The Australian National Maritime Museum holds regular events focused on encouraging young people into science. Its Women in Science event, held in conjunction with University of NSW’s Science 50:50 project, recently aimed to encourage young women to continue their study in science – and is therefore in line with the NYSF’s mission of inspiring young… Read more
Our 2018 Year 12 Programs are now over but what is left are the memories of many inspirational talks given by some of Australia’s leading scientists. There were so many presentations it is difficult to talk about them all but students heard about everything from dark energy and gravitational waves to waste transformation, algae farming,… Read more
Q. What has eight legs and is made up of dots? A. A stippled drawing of a spider! Most of us have looked through a microscope during a science class at school but have you ever looked at something under a microscope with the intention of drawing it? One of the… Read more
A few days ago, the NYSF 2018 Session C students from the Curie interest group were shown through the campus of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Canberra, and guided through a hands-on blueprinting exercise which involved the synthesis of metal complexes and the use of their photochemical properties. This visit to ADFA was… Read more
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 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
The sound of luggage being wheeled across tarmac and the sight of science teachers from across Australia shuffling into the residences at the University of Queensland for the start of the NYSF National Science Teachers Summer School (NSTSS 2018) instantly dispelled any misconception that teachers do not have lives. Dr Damien Pearce, CEO of NYSF,… Read more