More than 225 000 seafloor photos have been studied by citizen scientists so far. There are now less than 4 days to go! Citizen scientists have until midday this Monday 2 September to study more kelp photos. The sea urchin photos have now all been done. New participants can join now at www.exploretheseafloor.net.au The response to…
Month: August 2013
Schools event survey (and prizes)
We’d really like to get a snapshot of what Australian schools did to celebrate National Science Week this year. If your school organised or participated in any activities or events during National Science Week we’d really appreciate it if you could fill out this brief survey – it will only take a few minutes of your time. If…
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 it to science month really…) Just over the weekend, participants enjoyed the science of seafood at QVMAG, heard about life on the…
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 involved, and enjoy. This National Science Week saw 396 events happen around Queensland, contributing to over 1800 events across Australia. We had the…
Science Poem of the Day: 18 August
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths and chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Tricia Dearborn Making Pipettes Rolling the hollow rod above the bunsen, blue flame glowing orange where fire embraces glass, turning it in the fingertips watching for something almost ineffable, the particular shine that denotes…
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 twelve performed mouldy bread and yeast-making experiments, played a soils role-play card game, searched their school grounds for lichen species and put all their research and…
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 Australia I see how science has been with us from day dot. Innovation often comes from necessity, and when the needs of our pioneering ancestors…
Science Poem of the Day: 17 August
Today’s poem is from Holding Patterns: physics and engineering poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Erica Jolly Sculpture at Questacon It looks like magic – children are turning a great stone sphere this way and that smoothly, easily. Girls and boys are moving this sunlit glistening ball floating above its…
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 have received National Science Week school grants in 2013. More than 190 schools around the country have received grants from the Australian Science Teachers Association to conduct fantastic…
Science Poem of the Day: 16 August
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union for National Science Week 2010. Margaret Owen Ruckert chocolate caramel squares when maths teachers find the answer to becoming interesting, they will follow their instincts instead of Pythagoras nose across to the Technically Food Department and elect a committee…