9 GREAT THINGS IN 9 GOOD DAYS The Great Goodness 9 in 9 Challenge is about celebrating all things goodness. e are challenging you and your friends to share 9 great things in the 9 good days days of the Goodness Festival (15 – 23 August) for a chance to win cool prizes and maybe…
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Sapphire Coast Science Festival Online
The Sapphire Coast Science Festival is back, but with a different format for 2020. The Sapphire Coast Regional Science Hub Sustainability Education Network (SCRSHSEN), with the generous support of the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources and Inspiring Australia, is excited to present the Sapphire Coast Science Festival, a great opportunity for…
Sleep Tight
Why is it important to get a good night’s sleep? University of Sydney sleep researcher Dr Camilla Hoyos explains the benefits of sleep, from wellbeing to healthy brain-ageing and dementia prevention. Speaker: Dr Camilla Hoyos is a clinical sleep scientist at the University of Sydney and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research who investigates if fixing sleep problems can…
The Sea and Me Storytime
A 45 minute special storytime for children under five, consisting of rhymes and children’s stories about the ocean. We will make our own Ocean Aquarium. Please bring an empty recycled plastic water bottle.
Great Goodness Challenge Smartphone Tips Workshop
This beginners focused session will cover some simple tips, tricks and pointers to getting a great shot on a modern smartphone and get you ready for the Great Goodness Challenge. Just bring your fairly modern smartphone and you. Note: This session is for people interested in taking part in the Great Goodness Challenge. You can…
Big Dumb Fun Ocean Quiz Game Night
Bring the whole family as MAJEK Collective goes Big Dumb Fun Ocean Quiz Game crazy for National Science Week at the Goodness Festival. Less a quiz and more of a weird adventure…where you learn all about the ocean on a fun night out. Dress up as your favourite ocean related creature. Bring simple drawing, dancing…
Chapman River Gauging Station Tour
Have you ever walked along the river and wondered what that big concrete structure is for and how it works? Now is your chance. Join hydrographers from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation as they walk you through the ins and out of a river gauging station and its importance in the larger monitoring…
2020 Vision
Why not capture a photo of some of our extraordinary biodiversity and enter it in the Atlas of Life Photo Exhibition? Vision 2020 is an exhibition and there will be no judging as such. However, there will be the opportunity for gallery viewers to lodge a “People’s Choice” vote. There will be two prizes for…
Deep Blue Display at Tura-Marrang Library
Deep Blue display featuring micro plastics, ocean facts and National Science Week information. The AUSMAP kit on display are part of a citizen science project which is helping solve a problem you can’t see. Until recently microplastic pollution presented scientists with a crisis that was near invisible to the naked eye. Now we have AUSMAP….
Science NOT in the Pub
Join Clean Energy For Eternity on Friday August 21 at 6pm with Professor Lesley Hughes from the Climate Council, for a discussion of the science that underpins the Australian Bushfire and Climate Plan. Hear how CEFE is bringing renewable energy generation to our community facilities as we come to grips with climate change mitigation, adaptation…