Brain Break – Department for Innovation and Skills

We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.

The Big Watermelon Experiment 2 – More Melons, More Data (and more mess)

How many rubber bands does it take to implode a watermelon? The Big Watermelon Experiment sought to answer that very odd question in a mass science experiment for school students. But we need more data, so we are going around (the watermelons) again. Schools register for free and will receive learning materials (videos and downloads) in the…

Warrnambool East Primary School Science Fair

All students from P-6 are invited to participate in the science fair. This will be held on Wednesday 18 August in our stadium. Both our school community and the wider community will be invited to come along and see the creations from the students however, this will be dependant on Covid restrictions. (If need be…

SciVR livestream

NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone or another device that can connect to the internet. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen –…

Brain Break – Monaro High School

We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.

Brain Break – Forensic and Scientific Services

We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. We’ll be getting together to share fun science quizzes, activities and demonstrations over our cuppa. This morning tea is just for us, but you can register to host one for FREE in your own workplace.

Coding Challenge

Cross aged students will work collaboratively to solve set challenges and gain knowledge and experience across science, maths, technologies that are required to be a digital citizen. Children from the Kindergarten across the road will be invited to work with future buddies (current Year 4 & 5) to participate in challenges. Funding will be used…

The Science of Us: Rethink addiction

Join us for National Science Week with a special edition of The Science of Us program, run in partnership with Inspiring Australia. Whether it’s shopping, drinking, drugs, gambling or being addicted to sex or the internet, many Australians struggle to manage behaviours that are detrimental to their relationships, their health and their financial and emotional wellbeing. What is the science of addiction and how can…

The Science of Us: Limit your screen time

Join us on the first Thursday of every month during winter for The Science of Us program, run in partnership with Inspiring Australia. Hear from scientists, researchers, authors and academics on topics that help us to understand troubling human behaviour through the prism of science. Worried about how much time you and your family are spending on screens and the impact this is…

Roxby Mad Food Scientist

The importance of exposing young people to engaging STEAM activities is well recognised, and the Roxby Downs Community Board is confident the Roxby Mad Food Scientist project will inspire participants’ interest in science. Roxby Mad Food Scientist is a free, hands-on event that will be held at the Roxby Downs Community Youth Centre. It will…