Sun-struck in Carnamah

Mehmet Alpasian, PhD student at ICRAR studying optical and near-infrared galaxy filaments in the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey, will be joining the Travelling Scientist program this year.

He is seen here lending a hand to students using a solar telescope at Carnamah District High School on the Aspire to Astronomy tour to the Murchison with ICRAR, Aspire UWA, UWA School of Indigenous Studies, Scitech and SPICE.… Continue reading

Goldfields Science Awareness Festival

SPICE will take to the stage when the 13th annual three day Scitech Science Awareness Festival visits Kalgoorlie.

Curriculum Consultant Jenny Gull will run workshops on some of the new SPICE resources, including Soft drink science, Forces and Cyclones, while Travelling Scientist Ryan Kempster does his best to answer questions from local students.

The festival runs from Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 April, 2013, at Kalgoorlie Town Hall.… Continue reading

Travelling scientists in May

Two of our Travelling scientists will be on the road in May.… Continue reading

Travelling scientists in March

Three of our Travelling scientists will be on the road in March.… Continue reading

Travelling scientist drops in

Travelling scientist Steve Tidman visited Newton Moore High School to provide an insight to the sports leadership and physical education studies classes about his studies in sports science.

Read more from the South West Times.… Continue reading

Jacinta takes science to the Pilbara

One of UWA’s most promising young researchers, Jacinta Delhaize, won the 2008 Science Student of the Year for her work promoting science to the community.

Read more about Jacinta’s work with the travelling scientist program in University News.… Continue reading