Science Fair Extravaganza

The concept will be to engage the wider community and have students from North Cottesloe Primary School present to a range of stakeholders, fellow students, staff, parents and the local community. Our Science Fair Extravaganza will involve students from Year 1 to Year 6.  The event will include students presenting their findings to all stakeholders…

Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition

Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition returns for National Science Week after three sold-out shows at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Each show features six scientists who have partnered with comedians to bring laughter to their science talks. Laugh and learn at the same time. Just how much alcohol consumption really is good for us? Can science…

Science versus Art: The Music of Genes

Dr Mark Temple is a molecular biologist from School of Science at Western Sydney University. Mark uses audio for DNA sequence analyses. As a former musician who played drums with Indie rock band The Hummingbirds, Mark used computer code to make audio sequences from DNA sequences. This was done by mapping genetic letters and overlapping…

The New Sciences of Sex and Reproduction | Challis lecture in Philosophy

New developments in biomedical science have disrupted the formerly tight links between biology and our social practices of categorising people as male and female, parent and child. The School of Humanities at the University of Sydney will be joined by the ABC’s Big Ideas for this public lecture with: Paul E. Griffiths, Challis Professor of…

The new sciences of sex and reproduction | Challis lecture in Philosophy

The School of Humanities at the University of Sydney will be joined by the ABC’s Big Ideas for this public lecture. Paul E. Griffiths, Challis Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities Luara Ferracioli, Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities Hosted by Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas

The Twisty Science Show

Do you like balloons? Do you like stories? Then you will love The Twisty Science Show, a book reading with fun science balloon creations. It is the story of how our DNA makes each one of us unique, told using fun and colourful balloon creations. It is based on the book, “What Makes You Unique”…

What Makes You Unique? Science storytelling show with a twist

Do you like balloons? Do you like stories? Then you will love the What Makes You Unique: Science Storytelling With A Twist, a book reading with fun science balloon creations. It is the story of how our DNA makes each one of us unique, told using fun and colourful balloon creations. It is based on…

VR Experience

The unique Mindflight7 virtual reality learning method activates and excites secondary students with relevant career direction and subject specific educational experiences delivered using immersive VR technology. Flight options are: space mission, frog dissection, heart surgery, ocean acidification, global warming, ecosphere tours, science career immersions.