NYSF 2018 Session A students participated in a range of hands on activities allowing them to gain a unique perspective of what is involved in both paramedicine and nursing at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) last week. Ms Amelia Munro began the session by introducing paramedicine and nursing as well as the other degrees that… Read more
Did you know that coffee is the second most consumed drink on the planet? Narrowly beaten by tea, this makes for an enormous worldwide industry, reliant on some hardcore science! NYSF 2018 Session A students were given behind the scenes access at Two Before Ten Coffee in Canberra to explore the science that turns a plant… Read more
The sun rose on 10 January 2018 over about 200 students at Emmanuel College. Many had made a sweltering 16-hour journey to Brisbane by bus the day before, but there would be no mercy from the sun during the day ahead. First up, students met their interest groups, in which they will remain for the duration… Read more
The highlight of the second day was a lecture for NYSF Session B students by University of Queensland (UQ) Professor Tamara Davis about her global collaborations on dark energy and gravitational waves. Professor Davis has scanned huge sections of our night sky to build three-dimensional maps of our observable universe. In their deepest regions, these maps show… Read more
Kicking off the elective STEM visits, where NYSF students had the opportunity to choose visits according to their personal interests, an exciting session in Biomedical Engineering was hosted by Dr Kiara Bruggeman. Recently completing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at ANU, Dr Bruggeman has a passion for using engineering principles to solve fundamental challenges in… Read more
Students from the Blackburn interest group of NYSF 2018 Session A delved into the world of medical science at the University of Canberra. The students were exposed to three areas of medical science; Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Pharmacy. As an Occupational Therapist it is important to understand the motivation behind everyday activities and to… Read more
NYSF Session A students in Biology Interest groups, Fenner and Hill, took a trip to the ANU Research School of Biology Teaching and Learning Centre. They participated in a DNA profiling activity to solve a mock murder case. Whose blood was left at the crime scene? Was it the former husband, the boyfriend or the… Read more
For 35 years the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) has provided quality science programs to students entering year 12, inspiring careers both in and out of STEM. This year we celebrate our first program in Queensland with 182 students from across Australia about to experience the best of Brisbane science at a 12 day summer… Read more
Kicking off their NYSF 2018 STEM visits, students in the Newton Engineering interest group for Session A were treated to a workshop with the ACT student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). EWB Australia is a non-profit organisation that works within Australia and abroad to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged communities through education and… Read more
Robots doing Tai Chi?! NYSF2018 Session A students in the Lovelace (computing) interest group got to see exactly this when they visited the Human Centred Technology Research Centre at the University of Canberra (UC). Director of the Research Centre, Professor Roland Goecke, started the workshop with some insights into the possibilities of Human-Centred Technology, with… Read more