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Making Alum crystals with Year 7

HAPPY WORLD SCIENCE DAY!!! Today is world science day and Year 12 Biology and Earth and Environmental Science classes tuned into a live conference ran by UTS Sydney on how to manage the future if our coral reefs. Reef regeneration and how it works will be a valuable tool in helping to future proof our coral ecosystems and our students here at KHS our Science students are now equipped with the understanding to be able to tackle this problem head on!

ATTENTION ALL SCIENTISTS. Your Week 9 Science Stars ⭐⭐⭐ have been announced. One more week of term, and the last opportunity to put your name into the draw to win a $50 voucher to Shellharbour Square.

ANOTHER HUGE WEEK IN SCIENCE! With Week 8 done and dusted, and a fresh batch of Science Stars have been anointed. These students have put their name in the hat to win a $50 voucher, ten days left of the term and two more opportunities to win this prestigious award.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Science Stars of the Week.

WHAT AN AMAZING SCIENCE WEEK! A huge congratulations to our Week 6 Science Stars, who have all gone into their year group draws for a $50 voucher at the end of the term.

How can I earn a Science Star? Simply get on your Science Google Classroom and give it your best effort.

HAPPY NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK! Today we look at the amazing world of high tech farming. As demand for fresh food grows, science is powering ahead to keep up with the change.
Click on the links below to read more:
High tech farms of the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIEOuKD9KX8
Farming drones: https://www.precisionag.com/in-field-technologies/drones-uavs/the-role-of-drone-technology-in-sustainable-agriculture/

HAPPY NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK! Today we look at how thousand's of years of Aboriginal knowledge is being used by science to manage the land and source food.
Click on the links below to read more:
University of Sydney: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/06/30/harvesting-knowledge.html
The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/food-tools-and-medicine-5-native-plants-that-illuminate-deep-aboriginal-knowledge-145240

HAPPY NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK! Today we look at the 'supercrops' being developed to help tackle food shortages around the world.
Click on the links below to read more:
CSIRO: https://blog.csiro.au/breeding-resilience-in-a-changing-climate/
Waterless crops: https://youtu.be/2NWpMqD8Qyk