Imagine picking a juicy tomato straight from the garden you helped grow — then turning it into tasty pasta sauce all by yourself! Sounds fun, right? Starting a school garden isn’t just about playing in the dirt (though that’s part of the fun) — it’s about learning cool science stuff, growing your own food, and…
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Flight of Fancy Science Expo
We have some fantastic paper plane engineers at Katoomba Public School. KPS families are invited to join us for a hands-on Expo exploring flight and space. Students from Kindy to Year 6 will participate in stage-appropriate rotational experiments that explore forces relevant to flight, including gravity, friction and air resistance. Children will have the opportunity…
Fin-Tastic Science – Solving the mysteries of the underwater world
The Fin-tastic project will engage Indigenous school children in the remote Ramingining community in the Northern Territory, in a hands-on science experiment that will help to create pathways into science for Aboriginal people and answer some of the questions the school children have. The project will use Baited Remote Underwater Cameras (BRUVs) to reveal the…
Science week at Geelong High School
Do you love the being a detective and following clues? Well, this year’s science week is for you! Year 8 students will be carrying out a murder mystery event – who done it? Follow the clues left at the crime scene, watch the suspects give you a back story and decide who was the guilty…
Bilambil Science Show!
Get ready for a mind-blowing show where chemistry explodes! Step into a world where science takes centre stage — and nothing is predictable! Bilambil Science Show” is a high-energy, live show packed with edge-of-your-seat chemical reactions and electrifying demonstrations that make science come alive! From fireballs, colour-changing potions to dancing non-newtonian fluid, this isn’t your average science…
Sunset Science Circuit: Discover, Create, Investigate!
Welcome to Sunset Science Circuit: Discover, Create, Investigate! At each rotation you get to try hands-on experiments, discover awesome facts, and learn how science is part of everything around you. First stop is the Magic Writing station. Here, you’ll learn how to write invisible messages using special “invisible ink” made from things you can find…
Science Expo at Rosedale Primary School
Rosedale Primary School is hosting a Science Expo for their students, kinder kids and the community. The Expo will include a range of hands-on experiments to get all involved thinking critically and investigating. The Expo hopes to ignite the passion for science in both young and old.
Moving with solar power
Waverley Meadows Primary School will be holding a science afternoon that will include families, a nearby kindergarten and other local schools. Each year level will showcase their learning that incorporates their inquiry subject and each of the year levels will visit each other during the afternoon. The variety of activities across the year levels not…
Maidstone Massive Marble Run
Maidstone Massive Marble Run will be the celebration of students working together to create a chain reaction machine based on the inventions of Rube Goldberg. All students in the school will come together to be hands on in building the machine. The activity will foster skills in sequencing, problem solving and prepare learners for coding…
Brain Break – Mernda Hills Christian 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.