We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our event holders this year! We will post a summary of Tassie’s science month soon, so watch this space. If you held an event in Tasmania for National Science Week in 2019, please fill out our event holder survey by Friday 27 September…
Month: August 2019
Thank You to All Who Contributed in 2019
It’s a wrap! National Science Week 2019 has officially come to an end. And all across Australia, we’ve scienced hard! (Note that although Science Week has officially finished, there are still plenty of opportunities to science all year round – see the How Will You Keep Science-ing? blog post for more information.) The figures are…
How will you keep science-ing?
We have squeezed so much inspiring science into the last nine days during National Science Week it has been mesmerising. In fact, so much, that it has spilled out and is threatening to turn August into Science Month! While today is the official final day of Science Week there are still plenty of opportunities for…
A Smorgasbord of Science
As National Science Week 2019 draws to a close, we’ve found time to look back over the past week of activities (in between attending events of course) and reflect on the diversity and variety that is this truly wonderful festival of science. Every year, Science Week has a wide range of activities for all ages….
TAS: Young people needed to ReShape the World
The first ReShape the World forum for young people interested in sustainability and in helping to address environmental challenges will be held during National Science Week. Registrations are now open at reshapetheworld.eventbrite.com.au. Today’s young Tasmanians are increasingly aware of current global ecological and climate crises and are passionate about the world they live in, with…
Space, dinos and plastics up for debate in Launceston
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT PLASTIC PROBLEM ON AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS Dr Jennifer Lavers of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Adrift Lab, will be speaking on the accumulation of single-use disposable plastic items on remote islands on Friday 16 August, 7.15pm. She made global news earlier this year with her study which…
Science and the arts merge for Tasmanian National Science Week
On Argyle Street in Hobart there is a large art piece, spray painted using stencils. It features Tasmania’s only Nobel Prize winner, Professor Emerita Elizabeth Blackburn, and images inspired by Tasmanian scientific research. The artwork was painted as part of the Science Street Party held on Saturday 3 August 2019 and it can also be…
There is so much space in Science Week – it’s astronomical!
National Science Week has already been astronomical with hundreds and hundreds of events taking place all around the country. And given 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and the first moon landing, it is no surprise that many of these events have taken on a space theme with all things stellar,…
Second weekend of non-stop excitement
So, what did you see? Which ones did you get to? Wait, what? Still on your “to do” list?!? Never fear, there are still lots of interesting and mind-broadening experiences to discover during the last weekend of National Science Week! From star-gazing to the science of sketching with visual impairment, coding celestial music, learning about…
The Aha! Challenge wants to get inside your head!
Scientists want to know the things that make you go “aha!”. Throughout August, researchers from the University of Melbourne are conducting a country-wide citizen science project to better understand how the human brain works. The focus of the project, dubbed The Aha! Challenge, is to investigate the kind of sudden problem-solving insight that makes you…