CSIRO Lab on Legs

CSIRO Lab on Legs provides a range of exciting hands-on laboratory experiences that highlight the everyday applications of scientific research.

Lab on Legs is available for all students. Once set up in a host school it can cater for up to 4 classes each day.

Programs

Slime time – Materials/Chemistry skills (Yr 4-8)
The states of matter can be very intriguing when conducting hands-on experiments to compare the properties of materials. Students will explore and make their own slimes and explore the properties of some natural and processed materials with unusual properties.
Curriculum links: Investigating, Natural and Processed Material, Science in Daily Life

Snow time – Materials/Chemistry skills (Yr PP-3)
Kids love chemistry when it’s messy. Students will make their own fake snow and discover that some everyday materials have unusual properties.
Curriculum links: Investigating, Natural and Processed Materials, Science in Daily Life

Mystery at the manor – Investigating/Experiment skills (Yr 5-12)
Your students use investigative skills to solve a blackmail crime by examining evidence from the scene of a crime.
Curriculum links: Investigating, Science in Society, Natural and Processed Material

BHP Billiton Rocks to Rockets – Earth and Beyond/Earth Science skills (Yr 4-8)
An earth science program that explores the mining process from exploration through to the properties of minerals. Students use scientific equipment and techniques that are used in the mining industry.
Curriculum links: Investigating, Earth and Beyond, Energy and Change, Natural and Processed Materials, Technology in Society (T&E)

Let us bring our lab to you! For more information on Lab on Legs, phone us on (08) 9215 0852 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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