Questacon’s Engineering is Elementary team are bringing a FREE STEM professional learning workshop you this August. Explore the mechanical engineering behind windmills and equip yourself with hands-on activities to use in your classroom. In this FREE workshop, you will: Get hands-on with mechanical engineering and activities from the ‘Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills’ unit of work. Develop effective strategies to…
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Science Week Science Fair at Pender’s Grove Primary School
Have you ever wondered why things fizz, bubble, change colour or react in surprising ways? What if you could become a scientist and discover the answers for yourself? Curious Chemists is Penders Grove Primary School’s exciting whole-school Science Fair, held during National Science Week. Every student from Foundation to Year 6 will become a scientist,…
Seeds and Science – Exploring plants, animals and STEAM
What can we discover when we mix science, nature, and creativity? A whole world of hands-on fun! During National Science Week, our library is running “Seeds and Science: Exploring Plants, Animals and STEAM” — a series of exciting activities for children, families, and young people. These activities are included within our regular library programs, making…
Dementia Prevention by Prof. Chan (presented in Mandarin)
Join us at Ryde Library with Professor Daniel Chan, a leading academic and researcher on vascular dementia, parkinson’s disease and geratric health, to talk about dementia prevention. This session is presented in Mandarin. This talk will cover topics and answer questions on: Dementia increases with age but how is it different to just getting old…
Our Amazing Bodies at West Ryde Library
Explore the seven senses and use your melon to examine the efficacy of helmets at West Ryde Library. The human body is the world’s greatest machine. In this workshop we discover the inputs to our bodies through a series of fun activities. Examine how the brain is essential to processing all these inputs and model…
Questacon Engineering is Elementary Workshop – Cowra
Questacon’s Engineering is Elementary team are bringing a FREE STEM professional learning workshop you this September. Explore the mechanical engineering behind windmills and equip yourself with hands-on activities to use in your classroom. In this FREE workshop, you will: Get hands-on with mechanical engineering and activities from the ‘Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills’ unit of work. Develop effective strategies to…
Muswellbrook Future Foundries – Solar speed and circular science
Are you ready to build the future? Welcome to the Muswellbrook Solar Car STEM Challenge, a hands-on science adventure where you get to become a real clean energy engineer! We are bringing together up to 150 students from 10 local schools to the STEM Innovation Lab at the Donald Horne Building. You will work in…
VR Explorers Experience
Step into the future with this exciting hands-on VR experience! Guided by the team at DreamCity, participants will learn how virtual reality works, explore basic engineering ideas, and safely use high-tech VR headsets. Each child will enjoy their own immersive adventure—whether exploring interactive virtual worlds or bringing colourful 360° scenes to life. This program is suited…
Reach for the Stars
Come discover what 134,000 others have experienced before you. Bring your five senses to a highly popular astronomy evening filled with wonder with the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society at our registered Mount Martha observatory, southeast of Melbourne under dark skies. See the stars, planets and other night sky objects visible at this time of the…
Space Storytime with Tanya Hill
Discover the magic of the night sky with astronomer and author Dr Tanya Hill in this special storytime to mark National Science Week. Enjoy a reading of When the Stars Come Out followed by songs, games and a space-themed craft activity.