Are you a problem-solver and team player? Curious about computing, cyber security and digital skills? PECAN+ is an exciting, national Capture The Flag (CTF)-style cyber security competition for high school-aged competitors in years 10-12. Compete against teams across the country to solve cyber challenges and uncover digital “flags” across topics including: cryptography; digital forensics, OSINT,…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
PECAN+ Capture The Flag – Cyber Security Competition
Are you a problem-solver and team player? Curious about computing, cyber security and digital skills? PECAN+ is an exciting, national Capture The Flag (CTF)-style cyber security competition for high school-aged competitors in years 10-12. Compete against teams across the country to solve cyber challenges and uncover digital “flags” across topics including: cryptography; digital forensics, OSINT,…
DISR Social Club Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG Night
It’s one small roll for man, one giant crit for mankind! The DISR Social Club Tabletop Nights Subcommittee is hosting a Sci-Fi themed Tabletop Role Playing Games night! It’s D&D, Jim, but not as we know it… We’ll be running several sci-fi themed pen and paper tabletop games so come along and join in a game!…
Nature ‘Fingerprint’ Forensics!
Did you know snail shells are actually MATHS? Come and find out more at our exciting Living Gallery for Science Week! Grade 5–6 students will be your science buddies as you explore patterns in nature using a fun art activity called gel plate printing. Make your own prints, spot spirals, shapes, and textures, and become…
Nerang Cluster Science Extravaganza
The afternoon discover session invites students to actively engage in the discovery process, and highlights the community involvement aspect with the inclusive language of “decode” and “discover.” It also gives a sense of adventure, encouraging students and families to dive into the world of STEM together. This discovery session would run for an afternoon in…
The National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip 2025—Karratha to Perth (Leg 1)
The National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip is on its way to schools around Australia during National Science Week 2025! The National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip is a travelling science show, bringing all things quantum and dark matter to a town near you! To coincide with National Science Week, a team of…
I Wonder – a Science Musical to Ignite Imagination!
The hit science musical returns to Adelaide! When Phoebe’s house is flooded during a storm, her parents take her to stay with her distant Uncle Linus in his rickety 200-year-old manor. With its many rooms and creaky floorboards, Phoebe just wants to be back home. That is until she discovers her uncle working away in…
STEM without borders: IAQ Ambassadors connect with Longreach School of Distance Education
As part of National Science Week celebrations, IAQ Ambassadors Dr Christina Zdenek, Luis Villegas-Aguilar, and David Corporal will connect with students from the Longreach School of Distance Education – one of the largest virtual classrooms in the world. Located in Outback Queensland, the school supports remote families across vast distances, living up to its motto:…
Decode the Universe: Space Signals with Micro:bit
Are you looking for an activity to do with your class or children this National Science Week? Join QSITE Gold Coast as they bring a hands-on workshop aligned to this year’s school theme: DECODING THE UNIVERSE. Use the micro:bit to send and receive simple binary code messages representing space objects (e.g. star, comet, planet). This…
MIS Science Week
During Science week our classes will compete in a Magnet Maze Challenge, a hands-on, STEM-based activity. Students will work in small groups to design and build cardboard mazes and use magnets to guide metal balls through the paths, exploring magnetism, force, and motion.