To Celebrate National Science Week East Gippsland Shire Library will be posting a short science demonstration that can be easily replicated at home. Does an Orange Float or Sink? In today’s demonstration, Jane is answering the question “Does an orange float or sink?”. Videos will be posted at 4.00pm daily during the week on East…
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How to Build Your Own Solar Powerbank Workshop – Science Week @ CDU
Charge your electronic devices on the go using a power banks you made yourself. In this workshop participants will learn about the basic electronics behind a power bank and how it all works together. A large portion of the workshop is to finally build your own power bank. The participants will learn how to use…
Know More About Nuclear – Science Week @ CDU
When you think of nuclear radiation what words come to your mind? Bombs? Waste? Chernobyl? 5G? The truth is we’re surrounded by radiation all the time; we live our whole lives being exposed to it. Australia has whole industries devoted to the scientific application of nuclear radiation for economic, medical and research benefits. A more…
Virtual Science Snipets – Light Refraction Experiment
To Celebrate National Science Week East Gippsland Shire Library will be posting a short science demonstration that can be easily replicated at home. In today’s demonstration, Kylie is demonstrating a simple, yet very impressive light refraction experiment. Videos will be posted at 4.00pm daily during the week on East Gippsland Shire Council’s Facebook page and on…
Shirty Science Season Home
Dust off those art supplies because Shirty Science Season Home is streaming scientists straight into your lounge room so you can try your hand at science shirt making and learn a few things in the process. Each weeknight of National Science Week, Shirty Science will go live on Instagram with a Canberra scientist, armed with…
Milk Carton Confessions
The Milk Carton Confessions is coming to Bendigo Tech School in National Science Week. The Milk Carton Confessions is a project by composer Michael Sollis and percussionist Thea Rossen that explores our disposable culture, motives for recycling and how we live in a world where we consume more than we need. This educational program and…
Mini Electric Vehicle Virtual Competition
START NOW: Design and build your own mini Electric Vehicle (EV) from $15 kit ($25 delivered) plus booking fee, for prizes totaling $200. Based on the highly successful Mini EV prize event run for the last 4 years run as part of Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival but modified: If you have a kit from…
Desert Knowledge Precinct Tour
Experience solar arrays and satellites, arts and culture, and learn about Indigenous land management on this guided walking tour. The Desert Knowledge Precinct will be hosting a guided walking tour for the Alice Springs public. The event is part of desertSMART EcoFair, central Australia’s premier science and sustainability event organised by the Arid Lands Environment…
Challenge: Go plastic free this July
By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. WOAH. It’s up to all us to be the change we want to see in the world if we’re to make a plastic-free future come to life. Are you brave enough to make a start? Challenge: Take part in Plastic Free July, and…
Dr Karl’s House Party
This online event will include live captions. Dr Karl invites you to join him to kick off National Science Week with an awesome house party. Streamed live into your lounge room, learn about the animal that has to grow an anus each time it wants to defecate, how spiders can fly for thousands of kilometres and also…