Ian Thompson, U3A lecturer, will lead a discussion on our top women scientists from around the world, their discoveries and inventions from antiquity till now, and how these women have shaped our lives.
Topic: Indigenous Knowledge
A Look at some of our Top Women Scientists with Ian Thompson
Ian Thompson, U3A lecturer, will lead a discussion on our top women scientists from around the world, their discoveries and inventions from antiquity till now, and how these women have shaped our lives.
Investigating Plant Lifecycles
All year levels will be engaged in different planting activities to explore plant’s life cycle and basic needs of plants. Year 1 and 2 can grow snow peas in a cup in their classroom and learn the life cycle of the snow pea. Year 3 and 4 will grow varied herbs and vegetables in two…
Innovative STEAM Renewable Energy Design Challenge
National Science Week is an exciting opportunity for Dripstone to showcase the innovative and progressive ideas of our students in the field of STEAM. As a part of the week-long celebration, we are organising a science fair that will involve the entire school community, including council members, ministers, and primary schools. Innovation: Powering Future Industries….
STEM 10! Innovation for the Future
This year for STEM 10! we will be looking at Innovation in Industry. Roseworth Primary School will host our STEM 10! with class run activities called Innovation Stations. These Innovation Stations will incorporate Mission Impossibles and Innovation Projects. These activities will encourage students to take risks, reflect and innovate. Each collaborative group is to organise…
Darwin Middle School Future Innovators Event
Innovations and Inventions Competition What is an invention? Inventions are original applications of technology which solve a problem. The scope for inventions is limited only by your imagination. You are asked to apply your knowledge of science to make an invention. Your invention may be a new device, method or process that has not existed…
Science Alive!
Science Alive! was launched in 2006 by the SA Coordinating Committee of National Science Week as a single day event in a modest 2,400 m2 space. Over 16 years it has grown into a suite of 3 separate events held over 3 days in over 16,000 m2 at the Adelaide Showground. It is held in…
Katherine South Primary School Meet the Scientist
Katherine South Primary School host an annual Meet the Scientist Science Expo, where we run different interactive stalls, and host outside organisations including Health Services, Emergency Services, Australian Defence Forces showcasing the science behind their trades, the local library and the Northern Territory School of Music. It is a great afternoon where students and their…
Introduction to Aboriginal Plant Use
Adam Shipp is a proud Wiradjuri man whose family is originally from Dubbo in NSW. Adam is passionate about traditional plant use and showcases this passion in his workshops. During the workshop you will learn in-depth information about how Aboriginal people have been using these plants for foods, fibres, and medicines for thousands of years….
Where Lakes Once Had Water
Sonia Leber and David Chesworth: Where Lakes Once Had Water contemplates how the Earth is experienced and understood through different ontologies – ways of being, seeing, sensing, listening and thinking – that reverberate across art, Indigenous thought, science, ancient and modern cultures, the non-human, and in between. In 2018 and 2019 the artists travelled with a…