Two leading local science organisations are joining forces to present National Science Week 2010 in the Border region. Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the Astronomical Society of Albury Wodonga (ASAW) will present a program of science activities for local school students at CSU’s Thurgoona site from Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 August. Students from the Murray School of Education at CSU in Albury-Wodonga will join with Society members to run hands-on experiments and activities around the University, including investigating the cosmos, craters on meteors and discovering plants and animals in the Thurgoona wetlands. Over 700 students in Years 3 to 8 from 14 primary and high schools in NSW and Victoria will take part in the three-day event, which is funded by the Federal Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research.