Powering the Future – Student circuit showcase

Powering the Future: Student Circuit Showcase is an exciting National Science Week event where Stage 3 students at Springdale Heights Public School will become young engineers and inventors! Students will investigate how electricity works by designing and building their own working circuits using batteries, switches, wires, buzzers, lights and motors. Throughout the project, students will…

Luminescence – Discovery of a Glowing World

What will you see when the lights go out? On special nights of the year in the oceans and the forests of our South Coast home, we can stumble across glittering scenes of bioluminescence; a clump of ghost mushrooms inhabiting a dead tree stump, fireflies dancing, or we can swim in Jervis Bay with the…

Seeding Science in the Red Centre – Ikuntji Kuula Annual Science Camp

Haasts Bluff School have invited neighbouring remote Aboriginal schools in the same Luritja language group to a “Science Camp”. This will involve students working collaboratively to engage in hands-on, practical science activities, which will utilise ideas from the Two-Way Science book (CSIRO), especially Unit 3: What do plants need to grow? and the ASTA resource…

Darwin High School – Earth and environmental field study

This proposal introduces a unique, one night field experience designed specifically for Science Week, enabling Year 10 Earth and Environmental Science students to investigate real-world water systems within Litchfield National Park. Students will engage in hands-on fieldwork, collecting and analysing data to assess water quality and explore the environmental factors that influence natural water sources….

Wildflower Nature Bathing Walk

Join a small group guided walk, spotting wildflowers and practicing nature bathing, through the endangered coastal wallum heathland at Mooloolah River National Park. This walk is for people wishing to spend time with nature and learn from, with, in and about the native ecosystems, accompanied by a guide and small group of nature lovers. It’s…

Agricultural Education Hall at the Royal Queensland Show (Ekka)

Celebrate science in action in the Agricultural Education Hall at the Royal Queensland Show (Ekka). Explore hands-on exhibits, learn about the science behind farming and food production, and discover how technology is shaping the future of agriculture. It’s a great way for kids and families to connect science with the real world – right in…

Buzzz ACT – Margaret Hendry School

Buzz into Margaret Hendry School this National Science Week with Chamaeleon Collective, Canberra’s inclusive dance company, for an award‑winning dance and science experience celebrating the bees that keep our world humming. In Buzzz ACT, a lively cast of buzzing bees leads children and their families on a journey through the science of pollination, biodiversity and the…

Biodiversity Collage Brisbane – Lunch and Learn

Join People For Nature for a Biodiversity Collage workshop— an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the living world we are part of and explore how our actions shape the future of wildlife and ecosystems. In this engaging and collaborative in-person session, you’ll explore what biodiversity really is, why it matters for wildlife and people alike,…

Science Goes Looney – SOLD OUT

This event is sold out! Please email science@rmit.edu.au to join the waitlist to next year’s event. Uh‑Oh… The Earth went BOOM! A Looney Tunes movie and science adventure at RMIT. Get ready for giggles, explosions and amazing science fun! Join us for a super exciting National Science Week adventure made just for primary school students….