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2 DAY WORKSHOPS Learning Labs
Years 7-10
7-8 JULY 2022
HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
PRESENTER: Jonni Harrison | Years 7-8
Discover the hidden secrets of our Milky Way Galaxy with an
interactive day of fun. The Milky Way is a large barred spiral
galaxy with approximately 100 billion stars. One of those
stars is our own Sun, a yellow dwarf star and the heart of our
Solar System. The gravity of the Sun holds all the planets
in our solar System together, planets including Earth, Mars
& Jupiter. In this workshop we will be exploring different OCEAN ENGINEERING
elements of the Milky Way using some hands on activities. PRESENTER: Ashley Heath | Years 8-10
Picture this - building your own remote controlled sailing vessel,
which has to be strong enough to carry cargo in a simulated ocean
MATHMATICS INVESTIGATIONS generated by the UOW wave maker!! Well you won’t have to picture
PRESENTER: Nilesh Vyas | Years 7-8 it if you join in this workshop because that is exactly what you’ll be
Do you enjoy mathematics and want to take it to the next doing! You’ll learn engineering methods to ensure your vessel is
level? In this fun and hands-on workshop, you’ll be testing up to the journey (hydrodynamics, hydrofoils, structural resonance
your problem solving skills, reasoning and functionality with and balancing forces and torques). You’ll also learn about wave
mathematic investigations and modelling. In small groups dynamics and ocean environments. If you like designing and
and on your own, you’ll enrich your higher-order thinking building, you’re going to love this workshop!
skills with challenging and fun activities all about math!
MYTHBUSTING PHYSICS
PRESENTER: Michael Valceski | Years 7-8
Are you interested in what physics is and how it influences
INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL REALITY & UNITY
our everyday life? Have you seen things in movies that you
PRESENTER: Devika | Years 8-10 | NON-STANDARD FEE $200
suspect are impossible? Starting with some movie clips,
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED
we will look at common misconceptions and physical
impossibilities, before getting to grips with the real Virtual Reality is a booming high tech industry for ‘human
physics. You will carry out experiments and take part in computer interfacing’. You will use ‘Unity’ to create a virtual world,
demonstrations, learn fundamental physics concepts, and working individually and collaboratively to enhance your skills,
work out what the movies ought to have shown. This very similtanously learning vital skills of working as a team, coding, level
hands-on workshop will focus on two key areas of physics design and much more. By the end of this workshop you will have
- mechanics and waves. It will help you begin an exciting a good understanding of how VR is relevant today, the basics of
journey developing the tools necessary to debunk common unity and how to build a VR project using the skills they just learnt
myths in our society today. in unity. You will get the opportunity to briefly interact with a VR
headset but the focus of this workshop is on developing content
which is done through Unity.
MOMENTUM MATHEMATICS
PRESENTER: Liza Unity | Years 7-8
It’s like magic with maths! Learn the secrets of speed
mathematics and amaze yourself, your family and friends
when you discover the world of mentally multiplying very
large numbers faster than you could tap your calculator!
These skills will improve your memory, speed and accuracy
with numbers, help you recognise patterns and keep your
brain muscles alive! Bring your calculator (just for checking,
not doing!)
2 DAY WORKSHOPS
Learning Labs
Years 7-10
2 DAY WORKSHOPS
7-8 JULY 2022
BUILDING WITH BLENDER
PRESENTER: Lost Night Studios | Years 7-10
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED
Want to design spaceships, or help make animated films and
video games? In this class, you’ll learn technical computer
skills and create your own 3D models, a skill which you can
continue to practice at home for free thanks to Blender
being freely available for download. Students will also get a
chance to bring home a 3D printed name tag, and you will be ECOLOGICAL ENQUIRIES
able to keep the Blender files if you bring a USB.
PRESENTER: Meagan Powley | Years 7-10
Have you ever wondered how to combine your love of nature and
learning? Maybe working and studying outside sounds interesting?
CREATIVE WRITING If this sounds familiar then Conservation Ecology might be your
solution. This workshop will give you a hands on experience in
FOR BEGINNERS AND BEYOND planning and carrying out a ecological project that looks at the
PRESENTER: Timothy Daly & Peter McLeod | Years 7-10 interactions between organisms in our environment. We will
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED develop scientific techniques to capture data and methods to
The basis of a powerful contemporary writing style lies in reflect on the knowledge we have gained through this practical
using language in a fresh and innovative way. This practical, experience. An ecologically friendly future starts with learning
hands-on workshop gives you dozens of techniques to use, about what is currently happening in our environment, so let’s start
regardless of the medium you’re most interested in. Special enquiring.
attention is given to short story, short film, poetry and
theatre writing. Led by one of Australia’s most experienced
teachers of writing, the multi-award-winning playwright
Timothy Daly, this workshop is suited to both smart HISTORY - WEIRD, WILD CONSPIRICIES
beginners and committed writers.
PRESENTER: Stephen Brown | Years 7-10
What’s your theory on the assassination of JFK? Was Marilyn
Monroe’s death as it seemed or was there a cover up by the FBI and
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING VIDEO GAMES the government? In this workshop we’ll be looking into some of the
PRESENTER: Alexander Kelly | Years 7-10 most famous conspiracies and unpacking why and how conspiracy
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED theories actually emerge. Even in the face of strong evidence, why
do some people continue to believe wild and wacky conspiracies
Video games have become one of the most popular forms
as fact? It’s time to find out.
of entertainment across the globe. A flexible medium, Video
Games allows the player to experience things that would
not be possible in any other medium. But have you ever
wondered how video games are built, and what goes into
building one? The workshop is a crash-course introduction
into the world of game construction. You will learn about
how video games are produced, by constructing your own
game! Learn to draw your own game art, create your own
special effects, and of course tie it all together with some
programming.
2 DAY WORKSHOPS
Mini Labs
1 DAY
WORKSHOPS
Years 7 - 10 6 JULY 2022
HOW COMPUTERS THINK HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
PRESENTER: Ashley Heath | Years 7-10 PRESENTER: Jonni Harrison | Years 7-8
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED Discover the hidden secrets of our Milky Way Galaxy with
Computers rule our lives, yet most of us have no an interactive day of fun. The Milky Way is a large barred
idea what makes them tick. In this workshop you spiral galaxy with approximately 100 billion stars. One of
learn about basic circuits, adding and subtracting those stars is our own Sun, a yellow dwarf star and the
binary numbers, analysing logic diagrams, and heart of our Solar System. The gravity of the Sun holds all
how to write basic programs. You will learn this the planets in our solar System together, planets including
skills this through lots of easy and fun hands on Earth, Mars & Jupiter. In this workshop we will be exploring
activities. The final activity will have you writing different elements of the Milky Way using some hands on
computer code to control lights, motors, buzzers activities.
and mini screens.
FORENSIC FOLLIES
VISUAL STORYTELLING PRESENTER: Kelly Mathein | Years 7-10
PRESENTER: Marcelo Baez | Years 7-10
Facial reconstruction, evidence collection and crime scene
CREATIVE KIDS VOUCHER ACCEPTED
evaluation.
In this workshop you’ll be working with Marcelo
Baez, a professional illustrator and comic artist. Who done it? .......Join the Secret Scientist in an exciting
This workshop will teach you the basics of visual facial reconstruction lab where we will rebuild the face of
storytelling for comics and graphic novels, this is an unidentified skull and collect, document, and evaluate
a hands on dynamic workshop that will explore evidence from a mock crime scene. Elements of Science,
creative techniques used in the industry. Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics will be
woven into this fun-filled educational day.
1 DAY WORKSHOPS
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