Did you visit the Canberra Deep Space Station at Tidbinbilla in 2005? Our friends at Tidibinbilla would like to know what you have been up to since then. Both Professor Steve Tingay and Dr Subho Banerjee cite their visits to Tidbinbilla as a major influence on their future study and careers. But what about other… Read more
Congratulations to Kathrin Orda, an NYSF Alumna 2015, who has been accepted to attend the Harvard Summer School at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts later this year. The secondary school program offers a seven-week residential summer program that runs from 22 June to 14 August 2015 for domestic and international students who graduate in 2015…. Read more
Emily Mason from Port Macquarie in New South Wales was one of six Australian NYSF students selected to attend the National Science and Technology Forum that runs in Auckland, New Zealand in January. Her participation was partly supported by IBM’s Diversity and Inclusion program. Emily says that she really enjoyed how the NZ forum explored… Read more
Professionals Australia launched the Still the Clever Country? campaign at the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome with Professor Ian Chubb delivering the keynote address. The campaign presents two significant reports and a series of fact sheets on the issues that face the future of science in Australia. Still the Clever Country is the result… Read more
In March, Erin Prince and Shivani Shah, NYSF alumni in Sydney, participated in a workshop hosted by Inspiring Australia’s NSW office. The workshop aimed to inform NSW-based stakeholders in science outreach about the support available through Inspiring Australia for activities that could be held as part of National Science Week (15-23 August). Erin says that the… Read more
The NYSF is delighted to announce that the Student Staff Leaders (Chiefs of Staff) for 2016 are Brett Slarks from Mt Gambier in South Australia, who will lead Session A, and Meg Trinder-McCartney from Princess Hill in Victoria will lead Session C. When Meg heard of her appointment she said, “Being given the opportunity to… Read more
The Australian Academy of Science’s two school education programs, Science by Doing and Primary Connections, have launched new interactive resources aimed at supporting teachers to lead inquiry-based science education in the classroom. Three new Primary Connections units cover science material suitable from foundation to Year 4 and include a free downloadable PDF, assessment rubrics and… Read more
And we’re back. The January Sessions of the NYSF2015 are done and all of our young people are home and hitting the books for their final year at high school. Both Session A and Session C were successful, with individual highlights that the students and those of us involved in delivering the program will remember… Read more
Session C kicked off two days later, and this Opening Ceremony was significant because of our announcement that Lockheed Martin Australia was coming on board as a major sponsor of the NYSF for 2015-2016-2017. The NYSF Science Patron, Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Ian Chubb again welcomed the students and encouraged them to continue their… Read more
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) presented a new suite of science-based activities at the 2015 NYSF January Sessions. GRDC Capacity Building Program Manager Kathleen Allan says the new activities explored the biology and chemistry of cereal grains, engaging school students with the story of grain production from being sown as seed in the ground… Read more