Students from P-12 with Special Needs will be invited to engage in a range of science activities on Thursday 20th August from 9am-1pm. The aim of these activities is to engage students across their 5 senses and stimulate sensory exploration.
Topic: Science Communication
Bite-Sized Science
Big science. Small bites. Great stories. Ever wondered what scientists and researchers are working on right here in Far North Queensland? Join the FNQ STEM Hub for Bite-Sized Science, a relaxed evening where researchers step away from the technical jargon and share their science in a simple format: one slide and just three minutes to…
Free Stop Motion Animation Workshop at Cooleman Court Shopping Centre
Space, Stories & Stop-Motion: Bring Science to Life! Unleash your inner filmmaker and bring science to life! Join Space Faring Civilisation (SFC) Films for an interactive, hands-on stop-motion animation workshop where storytellers of all ages can build, shoot, and animate their very own short films. Whether you want to launch a rocket to Mars, explore…
Virtual Reality Flights with the FNQ Aviation Museum
Take flight with the Far North Queensland Aviation Museum this National Science Week! Experience immersive virtual reality aviation adventures and discover the science, technology and engineering behind flight. Fun for all ages and perfect for curious minds.
Three Minute Thesis
The Canberra 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Public Showcase is a free community event that opens the doors of local research to every Canberran. Researchers and students, from high schoolers to postgraduates, each have just three minutes, one static image, and no jargon to share what they’re working on and why it matters. The result is…
Operation Posidonia – Walk and talk
Operation Posidonia and the Gamay Rangers are working together to restore the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis in Gamay – Botany Bay. Posidonia australis (Strapweed) is a large seagrass that forms dense, vibrant underwater meadows which are an important nursery habitat for many marine species including seahorses, snapper and blue swimmer crabs. Seagrass meadows also play a critical…
Feed Your Mind – Fossil Bites – Tiny clues from a lost world
What did ancient flying reptiles eat for dinner? The answer could be locked inside a fossil where tiny molecular traces have survived for millions of years. Under the right conditions, fossils can preserve remarkable evidence of the distant past, helping scientists uncover what extinct animals ate and the environments they lived in. Join John Curtin Distinguished…
Backyard to Bushland – Science for a changing Canberra
Native bees, giant pollen grains, lizards in a heatwave, and the animals hiding in Canberra’s nature reserves – come meet the scientists who study them all. The Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU is bringing four research teams to Westfield Woden for National Science Week. Each one is working on a different piece…
Primary School Science Week Workshop – nurturing the Seeds of Science SG
It’s Science Week! This year, science week is all about seeds of science, nature and plants. Our team will be going to a neighbouring primary school (my primary school which makes this even more exciting!) to engage young children from prep to year 6 in easy, fun and awesome activities. From Cow pluck (Hearts, eyeballs)…
Stories of Openness Podcast – Cailin Mellberg’s OER Story: The SPATIAL Project
What do you get when you mix anatomy, 100,000+ images of the human body, open licensing, a sprinkle of innovation, and a whole lot of hard work? Tune in to Stories of Openness: An Open Education Podcast this National Science Week to find out. Episode 8 – Cailin Mellberg’s OER Story: The SPATIAL Project In…