Monitoring Air Pollution – Online workshop

Praxical is a new learning initiative creating online workshops where everyone can actively engage in the scientific process. For National Science Week this year Praxical is collaborating with ANSTO. Together they are creating a fully online, self-led workshop about the causes and effects of fine particle air pollution. During the workshop you will get the…

The Science Of Tunnelling

National Science Week’s ‘Deep Blue’ theme, we are encouraging you, not only to think about what’s in our oceans and rivers, but also, the future of travelling underneath them. We have created two 90 minute online classes for ages 8-12 years old ready for you to dive into The Science of Tunnelling. You will have the opportunity to explore…

Tastrofest 2020

TastroFest was born out of a passion for the universe and making it accessible for everybody who has a desire to explore. From humble beginnings in beautiful Ulverstone on Tasmania’s North West Coast, it has grown to be the largest astronomy festival in the country. Spread over three days with activities for beginners through to…

Online experiments, activities and stories @ Richmond Tweed Regional Library

Join us at Richmond Tweed Regional Library for National Science Week. Check out our very special National Science Week YouTube playlist, get involved by trying out an experiment or activity and keep an eye out for our free online events all week. Monday 17 August Slime it up! with Ian @ 10am online program on…

AusMAP: The Australian Microplastic Assessment Project

Get involved in the citizen science initiative AusMAP, the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project. In this video, Dr Scott Wilson from Macquarie University explains how microplastic pollution affects our environment. He shows how you can help monitor the health of our waterways by collecting samples from your local area and he takes us into the lab…

Deep Blue – Meet The Scientists Q&A

Our marine scientists from the WA Museum will be answering questions at this special Q&A event focused on young people aged 7 – 17 years. Join them as they chart their careers and describe how they ended up exploring the ocean floor thousands of metres below the surface in deep canyons off the WA coast…

‘Fake Out’: citizen science challenge

Do you believe what you see? Did Obama really say that (he probably did but not on video)? What are Spiderman and Iron Man doing in Back to the Future? Deep fakes, like YouTuber EZRyderX47’s Back to the Future deepfake video (image featured here), are getting better and better and humans remain the best judges of the…

Possible Impossibles Online Forum

How can Science offer us a path of hope for our post COVID lives and world? What tools can Science give us to help society recover, rebuild, and thrive in the future? The Victorian Parliament will partner with the Royal Society of Victoria to host a live online community forum exploring how science can help…