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Tag: Homeschool Specials

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Virtual School Events S14 – Come Yarn with Aunty Kim

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting schools across Australia by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Virtual School Events S14 – Come Yarn with Aunty Kim Join Aunty Kim for a yarn, a wetland wander, and traditional string making to create your very own friendship bracelet!
Aunty Kim, a proud Joondaburri saltwater woman, will lead your students through the beautiful Badu wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park, sharing knowledge of Culture. Students will learn how natural resources were used sustainably by First Nations peoples for millennia. Aunty Kim will talk about how weaving is integral to her Culture and show the students a woven eel trap, with a design that was engineered perfectly thousands of years ago, to ensure sustainable fishing! Aunty Kim will finish up by demonstrating the traditional practice of string making and help the students make friendship bracelets. Virtual Excursions Australia Sydney Olympic Park Authority Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-10ES-S, ST1-1WS-S, ST2-10ES-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST3-10ES-S, ST3-1WS-S Aboriginal Culture and History English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Homeschool Specials Virtual Schools Series

SciFest 2022: Ocean Science Quiz

The Australian National Maritime Museum challenges you to test your science general knowledge with interactive Kahoot! Quiz to celebrate National Science Week. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Ocean Science Quiz Kids of all ages and their families can verse each other or join together in teams for this fun challenge of interesting science facts. From exploring the ocean depths to working out why boats float, think about this wonderful world around us and learn something new in this action packed session.
To play the quiz, you will need to visit www.kahoot.it or download the Kahoot! App and enter the code provided at the start of the session.
Test your ocean science knowledge this National Science Week. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Science of the Sea

Join the Australian National Maritime Museum to explore the Science of the Sea celebrating National Science Week. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 SciFest 2022: Science of the Sea Think about how we float across our vast oceans and how we can dived down to investigate the depths. Watch along as our Museum educator shares fascinating facts and demonstrates some easy science experiments that you could even try yourself at home afterwards. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary STe-3LW-ST, ST1-5LW-T, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Lunchtime Trivia

Test your scientific knowledge this National Science Week! Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Lunchtime Trivia Have you always wanted to test your scientific knowledge against other kids all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this National Science Week.

Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other kids from your school or across the country.

Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition for kids. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials

SciFest 2022: Trivia

Test your scientific knowledge this National Science Week! Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Trivia Have you always wanted to test your scientific knowledge against other kids all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this National Science Week.

Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other kids from your school or across the country.

Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition for kids. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials

SciFest 2022: Breaking Point

The way glass shatters matters, join the team from Street Science for National Science Week Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Breaking Point Glass; it’s been around for centuries and is everywhere in our lives – windows, doors, eyewear, screens; not a day goes by without touching glass…but what is this marvellous material?
In this all-new action packed show, Street Science will crack open the science of glass, with our presenters exploring common questions about how it’s made and used.  Audiences will get CHARGED UP learning lightning’s role, ogle over the optics of glasses and magnification, and have a smashing good time testing the strengths and weakness of the glass types we interact with every single day.
This epic show has been designed and specifically tailored to align with the 2022 National Science Week school’s theme.  Your students will gain exciting insights into the chemistry, physics, and sustainability of this valuable resource, complementing curriculum learnings in a way they’ll never forget. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Street Science Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary STe-3LW-ST, ST1-5LW-T, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Science Trivia

Test your scientific knowledge this National Science Week! Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students SciFest 2022: Science Trivia Have you always wanted to test your scientific knowledge against other teens all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this National Science Week.

Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other teens from your school or across the country.

Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Australian Dinosaurs

Join the Australian Age of Dinosaurs to dig up the past this National Science Week! Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 SciFest 2022: Australian Dinosaurs Do you what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur? Have you ever wondered what kinds of dinosaurs are found in Australia? Discover the answers to these questions and why difference places have different fossils.

Join the Australian Age of Dinosaurs for this introduction to Australian Dinosaurs and step back in time this National Science Week. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Australian Age of Dinosaurs Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary HT-3-1 & HT-3-5 Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Careers in STEM

Discover the diversity of careers in STEM this National Science Week! Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students SciFest 2022: Careers in STEM Are you interested in collecting rocks? Do you like taking things apart to see how they work? Are you always asking WHY or HOW. If so, join us for a different look into Careers in STEM

Sarah Buckerfield – Geoscience Australia
Bridget Murphy – ANSTO
Ben Newsome – Fizzics Education
Michelle Power – Macquarie University

During the session there will be several short presentations about their journey to their career and what they love about their jobs. There will be an opportunity to ask questions too.

Find out how your passion can lead to a career. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Careers Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events #scienceweek

Virtual School Events S12 – Fantastic Flying Foxes

Pteropus poliocephalus - Gray-headed Flying Fox in the evening, fly away from day site, hang down on the branch.

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting schools across Australia by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Virtual School Events S12 – Fantastic Flying Foxes Every night around sunset, a black cloud of thousands of flying foxes leave Centennial Park’s swamp to find food. Did you know that we humans depend on them as they help to spread pollen and seeds? Find out many fascinating facts about these incredible animals and how they help us survive! 

Learn more about the habitat provided for the Flying Foxes at Centennial Park, and what we are doing to ensure this vulnerable species thrives here. 

This 30 minute live session delivered by our education rangers will take you on a virtual visit to Centennial Park and introduce you to Centennial Park’s Flying Fox colony.  

Build your students’ knowledge of Australian native Grey Headed Flying Foxes with the four units of classroom resources, full of interesting facts and fun content.  Virtual Excursions Australia Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary ST1-4LW-S, ST2-1WS-S, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-1WS-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Homeschool Specials Virtual Schools Series

SciFest 2022: Trivia

Test your scientific knowledge this National Science Week! Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Trivia Have you always wanted to test your scientific knowledge against other kids all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this National Science Week.

Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other kids from your school or across the country.

Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition for kids. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Minibeasts Magnified

Join Australian Environmental Education to look at the amazing world of Minibeasts this National Science Week! Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Minibeasts Magnified Discover some of the amazing minibeasts that live in your backyard, school grounds and local area. Looking for the clues that these animals leave and you will be surprised by the diversity of animals in your local area. Students will also find out ways they can create wildlife friendly environments.

See some of your favourite Minibeasts like neve before!

  Free Virtual Excursions Australia Australian Environmental Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Amazing Animals Adaptations!

Join the team at Sydney Olympic Park this National Science Week to meet some incredible native animals. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 SciFest 2022: Amazing Animals Adaptations! Meet some incredible native animals including the beautiful Green Tree Frog, the elusive leaf insects, Petal our Eastern Long Neck Turtle and Garrigan the Blue Tongue Lizard!

During this virtual session, we will explore lifecycles, diets and amazing adaptations like camouflage. We will surprise and engage the students with totally amazing (and some disgusting) facts about these animals and show the features that help them move, keep warm, protect themselves, find food and eat!

We will finish the session by investigating some challenges that face our native animals and simple steps we can take to protect them and their habitats. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Sydney Olympic Park Authority Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Stage 1 Describes observable features of living things and their environments (ST1-4LW-ST) Identifies ways in which people interact with and care for places (GE1-2) Stage 2 Compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things (ST2-4LW-ST) Describes the ways people, places and environments interact (GE2-2) Stage 3 Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things (ST3-4LW-ST) Explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments (GE3-2) Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: liquid Nitrogen Show

Join the team from Fizzics Education for National Science Week Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 SciFest 2022: liquid Nitrogen Show Witness demonstrations with liquid nitrogen in this “SUPER COOL” science show! Join Fizzics Education as we find out how solids, liquids and gases change when rapidly heated and cooled. What happens to living things if they are frozen? How can Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion explain a liquid nitrogen sprinkler? Pop can lids and expand balloons plus much more as you learn about pressure, forces and changes in states of matter! Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary STe-3LW-ST, ST1-5LW-T, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Chemical World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials #scienceweek

SciFest 2022: Lunchtime Trivia

Test your scientific knowledge this National Science Week! Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 SciFest 2022: Lunchtime Trivia Have you always wanted to test your scientific knowledge against other kids all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this National Science Week.

Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other kids from your school or across the country.

Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition for kids. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Other Primary Secondary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Earth and Environmental Science Free Homeschool Specials

Virtual School Events S11 – Cook and Banks: Charting the Great Southern Land

Virtual Excursions Australia is supporting schools across Australia by providing discounted live virtual events available via DART Learning. Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Virtual School Events S11 – Cook and Banks: Charting the Great Southern Land Join the Australian National Maritime Museum on an investigation of the fascinating story behind Cook and Banks’ voyage on the HMB Endeavour across the Pacific to the rumoured Great Southern Land. Discover why they embarked on such a momentous three year voyage, where they stopped along the way and what the conditions on-board HMB Endeavour were really like.

Learn more about the significant contributions of the expert navigator and skilled cartographer, Lieutenant James Cook, along with the young botanist Joseph Banks with his party of scientists and artists. Virtual Excursions Australia Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Australian Curriculum – ACHASSK083, ACHASSK084. NSW Syllabus – HT2-3, HT2-4 HSIE History Australian History: Community and Remembrance, First Contacts (Stage 2 – Year 3 and 4) English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Homeschool Specials Virtual Schools Series

Put Yourself in the Picture – Visual Arts

Experience one of our fun, curriculum-focused programs live from the National Portrait Gallery, especially homeschooled students.

 

  Year 2 – S1 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Put Yourself in the Picture – Visual Arts In this Visual Arts program, suitable for students of all ages, students explore a selection of contemporary and historical portraiture to see how the artists reveal the fascinating stories of their iconic Australian subjects. With the help of our expert Gallery learning staff, they’ll practice important visual and critical thinking skills to interpret and understand these techniques. Responding with a series of drawing activities, by the end of the session students will have a better understanding of how to look for meaning in art, and of the conventions of portraiture. Free National Portrait Gallery Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating (Visual Arts) Creative Arts Visual Arts Making (Visual Arts) Creative Arts Visual Arts Free Homeschool Specials

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with Dhunghutti Humpty

Live Classroom event for Early Learning and Kindergarten. Sing and learn what Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! means in Aboriginal Language with the Dhunghutti Humpty. Preschool/Early Childhood Kinder – ES1 Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with Dhunghutti Humpty This 40 minute program invites teachers to join a live event where Aboriginal artist and educator, Dorsey Smith – along with his co-host Jo Tuscano teach children how to sing in Dhunghutti.

The children learn how Dhunghutti Humpty Dumpty fell out of the tree and how it was Humpty’s mob who showed up to help him get up and stand up and be put back together again.

The children learn Aboriginal words in Dhunghutti, they learn the meaning of falling and breaking and then getting up and showing up again. They learn it is a team effort. This is a fun event involving storytelling, ceremony, art, symbolism, metaphor and song. It is a fusion of western and Aboriginal storytelling. Free imagineer.me Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Aboriginal Culture and History Languages Aboriginal Languages Creative Arts Music Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events Rural and Remote Specials Wellbeing #dartlearning #naidoc #dhunghutti #earlylearning #aboriginal

Climate solutions. Our youth, their future

Understand the science, understand the urgency, understand it is our youths’ future. Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Climate solutions. Our youth, their future As part of the Powerhouses 100 Climate Conversations weekly podcast, selected innovators have presented simple positive messages to schools about what can be done to save our planet.

In this episode meet Dr Rebecca Huntley, a social researcher and climate activist who studies why we think the way we do about climate change for corporate Australia. Knowing that 25% of Australia’s youth are alarmed by climate change while deniers make up around 1%, she provides strategies that children can employ to engage, enlighten and modify thinking all the way to the corporate boardroom.

This is an edited recording of an interview on Friday 17 June 2022 from the Powerhouse. Free Powerhouse On Demand Youtube Recording Primary Secondary ST3-1WS-S, ST3-4LW-S, SC4-4WS, SC4-7WS, SC4-9WS, SC4-13ES, SC4-15LW Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Physical World Science and Tech Physical World 7-10 Careers Participants will learn to:

Identify various pathways into STEM careers
Understand that failure is part of learning
Accept, though question that climate change is supported by evidence
Explore solutions that are diverse and achievable
Ask questions and express their voice through protest in the search for truth.

Success can be measured by the ability of the learners to:

Explain the key points raised in the program
Identify at least one variable described in the presentation
Generate expansive questions
Suggest ways to continue investigations
Discuss limitations of the key ideas
Propose a career path for their own journey with STEM Student Careers Women in STEM Environment Free Homeschool Specials International Women’s day World Environment Day National Science Week #powerhousemuseum

World Environment Day: Plants for Life

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Join the team from Fizzics Education to look at Plants for Life. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 World Environment Day: Plants for Life Join the Fizzics team in exploring the living world and look closely at plants & their adaptations to the environment.

How do they transport water?
How does photosynthesis work?
How are seeds dispersed
What soil do they grow in?

From transpiration to pH investigations, plant biology will grow on you. Free Virtual Excursions Australia Fizzics Education Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary STe-3LW-ST, ST1-5LW-T, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-4LW-S Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Reading and Viewing Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Free Homeschool Specials One-off Events

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