Students from Gresford Public School and Dungog High School in the Hunter Valley will set up ‘shop fronts’ in the main street of Dungog demonstrating a wide range of experiments and techniques to visiting students from surrounding schools and members of the general public. Students will showcase their learning in robotics technology, electrical circuits, plant…
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School Grant winners
Congratulations to all of the schools in each state and territory who have received school grants for great activities within their schools during National Science Week. Australian Capital Territory Alfred Deakin High School Canberra Montessori School Covenant College Curtin Primary School Garran Primary School Marist College St Mary Mackillop College St Thomas More’s Primary School…
Sound Check Australia
The National Noise and Hearing Test How’s your hearing? How much noise have you been exposed to? Researchers from the National Acoustic Laboratories want to find out how much time Australians spend in loud social environments. But that’s not all – they want to find out about your hearing health, your noise habits and just…
The Sun – Powering Our Planet
Have you ever thought about: the importance of the Sun in our everyday lives? whether you should invest in solar panels – could they reduce years off your mortgage? energy savings? Find out the answers to these questions and more on Sunday 12 August 2012 at an exciting FREE family fun event hosted by Gravity…
WIPEOUT! a scientific musical
In the year 2050 life across the planet has changed. On the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest stars and scientists have gathered for one massive fundraising concert WIPEOUT! to bring about a major shift in awareness across the globe. WIPEOUT! celebrates the 2012 schools theme Energy Evolution and takes kids on an hilarious, interactive journey…
School Grants now closed
Thanks to everyone who applied for a National Science Week 2012 School Grant – there were over 450 applications! The selection committee is busy going through them and ASTA anticipate announcing the successful recipients on 1 June.
COLLISION – It’s subARTomic!
Are you astounded by supersymmetry? Excited by the Higgs boson? Think neutrinos are supremo? Express Media, COSMOS magazine, Blue Vapours and CoEPP (Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale) have joined together to create a home for artistic explorations and responses to all things particle physics. The Collision website, exhibition and accompanying zine…
The 2012 National Project
Sound Check Australia: the national noise and hearing test How’s your hearing? How much noise have you been exposed to? Researchers from the National Acoustic Laboratories want to find out how much time Australians spend in loud social environments. But that’s not all – they want to find out about your hearing health, your noise…
National Science Week 2012 Grants
Each year National Science Week has $500 000 worth of grants for supporting events across Australia. Here are all of this year’s recipients and what they’ll be doing: National Projects CSIRO Discovery Centre: SCINEMA Festival of Science Film 2012 $21 000 SCINEMA explores the latest collaborations between science, film and art in over 400 cities and towns…
National Science Week 2012 Grants
Each year National Science Week has $500 000 worth of grants for supporting events across Australia. Here are all of this year’s recipients and what they’ll be doing: National Projects CSIRO Discovery Centre: SCINEMA Festival of Science Film 2012 $21 000 SCINEMA explores the latest collaborations between science, film and art in over 400 cities and towns…