Join us at Hive for high-impact one-hour science sessions led by experts, including topics like marine life, air quality, and space exploration. Special sessions available for upper-primary and high school students. Sessions will include: • Biological Decoding of Marine Life by prominent Launceston Zoologist and marine life expert David Maynard, supported by the Fisheries Research and…
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The Astronomical Day
Hive presents a day of wonder, looking outwards to decode the Universe. The day begins at Hive with an all-ages planetarium show at 11am and feature shows at 1pm & 2pm (ages 5+ only), followed by a free public talk titled Who Cares About the Weather in Space in the Gnomon Room at the Wharf. As the…
The Universe Through All the Senses Planetarium Show
Experience space through touch, sound, smell, and taste! This imaginative show explores how you’d experience the universe using all of your senses. Learn how it feels to touch the Universe, how does it smell or taste, and even how you would sound on alien planets. Minimum age: 5 years This project received grant funding through…
Dieback Awareness: Greenbushes WA (in person and online)
To celebrate National Science Week we are raising awareness of the pathogen Phytophthera cinnamomi (Dieback), its potential impact, and ways to minimise these effects on our beautiful Australian endemic plants. The P. cinnamomi lifecycle, transport and barriers to reproduction will be discussed with Dr Peter Scott (Arborcarbon, DWG), Dr Janene Sproul (Murdoch, DWG) and members…
A Night at the Opal Museum – Focus on luminescence and opals
Join the Brisbane Opal Museum for ‘A Night at the Opal Museum– Focus on luminescence and opals’. At 5pm we’ll host specially designed activities for young explorers aged 6-12 years old, including: Mineral fluorescence: Watch rocks glow under UV light! Porosity absorption in opal: Identify opals as they absorb water. Opal identification: Comparing opals with…
Galactic UV Light Secret Messages!
Do you like secret codes, invisible ink, and outer space? Then get ready—because during Science Week, students from Year 1 to Year 6 will become space scientists and UV detectives in our hands-on STEM activity: Galactic UV Light Secret Messages! What’s the Big Idea? Have you ever heard of UV light? It’s a type of…
Wonders of the Cosmos with Professor Danail Obreschkow
As night falls, the stars begin to tell a story more enthralling than our imagination can conceive. Join astrophysicist Professor Danail Obreschkow—Director of the UWA International Space Centre and researcher at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research—on a cosmic journey through space and time. This educational talk will take us from our home planet…
Guess the picture competition
One of the Big Ideas for my science classes this year is “Curiosity” which fits well with the Science Week theme ‘Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language’. We discuss “observation” as a scientist’s most important activity on a regular basis. Before science week I plan on providing a digital microscope…
Connect with Scientists and Spark Student Curiosity – Earth Science Panel for Teachers
Welcome to the Connect with Scientists & Spark Student Curiosity – Earth Science Panel for Teachers! Join us on August 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM (Australia/Brisbane Time) for an engaging discussion. This hybrid event brings together scientists working in Earth and Environmental Science disciplines aligned with the Australian National Curriculum. The panel of scientists will respond to both…
Writing Top Scientific Reports
About the workshop (pre-registration, bookings essential) Engineers, technologists and IT experts are not always the best report-writers. Or are they? Learn the tricks of the trade in a comprehensive three-hour course designed to improve the writing and communications skills of those needing to file important reports. The Syllabus Session 1 9.30am to 11am, Melbourne…