Ferox australis presents ’Biodiversity Treasure Hunt’ – an interactive event positioned to engage the public in the environment using citizen science. This event will take place in the highly biodiverse, Belair National Park. For the event, each participant or group will be given a list of species they need to find. Each species will be…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Surprises in the Regrowth
Since the Black Summer fires, many organisations and individuals have monitored the post fire recovery of local ecosystems in Eurobodalla. This seminar brings a few of those studies to one place for the community to hear about the findings and contribute to future investigations. Speakers from Eurobodalla Council, Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council, NSW…
Movie and Astronomy Night at Deckchair Cinema
Celebrate the start of National Science Week by coming to the Deckchair Cinema to see Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography, followed by a stargazing and astronomy presentation by the Casuarina Senior College Top End Star Gazers on the shores of Darwin Harbour.
Workshop: A Garden in a Jar
Ballarat Libraries will collaborate with local community organisation Food is Fee Inc. to host all ages workshops A Garden in a Jar. There will be two sessions, held over the weekend of 20-21 August at two library branch locations. At this workshop, participants will use recycled glass containers (bottles, jars) to create a take home…
Research at the Arboretum – Long Forest Walk
Since opening in 2013, the Arboretum has partnered with Universities, citizen science groups and volunteers to undertake studies from tree growth, climate change research to survey work. The Australian National University research forests provide undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to study trees, soils and climate using cutting edge technology in a dedicated and unique…
Palaeo Jam Podcast Launch
Palaeo Jam is a podcast exploring a range of issues in science and the community, using the multidisciplinary aspects of, and public fascination with, palaeontology. It will be an Australian based palaeo podcast with an initial launch at a publicly accessible live event at Flinders University, where the first two episodes will be recorded in…
Recycled Plastic Jellyfish Sculptures
Learning about plastic pollution and rethinking ways to use our rubbish by building sculptures out of soft plastics. In a 4 hour workshop participants will create a round frame made from wire and learn different techniques of working with soft plastics to create a hanging sculpture of a jellyfish. This will include joining strips of…
Cockburn Central Education Network – Science Week Showcase
Local students and community members from 14 primary schools and 3 high schools join together at Atwell Primary School on Thursday 18 August to showcase their National Science Week projects and best entries.
Free online screening: A Plastic Ocean
Each minute, the equivalent of a garbage truck of rubbish enters the worlds oceans, estimated to cause the death of over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles every year. As humans, we aren’t immune to the impacts of our addiction to plastic, with scientists predicting that we are eating a credit card size…
For the Love of Birds
A major upside to the pandemic has been a falling back in love with the natural world as people, confined to their homes, see their local landscapes through reinvigorated eyes. Birdwatching, and the citizen science of the backyard bird count, is booming. So close, yet so far, these enigmatic creatures inspire the awe and affection…