Meet a meteorite. Learn the night sky. Hear about the hottest news in space! The West Coast Space Show is bringing a team of scientists, a big telescope, real space artefacts, and even a Planetarium show to the West Coast of Tasmania. Catch us in Strahan, Queenstown, Zeehan, Ulverstone or Devonport this National Science Week….
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Advice from an Aerospace Engineer
Do you spend most of your time thinking about space? Are you a physics wiz who dreams of terraforming Mars? Join us this National Science Week to get advice from budding Aerospace Engineer Michael Zenkov! He will explain the basics of what exactly an Aerospace Engineer studies. Discover the fundamentals required to embark on…
Study in Visual Perception: A Public Lecture by Professor David Alais
Art and science are often seen as unrelated endeavours yet many artists through history have explored the brain’s perceptual processes in ways that are as much experimental as creative. Science is slowly catching up, with recent advances in neuroscience shining new light on the mysteries of vision, creativity and aesthetics. Brain networks involved in creativity…
Study in Visual Perception: A Public Lecture by Professor David Alais
Art and science are often seen as unrelated endeavours yet many artists through history have explored the brain’s perceptual processes in ways that are as much experimental as creative. Science is slowly catching up, with recent advances in neuroscience shining new light on the mysteries of vision, creativity and aesthetics. Brain networks involved in creativity…
Study in Visual Perception: A Public Lecture by Professor David Alais
Art and science are often seen as unrelated endeavours yet many artists through history have explored the brain’s perceptual processes in ways that are as much experimental as creative. Science is slowly catching up, with recent advances in neuroscience shining new light on the mysteries of vision, creativity and aesthetics. Brain networks involved in creativity…
Speed Meet a Scientist at Woollahra Libraries
Do you have a budding scientist in your midst? Or burning questions that you have not been able to answer? This is an opportunity for families and anyone who wants to talk to researchers from fields including engineering, neuroscience, medicine and biology. Ask our scientists questions about climate change, the immune system, careers in…
Warrnambool Water Treatment Plant Open Day
Learn all about the processes involved in providing clean water to the community. Join an exciting tour of the Water Treatment Plant in Warrnambool to celebrate National Science Week! Get a behind-the-scenes look at how water is treated, purified, and made safe for consumption. Our knowledgeable operators will be on hand to answer any questions you may have….
RMIT Women in STEM Conference
The RMIT Women in STEM Conference is designed to provide students and staff at RMIT a chance to connect and engage with various aspects of STEM. This interactive conference will explore the National Science Week schools theme Species Survival: More than just sustainability. There will be practical activities, speakers, and industry experts. Students will have the…
GIRT Scientific Diver Training
Are you a diver with at least 50 logged dives? Do you love diving shipwrecks, sunken aircraft or other underwater cultural heritage? The citizen science programme Gathering Information via Recreational and Technical (GIRT) Scientific Divers is keen to have you as a member. GIRT is a no-impact, conservation focussed, public archaeology program that aims…
Science Quake of the Year
Compete to win the Australian Seismometers in Schools “Science Quake of the Year” cup! We want all our schools to submit their best footquake to us. All you need to do is get together and jump your hearts out! To compete, tell us: Date and time you jumped with a time zone please (so…