"CONASTA is the annual Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA). In 2013 CONASTA 62 will be hosted by the Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV) at La Trobe University, Melbourne 7-10 July.
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"Want to observe the Friday 10 May 2013 Solar Eclipse safely but don't have access to a specialist solar filter for your telescope or binoculars? I have prepared a solar eclipse pinhole viewer which you can freely download and use to indirectly observe the eclipse. I have included on the viewer information on start, mid and end times for the eclipse for the following cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Cairns, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Townsville."
"The Melbourne Teach Meet group met on Saturday 22nd June 2013 with many new faces and presenters. This report is a synthesis of some different things that were shared to the social media stream."
Spring starts on the first day of September, right? Not if Dr Tim Entwisle, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and the author of 'Sprinter and Sprummer', has anything to do with it. Here he argues we should scrap the European approach and adopt a five season model.