Topic: Energy and Transport

Science After Dark

Science After Dark is a science fair run at the Museum of the Goldfields each year over National Science Week. The event showcases what mining companies, the council and other organisations in the region are doing. The objective of this program is to encourage an interest in science among the public and encourage children to be…

Climate Change: Make your Home More Energy Efficient

Join Professor John Boland and learn how to integrate your home and garden to create an energy efficient house. This talk will look at easy to implement solutions so you can turn your own home (no matter its age) into a comfortable, energy efficient house under both present and future climate conditions. Go beyond the…

Science @ Central

The UNE Discovery team will host a special Science @ Central event on Saturday 19 August.  Come along to the Armidale Central Shopping Centre and find our UNE Discovery pop-up science stall. You’ll be able to chat with scientists and science educators and ask lots of interesting questions while you look, touch and play with…

Science @ the Markets

The UNE Discovery team will host a special Science @ the Markets event on Sunday 13 August. Come along to the Armidale Farmers Markets in Curtis Park and find our UNE Discovery marquee. You’ll be able to chat with scientists and science educators and ask lots of interesting questions while you look, touch and play…

National Science Quiz

The National Science Quiz is a fast-paced and fun live quiz show held in Melbourne for National Science Week. Join host Charlie Pickering and special guest team captains Nate Byrne – ABC News Breakfast (ABC TV) and Simon Pampena – Catalyst (ABC TV) / Outrageous Acts of Science (Discovery Channel) for a celebration of science….

Educator Led: Forces and Nature

School groups from Stage 1 to 6 can explore our exhibitions with an educator in small groups of 15. Using constructionist approaches from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, our educators help learners explore known and unknown elements of science and design while investigating energy, forces and history. For primary students. Booking essential.

Research Symposium

This hybrid one-day event features talks, presentations, conversations, and creative work on inter-disciplinary aspects of our earthly and non-earthly atmospheres. Program Welcome and Opening 9.30am Opening remarks by Dr Deborah Lawler-Dormer and Professor Juan Salazar. Opening Panel: First Nations Astronomy and Sydney Observatory 9.45am First Nations Sydney Observatory resident William Barton, composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist…

Family Day: Science

Powerhouse Castle Hill presents a free family day of demonstrations, talks and hands-on activities focused on themes of Trace. Experience objects from the Powerhouse science collection, see our Mars Rover in action, get making with creative activities that connect with technology and innovation on display at Castle Hill. Program Powerhouse Science Collection Open 10am–4pm Curator-led…

Think Tank Expo

Students in Year 5 and 6 at Park Ridge Primary School are working on Think Tank Projects to present at a Think Tank Expo in National Science Week. These projects are focussed on innovations in current and future industries. They need to come with an idea, work out the science, technology, and design elements, and…