To celebrate National Science Week, Matthew Flinders Anglican College is hosting its fourth Inspiring Women in Science and Health (I-WiSH) conference for girls from Years 10-12 with a passion for sciences. This year, the Flinders I-WiSH connects 10 world-class Australian researchers with 60 Flinders students and 34 students visiting from Pymble Ladies College in Sydney and St Catherine’s…
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Biomimicry – The Natural Way to Teach STEM
Primary and Secondary Educators can bring STEM learning to life using nature as the inspiration for sustainable design in this free, best practice, online Professional Development opportunity. Biomimicry is a sustainable design process that encourages students to tap into and emulate nature’s incredible problem-solving skills. Nature becomes the teacher alongside you in (and out of)…
Plants Beyond Earth
This Science Week, join the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plants for Space and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in a unique, future-facing education experience. From Earth’s ecosystems to lunar greenhouses, this is a call for the next generation of thinkers, growers, and problem-solvers to reimagine how we live with plants, wherever we go….
The National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip 2025 – Adelaide to Sydney (Leg 2)
The National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip is on its way to schools around Australia during National Science Week 2025. The National Quantum and 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…
Brick + Brush = Creatovation at Maclean High School
Have you ever wondered what happens when science and art collide? What about mixing creativity with innovation using one of the simplest, yet most powerful tools ever invented – the LEGO block! During Science Week, our school community will get the chance to create, build and experiment in fun team challenges. They will need to…
Science. Art. Film. screening and discussion – Under the skin
Science.Art.Film. returns for Season 7… and it’s bringing the uncanny with it. We’re diving into cinema’s most curious collisions of science, art and imagination, where things get bold, bizarre and beautifully mind-bending. We’re launching with a cinematic knockout: “Under the Skin”, starring Scarlett Johansson as a mysterious alien prowling the streets of Glasgow, luring men…
Yarning about the science that has always been here: Teachings of Gurawul (Whale) and Buru (Kangaroo) about connectedness of Country
Enjoy a cultural yarn and planetarium show in the Science Space at the Innovation Campus, Wollongong. The cultural yarn will be led by Dr Crystal Arnold, a Gundungurra woman and academic based in the School of Social Sciences, and Peter Hewitt, a Jerrinja Yuin man and academic in Aboriginal Education. Together we’ll explore, through story and science, how…
Wilmot Primary School Science Expo
Wilmot Primary School will be hosting a Science Week Expo, it will be an afternoon full of cool experiments, fun facts and exciting discoveries. Classes will be sharing knowledge with peers and families. Stations will be set up around the room for students and adults to explore. We will demonstrate that you do not need…
STEM in Small Rural Schools
STEM Day in Small Rural Schools will be an exciting full day event where four small schools from The Dorrigo Plateau and nearby areas come together for a fun science adventure! All students from Kindergarten to Year 6 at these schools will take part in different hands-on activities throughout the day. We’ll use our school’s…
Science on the South Coast
Join the live broadcast of ABC Illawarra from the University of Wollongong for Science Showcase UOW. From the uni bar on Wed 13th August, ABC Illawarra will broadcast the Drive Show with Lindsay McDougall (3pm – 6pm) The day will include: Live interviews with UOW scientists across different career levels. Topics include cancer drug development,…