National Indigenous Science Education Program

NISEP is at Science in the Scrub for National Science Week . We are making solar cells out of raspberries and smelling medicinal plants. Come along the Western Sydney Park Parklands and see our stuff and looks of other cool Science.

As part of the National Indigenous Science Education Program, we and the Macquarie University Natural Sciences students are delighted to be providing medicinal plants and sustainable energy activities, today August 11 from 11 am - 3 pm, for Science in the Scrub for National Science Week. Celebrate National Science Week at this free family day. Visit https://bit.ly/3zBgid5 to learn more. We hope to see you soon.
Thank you Inspiring Australia NSW, the Australian Government, and NSW Government for supporting this and many other activities as part of National Science Week 2024.

National Science Week 2024 | Greater Sydney Parklands Looking for a fun, free family day out? Join Greater Sydney Parklands for two exciting events this National Science Week!

We are so thrilled to have Aunty Glenda MacPhail and Shane McLeay from Yaegl Country at our Indigenous Science Experience Community Day, Saturday Aug 17. Being co-founders of the National Indigenous Science Education Program, the continuous presence of Yaegl Elders at all of our annual Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern National Science Week events is very special.
Shane is a proud Yaegl man, and an upcoming Yaegl Elder. He is very passionate about his people and Country. Aunty Glenda is a proud Yaegl Gumbaygirr, Dunghutti woman and is the community elected Chairperson of the Yaegl Elders. She grew up on an Aboriginal reserve in Maclean, as a young child running and playing in the bush, creeks, rivers and ocean in Yaegl Country. She has always felt the calling as a healer with plants, people and Country.
Aunty Glenda and Shane will bring along some of their culturally significant medicinal and food plants and share their knowledges on these.
We thank Inspiring Australia NSW and the Australian Government for supporting this initiative. For more information and booking for this free event go to: https://lnkd.in/gsCjetcX

is almost here and we are super excited to have so many fantastic presenters at our Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern Community Day, Saturday August 17, hosted by the National Indigenous Science Education Program of Macquarie University. Thank you Inspiring Australia NSW and the Australian Government for supporting this initiative as part of National Science Week.

We have over the last few weeks been introducing our presenters. Here we feature a few more:

We are excited to have Patrick Helean and Brianna Keys from Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre and William Rowley and Mahnee Przibilla from Dolby Laboratories Australia joining us at Redfern. Come along to explore the science of sound (some beautiful and some … that may bring tears to your eyes) with their activities.

We are also thrilled to have physicist Deb Kane and science teacher Sarah Durack presenting the science of light and the application of light-based technologies that are part of all of our daily lives. Come and be inspired to learn more about light with some demonstrations of “lights, optics, colour”.

For more information and booking for our free Community Day go to: https://events.humanitix.com/indigenous-science-experience-at-redfern-community-open-day

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Day Three of NISEP's Northern Rivers Science Shows campaign. Today we are at The Rivers Secondary College Lismore High Campus. We are looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Today NISEP is at the Richmond River High Campus of The Rivers Secondary College for more hands-on Science Shows.

NISEP is at Rivers Secondary College, Kadina Campus today to do our Science Shows. Looking forward to meeting our student leaders and then the Year 7 students.

Come along Saturday August 17 for our Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern Community Day, hosted by the National Indigenous Science Education Program of Macquarie University. Engage with Clarence Bruinsma of Bush to Bowl and Macquarie University’s Chiropractic team, along with many other fantastic presenters.

With Macquarie University’s Chiropractic Science (https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/departments-and-schools/department-of-chiropractic) students explore the human body with fun activities and interactive sessions. Learn how your bones, muscles, and joints team up to keep you moving. Discover exercises that help you stand tall, move with ease and improve balance. It's all about learning how your body works and feeling super empowered about your health. Let's dive in together and start our journey to healthier lives through exciting science adventures!

Join Clarence Bruinsma from Bush to Bowl ((https://bushtobowl.com/) for a hands-on experience in which you can touch, smell and taste native flavours. Bush to bowl is a social enterprise aimed at creating a healing space and platform for First Nations people by connecting to Country and their traditional foodways.

Thank you Inspiring Australia NSW and the Australian Government for supporting this initiative as part of National Science Week.
For more information of our free Community Day go to: https://events.humanitix.com/indigenous-science-experience-at-redfern-community-open-day

Science Ignite

Come along Saturday August 17 for our Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern Community Day, hosted by the National Indigenous Science Education Program (www.nisep.org.au) of Macquarie University. We will have a wonderful range of presenters, some of which are featured here. Thank you Science Ignite and the Australian Government for supporting this initiative as part of National Science Week.
Meet Stephanie Beaupark at the Indigenous Science Experience. Stephanie is a Ngugi woman, Associate Lecturer and PhD candidate at University of Wollongong. In her lecturing work she teaches Indigenous Geographies, Art and Science, and she researches the colour chemistry of natural dyes from Australian native trees and using an Indigenist methodology involving yarning with other Indigenous natural dye artists and weavers. She is passionate about creating pathways for the next generation of Indigenous scientists to lead the future of scientific research.
Engage with Birdlife Southern NSW at the Indigenous Science Experience. Ask us about birds and how to help them. Find out what birds are in your backyard. Learn about raptors , the skilled hunters of the Bird World. You might even see newly hatched Sea-eagle chicks on their nest cam.
Learn about Aboriginal astronomy from cultural astronomer Bob Fuller who has made it his ‘third age’ goal of letting everyone know about the science of Aboriginal knowledge of the night sky. Bob works with a group of similarly minded astrophysicists who have been exploring this ancient knowledge.

For more information of our free Community Day go to: https://events.humanitix.com/indigenous-science-experience-at-redfern-community-open-day

At the Whale Migration presentation with and .

We are excited as there is just 1 month to go for our Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern Community Day (Saturday Aug 17), hosted by the National Indigenous Science Education Program. We will have a wonderful range of presenters, some of which are featured here. Thank you Inspiring Australia NSW and the Australian Government for supporting this initiative as part of National Science Week.

Meet Dr Rhett Loban who works at the intersection of digital media and culture, and will be exhibiting an immersive virtual reality cultural experience at the Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern.

Join Wiradyuri woman, RENEE CAWTHORNE, for an interactive and engaging workshop, at the Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern, where you will learn about First Nations Peoples weaving practices and create your own basket.

Learn how forces really work at the Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern. Spinning plates on stick to levitating agents, we'll look at the physics from the everyday to the unusual with Ben Newsome CF Newsome from Fizzics Education.

For more information of our free Community Day go to: https://events.humanitix.com/indigenous-science-experience-at-redfern-community-open-day

Science Ignite

NISEP had a successful day running Science Shows for Year 7 at Casino High School. The Casino student leaders were great.

This is how we prepare ourselves for another day of Science Shows at Casino High School.

NISEP is at Casino High School this week. Today we are running the Customary Medicinal Plant activity.

The MOLS3002 team are ready for the NISEP Science Shows at Casino High School.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a First Nations Research Lead position with Charles Sturt University's Gulbali Institute and One Basin Cooperative Research Centre.

We are now inviting applications for the joint One Basin CRC – Gulbali Institute First Nations Research Lead.

Applications close: 11 pm Monday, 26 February 2024
LINK: https://external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/job/497113/first-nations-research-lead-identified-first-nations-position

We're at the Portland STEAMFEST, showing how we can get solar energy from raspberries.

NISEP and Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences are exhibiting our Dye Sensitised Solar Cells, made with raspberry, and antioxidant testing of native plants using Betadine at the Steamworks Lithgow Valley Steamfest. Come along :)

Also appearing at STEAMFair ...

Associate Professor Joanne Jamie and Dr Ian Jamie who are chemistry academics at the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University will be hosting a hands-on stall where you will extract and test your own medicine from a native plant, inspired by the customary knowledge of First Nations peoples, and use the colourful pigments of fruit to capture light and produce solar energy.


See you at the STEAMFair this weekend

It was wonderful to have Casino High School at the Indigenous Science Experience at Redfern for National Science Week!

These are some of the amazing artwork of Aboriginal artist Graham Toomey – being inspired by microscopy. Join us at our
Indigenous Science Experience webinar Tues Aug 15 7-8pm to learn more. For further information and to register, go to: https://events.humanitix.com/microscopy-and-aboriginal-art-we-are-country-and-we-are-culture

We are deeply saddened by Uncle Ron's death. He leaves an enormous legacy of cultural revitalisation and empowerment for Indigenous youth. He, along with other Yaegl Elders, was the catalyst for NISEP. He will be missed by the NISEP team.

National Science Week Webinar

Using Ancient Knowledge for Environmental Sustainability, Healthcare and Cultural Revitalisation
Date: August 14, 2023
Time: 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
REGISTER HERE: https://events.humanitix.com/using-ancient-knowledge-for-environmental-sustainability-healthcare-and-cultural-revitalisation

This webinar is FREE but tickets are limited - registrations are essential

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia have built an intimate understanding of both the land and the sea and their resources over more than 60,000 years. In this webinar, you will hear from the fully Indigenous owned organisations Native Secrets and South Coast Seaweed and how they are working to revitalise customary knowledge on natural resources and extend on this knowledge in innovative ways leading to positive impacts for our environment and for healthcare. They will share examples of the customary uses of natural resources including plants and seaweeds and their entrepreneurship in creating new products, including working alongside industry and academic scientists.

Presenters:

Sarah and James Thomas, are co-founders of South Coast Seaweed. James is from Yuin Nation and his people are the salt water people of the South Coast New South Wales. Sarah was born in Quirindi and raised in Murrurundi (which means Valley in the Mountains) and grew up along the songlines of the great dividing range, Kamilaroi country NSW. Sarah and James started South Coast Seaweed to reconnect with their culture and create an industry on the South Coast that is sustainable for the future of our marine life and the next generation. https://southcoastseaweed.com.au/

Phil and Cherie Thompson, are co-founders of Native Secrets. Based near Dubbo, central New South Wales, Australia, on Wiradjuri land, they have worked with Elder Peter Peckham to harness knowledge about bush medicines to create healthcare products using wild-harvested native plants. https://nativesecrets.com.au/. The CSIRO, through its Botanical Extracts Laboratory and Cell Biology Team, is assisting Indigenous businesses to develop products through a synergy between First Nations’ traditional knowledge and modern scientific practices. The work with Native Secrets has been supported by the CSIRO’s Kick Start Program (https://www.csiro.au/en/work-with-us/funding-programs/sme/csiro-kick-start/about) which provides innovative Australian start-ups and small businesses with funding support and access to CSIRO’s research expertise and capabilities in order to assist them to grow and develop their businesses.

National Science Week

South Coast Seaweed Organic Sea Kelp Harvested On The Far South Coast NSW To Create Environmentally Friendly, Australian Made Products That Are Good For You & Your Garden.

Please place Saturday August 19 in your calendar for the Indigenous Science Experience @ Redfern Community Day. At this very special National Science Week event, you can immerse yourself in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and Aboriginal culture at the iconic Redfern Community Centre, 29-53 Hugo St, Redfern NSW. Come along any time between 10am and 3pm. If you can’t make it to Sydney, please consider our online Indigenous Science Experience opportunities. See nisep.org.au/indigenous-science-experience/ for more information on what you can experience.

As part of the Indigenous Science Experience National Science Week program, we are delighted to be hosting two online weaving workshops, led by Wiradjuri woman, Renee Cawthorne, who has extensive experience in delivering engaging cultural experiences for diverse audiences. During these hands-on workshops, participants will learn about the different weaving techniques used by Australia’s First Nations Peoples and how to make their own basket.
There are two workshop opportunities - Workshop 1 – Sunday, August 20, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm and Workshop 2 (repeat of Workshop 1) – Sunday, August 20, 2023: 1 pm – 3 pm.
Workshop numbers are strictly limited.

Please go to https://nisep.org.au/indigenous-science-experience/ for bookings.

The 2023 Indigenous Science Experience, which offers a range of Indigenous STEM activities, is made possible through the support of Inspiring Australia and grant funding from the Australian Government.

The Charles Sturt Indigenous Entrepreneurs Program is currently open for applications – this FREE training opportunity is open to aspiring Indigenous entrepreneurs who are located in NSW and are looking to develop products and businesses in the food and agriculture sector.
The Indigenous Entrepreneur program has been developed in a collaboration between Charles Sturt University and Food Futures Company.
For more info:

Indigenous Entrepreneur Program | Foodfutures Company The Indigenous Entrepreneur program has been developed in a collaboration between Charles Sturt University and Food Futures Company. 

A wonderful video on the Yugaamgan Festival hosted by Mudyala Aboriginal Corporation in partnership with Yaegl Elders Aboriginal Corporation, Clarence Valley Council, and Department of Environment - Saving Our Species. It is lovely to see the wonderful Yaegl Elders that NISEP works so closely with.

Yugaamgan (emu) Festival - Wooloweyah 2022 - The Coastal Emu This film captured the Yugaamgan Festival hosted by Mudyala Aboriginal Corporation in partnership with Yaegl Elders Aboriginal Corporation, Clarence Valley C...

We're having Science Fun with the Junior Science Academy kids.