National Science Week 2021, theme “Food: Different by Design”.
An online Indigenous Science Experience for more than 380 students and teachers at four Logan schools gave the children an insight into the science behind how spears, hunting sticks and boomerangs are crafted and used. The students also learnt about native beehives and bush medicine.
Street Science toured with their stage show ‘The Future of Foods; where they investigated what’s actually in the food we eat, how to launch flying potatoes, use mushroom spores to create fireballs and plate up some future foods designed in the lab.
QLD Chief Scientist Professor Hugh Possingham gave an interview to the Brisbane Times about scientific graphing and the hope we’ll beat the pandemic.
The Queensland Chief Scientist Office interviewed some of their valued scientists for National Science Week.
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to wildlife science
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to remote sensing technologies
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to vegetation ecology
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to environmental science
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to aquatic ecology
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to landscape science
Science Week looks beyond the microscope to climate modelling and analysis
Read more about different events that were funded for National Science Week in Queensland in 2021 HERE
Whale poop? Oil slick? Actually, it’s Phytoplankton!
If you like to breathe air and eat food, thank phytoplankton. Visible from space, these microorganisms are integral to all life.
Go2Qurious presents a new science and oceanography podcast designed especially for middle schoolers. Join host Dr Jamie Coull, and oceanographer co-hosts Dr Lachlan McKinna and Dr Ivona Cetinić from 15 August to explore ocean ecology and NASA’s PACE Mission.
Jamie, Lachlan and Ivona interview 11 scientists and engineers who work on NASA’s most advanced ocean-colour and aerosol satellite mission to date: PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystems). Each episode is packed with science activities and resources.
There are fantastic science prizes to be won, and the podcast can be enjoyed by students, teachers and families alike.
Actually, It’s Phytoplankton!: Ocean Ecology & NASA’s PACE Mission is proudly supported by Advance Queensland and the Queensland State Government.
We interviewed five Queensland scientists with very different backgrounds and skills to showcase the variety of pathways an interest in STEM subjects can take you. Take a look at the videos below to get inspired!
These videos premièred during National Science Week on the Queensland Science Facebook page. The video featuring marine scientist Katharine Robertson also featured in the foyer of the EcoSciences Precinct.
Follow your curiosity and bring out your inner scientist as you question, investigate and wonder about the world around you.
H2O Kids moves online to keep education flowing during COVID-19.
H2O Kids online is an SEQ Water initiative. It is a school education program, designed to increase water literacy and knowledge while working in a blended learning environment (at school or home).
Our appreciation and understanding of water as a precious resource is important regardless of what is happening around us. H20 Kids are here to support you in water education whatever the circumstance. This program has been developed for schools or parents to teach students online or in person with dedicated lessons.
The Future Makers program provides STEM events and activities for teachers, students and communities across Queensland, particularly in the Western Downs and Gladstone regions.
The STEM Video series is specifically mapped to aspects of the Australian School Curriculum to demonstrate actual application of the concepts, skills and knowledge students are learning in the classroom.
Future Makers is an innovative partnership between Queensland Museum Network and Shell QGC, who joined forces to increase awareness and understanding of the value of STEM in Queensland schools and communities.
Dr Paul Muir, Maine Biologist; Sam Heritage, Environmental Compliance Officer; Year 6 Biology – Life on Earth, Dr Owen Seeman; Year 8 Biology – Cells, Dr Jessica Worthington-Wilmer
To succeed in bringing humanity back from the brink we need great minds, a collective force, shared knowledge, and a global transdisciplinary approach to sustainable existence on Earth.
The Future is in Their Hands: Tread softly, with purpose and courage
Growing up is tough enough! Add the knowledge and threat of climate catastrophe and you have Generation Z, a cohort of young adults with an enormous degree of eco-anxiety to manage. In the name of hope, we give voice to three inspiring young changemakers and their creative solutions for surviving and thriving on the future planet Earth.
Factory of the Future: Where technology meets the everyday
Smart or not, the future will still need factories to make the stuff we humans use everyday. How will existing production models cope with the staggering and ongoing rate of digital disruption and advanced capabilities? Dial in to hear three innovation leaders blow your mind as they predict the future of manufacturing and how the human worker fits into this fast-changing landscape.
Pandemic Proofing: Facing the new normal
With global COVID-19 infection and death rates still rising, the world is looking to science. We need a protective vaccine in the short term, as we are struggling with current strategies for mitigating the risk and severity of this new and dangerous viral disease. Our infectiously talented panel of experts will discuss how this crisis could change our lives forever, and whether we can ever pandemic-proof the future.
We partnered with the Department of Education and the Fraser Coast Regional Council to deliver the 2019 National Science Week Regional STEM Pop-up in Maryborough with our Regional STEM Pop-up event on 13 and 14 August 2019!
Students were offered a range of sessions from a science-based musical theatre show about dinosaurs for the young at heart to an entrepreneurship class for older students interested in problem solving.
Other activities included drone flying, coding and robotics, Indigenous science, space science and virtual reality experiences.
Read more about it HERE on the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist.
We travelled to Longreach to encourage Queenslanders to get involved in science to celebrate National Science Week 11–19 August 2018, where this year’s school theme is ‘Game changers and change makers’.
A community event titled ‘From dinosaurs to drones’ was held at the Qantas Founders Museum, students participated in coding and robotics, entrepreneurship and drone training. There was informative and entertaining sessions including Corals in the Outback and In the Shdaows of our Prehistoric Past
Read more about it HERE on the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist.
We took to the skies to get Queenslanders involved in science! National Science Week, 12–20 August 2017, this year’s school theme was Future Earth.
The Drone Experience was an educational and fun one-hour activity, held each weekday during National Science Week to give students a hands-on introduction to drone technology.
Listen to Mathilde Desselle’s interview for ABC Radio Brisbane with students and teachers from Nashville State School and Kenmore State School.
Read more about it HERE on the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist.
On Friday 12 August 2016 we organised a Guinness World Records attempt for the largest practical science lesson… and we did it! 2900 students and teachers spent 30 minutes learning about magnetism! Watch ABC’s Behind the News on the Guineess World Record.
Who is the fittest according to sports science? We organised a fitness challenge in the Queen Street Mall (stage) between a range of athletes from the Brisbane Heat, Brisbane Roar, Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Ballet.
Read more about it HERE on the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist.