Topic: Chemistry and Materials

Big Day of Science

The Big Day of Science will bring together QVMAG and scientists from across Northern Tasmania as we showcase science happening all around us. This event includes hands-on displays by QVMAG highlighting interesting objects from our collection viewed through microscopes and magnifiers. Science activities around the 2022 theme of glass will include: Exploring with prisms Do…

Queechy High School Street Science Festival

A festival of street science with outdoor and indoor activities and roving demonstrations at lunchtimes. The aim is to get students switched on to science by exploring activities centred around the theme of “Glass”. Activities will include investigating how brittle glass is and how can we make objects as brittle by using liquid nitrogen, comparing…

Aboriginal Rangers STEM & Cultural Restoration

Indigenous Rangers in Esperance, WA will present their scientific, research, and culturally sensitive conservation activities. The Rangers will present a mix of authentic video, live talking, and opportunities for students to ask questions for 20-30 mins. Rangers will discuss the ‘How, What, Why’ of scientific inquiry and demonstrate: Data collection and analysis Conservation strategies, What…

Celebrating STEM at The Doo

During National Science Week, we will be coordinating all our Buddy classes (younger students with older students- about 400 students) to work together to investigate a variety of chemistry experiments and STEM Projects. The Buddy classes’ focus at our school this year is the Cross Curriculum Priority of Asia. The STEM projects will involve researching…

Bundaberg Science Roadshow

Bundaberg State High School students will travel to nine primary schools in Bundaberg and deliver a fun and interactive show. Our  Science presenters will do exciting demonstration of chemistry, physics and biology with displays using dry ice, force and friction, conductivity, pressure, and magnetism. Primary students will get the chance to come on stage and…