The Drag Experiment is the show of the year for drag lovers, science nerds, and all folks across the LGBTQIA+ and STEM spectra. Headlined by four phenomenal people who are scientists by day and drag performers by night. You’ll be dazzled with show stopping drag performances interwoven with scientific concepts and research. Hosted by Dr…
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Science Fair Extravaganza
The concept will be to engage the wider community and have students from North Cottesloe Primary School present to a range of stakeholders, fellow students, staff, parents and the local community. Our Science Fair Extravaganza will involve students from Year 1 to Year 6. The event will include students presenting their findings to all stakeholders…
John Septimus Roe A.C.S Primary Science Spectacular
The John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Spectacular incorporates the knowledge of our secondary teachers and the sharing of scientific activities to ignite curiosity and wonder. Our Year 3 to 6 students will attend a session where they could see the amazing transformations of matter with elephant toothpaste, mini volcanoes or dry ice experiments to…
Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition
Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition returns for National Science Week after three sold-out shows at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Each show features six scientists who have partnered with comedians to bring laughter to their science talks. Laugh and learn at the same time. Just how much alcohol consumption really is good for us? Can science…
Science Alive Show – Very Strange Stuff
Celebrate National Science Week with Science Alive’s fantastic show all about Very Strange Stuff. Explore the materials that make up our world: adventures with liquids, solids and gases, flying teabags and huge bubbles. For children aged 4 years and over, accompanied by an adult.
Science versus Art: The Music of Genes
Dr Mark Temple is a molecular biologist from School of Science at Western Sydney University. Mark uses audio for DNA sequence analyses. As a former musician who played drums with Indie rock band The Hummingbirds, Mark used computer code to make audio sequences from DNA sequences. This was done by mapping genetic letters and overlapping…
Game On
Game On is an event to empower the Darwin’s geek communities with an opportunity to meet like minded people and broadcast to the wider community the fun associated with trying something different. To celebrate our diverse geek community, Game On will feature local heroes in video game development, tabletop board games, esports, artists stalls and more….
SCOPE – Yipirinya School
SCOPE is a photomicrography (the art of taking photos through a microscope) competition, giving Territorians the opportunity to explore the tiniest details of the Territory. Sixty smartphone microscope converters have been distributed to remote and rural schools and libraries, giving kids the opportunity to explore the world of minutia around them and share their experiences…
UCTV Alive for Kids: Science for Science Week
You may not realise it, but crystals are all around us – often in surprising places. Join Dr Nathan Kilah from the University of Tasmania for this special Science Week webinar to uncover the amazing world of crystals in your food, in medicines, and even in aeroplanes. During the webinar, participants will have the opportunity…
Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park – Weekend in the Fitzgerald Biosphere
The Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park are inviting members for a weekend to visit Bush Heritage and Nowanup properties to learn Noongar culture and local eco-restoration efforts to celebrate national Science Week – the country’s week-long celebration of all things STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths). Event details Cultural walk with Uncle Eugene Eades…