Successfully launched on 25 December 2021, NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its first images and will be released to the public 12 July. Join Professor Karl Glazebrook, Dr Themiya Nanayakkara and Dr Colin Jacobs, as they discuss these images and the potential secrets of the universe they reveal. Dr Nicha…
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Palmerston College Science Week Events
Using waterglass to make crystal gardens with metal salts. First 30 students to come and do this at lunchtime will be granted entry to the lab. Some crystals are fast-growing and some are slow-growing. There will be a showcase of the final crystal gardens on Tuesday lunchtime that anybody can move through and look at….
Make a Glowing Teddy Bear
A hands-on STEM Activity. Learn about atoms, light and energy at after school workshops 3.30–5 pm, 23 – 25 August. For ages 5+, families welcome. All events are free and no bookings required. Book & Science Week @ your Library 22 – 26 August
75 facts about NATA and the science of accreditation
Join online as NATA reveals 75 facts about the science of accreditation in National Science Week. This event is for anyone who has ever wondered whether the water coming out of our taps is clean? Anyone that’s ever questioned who checks you’re getting a litre of fuel at the petrol station? Or whether imported cheese…
See Through Science
A fun, family friendly and free community event to celebrate science. Working with this year’s theme, Glass: More than meets the eye (and some grant funding support) Open Hearted Learning and friends, will present engagement and entertainment in the form of hands-on investigations that cover physics, chemistry, biology and space. We hope to foster a…
Fascinating Flows for the Future Low Flow Device Viewing and QR Site: Byethorne Park
While dams and watercourse diversions are crucial for our livelihoods, they change the pattern of water flow in our catchments. This leaves many habitats devoid of flow at critical times of the year and, over time, has contributed to a serious deterioration in catchment health. The Flows for the Future Program is working to restore more natural…
Live tour of the world’s most advanced research aquaria facility – AIMS’ National Sea Simulator
Mad about marine science? Fascinated by your fish tank? Join us for a behind-the scenes tour of the world’s most advanced research aquaria facility – the AIMS National Sea Simulator. This National Science Week, find out what makes SeaSim a super-tool in coral reef science. Discover some of the great strides we are making in…
Who Wants to be an Epidemiologist? The Disease Detectives at Work: Science Week 2022
Hi Victoria – this event is already registered. https://www.scienceweek.net.au/event/who-wants-to-be-an-epidemiologist/torquay/ Kind regards, Geoff Crane, Manager, National Science Week More than just a scientist in the lab with a test tube, epidemiologists are disease detectives charged with finding the causes and solutions to epidemics and disease. In an era of overwhelming global health issues, would you…
Teddy Sings
Bring your baby and their teddy. Meet Warren TC bear who glows in the dark. Sing together and make your own Glow in the Dark Bear or take home a free kit. Recommended for ages 0 – 2. Book & Science Week @ your Library from 22 – 26 August. All events are free and no…
Amazing Spider Crabs of Nairm Art Competition
To celebrate the launch of Remember The Wild’s new 360° underwater virtual tour Amazing Spider Crabs of Nairm we’re holding an art competition. Take the tour, then let the incredible spectacle inspire you to create! Draw, paint, sculpt, build, compose… you choose the medium. Take the virtual tour. Create a work of art in your chosen medium,…