Imagine a place where scientists grace centre stage, microscopes live on bar tables, and late-night conversations have the potential to change the world. Welcome to Beaker Street Festival, where science brings us together. Beaker Street Festival is a week-long celebration of science in lutruwita/Tasmania each August. Now in its eighth year, Beaker Street Festival promises a…
Topic: Archaeology and Antiquity
Festival of Bright Ideas – Schools Day
Schools’ Day The Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) sparks curious and creative minds to learn more about science and the world around them. Focusing on innovative and inspiring aspects of STEM (science, engineering, technology, and mathematics), it provides an educational, aspirational, and family-friendly experience for Tasmanians. As Tasmania’s premier National Science Week event since 2015,…
Festival of Bright Ideas
The Festival of Bright Ideas (FOBI) sparks curious and creative minds to learn more about science and the world around them. Focusing on innovative and inspiring aspects of STEM (science, engineering, technology, and mathematics), it provides an educational, aspirational, and family-friendly experience for Tasmanians. As Tasmania’s premier National Science Week event since 2015, you can…
Prehistoric Bayside – Prehistoric kids cartoon workshop with Zev Landes
Ever wondered what prehistoric animals look like? You can create your own prehistoric creature with illustrator and artist Zev Landes in this awesome cartoon workshop! You’ll have fun doing drawing exercises and learning how to draw bizarre beasts from Bayside. If you’ve ever dreamed of creating your very own prehistoric creature, or are interested in…
Prehistoric Bayside Exhibition
Bayside is home to one of the most important fossil areas in all of Australia, dating back about 5-6 million years. From giant killer sperm whales that ate other whales. To monstrous sharks half as long as a basketball court. Prehistoric Bayside showcases the tumultuous lives of these bizarre beasts. Displaying this groundbreaking fossil material for…
Prehistoric Bayside – Flesh and bones drawing activity
In this fun, hands-on drawing activity, children will reconstruct some of the most famous animals that have ever lived in Victoria and Bayside. Utilising up to date scientific knowledge, they will slowly flesh out prehistoric animals by adding muscles, skin, fur and feathers to a 2-dimensional fossil skull that is provided to them. This event…
Prehistoric Bayside – Curator’s talk
Underneath the waves of Bayside, the fossils of giant predators that once swam on our coastline are slowly being revealed. From the largest shark that ever existed to the ‘Demon-ducks of Doom’, these fossils are being discovered by palaeontologist Ben Francischelli and a team of citizen scientists. These July school holidays, join us for a…
Prehistoric Bayside – Shadow Beasts of Bayside
Imagine you could go back in time… Imagine you could not only see but hear the creatures… Imagine that you’re the first person to discover a fossil from a giant beast from the bay… Barking Spider Creative artists have created Shadow Beasts of Bayside to give you a taste of an imagined long-ago, watery world….
Prehistoric Bayside – Fossil Roadshow
Have you found a fossil in Bayside? Ben Francischelli, palaeontologist and curator of Prehistoric Bayside, wants to hear from you! Bring along your fossil discoveries to our Fossil Roadshow where Ben Francischelli and Ruairidh Duncan will be on hand to identify and age your specimens. In addition, our citizen scientists will have items from their collections for you to…
Warrnambool East Primary School Science Fair
Our school holds a Science Fair that is open to the wider school community. All of our students are invited to create a project either individually, as a family or with friends. The students bring these to school on Wednesday the 14 August. The focus of our fair is not to create “the best” project,…