FameLab Academy Australia “Revolutionising Science Communication in WA schools” FameLab Academy is a schools’ initiative that challenges Year 9 and Year 10 students to communicate a topic of their choice in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM). FameLab Academy is a sister competition to Cheltenham Festival’s FameLab, the world’s leading science communication competition which finds and mentors young STEM researchers to…
The Foundation for the WA Museum supports the discovery and protection of marine biodiversity. Today on #WorldOceansDay we share three of the ways we are able to work with the Western Australian Museum for the benefit of our oceans. Woodside Marine Biodiversity Woodside’s social contribution strategy focuses on creating capacity through long-term, strategic investment in…
We are proud to have supported this WA Museum science expedition via our Woodside Biodiversity Fund. Scientific expeditions and new discoveries take years of planning. WA Museum Chief Scientist, Nerida Wilson, is no stranger to either but this latest Ningaloo Canyons Expedition was unlike any other the WA Museum team have been on. Last week saw the return of the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor which took…
The judges deliberated and agreed that Winner Dr Madeleine Ferrari from University of Sydney, Runner-up Dr Laura McCaughey, from University of Technology and Nisharnthi Duggan from The University of Sydney as the Wild Card would go through to the National Finals to be held on Wednesday 29 April. The Australian public voted Julianna Kadar, Macquarie…
With so many science and culture offerings online, we could share them all day. Instead of clogging up your social feed whenever we get excited about something, we’re pulling together a round up of the things that we love in the #MuseumFromHome category. Here’s our first group of winners, from all over the world, to…
Full article on Careers with STEM FameLab’s new digital-only format, allows you to hang out with the brightest minds in science from your living room. With most of the world hanging at home for the foreseeable future, loads of iconic STEM brands have had to cancel or post-pone their IRL offerings. But in the last…
Investing in our science and culture institutions benefits everyone. Donations support, amongst many other things, new technology for our WA Museum sites. In our searches for online science experiences this week we’ve found one the whole family can enjoy. This aquarium, in Monterey Bay, California, has a wide range of live web cams that can…
Have you ever wondered what Perth was like before it was a city? Like many other cities around the world, Perth was founded on wetlands. These environments have played a significant role in the city’s development, and are important habitats for a range of species. A collaborative project between Edith Cowan University, Landgate and the…
Minderoo Grant Update Prehistoric Shark Teeth Found in Western Australia Cape Range National Park near Exmouth was once a feeding ground for some of the largest prehistoric predators that ever lived in Earth’s oceans. Western Australian Museum scientists made the discovery when they uncovered 38 teeth belonging to Carcharocles megalodon, a prehistoric shark that research…
Our upcoming March event, Bayonets and Butterflies, required us to do quite a bit of research on butterflies in museums. We found some fantastic information as well as links, and we’d love to share them with you. Did you know? Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance…