Event Description and Activities – Celebration of National Science Week involving a variety of learning experiences for students aligned with the theme Food: different by design. Activities will include: morning tea for staff organised by Biology and Food technology students who will work together to cook edible scientific models and plant based meat products. Food…
Topic: Health and Medical
Indigenous Science Experience at Logan – Primary School Days
At the Indigenous Science Experience at Logan, school students from primary schools in the Logan area will take part in immersive Indigenous STEM activities including learning about boomerangs, weaving, bush medicines, and native bees. This event will celebrate the rich cultural and STEM knowledge held by Indigenous Australians and highlight its value to students. Please…
Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest
The Aurora Science Photo Contest is for schoolgirls to get them to think about everyday science through photography. This contest is an alternative way to engage female school students with science to make them aware of science in everyday life. Flinders University’s 2021 Cochlear Aurora Photo Contest is now open, offering cash prizes to reward young female…
Science Week at Al Amanah College
Whole school activities throughout National Science Week including a Food by Design incursion.
STEM Hour: Connect, learn, grow – Food for thought: philosophical inquiry with children
“How does a cow turn into a sausage?”; “Why is it ok to eat cows but not whales?; “Can I send my sandwich to a child who’s really hungry?”. As part of National Science Week, our webinar panel will discuss how children’s critical questions can be addressed in an honest and age-appropriate way that encourages…
Science Night At The Museum
Science Night at the Museum is a science fair run at the Museum of the Goldfields each year over National Science Week. The event showcases what mining companies, the council and other organisations in the region are doing. The objective of this program is to encourage an interest in science among the public and encourage…
St Leonards Primary Science Week
Whole school hands-on Science Fair in the school assembly hall, rotating Prep to Year 6 through investigative and hands on work stations in a central location. Food and science of food will be the focus with the idea to activate science inquiry skills of questioning, predicting, conducting, processing and evaluation. This includes an open invitation…
Children’s Storytelling Online Workshop with Aussie STEM Stars
Celebrate National Science Week with authors from the exciting new book series Aussie STEM stars. Join award-winning authors Claire Saxby and Emily Gale as they showcase the book series and describe what it’s like writing the biographies of STEM superstars. The STEM stars themselves will then challenge you with a range of exciting STEM-based activities…
Deceptology with Nicholas J Johnson at State Library Victoria
To celebrate National Science Week, magician Nicholas J Johnson (aka the Honest Conman) will be performing his incredible show Deceptology. Deceptology combines magic with science, providing an introduction to the extraordinary psychological and neuroscientific principles that make illusions possible. Students will have their brains ‘hacked’ by change blindness, gestalt pattern perception, the motion aftereffect, faulty…
Story Talks with Aussie STEM Stars at State Library Victoria
The Library will be inviting 200 students* from metro schools to celebrate National Science Week with authors from the exciting new book series Aussie STEM stars. Award-winning authors Claire Saxby and Emily Gale will showcase this exciting new series and describe what it’s like writing the biographies of STEM superstars. The STEM stars themselves will…