“Maths and Science are my life and have been since I was eight or nine.” That’s the enthusiasm The Hon Karen Andrews MP Minister for Industry, Science and Technology shared with students when launching National Science Week this morning at All Saints School on the Gold Coast. She’s particularly excited about the future of Australian…
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The wait for National Science Week 2019 is (almost) over!
It’s almost upon us – National Science Week 2019! And we can assure you it will be well-worth the long wait since last August with so many new and exciting things to see, learn, try, and experience! Open the enticing event calendar and take a moment to peruse. With almost 2 000 events on offer,…
South Australian Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the following events that were successful in attracting funding for National Science Week in South Australia: Metropolitan Events Space Day (Campbelltown Library) Science vs Magic (Rob Ellinger Magic) Alphabet of Awesome Water (SA Water) Spectrum of Research (Zoos SA) Science is Child’s Play (Hawthorndene Kindergarten) Secrets of Kaurna Wetlands (City of Salisbury) Science…
A taste of National Science Week 2019
Mars missions, sewer soap, and how your brain does insight: a taste of National Science Week 2019 The Aha! Challenge: test your creative brain for science (national) DNA and longevity—Australian Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn in Canberra and Sydney Apollo 11, saving our oceans, and maths with Mr WooTube at Sydney Science Festival What’s a polar…
Sydney Science Festival 2019
The Sydney Science Festival 2019 program is now live! Produced by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences with support from Australian Museum and Inspiring Australia, the fifth citywide Festival to mark National Science Week in Sydney features a huge range of events across the city from 6 –18 August. High-profile Festival guests include pioneering…
ACT Seed Grant Recipients 2019
The ACT National Science Week coordinating committee is thrilled to announce our 2019 seed grant recipients. We were overwhelmed with the number of exciting event applications for this year and are pleased to fund 14 different events that will help bring Science Week in the ACT to life. A big congratulations to all the successful…
WA Small Grant Recipients 2019
The Western Australia National Science Week Coordinating Committee awarded $20 000 in small grant funding to 13 successful applicants this year. Thank you to the over 50 applicants who put forward incredible ideas for National Science Week activities. Over $80 000 of funding requests for event ideas from across the state – it was a very tough process deciding…
Launch to the Future! National Tour
LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE! A STEM Story is an exciting, fact filled, science sketch comedy presentation that focuses on how space programs and lunar science propel us into the future using STEM! Celebrating National Science Week and the theme: Destination Moon: more missions, more science, Launch To The Future combines high energy improvisational comedy to entertain, inspire and educate audiences…
Victorian Seed Grant recipients 2019
The Victorian Coordinating Committee thank all grant applicants for their enthusiasm for National Science Week and congratulate the 2019 Victorian Seed Grant recipients: Vic Seed Grants – Community Ballarat International Foto Biennale – To the Moon and Back Public Program (activities to explore the past, present and future of space travel alongside a photo exhibition…
Tasmanian Seed Grant Recipients 2019
A little goes a long way for Tasmanian event holders during National Science Week Following the announcement of the Australian Government funding for National Science Week events, the Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee have announced their seed grant winners with thanks to funding from Inspiring Australia. Sixteen events and activities received up to $500…