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Virtual Excursions Australia conference – reVEAl 2015

We are pleased to announce the Virtual Excursions Australia conference reVEAl on Tuesday 8 December. reVEAl will be FREE to all presenters and delegates. ACMI in Victoria and the Australian Museum in NSW will be hosting the reVEAl. We will have presenters and delegates in each venue connected with via video conference. People can also …

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Sep 06

Earth Science Week

Earth Science Week is celebrated from 11-17 October 2015. Join Virtual Excursions Australia to get involved in a week of down to earth fun! Earth Science Week is an international celebration initiated and hosted by the American Geosciences Institute, promoting the importance of the geosciences to the community 12 Oct Earth Science Week: Earthquakes, Volcanos, …

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Aug 23

Celebrating Biodiversity Month

Biodiversity Month is held in September each year and aims to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biodiversity both within Australia and across the world.   The Manly Environment Centre presents a series of video conferences to celebrate Biodiversity Month. The Manly Environment Centre (MEC) was set up as an action and education …

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Jul 21

Sleek Geeks Eureka Awards

Join the Sleek Geeks and the 2015 Eureka Awards finalists to view the winning films and hear from the students about how they developed and produced their films. The Sleek Geeks are two of Australia’s best loved science broadcasters. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Adam Spencer mix science with humour as they set out to answer some of …

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Jul 07

SciFest 2015

It is time to start planning for SciFest and National Science Week. The SciFest video conferencing festival is in August and provides a great link to National Science Week. Now in it’s third year SciFest is a great opportunity to engage your students in a variety of science workshops and events. Join in with SciFest …

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Jun 10

NAIDOC Week 2015

NAIDOC Week is held in the first full week of July. It is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society. This year the theme highlights Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ strong spiritual and cultural …

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Nov 02

Dinosaur Day 2014

The Australian Museum has been involved in the ClickFest video conferencing festival since it started in 2011 and is proud to be part of this exciting event. ClickFest will be launched with Dinosaur day on 3 November 2014. Join Winny the Australian Museum’s Muttaburrasaurs as she opens ClickFest and Dinosaur day. Dinosaur Day – Meet …

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May 15

VC Science Club kicks off with libraries; no codec, no problem!

Term 2 has seen the introduction of a science club held via video conference connecting students at Auburn Library, Blacktown Library and Hurstville Library Museum & Gallery to the science presenters at Fizzics Education and Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA). Known as ‘Leadership; It’s Not Rocket Science’, the weekly after school science club integrates character …

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Sea Week Video Conferencing Festival

Sea Week is the Marine Education Society of Australasia’s annual campaign to increase understanding & appreciation of our marine environment. The theme for 2014 is Sustainable Seas! Are there really plenty more fish in the Sea?     See what’s on offer at Dart Connections: 1. Click here http://goo.gl/uWFNVI 2. Type “Sea Week” into the …

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Feb 22

Sea Week Video Conferencing Festival

Sea Week Video Conferencing Festival 2014 Sea Week is the Marine Education Society of Australasia’s (MESA) annual education campaign to increase understanding and appreciation of the ocean and its living organisms. The theme for 2014 is Sustainable Seas! Are there really plenty more fish in the Sea? Human activities are putting pressure of the ocean …

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