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…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Swim with the Giant Australian Cuttlefish – Virtual tour
An internationally unique marine phenomena occurs from May to August each year, in the cold water of Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park near Whyalla. This amazing annual event is the aggregation of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, who migrate to the rocky coastline with one thing on their mind, to breed. The Giant Australian Cuttlefish is…
Swim with the Giant Australian Cuttlefish – Virtual Tour
An internationally unique marine phenomena occurs from May to August each year, in the cold water of Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park near Whyalla. This amazing annual event is the aggregation of the Giant Australian Cuttlefish, who migrate to the rocky coastline with one thing on their mind, to breed. The Giant Australian Cuttlefish is…
Kalgoorlie Primary School Big Watermelon Experiment
Have you ever wondered how many rubber bands it takes to implode a watermelon? Students will utilise predictions, plans, dependent and independent variables, measurements, even a little mathematics to determine how many elastic bands are required to implode a watermelon. The Big Watermelon Experiment is a mass science experiment for all the schools students, that seeks to…
Deakin University – LIVE Panel – Explore Science Careers
Live Panel – Explore Science Careers Meet real scientists and industry professionals studying and working in different areas with years theme Food: Different by Design. Hear about their career journeys as you explore the many jobs available in science and learn about different pathways. Suitable for secondary students and families.
Deakin University – Backyard Bird Watch & Art
Learn about birds in your own backyard, their different features and how to identify them through drawing and colouring. For this workshop you will need: drawing paper coloured pencils/textas bird field guide (optional) Suitable for Years 3 – 6.
National Dinosaur Museum Science Week Program
The National Dinosaur Museum is proud to contribute to National Science Week 2021 by hosting a full week of activities and events between 14 – 20 August. Each day there will be a specific topic along with a demonstration or activity, hosted twice daily at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm to accommodate all schedules. Saturday…
Science of Outdoors webinar with SciScouts and Fizzics Education
Is your Scout or Guide unit planning any Science Week activities in August? Have you heard about the Science of Outdoors activity instructions and videos, that were made by Scouts for Scouts: bit.ly/3iFvGsX? Activities include: make a simple compass learn some campfire chemistry and build a Da Vinci bridge. SciScouts and Fizzics Education will also be presenting a Science…
Master Scientist
Master scientist is a scientific focus based on the importance of scientific method and relating the process of scientific method to that of following the method of a recipe by introducing the whole school to a variety of science and engineering tasks based on the concept of kitchen physics. Each year group will compete with…
Building Hands-on Ecosystems
The theme for our school will be “Building Hands on Ecosystems.” We will have an exhibition run by older students who will set up interactive stations around the school that demonstrate the benefits of sustainable eco-system and aquaculture. We hope to launch a pond ecosystem that will be filled with native fish, water plants, snails…