You are not just an engineer, but an engineer of something. So, what change will your studies enable in the world? What opportunities might it create for your future? This webinar will showcase a group of awe-inspiring science stars, whose seemingly ordinary beginnings have taken them to places far from the norm. Each has started…
Topic: Archaeology and Antiquity
Veski STEM filminators video of the year
Calling all budding scientists and science communicators: veski wants Victorian secondary school students to get creative and produce a STEM video to compete for the veski STEM filminators video of the year. More than ever STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) is involved in our everyday lives. In order to make well-informed decisions, about our…
I See Dead People
How do you dispose of a body? How do you dispose of eight billion of them? Whether you’re scared of death or fascinated by your own mortality, Australia’s premier archaeologist-comedian KC Martin-Stone will answer all of your questions – busting taboos and cracking jokes along the way. The hit show I See Dead People puts the ‘ick’…
Science Pub Trivia – At home
Science Pub Trivia is on again in 2020- but this time, you can play along at home. Get your team together and tune in on Facebook Live for this entertaining evening: questions will cover all areas of the scientific world, the latest tech and pop culture too! There’ll be questions for everyone.
South Australian Museum Podcast: Collection Stories
Collection Stories will be the South Australian Museum’s first ever podcast series featuring stories about our collections. Over the course of four episodes listeners will hear firsthand from museum professionals about why museums keep things, what types of things we collect, what do we learn from them, how do we care from them, and how…
The Great South Australian Fossil Debate
South Australia is home to a rich fossil heritage, from the earliest big life found anywhere in the world, to the giant wombats and kangaroos that roamed the Adelaide Plains… From the extraordinary predators of the Cambrian oceans, to the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs that swam in the Eromanga Sea. But which of them is the…
Paradoxical Objects: online project at MOD.
Have you ever stopped to contemplate the objects around you? From clothes you wear, the cutlery you eat with, to the device you’re reading this on – our everyday objects slice through time to the origins of our universe, emerge from all continents across our globe, and are extracted, manufactured and transported by many human…
French Science on the High Seas: Voyages of exploration and discovery
Could Australia ever have been French? The English certainly thought so. Through revolution, empire and restoration, late 18th and early 19th century France maintained an unwavering commitment to research and discovery in the Pacific region and in Australia. More interested in science than in new colonies, these early French voyages, led by commanders like Bougainville,…
CSIRO National Science Week Challenge
To celebrate National Science Week, we’re challenging all Australians to find out what connects them to the ocean, wherever they live. From taking photos of local waterways to designing and building a water filter, you can explore your connection to the ocean as deeply as you’d like. Head to our National Science Week Challenge website to learn…
Roxby’s Virtual Science Week
Roxby’s Virtual Mad Science Week is a free, virtual, hands-on event designed to inspire the children and youth of the Roxby Downs community. The week will feature instructional content for experiments to do at home with activity packs, as well as local knowledge Scientist’s from the Roxby Downs and surrounding areas including from BHP, Arid…