Topic: Chemistry and Materials

Fast and Furious

The Fast and Furious program aims to create learning opportunities for children who have limited exposure to STEM based activities by providing a fun, interactive experience of building and racing model cars. Children aged 7 – 16 years who do not engage with the local school will be invited to participate in a 3-week project,…

Belridge Science Showcase

Belridge will host a showcase for local primary schools to come and show their projects. Nine local primary schools will be provided with resources to make projects that link with this years theme of glass. The winners at each school will then be invited to attend Belridge on Friday 9 August to compete for the…

Glass Artist in Residence

Local glass artist Diane Brown will be working on-site at Albuera Street Primary School in Hobart, to create an outdoor glass mosaic that depicts a rainbow (a key part of our school branding) and fence with local birds.  All classes will visit Diane’s work area to observe her work. Diane will also share information about…

Kilcoy State School Science Fair

Kilcoy State School Science Fair will be a celebration of shattering proportions, thanks to this year’s theme of Glass: More than meets the eye. Classes will create Science Stations with visual displays and hands-on activities. This informative and exciting event will be conducted over two days in National Science Week and held in our school…

Dapto High School’s Science and STEM Salutation

During National Science Week the Year 9 STEM class will be showcasing their geodesic domes. The engineering components will allow students to enhance their problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge to new projects, in addition the mathematics components will enable students to analyse information, eliminate errors, and make conscious decisions when designing solutions. The beauty…

National Science Week at St Columba School

National Science Week activities for K-6 staff and students at St Columba Anglican School. This week will involve a number of fun and engaging events across the primary school. Each day across the week the activity will engage a different age group in addition to in-class activities, including: Water rockets to engage Year 5/6 as…

Glass and Recycling Sculpture Exhibition

Each class from T-12 at Jilkminggan School will create a science glass sculpture made from recyclable materials. All classes will visit the recycling centre, there will be a guided talk by recycling workers and an explanation of how the centre works. The older students will partner up with the younger students. Each team of 5…

Science From the Shed

The Ocean Grove and District Men’s Shed will operate two activities as part of their Science from The Shed Project. This will be a 2 day event with Science from the Shed, with Seniors Day on Friday 12 August and Science from the Shed Family Science on Saturday 13 August. Groups of up to 30…

Two Mile’s Reactions Stations

Two Mile’s 4/5/6 Classroom will be transformed into a Reactions Stations Research Centre, full to the brim with fun and engaging activities, investigations and experiments relating to chemical sciences to satisfy any budding scientist whims and wishes. Years 5/6 head scientists will demonstrate their scientific knowledge and expertise focusing on chemical sciences. They will facilitate…