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It's that time of year again, when Bureau of Meteorology staff open up their experiment kits and warm up their vocal chords for National Science Week.
Building on the success of the past two years, staff will once again don the safety goggles to release weather balloons, present talks, and conduct tours, open days, and competitions. The celebrations run between Saturday 16 August and Sunday 24 August.
Check out the list of activities in the table below.
The bureau has participated in National Science Week over the past two years, with events at its training centre and a number of field stations and regional offices. The response from the public was very positive.
Don't forget to visit the official National Science Week web page for a full list of this year's activities: http://www.scienceweek.info.au
To find out more about this exciting event, please contact the bureau's National Science Week coordinator on (03) 9669 4564. It's not too late to inquire.
National Science Week Activities | |||
| VICTORIA, Melbourne | |||
| ELEMENTS : The Bureau invites you to attend a series of educational presentations and displays by bureau staff from groups such as: Ionespheric Prediction Service, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Australian Tsunami Warning Centre, National Climate Centre, and Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre. For upper primary school, lower high school-age students, teachers and parents, and members of the community. PLACES LIMITED - BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 19 Aug | Training Rooms 1 & 2, Bureau of Meteorology, Level 6, 1010 LaTrobe St, DOCKLANDS VIC 3008 |
9am to 3pm | Gabrielle Forman (03) 9669 4564 elements@bom.gov.au |
| Broadmeadows Open Day : The Bureau invites you to attend an educational presentation and demonstration of weather monitoring equipment at its Broadmeadows training facility. For upper primary school, lower high school-age students, teachers and parents, and members of the community. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 21 Aug | Bureau of Meteorology training centre, 1-41 Glenlitta Av, BROADMEADOWS VIC 3047 |
Session 1 : 10:00 - 12:00 (Booked out) Session 2 : 13:00 - 15:00 (Booked out) |
David Morrison (03) 9669 4984 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth | |||
| PRESENT THE WEATHER: Students are being asked to submit a video of them doing a TV style weather presentation. This will then be judged, and the winners will be given an opportunity to tour the ABC studio in Perth to see the real thing being done live. For students and teachers. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| Submissions due by June, judging in Aug |
N/A | N/A | Neil Bennett (08) 9263 2279 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Halls Creek | |||
| PRIMARY SCHOOL VISIT | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 20 Aug | Selected primary school | TBA | Michael Conway (08) 9168 6029 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Kalgoorlie | |||
| OPEN DAY, for the general public and community groups. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 20-22 Aug, TBC |
Met office, Greenhill Rd, KALGOORLIE | TBA | Lincoln Mainsbridge 0419 874 772 |
| PRIMARY SCHOOL VISIT | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 18-22 Aug | Selected primary school | TBA | Lincoln Mainsbridge 0419 874 772 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Albany | |||
| OPEN DAY, for students and members of the public, plus schools that have already been paired with the Albany office within the Scientists in Schools program. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 15 Aug | Met Office, Albany airport, ALBANY | 09:00 - 16:00 | Jason Balhorn (08) 9842 2616 |
| TASMANIA, King Island | |||
| PRIMARY SCHOOL VISIT: Presentations and experiments. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 21-24 Aug | King Island primary school | TBA | Mal Riley (03) 6221 2082 |
| TASMANIA, Launceston | |||
| PRIMARY SCHOOL WATER FORUM: Living Water: Six interactive presentations about how water impacts on the environment and on humans. For primary school students between grade 3-6, teachers, other industry bodies, and members of the community. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 19 Aug | Burnie Civic Centre | 10am to 2pm |
Brendon McMahon (03) 6331 7116 |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Adelaide | |||
| CLIMATE CHANGE: 100 YEARS OF WATCHING THE WORLD Presentations and displays for school students and the general public. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 16-24 Aug | South Australian Museum | all week | Paul Lainio (08) 8366 2640 |
| Young Faces of Science - Meteorologist Hannah Marsh will be at the museum to chat with general public and students about being a a young scientist | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| One day During Science Week 16-24 Aug | South Australian Museum | TBA | Paul Lainio (08) 8366 2640 |
| The Weather of Planet Earth; Past, Present and Future - 3 presentations. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 20 Aug | South Australian Museum | 10, 11 and midday | Paul Lainio (08) 8366 2640 |
| Unravelling the Mysteries of the Weather - Over 2 hours 3 presentations and tours of the Regional Office | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 21 Aug | South Australian Regional Office | 10-12midday, 12:45-2:45pm, 6-8pm | Paul Lainio (08) 8366 2640 |
| QUEENSLAND, Mt Isa | |||
| WEATHER IN THE PARK: In conjunction with ABC radio outside broadcast (morning program), a static and audio-visual display,plus weather experiments for visiting schools and the general public. Also for local members of the public, tourists, schools and community groups such as playgroups, and aged care facility residents. | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 20 Aug | Civic Centre | 8:30am - 2pm | Les Lever (07) 4743 3382 |
| NSW, Lord Howe Island | |||
| SCHOOL VISIT | |||
| DATE | LOCATION | TIME | CONTACT |
| 22 Aug, TBC |
Central School | TBA | David Glacken (02) 6563 2083 |
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