Get ready for a morning filled with hands-on discovery and outdoor fun! This special playgroup session invites toddlers and preschoolers to explore the sights, sounds, smells, and textures of the natural world through engaging sensory activities. Children will rotate through nature-themed play stations, including: Nature Sensory Bin – explore leaves, pinecones, stones, and more Sand…
Topic: Environment and Nature
National Science Week Display at Chatswood Library
This year we are focussing on the natural world around us for National Science Week! Come and be inspired by our display which includes some familiar creatures, and a spotlight on the book South with the Seabirds by Jess McGeachin – a captivating true story of some pioneering female scientists who explored the Subantarctic Macquarie…
Fisheries Talk
DPI representative to talk to students about local fish species and management of waterways
Online Seminar – Investigating the Algal Bloom in South Australian Waters
This online seminar, hosted by Associate Professor Jochen Kaempf at Flinders University, explains the science behind the algal bloom in South Australian waters. The seminar comprises three lessons that, together, are key to understanding the causes and spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi bloom. The first lesson describes the oceanography and flushing of SA gulfs featuring both…
Investigation of the Causes and Spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi Bloom in South Australian Waters
This online seminar comprises three lessons that, together, are key to understanding the causes and spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi bloom in South Australian (SA) waters. The first lesson describes the oceanography and flushing of SA gulfs featuring both their slow density-driven overturning circulation and the strong tidal stirring across Backstairs Passage. The second lesson focuses on factors affecting…
CDU TAFE presents: Building Your Own Weather Station
**Update** Thank you to everyone that attended yesterday’s event. For anyone that would like to finish writing the code for this project we will be holding a follow-up session next Tuesday at the same time and location. For anyone that is unable to make it to this follow-up, please watch and follow the below guide…
Victoria 2050
Victoria 2050 exhibition showcases a new educational resource that draws on aspects of scientific thinking through decision making and design challenges. Using scenario-based learning, students engage in evidence-based decision making, hypothesising, innovative problem solving, and critical and creative thinking. The resource is designed to encourage curiosity, exploration of intended and unintended consequences, while demonstrating how…
Communicating science to non-scientists
Get the skills and strategies needed to communicate research in science and technology to a range of non-scientifically oriented audiences. This hands-on training will prepare you to: Write material for many outlets, including in-house, local and international publications and the digital media. Liaise with journalists. Prepare successful pitches. The session will be particularly helpful for…
Make Your Own Earthquake – From Lasers to Drones
Ever made an earthquake? Now’s your chance! Jump, move, and play with science activities that show you how earthquakes work. Full demonstrations start at 45 minutes past the hour: 10:45 AM, 11:45 AM, 12:45 PM, 1:45 PM, 2:45 PM ———————————– See your own earthquake waves: Jump on the spot and watch your…
Nature’s Secret Code – A Science Adventure
Step into nature’s secret lab and uncover the hidden messages all around us! Students at Coomera State School will embark on an exciting science journey to decode the universe! Prep: “Touch & Tell: Exploring Nature’s Textures” Discover the hidden language of nature through texture rubbings! Feel the secret patterns in leaves, bark, and stones as…