Seeds, Streams & Science – The Trent Creek Living Lab invites students to explore how ecosystems work and how science grows from curiosity and inquiry, using Trentham’s local waterway (Trent Creek) as a hands-on learning environment. Students in Years 3–6 will take part in a full-day field experience with teachers, families and local Landcare volunteers….
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
Accrete A Planet and Seed Library – Science show and workshops
Accrete a Planet + Seed Library Following on from HIC’s 2025 investigation of the Earth and its surrounding neighborhood of planets, the students of Holy Innocents will conduct an analogue experiment to grow a new planet for our Solar System … to replace Pluto after it was kicked out. This process will explore the stages…
Parkdale Secondary College Science Fair – Where great ideas collide
Founded in 2024 by a group of enterprising Year 9 students, the Parkdale Science Fair brings together curious minds from Years 5 to 12 and local primary schools to celebrate hands‑on STEM. After attracting hundreds of entries across six feeder schools, Parkdale students and staff in 2025, the Fair returns in 2026 bigger and bolder…
Sugar Crystal Contest at Kalkie State School
Seeds of Science: The Sugar Crystal Challenge! Are you ready to grow something truly sweet this Science Week? This year’s theme is “Seeds of Science: Nurturing Knowledge for All”, and we’re challenging every class to unleash their inner scientist! Get your beakers, spoons, and sugar out because… It’s a SCHOOL-WIDE SUGAR CRYSTAL SHOWDOWN! It’s class vs class…
National Science Week Science Show at Daramalan College
This event will be two lunch time sessions. The first will be during our regular science club meeting which will involve science-themed escape rooms and crystal growing activities. The second is a science show, with the main demonstration being uses of liquid nitrogen (e.g. ice cream making, breaking small objects, interactions with water).
STEM Day For Girls
Our special event is all about showing girls in Stage 2 and Stage 3 that science, technology, engineering and math aren’t just school subjects – or just for boys – they’re exciting pathways to real‑world careers where women can shine. During the day, students will participate in up to three hands‑on STEM projects, each linked…
Helensvale State School STEM Symposium
Seeds of Science – A National Science Week Symposium – Helensvale State School Scholar Academy Big ideas start small. A seed of curiosity. A question worth chasing. An experiment that doesn’t go to plan… and the better idea that grows from failure! This National Science Week, Helensvale State School’s Scholar Academy invites you to witness…
Science in the Kitchen
Put on your science goggles and get ready to turn ordinary kitchen ingredients into amazing experiments! In this fun hands-on session, kids will mix, fizz, bubble, and test everyday items to discover the hidden chemistry happening all around them. Using safe and simple ingredients that can often be found at home, participants will see how…
Lights, Chemistry, Action
From lasers to microplastic, public health to solar panels, chemistry connects physics, maths, biology and medicine. Come an explore the Polyzos Laboratory, Australian Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants and the Ultrafast and Microspectroscopy Laboratories (UML) where researchers are investigating and designing molecules, reactions, and materials to make our world safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Recommended for ages 16+. Booking details…
Microscopic Worlds
Get ready to discover a hidden world of tiny life, big discoveries, and hands-on science! Students from two small remote schools on the Eyre Peninsula will become scientists, explorers, and teachers as they investigate aquatic ecosystems using USB microscopes, water testing kits, and field sampling equipment. From pond water and soil samples to tiny invertebrates,…