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July 2024

National Science Week special edition

  • Join our free webcasts about protecting precious species and ecosystems (with additional curriculum-aligned activities)
  • Get out and about and participate in a citizen science project
  • Compete with your students in the new-look National Science Quiz!

National Science Week: 10-18 August 2024

CSIRO is a major partner of National Science Week and is proud to support educators in bringing real-world science into the classroom.

Join our FREE online events

Foundation to Year 3

12 August: Storytime with an Endangered Songbird

Join award-winning author, Coral Vass for this webcast as she reads 'The Forgotten Song: Saving the Regent Honeyeater' live from Melbourne Zoo.

Sing along!
Years 4-6

13 August: Join the great Koala Count

Meet our scientist to find out all the ways we are counting koalas and how you can too! This webcast explores themes relating to citizen science, conservation, ecology, biology, and the use of data, maths and technology in real-world science.

Count me in!
Years 7-9

15 August: Keeping an eye on water

How can taking a picutre on your phone help us predict a slimy green algal bloom or a mass fish kill or even when it's safe to go for a swim? Learn about AquaWatch, which combines water quality sensor data with satellite images to measure Australia's water quality.

Dive in!

National Science Quiz 2024

From Monday 12 August

Register. Tune in. Quiz!

The National Science Quiz kicks off this year on Monday 12 August. Hosted by ABC TV’s weather wiz, Nate Byrne a stellar cast of STEM superstars will battle it out at Questacon in Canberra. Team up with your class, family or friends and play along from home or school. Watch the action unfold on YouTube and use Kahoot! to test your science knowledge against your teammates.

Register now

Teacher professional learning: The Classroom Brain

8 August 2024

Engaging curiosity and teamwork

Join CSIRO neuroscientist and TedX presenter, Dr Dana Bradford, to find out what neuroscience tells us about school-age brains and how an understanding of a neurodiverse brain can help up engage students more effectively.

Register
21 August 2024

Boosting attention and memory for better learning

Are your students paying attention? Would you like to improve their retention and memory (or yours?) And how can this work for neurodiverse students? Find out in the free webinar with CSIRO neuroscientist and TedX presenter, Dr Dana Bradford.

Register
12 September 204

Incorporating movement and mindfulness

From a neuroscientific perspective, how does moving the body help students learn? And what does science have to say about the role of meditation and mindfulness in the classroom? Dr Dana Bradford shares perspectives and helpful strategies on movement, and building healthier minds and behaviours.

Register

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