We have a full program for the students at Oakwood Primary School. Kindy – creating patterns with fruit and vegetables, making art with paint and leaf prints Years 1 and 2 – decoding animal prints with the support of Dennika and making prints on paper with art stamps. (Open night make it a guess the…
Topic: Mathematics
2025 #STEMLIKEAPATSGIRL Conference
On Saturday 16 August, St Patrick’s College Townsville will present its ninth annual #STEMLikeAPatsGirl Conference – the only event of its kind in North Queensland. It is a day devoted to empowering and engaging girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The event is open to all girls, aged 10 to 15, from North Queensland…
Crack the Code: Nature, numbers and secrets
Crack the Code: Nature, Numbers and Secrets is an exciting Science Week initiative designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking through a series of interactive, hands-on STEM activities. Students will explore how science, maths, and digital technologies help us decode the world around us—from natural patterns to communication systems. The program includes a school-wide…
Quantum Quest
You’ve probably heard of gravity and force, but have you wondered about super positioning, Heisenberg’s uncertainty or quantum probability? Join us on our quest to discover the quirky laws of Quantum Physics using BBC micro:bits. Delve in with hands-on activities to explore teleportation, uncertainty, randomness and more. By completing simple coding projects using your BBC micro:bit, you’ll…
How to think like a spy: The science of intelligence
We are living through an era of great uncertainty and geo-political upheaval with growing conflicts, pandemics and environmental crises looming. At the centre of this uncertainty, national intelligence analysts are monitoring the situation, to predict and answer questions about the capability of global powers, criminal organisations, deception and even the world of counterespionage and double-crossing….
2025 Marie Curie Lectures: Quantum century – Unlocking the universe’s secrets and shaping our future with Dr Danielle Holmes
100 years ago, quantum physics was born to explain curious behaviour of tiny things. Since then, it has become our most powerful tool that humans possess, not just for increasing our understanding of the world, but for shaping its future. It has unlocked secrets of our universe, such as why stars shine and how migratory…
Lunch Time Food, Fire and Fear!
Centralian Middle School will celebrate National Science Week by conducting fun experiments for students during lunch time. We will make fireproof paper, rainbow lemonade, large-scale elephant toothpaste, test physics with a bowling ball to the face and have a go at eating insects. On Monday, students will make pictures on paper and then soak it…
Grow 4 Launch – Grow, test and imagine the future of food in space with your STEM research kit
Grow! Test! Create! Imagine the future of food in space with our interactive STEM research kit. Join the Plants for Space researchers to re-imagine how we can grow the plants and make food for astronauts that tastes good and that they actually want to eat! Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Become a…
Science, Visual and Performing Arts- A multilingual confluence 2025
If you the curious or have the knack for innovation, join us and explore the wonderful magic of science. This family event is for everyone to get hands on and try different experiments. Can you set off the lemon volcanoes? Can you use a balloon to lift up a glass bottle? Can you make a…
Transfolk WA at Scitech – Discover science, celebrating identity
On Saturday 30 August from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Scitech in West Perth is transformed into a haven for the trans and gender diverse community. “Transfolk WA @ Scitech” is a special, free event happening just for Perth’s trans and gender diverse community members, families and friends! Imagine having Scitech almost all to yourselves to explore, play,…