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Fungi Fanatics Reap Rewards
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Fungi Fanatics Reap Rewards

  • By Alice National Office
  • 18 August, 2013

Experiments and activities based on "food, farming and fungi" kept thousands of school students in the DAFF Hermitage Schools Plant Science Competition busy this year. Students from years prep to ...

Necessity brings innovation in the bush
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Necessity brings innovation in the bush

  • By Alice National Office
  • 17 August, 2013

We often think of science in modern terms. Space, research, computers – things that we see changing our lives from concept into reality. In my travels creating historical documentaries around ...

School grant winners involve their communities in National Science Week
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School grant winners involve their communities in National Science Week

  • By Alice National Office
  • 16 August, 2013

Clover Hill State School, Queensland Academy for Health Sciences, Southport Special School, Pimpama State Secondary College and Marsden State High School are among 22 Queensland schools which ...

Street Science: Taking Science Education out of the Classroom
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Street Science: Taking Science Education out of the Classroom

  • By Alice National Office
  • 15 August, 2013

Hi, my name’s Steve and I’m a scientist! Most kids call me Science Steve... That’s how I start my science lessons these days. Things are a bit different now to how I taught in the past. Let me ...

School grant winners get creative with science
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School grant winners get creative with science

  • By Alice National Office
  • 14 August, 2013

Beerwah State School, North Lakes College, Fraser Coast Anglican College and Urangan State High School are among 22 Queensland schools which have received National Science Week school grants in ...

Street Science hits the road for National Science Week 2013
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Street Science hits the road for National Science Week 2013

  • By Alice National Office
  • 13 August, 2013

Liddell Education has booked a SOLD OUT tour of South East Queensland to celebrate National Science Week 2013. ‘Science Steve’ and his team of educators have embarked on a run of live ...

Five positive things about Positive Psychology
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Five positive things about Positive Psychology

  • By Alice National Office
  • 13 August, 2013

We are Dr Rachel Earl and Dr Anthony Venning, Positive Psychology researchers at the University of Adelaide. Positive Psychology is a branch of psychology that investigates the positive aspects ...

Tasmanian Seed Grant Winners
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Tasmanian Seed Grant Winners

  • By Tasmania
  • 12 August, 2013

Congratulations to the following successful National Science Week seed grant recipients  in Tasmania  - 2013  is yet another great year of science events and activities! Lynn Davies – Morris ...

Bring the kids, friends and family to Extraordinary Science @ ESP
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Bring the kids, friends and family to Extraordinary Science @ ESP

  • By Alice National Office
  • 12 August, 2013

Weed controlling insects, maggot painting and an autonomous underwater vehicle will be on show as part of Extraordinary Science at the EcoSciences Precinct (ESP) during National Science Week, ...

Get involved with Young Scientists of Australia
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Get involved with Young Scientists of Australia

  • By Alice National Office
  • 11 August, 2013

You’re young and you’re into science, you study it in school and spend your spare time googling it, but you want something more? The Young Scientists of Australia (YSA) Brisbane Chapter Inc. has ...