National Science Week: 2020 - Deep Blue

The school theme of National Science Week 2020 is 

Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans 

and features the establishment of the Blue Economy CRC.

The theme embraces the innovative technologies, capabilities and skills needed to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability of our oceans. It features insights and inquiries into workable solutions that generate healthy oceans, healthy economies and healthy communities.

Meet LarvalBot our new undersea robot giving nature a helping hand for November 2018's coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef.

TheQUTube. (2018, November 1). Reef Rangerbot becomes 'LarvalBot' to spread coral babies [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ueasO_R0ZAE

In 2005, two Australians, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, designed a prototype of a floating ocean garbage collecting ‘Seabin'. Learn more about the Seabin Project, the design used, and how it works.

CNET. (2018, January 30). Will Seabins save our oceans? The Seabin Project [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ySp7HKD7jaw

Explains climate change and its effects on one part of the ocean, the Great Barrier Reef.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. (2016, September 6). Threats to the Reef: climate change  [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/tJKhCIGBG5c

From humpback whale messengers, to wave energy, wild shark rescues and even ocean acidification, it's all covered on this episode: where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

ClickView (Contributor). (2017). Scope - Ocean Sciences [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/VdOq

In 2020, the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) was launched in Launceston. It aims to drive an evolution in marine based industries, unlocking enormous economic, environmental, and technological benefits for Australia.

We're bringing you a very special episode dedicated to all things science to celebrate National Science Week.

ClickView (Contributor). (2020). National Science Week [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/hVNq

Take a deep diving into Stile’s National Science Week Escape Room.

Set in a submarine in the dark, cold waters near Antarctica, you are presented with a scenario where the submarine’s battery fails. You have 45 minutes to complete 10 challenges and crack the code to replace the battery and return to the ocean’s surface.

This is a hands-on, immersive experience that gets students collaborating and applying scientific understanding to a series ocean-themed of challenges. Students explore everything from the history of ocean exploration to ocean acidification, plastic pollution and deep sea food webs.