Come along to Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve for Nature Play, an outdoor, child-led playgroup session facilitated by a qualified ranger. Nature Play aims to encourage children and their families to get outdoors and explore nature. The sessions begin with a nature walk and participants will encounter a variety of birds, animals and insects. Families will…
Celebrate National Science Week at Waverley Library by delving into the world of Citizen Science, with the authors of the recently published book, Exploring Nature Through Citizen Science, as our guide! Citizen science is the collaboration between everyday people and professional scientists to conduct real research – anyone can do it! We’re excited to bring…
Join us for a very special session of Read & Craft Storytime as we celebrate Science Week at Yass Valley Library. This session will include stories that explore the natural world and the plant life around us. This will be followed by kids creating their very own Botany Buddy stocking grass head. This activity will…
To celebrate the launch of Science Week, Yass library will be hosting a propagation workshop. Participants will learn all about propagation and the importance of it within gardens and farming with examples to view. Then we will be using water beads to make our own aqua propagation vase and adding a cutting of pothos (devil’s…
This National Science Week, students at Goomeri State School will have the opportunity to explore, investigate and discover the wonders of science through a range of engaging, hands-on activities. Across the week, students will participate in experiences that encourage curiosity, creativity and critical thinking while making connections between science and the world around them. Activities…
In this hands-on session, children aged 8 to 14 years will learn about carnivorous plants and design a custom planter to bring one home. Participants will learn about carnivorous plants and their role in Australian ecosystems, use Tinkercad to design their very own planter, design a personalised planter using simple 3D modelling tools, add creative…
Work together to track local bats, bitterns, burrowing crayfish and more! NatureTrackers’ three citizen science projects – CallTrackers, Claws on the Line and Where? Where? Wedgie! – are annual surveys held across Tasmania and supported by rigorously designed science. Anyone can take part to help keep track of the changing conservation status of the surveyed…
The Allan Sefton Memorial Lecture is held annually and is named in honour of the late Allan Sefton, who was well-known as a naturalist and conservator of the environment. The lecture was established in 1993, in recognition of his contribution to environmental science in the Illawarra. Each year, an Australian scientist is invited to deliver…
Discover how plants grow, thrive and survive. Follow their life cycle from seed to plant, explore how they get energy and learn why plants are essential to life on Earth. Activities include recording plant anatomy, creating seed models and testing soil pH using litmus paper. Presented by Mad About Science. This program is best suited…
Join us after school to learn about fossils, geology, and Earth’s deep past. Explore the three types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic), the rock cycle, and how fossils reveal the story of life on Earth. Using real specimens and digital microscopes, work together and gain a hands-on understanding of Earth’s deep past and the…
