Summary
Through exhilarating demonstrations and live stage experiments with world-renowned physicists from the University of Queensland students will explore the fascinating world of physics. From incredibly small quantum phenomena to the unbelievably large properties of the universe, this 60-minute live performance will demonstrate the powerful ways in which physics, through a comparative number of small assumptions, laws and theories, can be used to explain a multitude of natural phenomena.
World Science Festival Brisbane 2023 School Program is presented with QPAC.
FEATURING
Tamara Davis
Tamara Davis
Astrophysicist Tamara Davis studies the elusive “dark energy” that’s accelerating the universe. Over twenty years in the field she’s measured time-dilation in distant supernovae, helped make some of the largest...
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Ben Powell
Ben Powell
Ben Powell is an award winning theoretical physicist. He studies the collective behaviours that emerge when we bring a septillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) or more quantum particles, such as electrons, together and...
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Andrew White
Andrew White
Andrew White was raised in a Queensland dairy town, before heading to Brisbane to study chemistry, maths and physics. Deciding he wanted to know what the cold feels like, he...
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Bernie Hobbs
Bernie Hobbs
Best known as a judge from The New Inventors and her many years with ABC Science, Bernie Hobbs is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. Originally from Brisbane, Bernie lives...
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School Information
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Curriculum links
This program addresses key curriculum, including Year 4 (ACSHE061, ACSIS064, ACSIS071), Year 5 (ACSIS231, ACSIS093), Year 6 (ACSIS232, ACSIS110), Year 7 (ACSIS124, ACSIS133), Year 8 (ACSIS139, ACSIS133).
Extra Resources
In this challenge you will build your very own Gravity Run using a series of items found around the house such as cardboard and paper rolls. Problem solve to build a successful track to carry a ball from the start all the way to the finish.
Contains curriculum links to:
Year: Prep, 3- 8
Physics
Technology
This cross-curricular resource provides a framework for investigating energy in the real world using fans from Queensland Museum’s social history collection.
Contains curriculum links to:
Year: 8
Physics
Technology
In this activity, students explore how electromagnetic radiation is used for different purposes. Objects from Queensland Museum’s Cultures and Histories collection provide context for learning within this activity.
Contains curriculum links to:
Year: 9
Physics
Cost
Student $10
Location
Playhouse, QPAC, Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Age Recommendation
Students Years 4-6Session Times
Session Times
Physics: Matter, Energy And The Blueprint Of Our Universe (primary School)
24 March 2023
60 mins 10:00am
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