Rough Science Workshop

Every week is National Science Week at the Rough Science Workshop. To celebrate, the Rough Science Workshop will be live-streaming the best loved activities from the past six weeks. Every weekday at 4.30pm AEST. Go here: twitch.tv/roughscienceworkshop You’ll see: Monday ⇒ The Balancing Bird Tuesday ⇒ Make Fake Wounds Wednesday ⇒ Electricity & Magnets ……

In Conversation with author, James Bradley

Public Libraries NSW and Blacktown City Libraries present Amy Heap chatting with James Bradley as he talks about his new book ‘Ghost Species. This free online author talk will be presented via Zoom  starting at 6:30pm  and ending at 7:30pm (AEST). This will include a Q &A session at the end. Copies of the book…

Rosetta Tomorrow

Until the discovery of the Rosetta stone, many details of Egyptian life were hidden to modern eyes. Even though we had thousands of artifacts with hieroglyphics on them, the language was so lost to history that none of it could be understood. Carved around 196 BCE, this stone gave the world a glimpse of what…

Online Science Olympiad

We are organising an Online Science Olympiad for students from Years 2 – 9. The quiz will include questions from a variety of scientific field to assess as well as motivate students to get involved and develop a scientific acumen in the younger generation. Each student will be given an appreciation certificate. 

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…

Cochlear Aurora Science Photo Contest

Flinders University’s annual Cochlear Aurora Photo  Science Contest is providing girls with an opportunity to learn the science behind natural phenomena and enabling reflection on the interface between art and science. The contest was established five years ago with the aim to inspire more girls towards futures in science. The contest offers cash prizes to South…

When Maths Meets Art

Learn about the Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher. Mathematically inspired, Escher used architecture, perspective and impossible spaces to motivate his art. Create your own graphic masterpiece with guidance from a current Deakin student. Booking password : DEAPNSW Deakin Engagement and Access Program.

The Collection Episode 4: Surviving a cyclone

“Losing anything from a museum collection is sad … because it’s not just the museum who loses, it’s the people who live in that community.” In 1974, when Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, the museum building was flattened. Two blocks away, where some of the first artworks from the Papunya Desert Art movement hung, the roof…

The Collection

The Collection, a podcast that takes you back of house at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Step inside the dry stores, lift the lid on strange specimen jars and peek inside the deep freeze as we reveal a world of fascinating objects and the stories behind them. Jared Archibald, MAGNT’s Curator…