WeAreBrisbane Twitter account @WeAreBrisbane will feature a different Queensland-based STEM professional each day, as part of daily rotation curation of the account. Come follow us on from Monday 16 – Sunday 22 August. Learn about what people are working on in STEM in Queensland directly from those in the field, and also see that they’re…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
A Smorgasbord of STEM
Students will engage in a menu of STEM activities that involve making, creating and exploring a range of scientific concepts. Amended program due to COVID restrictions. Parent and community event to be re-scheduled.
Trinity Anglican School Tutor Group Science Quiz Challenge
Students are invited to compete to be named ‘TAS Science Quiz Champion Tutor Group’>
Guest Speakers at Wavell
The Year 11 University of Queensland have invited 4 guest speakers. They will be using “Teams” to present various science topics to the students at Wavell State High School. The topics are: genetically modified foods, psychiatric genetics (mental health), immunology, and quantum physics specifically quantum chaos and thermalization. The presentations will start at 1.10pm and…
Women in STEM: Navigating Barriers to Leadership
Women in STEM, including emerging and established leaders, experience exacerbated barriers to retention, leadership development and success due to a complex web of factors underpinned by STEM disciplines being primarily male-dominated. This free live webinar explores key barriers and associated protective factors and provides practical strategies to assist women navigate the challenge of leading in…
Big Science Quiz
The University of Queensland Year 11 student ambassadors will run a quiz using the brain break materials provided from National Science Week. Students will participate in teams and prizes will be awarded to the inners after the three rounds.
AI IoT Science Spectacular
A science arena of stunning spectaculars and exciting discoveries. All content of this event is selected from forefront and new science using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to resonate with the theme. The scale of topics is far-reaching, from that in the field of nanoscale biophotonics (Roman Kostecki, research fellow at ARC…
At Home Science Scavenger Hunt
As part of National Science Week, InquiBox has developed an at-home science scavenger hunt pack to get the whole family involved in some science fun. Have fun with the genes, mirrors, colours, numbers and much more. Our science scavenger hunt resource involves: riddles and puzzles you need to answer/scavenge for at home; details on the…
Living in a Fine Tuned Universe: a user’s guide with Professor Mark Colyvan from University of Sydney
It seems that the conditions required for carbon-based life to arise a universe like ours are very specific. Various physical constants need to “fine-tuned” to precise ranges for there to be carbon-based life. In short, it looks exceedingly unlikely that we should be here. Yet here we are. Cosmologists, philosophers, theologians, and the general public…
Dream Big: Engineering our World
Please join the fun as we watch this inspirational short film Dream Big: Engineering our World and let it transform how you and your family think about engineering. With a stereotype-busting engineer cast, the film reveals that engineering is an exciting, creative, heroic realm where the optimists of today are creating the lifesaving, world-altering marvels…