The Glass – More than meets the eye Roadshow is a senior student led and facilitated interactive showcase demonstrating the many useful and unique characteristics of Glass. The event will consist of a presentation where a team of senior student ambassadors will demonstrate and explain the unique chemical and physical properties of glass. The senior…
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
BrightMindz Academy: Online science trivia
We are bringing together our Online Science Trivia for the Young Australian Students once again this year. The idea behind this event is to inculcate the abilities to question facts, find answers to the unknown and develop a love for science. This event will encompass a five day daily quiz about a particular theme. Students…
Scitech Discovery Centre Shows for National Science Week
Ready, set: science. National Science Week is Australia’s biggest celebration of science and technology. Visit Scitech this August for a day filled with brand new shows and pop-up science. Head to the planetarium for Birth of Planet Earth, the spectacular new show that tells the tale of our planet’s origins. Join us to explore some…
Lunch and Learn: Hydrogen 101
Bring your lunch and join the Victorian Hydrogen Hub during National Science Week for an hour of engaging learning – snacks included. Hydrogen is a promising solution to tackle climate change and it will also create new and exciting jobs across a range of sectors. But what is hydrogen? How is it applied in daily…
Fungi Film and Q&A
A documentary screening of The Kingdom-How Fungi Made Our World will be shown followed by a Q&A session of mushroom experts to answer your questions. Some delicious mushroom food and beverages will be available too.
The Matilda Effect – The History of Forgotten Women Scientists
From the COVID vaccine to nuclear fission to pulsars to computer programming, women are at the source of many scientific discoveries, inventions and innovations that shape our lives. But in the stories we’ve come to accept about these breakthroughs, women are too often left out. In this talk we’ll learn about the women behind some…
Live from the Lab: Gig
Join us on Thursday 18 August for our special Live from the Lab (LFTL): Gig hosted by Associate Professor Alice Motion and featuring the artists involved in LFTL 2022. This will be the first time these science research inspired tracks are performed live, along with additional hits from each artist’s catalogue. Celebrate National Science Week…
Soapbox Science Melbourne
Soapbox Science’s purpose is to link women scientists and the general public in order to foster a culture of shared knowledge, and we promote connections with event participants and the larger community in a helpful and mutually beneficial manner. STEM Sisters collaborates with Soapbox Science to offer the inaugural Soapbox Science Melbourne event in 2022….
Science Week at Ignatius Park College
There will be science activities planned for students at lunch breaks, and the STILE Escape Room activity during classes. Staff will have a morning tea to celebrate National Science Week and there will be a science quiz for morning home room. At the whole school assembly there will be some demonstrations.
Rapid Rounds of Rowdy Science
We are Science Alliance: People with Disabilities, for People with Disabilities. This year we offer you Rapids Rounds of Rowdy Science. For every day of National Science Week, we will be releasing an online demonstration of young people with disabilities having fun with science. We begin with a tribute to the Ngunnawal people, the first…