Imagine a place where scientists grace centre stage, microscopes live on bar tables, and late-night conversations have the potential to change the world. Welcome to Beaker Street Festival, where science brings us together. Beaker Street Festival is a week-long celebration of science in lutruwita/Tasmania each August. Now in its eighth year, Beaker Street Festival promises a…
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The DEADLY World of Worms and Creepy Crawlies
Learn all about parasites, worms and other creepy crawlies! The Roper Gulf Vet team will bring a ‘mini lab’ into the classroom of nominated schools. We will go on a ‘mini field trip’ to find samples to bring back to the mini lab. We will use special test kits and microscope slides. We will see…
Festival of Bright Ideas – Schools Day
Schools’ Day The Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) sparks curious and creative minds to learn more about science and the world around them. Focusing on innovative and inspiring aspects of STEM (science, engineering, technology, and mathematics), it provides an educational, aspirational, and family-friendly experience for Tasmanians. As Tasmania’s premier National Science Week event since 2015,…
Festival of Bright Ideas
The Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) sparks curious and creative minds to learn more about science and the world around them. Focusing on innovative and inspiring aspects of STEM (science, engineering, technology, and mathematics), it provides an educational, aspirational, and family-friendly experience for Tasmanians. As Tasmania’s premier National Science Week event since 2015, you can…
National Science Week
National Science Week at Windaroo Primary will be a whole school and community event. Each class will visit for one hour and engage in a large number of interactive activities based on sustainability and habitats. Our focus will be on healthy habitats and solutions for how humans and animals can co-exist. We will simultaneously run…
Vaginal Vignettes: Sex in the Animal Kingdom
Think the vagina is a simple tube? Think again! See wacky and wild tales of female animal reproductive anatomy and behaviour come to life on stage. From the times of Aristotle and Darwin to today, there has been a stereotype of the male as the active player in sex and the female as the passive…
Vaginal Vignettes: Sex in the Animal Kingdom
Think the vagina is a simple tube? Think again! See wacky and wild tales of female animal reproductive anatomy and behaviour come to life on stage! This Vaginal Vignette is part of Beaker Street’s Late Night Sessions. From the times of Aristotle and Darwin to today, there has been a stereotype of the male as…
Game On
Learn how science can be fun in the classroom and at home! Two Mile’s ‘GAME ON!’ is a whole-day celebration of National Science Week for students, parents and caregivers. Join a variety of activities within the ‘GAME ON’ stadium throughout the day. ‘GAME ON!’ will facilitated by the year 5/6 students with their classroom teacher’s…
Prehistoric Bayside – Prehistoric kids cartoon workshop with Zev Landes
Ever wondered what prehistoric animals look like? You can create your own prehistoric creature with illustrator and artist Zev Landes in this awesome cartoon workshop! You’ll have fun doing drawing exercises and learning how to draw bizarre beasts from Bayside. If you’ve ever dreamed of creating your very own prehistoric creature, or are interested in…
Learning about survival
We are a Preschool, and part of our goal is to ignite a passion about all things science. About thinking, curiosity, observation, experimentation and hypothesising. Our event will extend over a period of 2 weeks. We will, in as many ways as possible, include questioning and discussion about the survival of our species. We will…