Topic: Environment and Nature

Regenerating Australia

What does healing mean to you? This year, UNSW Science challenges you to think deeply over National Science Week about what healing means in a variety of contexts: environmental, health and community, to name a few. To bring this to life, we will explore the theme of healing through the new film Regenerating Australia. Regenerating…

Leftovers of a Ghost – Art Exhibition

Artists Emme Orbach and Noah Spivak collaborate on a series of experiment-based artworks in their latest exhibition. ‘Leftovers of a Ghost’ explores one central question: what happens when you allow a chemical reaction to dictate the outcome of an artwork? In the lead-up to the exhibition, the artists have encouraged chemical solutions to evolve on…

Material World Henbury Science Fair

Material World Henbury Science Fair has a range of hands-on experiments and activities to engage and develop a love of science in all our students and to cater for a range of abilities and student needs.  They will develop an understanding of different natural and artificial material properties with a focus on glass. Activities will include: Henbury…

Escape Room & Engineering Challenge

Middle school students will solve a series of challenges in an Escape Room style. They will race around the schools to locate secluded stations where they have to complete STEM activities and receive a stamp. The first team to collect all station stamps win. Activity examples include DNA extraction, math puzzles, and making a light…

Explore the Australian Arid Land Botanic Gardens

To the uninitiated, Australia’s arid heart might seem barren and lifeless. In fact the opposite is true. Our arid lands are home to thousands of highly evolved plant communities that are specially adapted to thrive in an environment where temperatures are extreme and drought can last for decades. Australia’s arid zone ecosystems are fragile and…

Science @ Urrbrae

Urrbrae High School is hosting a series of interactive science workshops, inviting primary school groups to attend and experience all the aspects of Urrbrae including the Wetland, Farm and Science labs. Each day there will be concurrent sessions running across the site which classes can book into: Urrbrae Wetland – hosting a series of workshops focused on…