Presenting in Australia for the first time for Sydney Science Festival, acclaimed ocean scientist Dr Nicole Yamase, shares her childhood experiences in Micronesia and her lifelong dedication to ocean conservation. Dr Yamase is a community builder, leading the Madau Project which empowers Micronesian youth to re-connect with the navigational heritage that enabled their ancestors to…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Educator Led Tour: Atmospheric Memory and the weather
In this educator-led visit to Atmospheric Memory learners will explore Babbage’s visionary ideas of computing, data and memory, and examine some of the instruments that have been used to record atmospheric memories at Sydney Observatory since 1858. Moving through the exhibition they will encounter Lozano-Hemmer’s realisation of Babbage’s captured memories in Atmosphonia where 3,000 speakers…
Birdlife WA: Walk @ Lake Joondalup Reserve
An educational and interactive walk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. Yellagonga Regional Park is a nature reserve dominated by a wetland system including Lake Joondalup. The diversity of habitat within the park caters for a variety of waterbirds, bushbirds and…
Birdlife WA: Talk Bird I.D. @ Wanneroo Library
An educational and interactive talk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. Brendan from Birdlife Australia will deliver a talk about all things birds. You will be surprised what you will learn about these fascinating creatures. Find out about their names, diet,…
Birdlife WA: Talk Bird I.D. @ Yanchep/Two Rocks Library
An educational and interactive talk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. Brendan from Birdlife Australia will deliver a talk about all things birds. You will be surprised what you will learn about these fascinating creatures. Find out about their names, diet,…
Up Close with Birds of Prey @ Wanneroo Library
What a plume-filled treat! An educational and interactive talk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. WA Birds of Prey will showcase 5 of their majestic feathered creatures in an interactive presentation. There will be owls, a falcon, and a wedge-tailed eagle….
Kaarakin Black Cockatoos @ Clarkson Library
An educational and interactive talk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Conservation Centre is the only centre dedicated purely to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of the three threatened and endemic species of black cockatoos that inhabit southwest…
Discovering What Lives in Freshwater Places
Indigenous Rangers from the Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation (ASRAC) will be joined by freshwater ecologists, to help school students learn about life in their local freshwater systems, and how macroinvertebrates can be studied to understand health of these ecosystems. The ASRAC Rangers will take school-aged kids to the local freshwater wetland to collect samples,…
Koala Citizen Science Training Day in the Hawkesbury
The Sydney Basin Koala Network has been established by the Total Environment Centre and WIRES to create a collaborative and supportive network for koala advocates across the region. Our overarching aim is to protect and expand connected, thriving Koala core habitats and corridors across the Sydney Basin. Whether you live in the Hawkesbury or elsewhere,…
Gascoyne Rocks
Spend an evening learning about all things rocks in the Upper Gascoyne. First spend time as a geologist uncovering the secrets of the wide range of rocks that have formed the land on which we stand in the Upper Gascoyne. From gems to ancient sea fossils, there is much to uncover about Gascoyne Rocks. Then…