As the COVID-19 restrictions continue in Victoria, Swinburne is offering online programs to help parents looking to entertain their children at home during the upcoming school holidays.
Science island
An educational STEM-focused game for kids, , has been developed by students and scientists from across the globe, including Swinburne’s, . A beta version is currently available to at no charge.
PrimeSCI science outreach workshops
The PrimeSCI! science outreach team is providing live-streamed Zoom workshops for the Spring School Holidays. The workshops are for primary school-aged children and will run from Monday 21 September to Friday 2 October.
They include exciting demonstrations, hands-on activities to follow at home, interactive polls, and the opportunity to ask science questions to be answered by our PrimeSCI! presenters.
Lisa Horsley from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Research (OzGrav) based at Swinburne will take you on a trip into the virtual Universe to learn about planets, stars and gravitational waves.
Other exciting topics include the science behind light and sound energy, the chemistry of mixing and un-mixing solutions, and the physics of heat energy.
The virtual sessions will be run as Zoom Webinars and are safe and secure for young children. All presenters and moderators have current Working With Children checks.
