2025 marks the centenary of UQ alumnus Professor Raymond Dart’s groundbreaking publication in Nature announcing the discovery of Australopithecus africanus. The Taung Child fossil, unearthed in South Africa in 1924, provided the first compelling evidence that human evolution began in Africa. Dart’s bold claim challenged the scientific consensus of the time and sparked decades of debate, ultimately reshaping…
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SCINEMA – Dar Alarqam Community School
Join Dar Alarqam Community School for a spectacular SCINEMA film screening! Join us to watch a range of science-themed films at Herb Graham Mirrabooka Centre, Mirrabooka on 16/08/2025 at 10:00:00.
Brain Break – Thornlie Senior High School
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.
Indigenous Astronomy Evening
At Richmond West Primary School, a vibrant, trilingual, inner-city school on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, we incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait knowledge and perspectives into our curriculum whenever possible. Given this year’s NSW theme is ‘Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language’ it is appropriate that the fundamental language…
SCINEMA – Mitchell State School
Join Mitchell State School for a spectacular SCINEMA film screening! Join us to watch a range of science-themed films at 105 Cambridge St, Mitchell on 11/08/2025 at 09:00:00.
Brain Break – Mitchell State School
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 – Mitchell State School
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.
Senses in the Garden – A Living Lab
Our proposed project is to create a vibrant and interactive sensory garden that will serve as a welcoming space for our playgroup, OSHC (Outside School Hours Care) program, and school students. This space will be designed to engage all the senses—sight, touch, sound, and smell—through a mix of textured plants, edible herbs, fragrant flowers, and…
Brain Break – St Patrick’s Primary Sutherland
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.
Earth and Space at Biloela
Biloela SHS is hosting TESEP Workshops on Thursday 14 August 2025, with a focus to support the Australian Curriculum Earth & Space Science strand that looks at Rocks and the use of Critical Minerals Kits, Remote Sensing, Our Place in Space, and Life, Fossils and the Big 5 Extinctions.