Young Tassie Scientists are early career researchers who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools during National Science Week. The Young Tassie Scientists on this school visit are: Alex Paton – Tabby Tracker (zoologist) Angus Olding – Spontaneously Combustible (chemist) Lyzette Matthews – Unravelling ALS: Race Against…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Help Us Solve Spider Crab Mysteries
Every winter, in the heart of Port Phillip Bay and parts of the Great Southern Reef, a truly amazing natural phenomenon unravels: the gathering of thousands and thousands of great spider crabs. Those crabs come to the shallows together to seek safety in numbers and they are on a mission. In order to grow, they…
Introduction to Aboriginal Plant Use
Adam Shipp is a proud Wiradjuri man whose family is originally from Dubbo in NSW. Adam is passionate about traditional plant use and showcases this passion in his workshops. During the workshop you will learn in-depth information about how Aboriginal people have been using these plants for foods, fibres, and medicines for thousands of years….
EngConnect Your Career – Mechanical Engineering
Have you ever wondered where a STEM career could take you? EngConnect your Career is an Engineers Australia initiated event series for students, graduates and industry professionals looking to transition their STEM career, keen to hear from engineers about where their engineering studies have taken them. This session will feature speakers from Mechanical engineering disciplines…
Where Lakes Once Had Water
Sonia Leber and David Chesworth: Where Lakes Once Had Water contemplates how the Earth is experienced and understood through different ontologies – ways of being, seeing, sensing, listening and thinking – that reverberate across art, Indigenous thought, science, ancient and modern cultures, the non-human, and in between. In 2018 and 2019 the artists travelled with a…
Magic: More than smoke and mirrors
Join magician and researcher Em Chandler for National Science Week as we peak behind the curtain to explore the secretive world of magic. From the first professional magician in 1722 to the present day, delve into the history of magic, the science behind it, the art around it, and why it’s much more than smoke…
Cross River Rail’s After Dark Online | Science and Technology
This August Cross River Rail celebrates National Science Week on 18 August by covering the topic of science in their latest After Dark Online episode. In this education series, you will be hearing from two guest speakers, with the first guest speaker being Cross River Rail Environment and Approvals Advisor, Daniel Day discussing environmental science…
Cross River Rail’s Make Your Own Artefact Activity
Archaeologists have uncovered glass bottles, ceramics and animal bones during construction of Cross River Rail. For this activity held at the Cross River Rail Experience Centre, we are after your observations and artistic genius in decorating some of the artefacts that have been discovered at the Woolloongabba site. It could be a little tricky, as…
Cross River Rail’s Stages of Construction Activity
There is nothing simple about the construction of an underground train line that travels below and city and under a river. It’s a process of problem solving, and discovery, and is considered to be one of the most complex civil engineering challenges to solve. In this Cross River Rail activity held at the Cross River…
Smashing Science at Mater Dei
On Monday 15 August students from Mater Dei Ashgrove are having a day of investigating science. Dress up as your favourite scientist and participate in hands on investigations.