Mitchie Unlocks the Cosmos Get ready for Mitchie Unlocks the Cosmos—a time of discovery at the Center for Creative and Curious Learners! You’ll get to design your own space station, invent an alien lifeform, and explore how science and art connect in surprising ways. Dive into hands-on experiments, build strange creatures from clay, explore electrical…
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Hands-on Geoscience Activities at Brisbane Opal Museum
Join Steff to explore opals and their unique characteristics, including their luminescence, porosity and fire. This interactive activity program has been designed specifically for children aged 6 to 12 years old. Participants will use materials such UV torches to explore minerals, with a focus on opals from around the world. Steff, a biologist specialising in…
Geolocate Opals using their Luminescence at Brisbane Opal Museum
Join us at the Brisbane Opal Museum to learn the interaction between light and opals that creates their unique play of colour and luminescence. Misha, a physicist, or Valentine, a gemmologist specialising in opals, will reveal the secrets behind this phenomenon. By the end of this 30-minute presentation you will be able to geo-locate some…
Brain Break – Good Shepherd Catholic College
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
Brain Break – Engineers Australia
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
Brain Break – Kangaroo Island / Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch
We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.
Goats, Goats, Goats – An audio escape room
Listen along as two special guests attempt to solve an audio escape room featuring genetic investigation, family trees, and goats. Escape this Podcast is a show hosted by Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland. In each episode, guests play through a new audio escape room, solving puzzles and exploring with only their words and imaginations. In…
Wild Encounters – Better understanding human-wildlife coexistence for effective and ethical conservation
Wild Encounters – Can people and animals really get along? Have you ever wondered why people and wild animals sometimes clash? Like when elephants eat crops or when animals wander too close to towns? A lot of the time, we think the answer is to keep animals and people far apart – to protect both…
Science in Your Hands – The pharmacy lab experience
Join us at the University of Queensland for an exciting National Science Week event where you’ll step into the shoes of a real pharmacist! This fun, hands-on science day is perfect for curious minds of all ages. Try your hand at making tablets, creating juice-flavoured “medicine bubbles,” and testing how tablets float or sink in…
Fungi and Soil Ecology Walk and Talk
Join us for a half-day “Walk and Talk” where we explore the fascinating world of fungi and their vital role in ecosystems. Starting with a talk at the Eltham Living and Learning Centre, you’ll learn the basics of fungal biology, their importance in soil health, and how to work with fungi to support thriving gardens…