Raise a Pint for Science – Trivia Night at Cambrian Hotel

This National Science Week, Bendigo’s favourite local pub – The Cambrian Hotel – will be raising funds for Discovery, the local not for profit science museum. Combining the best of science trivia, local beer & delicious food – bookings are essential. Tickets are $10 with proceeds going to the Discovery Science and Technology Centre Bendigo….

Science Week at Creative Kids ELC

We are offering children a series of engaging and exciting experiments and activities, designed to spark their interest in science. We have purchased specific resources, utilised our current science resources, and we are big advocates for finding and utilising natural resources. We love to get out into nature, and our community, and bring back whatever…

Double Feature: Science Night

Two excellent science shows on one night. Atomically Correct and Wine Science Show! See one or better still see them both: Atomically Correct This is the (nuclear) fusion you’ve been waiting for! A science comedy that explores how, even though we’re mostly nothing, we still matter. Unravel the mysteries from inside the atom in this…

Young Tassie Scientists at Montagu Bay Primary School

This year’s Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania scientists who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools and communities during National Science Week. The Young Tassie Scientist on this roadtrip are: Pantalius Nji (he/him), medical scientist – Bugs in our Bodies Gayathry Krishnamurthy (she/her), geneticist – Decoding…

Young Tassie Scientists at Dunalley Primary School

This year’s Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania scientists who are keen to share their work through interactive talks and hands-on activities in Tasmanian schools and communities during National Science Week. The Young Tassie Scientist on this roadtrip are: Pantalius Nji (he/him), medical scientist – Bugs in our Bodies Gayathry Krishnamurthy (she/her), geneticist – Decoding…

Little Scientist’s Big Dream: Igniting curiosity through National Science Week

Join an engaging and educational event, Little Scientist’s Big Dream: Igniting Curiosity through National Science Week at South Kingsville Community Centre. This event aims to inspire young minds, foster a passion for science, and encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills among children aged5-12. Places are limited. Contact us to secure a spot. Bookings are required….

Goomeri State School Science Week

Students at Goomeri are participating in National Science Week activities at lunch time. They will have a chance to demonstrate concepts they’ve learned in class and engage in peer learning. Students will also have to opportunity to engage in STEM challenges and experiments exploring different concepts including density, energy, chemical reactions, aerodynamics and geology. 

Glenmore Park High School Science Open Evening

To create awareness and celebrate the opportunities and innovations created through science as part of National Science Week. The Science Faculty at Glenmore Park High School will run the Science Open Evening for the school community.  Join us for a fun filled evening of science practical activities that the whole family can enjoy. There will…

Science and Heritage in Collaboration: Examining the material of Chinese Toggles Together

The Chau Chak Wing Museum and the Powerhouse Museum partnered with Sydney Analytical, one of the University of Sydney’s core research facilities that provides state-of-the-art instruments and technical expertise for sample characterisation, to study the materiality of many toggles on display in China Gallery’s current exhibition Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature. This panel will discuss…

Deadly Entertainment: A museum floor talk

In the 1930’s being a film projectionist in a cinema was a hazardous job. In the USA it was estimated that every 18 days a projectionist died – and this was partly attributed to working with cellulose nitrate film. Cellulose nitrate transparent plastic film was used by photographers and movie filmmakers from its release in…