Food Different by Design – Online class activity using Trello

Fast and easy activity for teachers to engage students of all ages in a STEM activity of approx. 45 minutes duration. Just download and copy the Trello template for all of the instructions. Students explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals and various food-related projects. Adjust this template as you need. Encourage students to: add checklists…

Discovery’s Dinosaur Hullabaloo

The Discovery Centre is excited to present Discovery’s Dinosaur Hullaballoo. Come and join us for a day of fun and interactive activities including: meet and greet with a ‘real’ dinosaur live interactive dinosaur show planetarium session dinosaur story time fossil dig and lots of other developmentally appropriate activities Come dressed as your favourite dinosaur for…

The State of Tasmania’s Rivers

Is Tasmania’s freshwater clean, green and abundant? Or are we asleep at the wheel? Christine Coughanowr will present the first of a two-part review of freshwater resources in Tasmania, with a focus on our river systems. In the absence of a recent State of Environment Report, do we know how are our rivers travelling? Is…

Drone Demonstration at Austins Ferry Primary

The City of Hobart will be visiting the school to show us their new drone program and engage with students to show them how drones can be used in city development. Students will be able to see how the drone can be used to take photographs of the school. This data will be used in…

STEM Fast Track ESTEAM Summit

ESTEAM Summit is a competition where the brightest young minds around the state come up with solutions to the world’s problems using entrepreneurship, science, technology, engineering, art (and design), and mathematics. The competition has two parts: Part 1 Students identify a problem in one or across several of the given topics (Space, Cyber Security, AI,…

Grow Esperance Green Seed Library

A series of events surrounding the launch of a seed library – the Grow Esperance  Green Library. The development and launch of a seed library at the Esperance Library will allow people to borrow seeds available in the seed library tins, grow the plants with the support of the developed information and then using the…

Jingili Science Fair Extravaganza

The Science Fair Extravaganza in National Science Week is a day for the students to become the Science Experts. Throughout the Science Fair, students will showcase science investigations with our early childhood students and parent community. The outdoor learning area is set up to accommodate science stations where students are scientists; in action, conducting experiments…

St. John Fisher School Online Escape Room Challenges

The school community will participate in online escape room activities where family members can cooperatively discover clues, solve puzzles, and complete tasks to progress through a series of challenges. The challenges selected draw on a number of disciplines including science, technology and mathematics. Each grade from Kindergarten to Year 6, will have the opportunity to…