Students at Glenmore State High School will participate in STEM activities throughout National Science Week. These activities will be designed to allow students the opportunity to participate in hands on, engaging science experiments, challenges and demonstrations. The overall goal is to promote the STEM subjects within our school and allow students to learn more about…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Stargazing at Mt Pleasant Radio Observatory
A night for the public to visit the Astronomical Society of Tasmania’s facility at Mt Pleasant and view the evening sky.
Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest
The Aurora Science Photo Contest is for schoolgirls to get them to think about everyday science through photography. This contest is an alternative way to engage female school students with science to make them aware of science in everyday life. Flinders University’s 2021 Cochlear Aurora Photo Contest is now open, offering cash prizes to reward young female…
Settlers Primary School Science Week Spectacular
Every student in our school from Kindergarten to Year 6 will participate in tabloid style hands-on science activities throughout National Science Week. Each year group participates on one day during science week and will be immersed in a series of tabloid style activities in small groups, where they will be challenged by a variety of…
Rochester Secondary College School Network Event
Rochester’s current Year 10 students from our space and motion subject engage the Year 6 students from local feeder primary schools to teach them STEM based activities. The Year 10 students put together different activities to run with the students from different schools. This is a great opportunity for both the audience and the presenters,…
Day of Space Adventure
The Year 5/6 space experts will facilitate rotational and engaging activities for our space cadets; students, teachers and parents (pending COVID-19 restrictions) in their purpose built Space Station (classroom). Activities will include a simulator space shuttle ride (chairs) where passengers will enjoy a trip via link up to SPACE X, where our cadets will learn…
Fantastic Festival of Food and Flight
Students will be involved in a variety of STEM challenges around the topic of FOOD and FLIGHT. They will work together in multi-age teams to complete the challenges and earn points for their houses. Students will be engaged in critical thinking as they design, test and refine their creations. They will use problem solving and…
Kilcoy State School Science Fair
Kilcoy State School are excited to whet our appetites with 2021’s National Science Week theme of Food: Different by Design. From Prep to Year 6, all classes will showcase their amazing work by creating Science Stations with visual displays linked to hands-on activities and technology of their chosen Science unit topic or STEM passion. This…
Greg Quicke – Astronomer and author at Broome Library
Greg Quicke will share his journey through space and time to become a famous astronomer and author of two non-fiction books, and provides an every-day insight into the otherwise complex science of astronomy. Greg delivers Astro Tour shows from May to October near Broome. He has also written two non-fiction books on the topic of…
Jingili Science Expo and Science Fair
Jingili’s Science Fair is a longstanding tradition at our school and involves students from Preschool to Year 6 participating. It has evolved over time and includes a science expo, where experts from the community come in to showcase science in the real world, which is then transferred to students being the experts where they showcase…