Game Changers and Change Makers

National Science Week 

Northcote High School is celebrating National Science Week from the 13th to the 17th of August. The theme for National Science Week is ‘Game Changers and Change Makers’ and is focussed on the scientists, engineers, technologists, mathematicians, designers and innovators of the past and present.

In the nineteenth century, intense scientific discovery was well underway and remarkable advances in science and medicine helped to enrich people’s lives and empower them with knowledge, improve their health and open their eyes to new worlds. In the twentieth century, science unlocked the secrets of the atom, unravelled the molecules of life—namely DNA—and created the electronic computer. These epic phases of science, technology and innovation have, in the twenty-first century, enabled a dynamic era of science, technology, and innovation to evolve… one where human knowledge is doubling every ten years, where more scientific knowledge has been created than in all of human history, and where computer power is doubling every year.

Today there are many scientists, technologists, researchers, engineers and mathematicians, laying the foundations for the twenty-second century. Many of them are opening up new vistas and avenues for game-changing discoveries and ideas. Students are encouraged to participate in these innovative areas of science in a range of competitions and the chance to be awarded prizes.

What is on?

Monday 13th lunchtime: Psychology brain function and learning.

Tuesday 14th lunchtime: Biology Sir David Attenborough appreciation club. 

Wednesday 15th lunchtime: Earthquake resistant building challenge.

Thursday 16th lunchtime: Chemistry scavenger hunt. 

Friday 17th lunchtime: General Science Kahoot! 

Location? M1