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ACT seed grant recipients for National Science Week 2014
The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the following individuals and organisations have been successful in securing seed grants to stage events in and around ...
2013 Brain Break Tasmania Photo Competition Winner
This year, Tasmania had over 30 Brain Break morning teas registered across the state. We offered a $100 ABC Shop voucher to the morning tea that best exhibited what a Brain Break hopes to ...
Thank you to all event holders – now it’s your turn to win!
Thanks to all your hard work, it has been a fantastic National Science Week! Hundreds of people are involved in events around the state with activities still taking place. (We should just change ...
Thanks for a great National Science Week in Queensland
National Science Week is over for another year, but fantastic science events will continue to take place around the country. There’s so much science around us every day; look for it, get ...
Fungi Fanatics Reap Rewards
Experiments and activities based on "food, farming and fungi" kept thousands of school students in the DAFF Hermitage Schools Plant Science Competition busy this year. Students from years prep to ...
Necessity brings innovation in the bush
We often think of science in modern terms. Space, research, computers – things that we see changing our lives from concept into reality. In my travels creating historical documentaries around ...
School grant winners involve their communities in National Science Week
Clover Hill State School, Queensland Academy for Health Sciences, Southport Special School, Pimpama State Secondary College and Marsden State High School are among 22 Queensland schools which ...
Street Science: Taking Science Education out of the Classroom
Hi, my name’s Steve and I’m a scientist! Most kids call me Science Steve... That’s how I start my science lessons these days. Things are a bit different now to how I taught in the past. Let me ...
School grant winners get creative with science
Beerwah State School, North Lakes College, Fraser Coast Anglican College and Urangan State High School are among 22 Queensland schools which have received National Science Week school grants in ...
Entertained and Enlightened by the Giants (of Medicine)
Last Wednesday, 7 August, saw a great number of us battling the horrendous Melbourne rain and winds to reach the sold out Wheeler Centre. Drawing everyone in was the prospect of listening to ...