Education & Outreach

FLEET shares a responsibility to improve Australians’ engagement with science. Through its FLEET Schools and Public Outreach programs, we want to inspire and engage students and teachers at all levels, and the public about FLEET’s research, and to think critically about its value and application in society.

FLEET Schools: Here you will find home science activities, incursion/excursion opportunities, and student/teacher resources on curriculum-aligned topics that include critical thinking and hands-on activities, slides and worksheets;

Public outreach: FLEET heads out to engage the community through interactive exhibits at public events. FLEET has a pool of experts for public events, community talks. Evaluation reports of most of our outreach activities can be found here.

Learn more about FLEET research, education and outreach at

Ask the Physicists Facebook page.

FLEET’s facebook.com/FLEETCentre

twitter.com/FLEETCentre

FLEET’s YouTube channel.

Contact us education@fleet.org.au

 

 

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Forces and energy: Quantum energy

Checking out Einstein and going quantum Quantum and classical physics both have the concept of energy in common. The conservation of energy still applies in quantum physics the same way it does in classical physics. The difference is in the math used to calculate energy and work. In quantum physics it is all about probability – the energy something has ...

Forces and energy: Electricity and sustainable energy

Electrical energy Electrical energy also has many forms. For example, lightning, is a form of static electricity. You witness static electricity also when you rub a balloon against your hair. One of the most useful forms of electrical energy for humans is when it is generated from a current, which occurs when electrons flow through a circuit. It is the ...

Forces and energy: Kinetic, potential, conservation and transformation

Forms of energy The two broad forms of energy are potential and kinetic and each have different types, which we outline in more detail below. Others energy forms include sound and thermal energy. We will focus on potential and kinetic here. Light could also be considered a form of energy, but it gets interesting because is has both particle and ...

Forces and Energy: Energy and Work

What do we mean by energy? Energy is the capacity of a physical system to do work or cause a change. We will examine what this means in detail below, but to help establish students’ baseline understanding of energy get students to do Activity 1. What is energy? Why is understanding energy important? When we design and build stuff important ...

FLEET Schools: Forces and Energy

This unit covers: What is energy Different forms of energy Conservation/transfer of energy Generation of electricity Critical thinking about the human use of electricity, its implications and the role of the scientists and society Curriculum links The resource content and activities are linked to the Victorian and Australian curriculum. See the following curriculum codes: Year 4 ACSSU076 (investigating the effect ...

Spreading a passion for science: Outreach in 2022

FLEET has an extremely ambitious program of STEM outreach and communication, engaging Australians with science – from school children to the public to policymakers FLEET’s outreach activities improve public awareness of FLEET research and scientific literacy among school students. FLEET members get a greater appreciation of their audience’s interests, understanding and values, and learn how to effectively communicate with them. …