We have lift off! National Science Week 2021 was officially launched this morning by the Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, during a virtual launch event hosted by Science & Technology Australia and Questacon. After an inspiring welcome to country from Ngunnawal-Ngambri custodian Paul House and introduction from Questacon Director Professor Graham Durant, viewers were then given a sneak…
Month: August 2021
Hoot Detective
Can you hear a hoot? Join ABC Science’s citizen science project for National Science Week in 2021 and help find native owls from home! Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and some of Australia’s talented researchers to create a national project that everyone around Australia, wherever their location, can participate in. This year’s…
Australian Agrifood Science Portal for Teachers
Are you looking for Agrifood Science Resources this National Science Week? The Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) and our partners have launched the Australian Agrifood Science Portal to coincide with the commencement of National Science Week and celebrating this year’s theme, Food: Different by Design. The Portal has been designed to support school science educators…
Seeing Things Differently: The science behind X-ray imaging
Join in a behind the scenes tour of Micro-X’s production facility, where we develop and produce next generation X-ray imaging equipment incorporating innovative design and carbon nanotube technology. Free photography workshops, presented by Digido Studios, and other science related art and craft activities are also available. Activities include: Science and Craft Admission Micro-X Facility Tour…
Make It Grain Competition
Get ready to Make it Grain in the month of August for the chance to win big! Calling all junior scientists, schools and home brewing enthusiasts: in celebration of National Science Week, Street Science has teamed up with food technology innovators Earlee Products to challenge you to make the heaviest batch of water kefir by…
Governor General’s Science Week Design Challenge – Activities
Questacon in conjunction with the Office of the Governor General are excited to present the 2021 Governor General’s Design Challenge. This live one hour virtual workshop is set to be a valuable experience for upper primary students to use design thinking in a hands-on and highly interactive way for deeper learning about science, technology, engineering…