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Bring your swimmers and your snorkels to explore the reef with us this National Science Week! 

Share some of your favourite reef creatures and make a coral polyp to add to your own ‘reef’. Learn about some of the conditions corals need to survive, and what happens when those conditions change. Become an ocean engineer by testing different materials and thinking how they might be used to build tools for scientists to study the underwater environment. 

We’ll guide participants through experiments using simple materials, while collecting their hypotheses and ideas through interactive polls and Q&A functions. 

Teachers will receive a resource guide that outlines the key concepts covered in the webinar, as well as some simple classroom activities which can be completed live during the webinar and extended at a later date to support existing lesson plans.

Suitable for years 3-6. 1 hour duration. 

Our webinars have live-captioning available.

Things to know

  • Under the Sea is aimed at primary school students (years 3-6) and runs for 1 hour
  • Free, registration is required to access the event
  • Online only
  • These are live webinars, broadcast on Zoom
  • Materials lists for hands-on activities will be provided upon booking
  • Contact: digitaloutreach@questacon.edu.au

National Science Week collaboration

Check out our guest spot on the National Portrait Gallery’s student webinars for National Science Week! Join legendary science journalist and broadcaster Robyn Williams AO as he explores stories of Australia’s greatest scientific minds through their portraits, then watch a live science demonstration delivered by a Questacon presenter.

Scientist Portraits: Story and Spectacle, National Portrait Gallery