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The Fishy Carnival

There will be 3 fun, carnival games teaching 12 Year 4 students about marine conservation, covering topics such as: ocean noise pollution, bycatch and no take species in QLD. The student groups will compete against each other in magnetic fishing, the headphone whisper challenge and ‘scoop the fish’. The winning group will get first pick…

Science Week at Willandra Primary School

This year at Willandra Primary School, we will celebrate Science Week by holding a joint STEM Assembly and STEM exhibition.  The STEM exhibition will feature research projects from students across the school, focusing on this year’s Science theme Species Survival-More Than Just Sustainability. These activities will be taken from the book and supplemented through the…

Learning about survival

We are a Preschool, and part of our goal is to ignite a passion about all things science. About thinking, curiosity, observation, experimentation and hypothesising.  Our event will extend over a period of 2 weeks. We will, in as many ways as possible, include questioning and discussion about the survival of our species. We will…

Shalom College Science Week

We hosted Science week activities with Year 4 -6  primary students from the three catholic primary schools. These activitites were run by our Year 11 /12 Science Students, overseen by science teachers. The primary students circulate through 8 stations were they preform an experiment and learn about the science behind it. Activities were relevant to…

Backyard Biodiversity Hunt

Inquiry Question: What living things can we identify and observe in the school? We are learning to use our senses to observe and identify living things in their natural environment. Success Criteria:  I can make an observation using my senses I can represent observations and identify patterns I can share my observations with others I can…

The plight of the Western Swamp Tortoise

Our school has researched The Western Swamp Tortoise habitat, diet and predators. We are creating dioramas based on our knowledge of the tortoises wetland habitat. The dioramas will be created out of natural materials, sticks and leaves, thick card, various coloured paper and paint. Students participating in the integrated Visual Art and Science Program will…