Science Week Saturday 15 August 2020

HOT TIPS: Saving Energy at Home

Saturday 15 August 11 am – 12:00 noon

Learn how to save energy at home.  Energy educator Matt Ruffin, will share how heat enters and leaves your home – and how to slow that down. Check out different kinds of insulation, draught sealing, double and triple glazed windows, insulating curtains and blinds and the comparative efficiency of different types of heaters and lighting! Be a super sleuth and check the energy used by different appliances. Save energy and earn pocket money!

Light lunch

Solar Cooking- Hot Stuff with Ass Prof John Todd

Saturday 15 August 2020 1-3 pm

There is far more solar energy reaching the earth’s surface each day than we use in our factories, homes and vehicles. But we are not very good at capturing this energy. Find out about a small but practical way of using solar energy. Solar cookers are a good, simple example of what we can do with solar. Led by energy expert, Associate Professor John Todd, learn how to make a solar cooking device that can prepare hot food without using a single watt of electricity or gas. Participants will have fun with different solar cooker designs.

Making Beeswax Wraps with Sharni Adderton.

Saturday 19 September 11:00-12:00pm

A practical workshop where you will learn how to avoid plastics and make your own beeswax wraps.

Permaculture: Grow your own seeds

Friday November 13 12:30-1:30 pm and 3:00-4:00 pm

Germinate your own seeds to start your own vegetable garden.

Bicycle maintenance

Friday 27 November 3:00-4:00 pm

Bicycles are the most energy efficient forms of transport. They give you freedom and fun! Find out how to look after your bicycle including how to fix a tyre.

Register for all events on Event-brite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/myevent?eid=111592409902

For more information contact Nel Smit nel.smit@education.tas.gov.au or 0407684029

Gen Dorian