Campbelltown Library Bug Week

The Campbelltown Library is celebrating Bug Week! Get up close with these wonderful little creatures throughout National Science Week. There will be drop-in activities and craft to pick up, live insect displays, documentary screenings, and learning activities such as cooking, painting, VR and more. Design a bug in 3D using TinkerCAD or meet an entomologist…

Big Day of Science

The Big Day of Science will bring together QVMAG and scientists from across Northern Tasmania as we showcase science happening all around us. This event includes hands-on displays by QVMAG highlighting interesting objects from our collection viewed through microscopes and magnifiers. Science activities around the 2022 theme of glass will include: Exploring with prisms Do…

Nature Detectives: Go Wild with Science

An interactive science-based nature play event for families with young explorers aged 2-5 years. This event is all about getting families outside at McMinns Lagoon Recreation Reserve to stop, look and learn more about the natural environment. The session will focus on an introduction to early years science concepts such as; push and pull forces,…

Urrbrae Wetland Open Day

The Urrbrae Wetland is inviting families, individuals and small groups to attend and experience some of the scientific aspects of this urban, artificial wetland. The day will showcase a series of interactive workshops hosted by Urrbrae Students focused on the natural environment and sustainability including fish, turtles, reptiles, invertebrates, plants, human impacts and Indigenous perspectives….

Rescue to Release Workshop

At this workshop you will learn all about what’s involved in a rescue, the rehabilitation process, and the eventual release of a Tasmanian raptor. You’ll have an opportunity to check out the fascinating displays in our Education Centre and explore the grounds and our many aviaries where you’ll get to see our resident eagles, hawks,…

Queechy High School Street Science Festival

A festival of street science with outdoor and indoor activities and roving demonstrations at lunchtimes. The aim is to get students switched on to science by exploring activities centred around the theme of “Glass”. Activities will include investigating how brittle glass is and how can we make objects as brittle by using liquid nitrogen, comparing…

Looking Through Glass

Corowa Public School’s National Science Week activities will have students exploring our school environment with magnifying glasses and kaleidoscopes. Our Looking Through Glass Science Day will be held on Tuesday 16 August involving 210 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Students will be engaged in STEM activities making their own kaleidoscopes and hands-on investigations using…

Aboriginal Rangers STEM & Cultural Restoration

Indigenous Rangers in Esperance, WA will present their scientific, research, and culturally sensitive conservation activities. The Rangers will present a mix of authentic video, live talking, and opportunities for students to ask questions for 20-30 mins. Rangers will discuss the ‘How, What, Why’ of scientific inquiry and demonstrate: Data collection and analysis Conservation strategies, What…