| Workshop | Description | College | Curricula link | Year | Duration | Capacity | Location / Portability (Tonsley, At Schools etc) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Writing | Get a taste of life as a university student with this crash course in academic writing and referencing! | Cross Curricula | 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 minutes | 30 | Portable | |
| App Development | Students use MIT App Inventor, a cloud-based visual programming interface, to develop their own Android app aimed at improving concentration and response times. | College of Science and Engineering | IT / Design & Technology | 8, 9, 10 | 40-60 mins | 18 | Tonsley |
| Allied Health | A combined Allied Health workshop that provides students with an insight into the role health professionals play in an interconnected web. This workshop demonstrates both the complexities and benefits of learning and working in the Allied Health sphere as you work in a team to improve an individual's overall health. | College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Health | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30-60 mins | 40 | Portable |
| Analytical Chemistry | Developed to help achieve, cement and extend knowledge of some of the analytical chemistry techniques explored in the SACE Stage 2 curriculum, Experiments include Chromatography and AAS. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Chemistry) | 12 Only | 2 hours | 14 | Bedford Park |
| Animal Adaptations | Evolution drives change, but how do scientists explore this? This workshop looks at how animals adapt to their environment from a physiological and behavioural perspective. Students will have the opportunity to study the physiology and behaviour of finches in our full building aviary and conduct experiments on thermoregulatory behaviour. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) | 8, 9 | 40-60 mins | 20 | Bedford Park |
| Animal Evolution | How do populations respond to selection pressure from humans, invasive species and the environment? Through hands-on activity students investigate natural selection and the gene pool in two examples of bird populations. | College of Science and Engineering | Stage 1 Biology workshop length varies with year level | 10, 11, 12 | 60-90 mins | 20 | Bedford Park |
| Archaeology: Can You Dig It? | Students will learn what archaeologists actually do (and what they don't!), what types of archaeology you can specialise in at Flinders and what that means for employment later on. Students also have the opportunity to get their hands on artefacts, learn some tricks of the trade, and even get their hands dirty with an archaeological dig! | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Science / History / Geography | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | Max 30 | HUMN 112 (Archaeology Lab) at Bedford Park |
| Art Museum Tour | Guided tour of Flinders University Art Museum’s diverse collection examining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Conceptual art and European prints. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Art | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 20-30 mins | TBC | Bedford Park |
| Assistive Game Controller | Assistive Techonology is all around us. These technologies maintain and improve a person's independence, these items may invlude spectacless, pill organisers, communications aids etc. Students will be provided different case studies and will make a prototype of an Assistive Game Controller | College of Science and Engineering | Design and Technology | 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12 | 60-90 mins | 25 | Tonsley Prefered, portable |
| Bamboo Pens and Japanese Ink | Students learn how to use and paint with bamboo pens and Japanese ink in this Art Workshop | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Art | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 40-60 mins | 30 - 1.5m capacity dependant | Portable |
| Bananas about Nutrition | This workshop invites students to explore the Nutrition and Dietetics pathway through a series of interactive activities and group discussions centred around food, nutrition and health. Students will gain an insight into the types of professionals who work in this field, where they work, and the pathways to become a nutritionist or dietitian at Flinders University. | College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Health | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Big Issues in Education | Interactive presentation where students debate prominent issues in education philosophy which are key to teaching practice. | College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work | English / Cross Curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | Unlimited | Bedford Park |
| Chemical Reactions | Using examples from popular demonstrations such as Elephant's Toothpaste, different reactions are explored and where we encounter them everyday. | College of Science and Engineering | Stage 1 Chemistry but base level Science still appropriate (Chemistry) | 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 25 | Bedford Park |
| Codebreaker | An interactive, problem solving workshop that asks students to follow a series of clues to crack the safe, secret agent style. | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross Curricula / STEM | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 30 - 1.5m capacity dependant | Portable |
| Completa tu hábitat (What´s Your Habitat Like?) | Be part of an indigenous group and work together to learn about your natural environment and how best take care of it. Session in Spanish. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 60 mins | Unlimited | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| Cooling Gases | Chemistry and Physics combine in a fascinating show about states of matter. Students are shown some of the more exciting aspects of this using liquid nitrogen. | Science (Chemistry) | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 30-60 mins | 18 | Bedford Park | |
| Criminology | Learn more about what a criminologist is and does for work, to increase your understanding of how crime is defined, responded to, and experienced by different community groups. We will apply skills and knowledge relevant to criminology to evaluate and tackle the wicked problems faced by contemporary society. | College of Business, Government and Law | HASS / Legal Studies | 10, 11, 12 | 40-60mins | 30 | Portable |
| Critical Thinking | Â Critical thinking is a deeper kind of thinking in which we do not take things for granted but question, analyse and evaluate what we read, hear, say, or write. Challenge your thinking in this workshop and learn one of skills that will help you study at University. | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross Curricula | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Cybersecurity: Crash Course | With the number of cyber attacks around the world accelerating, our cybersecurity crash course will teach you how to detect crime and how to protect your cyber profile. | College of Science and Engineering | IT / Cybersecurity / STEM | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-50 mins | 40 | Portable |
| Digital Media with CDW Studios | Interactive presentation gives students the opportunity to watch their illustrated character 'come to life' in 2D. Discuss about animation for gaming and media and opportunities available. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Art / Digital Media | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 30 - 1.5m capacity dependant | Portable |
| Discovering Colour | Students will use acrylic paint to learn about primary, secondary and mixing colours as well as learning how colour has shadows and tone. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Art | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 40-60 mins | 30 - 1.5m capacity dependant | Portable |
| Explore the Spanish-Speaking World | Want to know more about some of the Latin American countries and have fun while learning about their cultures and language? | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | 20 | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| Flash Mentoring | University student mentors rotate around small groups discussing their studies, pathway and Uni life as well as answering any questions. | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross Curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30-40 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Flinders Living Student Presentation | Presentation from current or past Flinders Living student on options available at Flinders University and personal experience. Includes time for a Q&A | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 20 mins | unlimited | Portable |
| Flinders Living Tour | Tour of accommodation options available on the Flinders University Campus, ideal for rural students. | Flinders Living | Cross Curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 10-30 mins | 10 per group | Bedford Park (Flinders Living) |
| Forensic Biology | Students have the opportunity to run a gel electrophoresis while learning about how forensic biologists use DNA to identify victims and suspects. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) | 11, 12 | 75 mins | 28 | Bedford Park |
| French Scientific explorations in South Australia | You may have heard of  Baudin, Flinders and Encounter Bay. Come and participate to this workshop to learn more about the scientific explorations and hear some fascinating stories! | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | 45 | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| From Implant to Implantation | This is a biomechanical tour of how an implant goes from the lab door to inside a person's body. The Biomechanics and Implants Laboratory is world-leading biomechanics laboratory, and this workshop takes students through three-stations, based in the lab: Imaging and surgery, implant features and design, and Biomechanics testing with the hexapod. | College of Science and Engineering | Science | 10, 11, 12 | 45 -60mins | 24 | Tonsley |
| Greek and its “presence” in English | Find out how many Greek words exist in a typical English (and not only) dictionary and how by learning Modern Greek you will get a better understanding of your own language. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | 40 | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| Greek Mythology’s Gods and Heroes in Australia | Have you ever wondered if Greek Mythology’s Gods and Heroes are ”hiding” in Australian cities? Explore with us the Australian cities’ landscapes where mythological Gods and Heroes have been used as representational symbols indicating the interconnection of past and present. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | Unlimited | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| International Relations | Have you ever wondered what it is like to make decisions on an international scale? Based on real and contemporary international events, students will team up and solve an international crisis. This workshop provides students with an opportunity to think outside the box, consider different world views, use team strategy to negotiate the best deal for their country. | College of Business, Government and Law | Civics & Citizenship / History / Politics | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 30 | Portable |
| It´s a World of languages! | An introduction to the language families of the world. Students use detective skills to compare languages and detect similarities.  Session includes information about language study pathways. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60mins | Unlimited | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| Learn Italian and welcome the Unexpected | Â Hear a real story of how learning a language may create unexpected opportunities. And Italian may open many doors! | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Languages | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | 45 | Bedford Park or at metropolitan high school |
| Lego Education | Students will learn the principles and practical application of differentiation through Lego cars. | College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work | Education | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-50 mins | 30 | Portable |
| Library Tour | Informative tour of the Flinders university library. | Flinders Library | Cross Curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 10-20 mins | 15 (TBC) | Bedford Park |
| Marine Biology | Students will have the opportunity to identify and discover various invertebrates, and consider how their findings can be used to draw conclusions about ecosystem health. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) | 10, 11, 12 | 60 mins | 28 | Bedford Park |
| Megafauna Reconstruction | Interactive palaeontology workshop that involves students reconstructing what various Megafauna may have looked like. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) / Art / History | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | 40-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Micro-X Industry Tour | Housed at the Tonsley Innovation District, Micro-X welcomes small tours into their work space where they constrcut and maintain security and medical imagine technologies. | College of Science and Engineering | Science / Physics / Engineering | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30 mins | 20 | Tonsley |
| Nature's Networks | Student will learn how eco-systems and food webs work in this game of predators vs prey. This active and hands-on workshop will give students the opportunity to learn about energy cycles and the delicate balance of biodiversity. | Office of Student Recruitment | Science / Environment | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-50 mins | 30 | Portable |
| Nursing & Midwifery Lab | Interactive session using equipment in nursing laboratories to test various anatomical elements. | College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Health / Science / PE | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45-60 mins | 30 | Sturt Campus Only |
| Oaklands Wetland: Environment Health Module | Water is a valuable resource for humans contaminated water can cause many health issues. Conduct experiments in a water system to investigate water quality and potential hazards to human health. | College of Science and Engineering | Stage 1 & 2 Earth and Environmental Science | 11-12 | 9:30am-2:00pm (advised schedule) | 25 | Oaklands Wetland (off campus) |
| Oaklands Wetland: How does a wetland function | By utilising nature as our classroom, students will gain an understanding of the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems, relate these to global environmental issues, and how we can address these at a local-scale. Students will participate in a guided walkl through Oaklands Wetland that is nestled within a city landscape. | College of Science and Engineering | Stage 1 & 2 Earth and Environmental Science | 11-13 | 2-3 hours | 25 | Oaklands Wetland (off campus) |
| Paramedicine | Interactive session that showcases the equipment and studies of paramedics. Post-COVID can be run as a lecture without any student demonstrations. | College of Medicine and Public Health | Health / Science / PE | 10, 11, 12 | 30-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Portraiture and Proportion | Students use charcoal and chalk and learn to sketch the human face to scale and demonstrate the effect of light through shading. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Art | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 40-60 mins | 30 - 1.5m capacity dependant | Portable |
| Psych Out | Interactive introduction to brain function and decision making; looking at case studies of synaesthesia, misdirection, concentration and patience. | College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work | Psychology | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 30-40 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Psychology: Wellbeing | PhD Psychology student delivered presentation focussing on managing a healthy study/work/social balance, with practical tips. Ideal Year 12 students at the start of the school year. | Office of Student Recruitment | General Capabilities - Personal and Social Capability | 10, 11, 12 | 45-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Research Project | Overview of Research Project stages, with a particular focus on research sources, including high school access to the Flinders Library and Flinders academics | Office of Student Recruitment | Research Project | 11, 12 | 45 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Roller Coaster Construction | Students divide into groups and build miniature roller coasters. Students use physics to figure out how to make their roller coasters as fast & exciting as possible. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Physics) workshop length varies with year level | 7, 8, 9, 10 | 40 -90mins | 18 | Bedford Park |
| SAGE Automation Tonsley Tour (external to Flinders) | Tour of SAGE Automation Tonsley Office and Manufacturing facilities. SAGE can talk about all STEM career pathways, alternative pathways, technologies, industry practice, etc. Year 10 -12 option - Session with SkillsLab about the Digital Apprenticeships SAGE offer as an alternative pathway to University | External - SAGE Automation Tonsley | Careers in STEM/Industry 4.0 | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 20mins | 15-20 | Tonsley |
| Science of Flavour | Our range of food preferences is unique to us, and we experience flavour through a combination of our senses, internal body structure, genes and past experiences. Conduct some basic tests to explore your experience of flavour. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-50 mins | 20 | Portable |
| Sound through Light Electronics | Students investigate some properties of light and sound waves by building an electronic circuit that allows them to emit signals with an LED and receive those signals using a small solar panel. Students need to bring along a device for playing music that has a standard audio jack (e.g. mp3 player or smart phone). | College of Science and Engineering | Science | 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 16 | Portable |
| Space Junk | Interactive lecture showcasing space, the new frontier in archaeology. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Science / History | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Sport in Society | Sport plays a big role in our society, reflecting the ideas and values we live by in our day to day lives. This interactive workshop will see students engage in and unpack some of the big issues in sport to question what it is we value and who is responsible for bringing about change. | Office of Student Recruitment | Health, PE | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Spotlight on Drama | Students will get creative with this interactive drama workshop exploring different performance skills through hands-on activities. | College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Drama | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60mins | 30 | Portable |
| Student Panel | A panel of Flinders University Student Ambassadors students’ questions in order to demystify university. | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross Curricula | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 20-45 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| The Bone Box | Interactive palaeontology presentation that explores Australian fauna. | College of Science and Engineering | Science (Biology) / History | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-90 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| The Corridors | Students will become MPs in a simulation of the Upper and Lower houses of Parliament in this fun, hands-on and interactive session. Working alongside the Government, a team of university researchers will discover issues of national importance which highlight the critical role that Universities and research have in wider society. | Office of Student Recruitment | Cross Curricula / Civics / Law/ HASS | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45 mins | 60 max | Portable |
| The Innovation Centre - NVI (New Venture Institute) | Interactive tour of facilities current projects and 3D printing. | Tonsley / TAFE | PLP / Design & Technology | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 20-30 mins | 15 | Tonsley |
| The Secret to Secret Codes | Learn some of the techniques behind creating and breaking secret codes. Students will have the chance to try to create encoded messages, both by hand and with technology, and to make some of their own. Students will use both pencils and paper and laptops with internet access to crack existing codes and design their own. | College of Science and Engineering | General Maths | 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 20 | Portable |
| Thinking Like A Lawyer | Come along to the Flinders' law workshop, hear both sides of the argument, learn the law, and you be the judge! Law students will present scenarios abridged versions of real cases, and students will need to advocate for their client. Covering both civil and criminal jurisdictions, each scenario focuses on a particular law - either theft or negligence. | College of Business, Government and Law | Civics & Citizenship / Legal Studies | 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | Unlimited | Portable |
| Tonsley TAFE Tour | Interactive tour providing general overview of what campus has to offer. | Tonsley / TAFE | VET | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 45-60 mins | 10 | Tonsley |
| Tonsley Tour | Interactive tour of the Tonsley campus, showing the facilities and ties to Industry. | Tonsley / TAFE | Science | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 30 mins | 10 | Tonsley |
| Touchdown | Turn your school students into engineers in this new space workshop. Design, build and test a shock-absorbing system for a space ship to land on the moon, protecting two astronauts inside. Find out what engineering is all about and follow the same steps that real life engineers use to bring their ideas to life. | Office of Student Recruitment | Science | 6, 7, 8, 9 | 40-60 minutes | 30 max (per group) | Portable |
| What's on Your Back: Brand Sustainability | An interactive session where students will learn about the new challenges business face in making their companies sustainable and the way they report this to the public. | College of Business, Government and Law | Business | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 40-60 mins | 30 | Portable |
| Water Wheels, Hydroelectric Turbine Design | A village in Nepal needs a new power source. As an engineerin, it's your job to build a hydroelectric turbine that can harness the kinetic energy in the nearby river and provide the electricity they need! Visiting our cutting-edge Civil Engineering teaching lab and use the industrial flume to test your team's creation. | College of Science and Engineering | Science and Maths, Design and Technology | 8,9, 10, 11, 12 | 75-90 mins | 24 | Tonsley |
| Zeiss Germany Industry Tour | Housed at the Tonsley Innovation District, Zeiss is an international optical and optoelectronics firm originating from Germany. Zeiss contribute to world optics development and technological progress. | College of Science and Engineering | Science and Maths, Design and Technology | 10, 11, 12 | 30 mins | 20 | Tonsley |
| Zumo Robot Programming | Jump into our first year engineering labs and learn about digital electronics by programming a simple Arduino-based Zumo robot using the C | College of Science and Engineering | Stage 1 & 2 Information Technology | 10,11,12 | 60 mins | 18 | Tonsley |
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