Archive for February, 2017

Summer is well and truly in full swing, which means a seemingly endless supply of delicious, plump mangoes. If, like me, you have found yourself with a rapidly ripening box of mangoes that you just can’t get through fa...

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Mount Pleasant was established in the Hunter Valley in 1921 by Australia’s first great winemaker, Maurice O’Shea. Australian wine at the time was all about fortifieds (e.g. port, sherry), but Maurice had spent time i...

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Join Fizzics Education as we explore all things creepy and gooey in the name of studying the human body. Make fake snot, vile vomit bombs, realistic bleeding wounds and more. Not for the faint hearted… but so much ...

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Students will take a look at Newton’s Laws and really understand how they work and how we can use them to do some great experiments. We’ll learn the secrets behind experiments like jumping beads and the amazing table...

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Now it’s time to see what they can really do! This session looks deeper into how the sensors work and how to use logic based programming. Participants must have attended the Lego Robotics 1 class and be able to read an...

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Be among the first to learn how to program our brand new Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots to do your bidding. In this exciting program learn how to teach a robot to do what you wish using motors, sensors and more! These robots...

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Discover the hidden patterns and logical sequences you can find in everyday life and the weirder side of science. Get hands-on as we create square wheeled cars, escape from twisted rope puzzles, investigate chemical reac...

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Using a range of materials including Lego Technics, students will learn all about how things move and investigate mechanical systems like gears and pulleys. We’ll then explore how science and engineering can be used to...

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With our New Year’s resolutions either kicking in or long forgotten, it’s time to get down to focusing on what we want from today, this month, this year and, well, what we want from our lives. How were your holidays?...

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You can’t beat good wholesome food shared with great mates, and this meal will bring all that to life in no time. Making the most of summer stone fruits, which are at our fingertips for only a little longer, and combin...

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