We visited large schools and small schools, local and far away.  We thought we’d give you a recap of how far afield we’ve travelled and where we’ve visited during August and September.  Our thanks to schools in Armidale, Wytaliba, Emmaville, Tintinhull, Walcha, Inverell, Tamworth, Newrybar, Empirevale, Uralla, Bellingen and Woolbrook for inviting us to join you for some exciting science activities. The team also visited schools linked to the Rivers Academy of STEM Excellence in and around Lismore for four days in October. Thank you also to Hernani Public School and Lightning Ridge Central School for visiting our museum and learning about the animals and fossils on display there. Students from Lightning Ridge were able to come face to face with ‘Lightning Claw’ – a dinosaur discovered by UNE palaeontologist, Dr Phil Bell, based on a few bones found by opal miners in their very own town. We love being able to pass on our knowledge and create curiosity with the students.

The team did not rest up in the school holidays, and ran activities for students in vacation care as well as holiday activities in the Armidale Library.

Our most popular activities for these visits were Creative Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation, Escape the Museum, Plants Poop & Pollinators, Magic of Physics and Palaeontology Puzzles. The activities are interactive with the majority of the session time made up with students being ‘hands on’ with our specimens, equipment, props and games.