role in Australia’s society and economy. Each year, a vast array of events run across the nation to give more Australians the chance to get involved in…
Crazy Kaleidoscope Craft
In this hands-on craft class will will make crazy patterns with hand-made kaleidoscopes. Using beads and found natural objects, children will construct and decorate their own kaleidoscopes and learn how reflection and light work.
Bottlenecked: Recycling bottles into local roads
Fiona Schreures, Resource Recovery Projects Coordinator from Shoalhaven City Council had a dilemma. What do you do with a 10,000 tonne mountain of stockpiled, dirty contaminated glass waste (fines) that no none wants to recycle and you don’t want to landfill? Wash it of course! Shoalhaven City Council developed a solution to clean and recycle…
Glass Houses: Turning glass into concretre
Professor Tim McCarthy, Director of the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at the University of Wollongong, is passionate about Sustainable Engineering and Engineering Education. Tim will share how his research and practice expands the sustainable future of construction by finding ways to use waste glass as a productive ingredient in building materials such as lightweight concrete.