Engage your students in the 2020 Paper Plane Challenge during National Science Week. Stretch their technological imagination and explore material and physical world concepts in this fun interactive activity. Some Ground Rules before Take Off Paper planes must be made in front of a supervising adult witness using regular A4 or Quarto paper (80GSM or 90GSM)….
Topic: Environment and Nature
Around YOUR World in Eight Days | A STEAMpunk Exploration
Imagine a mini version of Jules Verne’s “Around the world in eighty days”. You have eight days to explore the world around you. Don’t worry about time or space. Verne’s novels are often called the earliest versions of STEAMpunk literature. They imagine different pasts and futures than the ones we have experienced. They contain a spirit…
Report Launch | Australia’s Deep Tech Opportunity — Insights from the Cicada Innovations Journey
As Cicada Innovations turns 20, we are very excited to share a landmark piece of research with you: Australia’s Deep Tech Opportunity — Insights from the Cicada Innovations Journey, prepared by AlphaBeta. As Australia’s first deep tech incubator, we’ve spent the last 20 years supporting some of the country’s brightest minds to create hundreds of millions of…
Ocean In A Jar
Have you ever wondered about life below the watery waves? About the animals that call the different layers of the ocean home? Well, wonder no more. Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez (melissacristinamarquez.com) will teach you and your little ones about the different ocean zones and the sharks that live in these different layers by guiding…
Space Canvas Satellite Selfie – Bakewell Primary School
During National Science Week, a MAXAR high-resolution satellite will be taking images of the NT. This satellite will be passing over Bakewell. Bakewell Primary School will be joining this giant space art event over the Northern Territory. On 17 August, the NT will become a big canvas that can be seen from space.
Satellite Selfie Webinar – NT
Please join us during National Science Week for a special panel to complement the Northern Territory’s Satellite Selfie. Satellites play a number of important roles in our everyday life, from farming, GPS, and telecommunications, to astronomy and natural disaster planning and recovery. Moderated by Dr Brad Tucker, our four panellists will discuss their own varied work…
National Science Week Story Time
A special science themed story time on Thursday 20 August, at the South Hedland Library for children aged 2-5 years. Science related story books will be read outdoors. There will be a book display based on science. Microscopes, magnify glasses, bug catches. Sensory toys will be available to play and explore the outdoor space. Children…
Queer in STEMM
Out for Australia in collaboration with Queers in Science invites you to experience “Queer in STEMM” a free virtual event. In this upcoming event, we are focusing on the experiences of being LGBTQIA+ in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) fields. Join us for a ‘data blitz’ and listen to the personal career…
Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt
Bush Blitz is Australia’s largest species discovery program. Since Bush Blitz started taking taxonomists on expeditions in 2010, the program has discovered more than 1700 new species across Australia. Now all Australians can get involved through the Backyard Species Discovery citizen science expedition. As part of Sydney Science Trail, Bush Blitz is running a Scavenger…
What Does a Cockatoo Do?
Natalie from the Kyabram Branch, Campaspe Regional Library has partnered with the Education team at the Kyabram Fauna Park and local author Leigh Ritchie who wrote What does a cockatoo do? to present three separate segments throughout the week that will be broadcast on the library Facebook page. The aim of the program is for children to enjoy learning about what…