Get ready to explore, experiment, and have fun at Litchfield Community Library this National Science Week! We’ve got Spark! Discovery Boxes—amazing hands-on science kits filled with real tools, fun activities, and step-by-step guides to help you investigate the world around you. You can peek through microscopes, test out optical illusions, explore how plants grow, play…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Australian Botanic Garden Community Day
We’re inviting all nature lovers to come and celebrate National Science Week, Saturday, 16 August 2025 and experience our ground breaking work like never before. The event will open with a Welcome to Country from Dr. Shannon Foster, Dharawal Knowledge Keeper. Start your adventure with one of our exclusive, behind-the-scenes tours led by our…
Little Scientists, Big Discoveries
Get ready for a morning filled with hands-on discovery and outdoor fun! This special playgroup session invites toddlers and preschoolers to explore the sights, sounds, smells, and textures of the natural world through engaging sensory activities. Children will rotate through nature-themed play stations, including: Nature Sensory Bin – explore leaves, pinecones, stones, and more Sand…
National Science Week Display at Chatswood Library
This year we are focussing on the natural world around us for National Science Week! Come and be inspired by our display which includes some familiar creatures, and a spotlight on the book South with the Seabirds by Jess McGeachin – a captivating true story of some pioneering female scientists who explored the Subantarctic Macquarie…
Fisheries Talk
DPI representative to talk to students about local fish species and management of waterways
Online Seminar – Investigating the Algal Bloom in South Australian Waters
This online seminar, hosted by Associate Professor Jochen Kaempf at Flinders University, explains the science behind the algal bloom in South Australian waters. The seminar comprises three lessons that, together, are key to understanding the causes and spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi bloom. The first lesson describes the oceanography and flushing of SA gulfs featuring both…
Investigation of the Causes and Spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi Bloom in South Australian Waters
This online seminar comprises three lessons that, together, are key to understanding the causes and spreading of the Karenia mikimotoi bloom in South Australian (SA) waters. The first lesson describes the oceanography and flushing of SA gulfs featuring both their slow density-driven overturning circulation and the strong tidal stirring across Backstairs Passage. The second lesson focuses on factors affecting…
CDU TAFE presents: Building Your Own Weather Station
Thank you to everyone that attended yesterday’s event. For anyone that would like to finish writing the code for this project we will be holding a follow-up session next Tuesday at the same time and location. For anyone that is unable to make it to this follow-up, please watch and follow the below guide for…
Victoria 2050
Victoria 2050 exhibition showcases a new educational resource that draws on aspects of scientific thinking through decision making and design challenges. Using scenario-based learning, students engage in evidence-based decision making, hypothesising, innovative problem solving, and critical and creative thinking. The resource is designed to encourage curiosity, exploration of intended and unintended consequences, while demonstrating how…
Communicating science to non-scientists
Get the skills and strategies needed to communicate research in science and technology to a range of non-scientifically oriented audiences. This hands-on training will prepare you to: Write material for many outlets, including in-house, local and international publications and the digital media. Liaise with journalists. Prepare successful pitches. The session will be particularly helpful for…