This annual event enters its second year to celebrate National Science Week and showcase outstanding science and research being conducted by female STEMM staff at Murdoch University. In 2020 we shine the spotlight on the Engineering and IT discipline areas which consistently show the greatest underrepresentation of women in higher education and private sectors. Dr…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Rosetta Tomorrow
Until the discovery of the Rosetta stone, many details of Egyptian life were hidden to modern eyes. Even though we had thousands of artifacts with hieroglyphics on them, the language was so lost to history that none of it could be understood. Carved around 196 BCE, this stone gave the world a glimpse of what…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Burnie families)
NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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. You get stickers and…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Henty families)
NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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. You get stickers and…
Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Crookwell families)
NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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. You get stickers…
Hope Vale interactive Periodic Table display unveiling
The Hope Vale Periodic Table display supports the Science program Years 4-6 Chemistry Unit that is part of the Class domain of the 6C Education Model developed by Good to Great Schools Australia. The cabinet is a replica of the periodic table standing 2.4 metres long, 1.7 metres high with each element represented by a…
Lake Mac STEAM Week – 2020 Digital Edition
While we can’t run our full STEAM Week program this year you can check out some fun and educational science, technology, engineering, ART and maths content via YouTube.
Online Science Olympiad
We are organising an Online Science Olympiad for students from Years 2 – 9. The quiz will include questions from a variety of scientific field to assess as well as motivate students to get involved and develop a scientific acumen in the younger generation. Each student will be given an appreciation certificate.
Coding with colour
Have you heard that you should ‘learn to code’ but have no idea where to begin? There are so many coding languages, and what could you even build? Hear from a current Deakin student who will show you some Javascript basics and how to use them to build a random colour generator. Booking password DEAPNSW Deakin Engagement and Access…
Conserving Endangered Species – Online workshop
Praxical is a new learning initiative creating online workshops where everyone can actively engage in the scientific process. For National Science Week this year Praxical is collaborating with the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE). Together they are creating a fully online, self-led workshop about biodiversity conversation, focused on the Regent Honeyeater. During…