Schools enrichment and outreach
We run school outreach programs across a broad range of areas within science and medicine for Years 7-12.
Contact us to book an entertaining and educational presentation for your students.
Mind Seeds video resources created by ANU College of Science and Medicine
The ANU College of Science and Medicine has created Mind Seeds videos that can be used by educators for in-class resources.
Psychology Interactive Challenge on Misinformation
During this interactive session, ANU PhD Psychology students or ANU College of Science and Medicine student ambassadors will unpack excerpts from the Debunking Handbook.
Emergency Department Case Study with the School of Medicine and Psychology
In this case study, students participate in a hospital emergency department scenario.
Biological nitrogen fixation - from genes to environment
Associate Professor Ulrike Mathesius is a plant scientist who has won multiple awards for teaching and research. Her research focuses on how soil microbes shape the plant.
Explore Science and Medicine with Our Student Ambassadors
Join the program led by our science student ambassadors.
Biology at ANU: Practical Classes
The Research School of Biology at ANU offers practical laboratory classes on campus.
Work Experience at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Mount Stromlo Observatory offers a limited number of work experience places to year 10, 11 and 12 students each year.
Planetary Geochemistry
Dr Penny King has worked with NASA to conduct research utilising the ‘Curiosity’ rover on Mars. Her research examines surface and interior processes on planetary bodies.
Physics with Prof John Close
Prof Close has many areas of expertise, including: plant physiology; atomic and molecular physics; etc.
Physics at ANU: Radioactivity, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Nuclear Medicine
The electrostatic accelerator at ANU is ten stories high, operates at up to 15 million volts, and is used to initiate nuclear reactions, make exotic radio-isotopes and study fundamental aspects of the strong and weak nuclear forces.
Physics at ANU: Optics and Photonics
The photonics and optics program involves a number of experimental activities.
Physics at ANU: Energy Matters
This is an opportunity to get out of the laboratory and study the impact of Physics on our everyday lives.
Physics at ANU: Einstein and Relativity
This program involves the use of simulations using Real Time Relativity to model and observe the effects of travelling at speeds close to that of light.
Photosynthesis, the most important biological process on earth
Professor John Evans has been researching photosynthesis for more than 30 years. His outstanding contribution to science was recognised by election to the Australian Academy of Sciences in 2013.
How many species are there on earth?
Marcel will talk about some of the clever and innovative ways that scientists have developed to solve this problem, and some of the weird and wonderful species that have been discovered recently.
From single cell to human body
Dr Maja Adamska is living her childhood dream, studying sponges to gain insight into questions like ‘How does a complex animal arise from a single cell during embryonic development?’ and ‘How did the first multicellular animals arise from their single-cell ancestors?’.
Evening School Visit to Mount Stromlo Observatory
Mt Stromlo Observatory offers evening school/educational group visits. A typical evening visit starts with a welcome by professional astronomers where students will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Earth Climate Science
Professor Nerilie Abram’s research goals are to build knowledge on how the Earth’s climate has behaved in the past, and how its climate systems are now changing with anthropogenic greenhouse warming.
Discover the Universe with our astronomers and astrophysicists
Astronomers from Mt Stromlo Observatory are available to provide talks on their current research and the science that is achieved at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Daytime School Visit to Mount Stromlo Observatory
A typical daytime visit takes students on a tour around the site showing them both the research buildings and telescope domes while explaining the science that has been done at Mt Stromlo over the past 100 years.