‘Exploring Sustainable Gardens’ is a hands-on, engaging week of activities for students to learn about sustainability and the environment. Students will engage in a range of practical workshops, exploring how living things grow, interact, and survive. Activities include creating frog hotels (hydration stations) and bee habitats, growing fast‑sprouting microgreens and mushrooms, and constructing seed bombs…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Women in STEM Breakfast
The Women in STEM Breakfast brings together students, old scholars, and industry professionals for a morning of inspiration and connection. The event will feature panel discussions with women across STEM industries, including several of our old scholars, who will share their career journeys and advice on resilience, curiosity, and lifelong learning. This year, our keynote…
Kitchen Garden
Waubra Primary School students are going to create a kitchen garden in our veggie beds. We will research the best growing conditions and best veggies to plant for this time of year. We will care for our veggies and use them to eat to make healthy snacks and lunches!
Growing a Greener Freshwater Bay
How can a tiny seed help create a greener school? During National Science Week, students will investigate the science of plant growth while helping to improve their school environment. Through hands-on propagation activities, students will explore what seeds need to germinate and grow into healthy plants. They will learn about plant life cycles, make observations,…
Helensvale State School STEM Symposium
Seeds of Science – A National Science Week Symposium – Helensvale State School Scholar Academy Big ideas start small. A seed of curiosity. A question worth chasing. An experiment that doesn’t go to plan… and the better idea that grows from failure! This National Science Week, Helensvale State School’s Scholar Academy invites you to witness…
Marine Science Exploration
Explore the Hidden World of Marine Life with a Microscope! Have you ever wondered what lives in a drop of seawater? This project will help us discover the tiny plants, animals, and organisms that make up marine ecosystems by purchasing a microscope for hands-on learning and exploration. Using the microscope, students will be able to…
Microscopic Worlds
Get ready to discover a hidden world of tiny life, big discoveries, and hands-on science! Students from two small remote schools on the Eyre Peninsula will become scientists, explorers, and teachers as they investigate aquatic ecosystems using USB microscopes, water testing kits, and field sampling equipment. From pond water and soil samples to tiny invertebrates,…
Greening Throsby
Students, Families and community members will work together to sprout and care for native seeds. This will include smoke germination experiments. We will add plants to the yarning circle and share with the local community. The plants will provide an environment for local insects and birds.
National Science Week Showcase at Coominya State School
Home amongst the gum trees! Coominya State School students in Years 2 to 6 will showcase their investigations into the wonderful world of growing food from seeds to our Prep and Year 1 students, as well as, to our community of parents and caring adults.
Plant, Grow, Discover at Keilor Primary School
Have you ever wondered what a tiny seed needs to grow into a plant? Join us for Plant, Grow, Discover! a fun, hands-on Science Week activity where students and their families will become plant scientists and create their very own mini greenhouse to take home. Students will plant locally indigenous seeds, including colourful Billy Buttons…