National Science Week may be over for another year ?, but there are still lots of opportunities to get involved in science. Teachers, maybe you’re looking for some inspiration from National Science Week or want to include more STEM in your classrooms? Maybe your students have loved participating in National Science Week and are wondering…
Category: Schools
TAS: The Big Schools Guide to Science Week in Tasmania
Attention teachers, parents, and students: What’s on offer in Tassie for schools in 2020? LOTS! Check out our guide and get excited for #scienceweek! Welcome to National Science Week 2020 – online! This is a breakdown of online activity available for younger people in Tasmania, and across Australia, this August. Educators should visit the National…
SPECTRA Kit Recipient Schools
In place of the usual competitive financial grants selection process, all applicants to the 2020 school grants program have received an activity card-based system to use in National Science Week to support and encourage student engagement. Based on ASTA’s highly successful SPECTRA model (SPECTRA = Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities), cards have been…
Deep Blue Escape Room
Get students deep diving into Stile’s National Science Week Escape Room! Set in a submarine in the dark, cold waters near Antarctica, students are presented with a scenario where the submarine’s battery fails. They have 45 minutes to complete 10 challenges and crack the code to replace the battery and return to the ocean’s surface….
Street Science: Deep Blue
Join the Street Science team for spectacular shows as students are taken on a journey through the depths of our oceans as we explore the impacts of modern technology and scientific discoveries on our oceans. Presenters engage audiences by providing a greater understanding of ocean currents, pressure and density, ocean animals and the impact our…
The Big Watermelon Experiment: Physics, forces and flying fruit
How many rubber bands does it take to implode a watermelon? The Big Watermelon Experiment is a mass science experiment for school students, that seeks to find the answer to this not so pressing issue (unless you are a watermelon). Schools can register for free and will receive learning materials (videos and downloads) in the lead up…
The Marine Team! Perform Education virtual incursions
The Marine Team! celebrates the National Science Week schools’ theme, Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans and explores marine science and innovation to achieve long-term sustainability of our oceans. The educational theatre sketch comedy is full of scientific facts and is captured live-on-film with multi-cameras and in high definition – so everyone watches from the best seat…
Launch to the Future! National Tour
LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE! A STEM Story is an exciting, fact filled, science sketch comedy presentation that focuses on how space programs and lunar science propel us into the future using STEM! Celebrating National Science Week and the theme: Destination Moon: more missions, more science, Launch To The Future combines high energy improvisational comedy to entertain, inspire and educate audiences…
School grant recipients for 2019
Thank you to each and every one of the 460 Australian schools who applied for National Science Week school grants. It is fantastic to have such a huge interest in running activities in schools during National Science Week. Unfortunately, the National Science Week in schools team were unable to award all applications, nor could they…
Move It Day – for spinal cord awareness
Move It Day is a fun way for students to learn the importance of spinal movements through interactive and educational activities during National Science Week. All you need to do is choose a day, register and receive your free teacher resources. The teaching resources align with the National Curriculum and have been tailored to suit Prep…