Bentleigh Secondary College will be running a week of science activities, both with our own students, and with our local primary schools, all aimed at increasing students interest in Science and celebrating this year’s theme. We will be running a range of activities across the days, including: Cabbage Chemistry Did you know that you can…
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Henbury School Science Fair
Henbury School Science Fair is a hands-on science day for students and our wider community. The event will be held at Henbury School on Thursday 19 August. Most of our activities are based around the National Science Week school theme Food: Different by Design. This year’s activities include: Fruit Ripeness/Farm Product tracker – Anna Day…
Science Week at Mountain Heights High School
We will be getting students involved in a project on the theme of food.
Roxby Mad Food Scientist
The importance of exposing young people to engaging STEAM activities is well recognised, and the Roxby Downs Community Board is confident the Roxby Mad Food Scientist project will inspire participants’ interest in science. Roxby Mad Food Scientist is a free, hands-on event that will be held at the Roxby Downs Community Youth Centre. It will…
Blending Science and Gardening
‘Blending Science and Gardening’ enables a series of workshops to take place during the Nannup Flower and Garden Festival. The four exciting FREE workshops being offered are: Beneficial Bugs with Dr Bob Longmore at Nannup Town Hall, Warren Road, Nannup 10.30am – 12.30pm, Saturday 14 and 11.30am-1.30pm, Saturday 21 August Investigate the world of beneficial…
The STEAM Room: A Science Comedy Experience
Praxical & Stand-Out Comedy will present The STEAM Room, a science, tech, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) themed comedy night at Sydney’s Giant Dwarf Theatre. The event will highlight leading Australian research through a diverse range of comedians and emerging STEM communicators. Partnering with established comedy room, Stand-Out Comedy, this event will bring together scientists, performers and you…
Dream Big – Engineering our World
Dream Big: Engineering our World is a film that explores the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels both big and small, and reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people all around the world. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders – they will engineer and build the extraordinary, help solve the world’s greatest…
Into the Depths of the Fascinating World of Whales, Sharks and Jellyfish
The oceans are rich in biodiversity ranging from microscopic organisms to the world’s largest mammal, the blue whale. Are you passionate about marine life and want to learn more? Curious about the marine environment and want to support science? We invite you to submerge yourself into the underwater world of iconic marine organisms including sharks, jellyfish and whales. Learn about lesser-known facts about these majestic marine animals and experience the oceans in an interactive and engaging hands-on event, delivered by experienced local marine scientists. We…
The Future of Food
Food is essential for life, but the global systems we rely on to feed us have become increasingly complex and industrialised. Sometimes it’s hard to know where our food comes from, what’s in it and how healthy or ethically produced it is. Paradoxically, as a global community we face major challenges based on both too…
The Poetry of Science
Would you like to have a bit of fun with the chance to win a prize? Then this is the competition for you! Express a scientific idea/concept through poetry and fill out the form below to enter The Poetry of Science: a science-themed poetry writing competition open to all people in Tasmania for National Science…