McDougall Park’s students will benefit from an understanding of how weather affects plant growth and that this effect is different for different plant species. We already have an outdoor garden bed that we use to grow various plants, but a greenhouse is required to be able to directly compare warmer/more humid conditions to ambient conditions…
Topic: Environment and Nature
The SCOTS PGC Science Sculpture Festival
Our Junior School students will be tasked with creating a class sculpture with the tangible waste that is created through the delivery of food from our Dining Hall. As a day and boarding school The SCOTS PGC College feeds all students morning tea and lunch everyday. In the Junior School, this process can produce a…
An Introduction to Observing the Night Sky
This event is now fully booked. Astrophysicist, Dr Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez from Macquarie University, presents an illustrated talk on observing the night sky. Dr Lopez-Sanchez is an Australian/Spanish astrophysicist and science communicator working at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Macquarie University. In 2011 he joined the Australian Astronomical Observatory.
Aspendale Gardens Primary School Science Week – Whole School Provocation
The entire school will participate in a provocation about how we will build our future buildings/cities. They will investigate concepts such as sustainability, renewable resources, design and function. Students will be prompted to think about how we will build our future buildings and what buildings we may need in the future. At each year level,…
STEM 10! Innovation for the Future
This year for STEM 10! we will be looking at Innovation in Industry. Roseworth Primary School will host our STEM 10! with class run activities called Innovation Stations. These Innovation Stations will incorporate Mission Impossibles and Innovation Projects. These activities will encourage students to take risks, reflect and innovate. Each collaborative group is to organise…
Darwin Middle School Future Innovators Event
Innovations and Inventions Competition What is an invention? Inventions are original applications of technology which solve a problem. The scope for inventions is limited only by your imagination. You are asked to apply your knowledge of science to make an invention. Your invention may be a new device, method or process that has not existed…
Birds of a Feather
This activity will combine elements of aerodynamics and natural history to illustrate: how birds fly (physics, aerodynamics, vectors); how different birds fly in different ways and why they do so (biology); and how different birds have adapted different types of feathers in order to enable them to fly in different ways (biology.) An introductory classroom…
Science Alive!
Science Alive! was launched in 2006 by the SA Coordinating Committee of National Science Week as a single day event in a modest 2,400 m2 space. Over 16 years it has grown into a suite of 3 separate events held over 3 days in over 16,000 m2 at the Adelaide Showground. It is held in…
Super Sunday Science Funday
Supersonic Science will be visiting Kondinin to inspire the scientist in us all. The one-hour explosive stage show is a high-energy, interactive demonstration-based stage show, which encourages audience participation. Demonstrations in the show include: combustible gases colour changing chemistry liquid nitrogen exothermic reactions foam explosions toroidal vortices phenomenal physics, and burning bubbles. Following the stage…
WRI Escape Room: Stop the press!
In newsrooms across Australia, scientific misinformation is on the rise! You, our Science Myth Busters, have been tasked with scrutinising headlines, separating fact from fiction, and piecing together clues from Waite researchers to uncover true scientific findings. The deadline is approaching. With only 30 minutes until the news goes live, will you be able to…