Delve into the world of fangs, fur, and freaky faces during this 1-hour interactive learning experience. An Inspired Educator will guide your group of learners through the fascinating, sometimes unnoticed, miniature world that surrounds us each day.
The session includes an opportunity to discover the mini-beasts in your local setting. Themes explored include mini-beast physical features, how mini-beasts affect us, why we need them and their role in the environment.
Create your own mini-beast and predict what it might look like under the microscope.
Get up close to these fascinating creepy crawlies in a way you never imagined possible!
This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
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A scientific exploration of the world around us. Learners will follow their own curiosities through hands-on investigations in to differences between living and non-living, plants and animals, habitats, eco-systems and their interdependence.
This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
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Feathers, fur or fins,
Shells, scales and skins,
See up close what our animal friends are in.
Run, burrow and hop,
Slither, fly or climb,
Find out how some animals can leave us behind.
An experience for F – 3 learners that focuses on the amazing features of predominantly native animal species. Some familiar and lesser known creatures with interesting stories to share, seen in new ways sure to excite and inspire. Explore, discuss and enjoy a hands on learning experience that looks at animal classification, survival adaptations, the interdependence of living things, lifecycles and offspring.
This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
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A new perspective on the phrase “You are what you eat”. Food is essential to our health and survival, therefore one of the most important areas to develop and build awareness in. Join this fascinating journey from seed to sandwich that looks at what healthy and unhealthy choices really look like up close. Explore the processes that bring food to our lunch boxes, considering water use, transport, waste, healthy choices for the body and the environment.
Have you ever seen what a cavity really looks like? What is the difference between compostable organics and non-recyclable waste? Why is pollution a problem that I should be taking action on?
This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
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Ever wondered how science helps to care for the environment and living things? Find out through joining in a real scientific investigation that provides learners hands-on opportunities to question, experiment and predict outcomes that will have them glued to the amazing technology that is the TM4000, our tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Understand what science as a human endeavour has done for the world we live in today – What discoveries have been made that impact our lives in ways we may never have thought about?
Explore the everyday machines that make life around us easier by saving time, creating power or force, providing information and making our lifestyles more convenient through the influence of scientific discoveries and technological advancements. Pull apart a watch to see what makes it tick; explore some amazing tiny machines barely visible to the naked eye. Be amazed by the machines used by scientists who are changing the world we live in with their discoveries.
This session relates to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within the context of the Australian Curriculum.
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