Join Dr Sarah Preston as she interviews your favourite animal scientist – a veterinarian called Dr Anna Donlan. Find out what it takes to be a vet, what daily activities they perform and how heroic they are everyday in saving our beloved pets. In addition we will discuss everyone’s favourite topic, parasites. We will briefly…
Topic: Health and Medical
Stories for budding scientists – That’s RAD! Science
My mum is a parasite scientist. That’s RAD! Join Professor Kathy Andrews from Griffith University as she tells stories of the amazing and sometimes weird world of parasites and about the jobs of scientists who study them. You’ll find out about parasites that can be found in poo, head-lice and, Kathy’s favorite, malaria parasites. You’ll…
Stories for budding scientists – That’s RAD! Science
My mum is a parasite scientist. That’s RAD! Join Professor Kathy Andrews from Griffith University as she tells stories of the amazing and sometimes weird world of parasites and about the jobs of scientists who study them. You’ll find out about parasites that can be found in poo, head-lice and, Kathy’s favorite, malaria parasites. You’ll…
National Science Week with the Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut has a selection of online science films and videos, DIY science experiments and quizzes that schools can access for free during National Science Week. The resources are great for interdisciplinary activities that combine STEM and German. Most materials are available in German and English. As a highlight during Science Week the documentary feature film “Checker…
SciFest Parasites and You (from ANU)
In National Science Week meet parasites and the ANU researchers studying them, through a series of videos, blogs and games. Learn what a parasite is and take a close look at these amazing critters – some 100 times smaller than the eye can see and others the length of a swimming pool! Learn how ANU…
ANU Student Association: Health Innovation Hackathon – Fighting Pandemics
A collaboration between the Joint College of Science Representatives and ANU Humanitarian Innovation Society, this week-long event challenges teams to solve contemporary scientific and humanitarian problems through an interdisciplinary approach. The program features workshops guided by mentors from academia and industry. This will culminate in a pitch that will be presented to the public and…
STEM Festival
Looking at STEM-M (medicine in science). Students in Years 3-6 will all be involved in STEM-M related activities for the day. This includes having a variety of professional guest speakers and hands-on activities which encompass the elements of science and how it impacts on medicine.
Soapbox Science Sydney Online 2020
Come learn from, question, probe, interact with & be inspired by some of Australia’s leading female researchers in science, technology, engineering & maths. Over four nights Soapbox Science Sydney Online presents 12 researchers, each with 45 minutes to amaze you with their latest discoveries & to answer the questions you have been burning to ask….
E-meet a (Biomedical) Scientist
What better way to celebrate National Science Week than by connecting budding high school students with University of Melbourne biomedical scientists? Through 15–30-minute video calls, our experts – many of whom are global leaders in their research field – will help inspire the next generation of scientists. Students in Year 9 and above from metropolitan,…
How can we progress biomedical research without animal experiments? Examples from infectious disease research and ME/CFS.
Humane Research Australia (HRA) is a not-for-profit organisation devoted to the promotion of experimental and testing methods that replace the ongoing reliance upon animals as research models of human health and disease. There is an established history of resistance to animal experimentation based on ethical grounds, but more recently concerns have also appeared in relation…