9 GREAT THINGS IN 9 GOOD DAYS The Great Goodness 9 in 9 Challenge is about celebrating all things goodness. e are challenging you and your friends to share 9 great things in the 9 good days days of the Goodness Festival (15 – 23 August) for a chance to win cool prizes and maybe…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Sapphire Coast Science Festival Online
The Sapphire Coast Science Festival is back, but with a different format for 2020. The Sapphire Coast Regional Science Hub Sustainability Education Network (SCRSHSEN), with the generous support of the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources and Inspiring Australia, is excited to present the Sapphire Coast Science Festival, a great opportunity for…
The Night Sky and the Seasons
Presented by Dr David Nicholls, an astronomer who works at Mt Stromlo Observatory near Canberra, part of the Australian National University (ANU). The night sky on the Sapphire Coast is exceptionally dark, making it a wonderful place to view the southern sky, the stars, the Milky Way, the planets and many other phenomena. As we…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Kondinin families)
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. You get stickers and a mini VR headset to clip onto your phone, and take away with you after the…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Bundaberg families)
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. You get stickers and a mini VR headset to clip onto your phone, and take away with you after the…
There and back again: to the edge of the Universe in 26 steps
Distances in the Universe, even those in our solar system, are beyond the comprehension of most people. Join astronomer Richard de Grijs on a playful journey from our own Earth to the neighbouring planets, the nearest stars, our own Milky Way galaxy, and beyond, to the nearest and more distant galaxies, eventually arriving at the edge of…
Pop-In Science Centre
Let the Science on the GO! team guide you through a week’s worth of hands-on, wizz-bang science to celebrate National Science Week. Each day the Science on the GO! team will virtually ‘Pop-In’ to your classroom and demonstrate a different scientific concept. Explore each concept using your very own FREE STEM kit. Everything you need for a…
Mid-Afternoon Masterclass: The most distant galaxies
In this talk, Associate Professor Michele Trenti will introduce fundamental questions of astronomy by focussing on the earliest stages of creation. We do this by observing incredibly distant galaxies. In fact, because of the finite speed of light, distant objects are seen as they were in the past. The Hubble Space Telescope observations presented in…
Flying Scientist Panel – Yeppoon
Students from St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon will participate in a virtual Flying Scientist panel. Scientists will cover a diverse range of topics including marine science and aerospace engineering. Students will be able to ask scientists their burning science questions and gain an understanding for what being a scientists is really like. The panel will be…
Gadgets, Gizmo’s and Whirligigs
National Science Week activities across the school with a focus on engineering.