The Little Bang Discovery Club Online teaches kids about scientific methods using engaging videos, hand-on experiments and everyday objects. This easy, fun hands-on STEM program is designed for 3-8 year olds and their carers to complete together at home in celebration of National Science Week. Set up your discovery box using everyday objects, and then…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Marine Ecosystem Building in CoSpaces
Take a deep dive into the ocean from your own home with our 3D environment building event. When you visit the beach you may see the water, sand and surfers but what lies beneath the surface? The seafloor hosts plants, animals and their surrounding environment. It is also characterised by its vast and beautiful appearance…
Sustainability pioneer & Mars explorer: Ask Me Anything (LIVE)
Between Monday 17 and Friday 21 August, sustainability expert, Mars One astronaut candidate and biohacker Dianne McGrath is hosting ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions on Instagram Stories LIVE. Submit questions on Dianne’s Instagram page. Topics already requested include: biohacking sleep and recovery, and Mars One: status, what it means for Dianne today, and what next? Visit…
Waste Export Ban Webinar
From January 2021, Australia will begin to phase out the exportation of waste plastic, paper, glass and tyres over a four-year period. This is an exciting time for the waste sector as we will begin to see collaborations between governments, private industries and communities that strive to build a new refined and resilient approach towards…
Jervis Bay Bites
Jervis Bay Maritime Museum will provide you with bite-sized insights into innovative future food production in the waters of Jervis Bay. There will be a short presentation by two speakers who discuss the production of future food in the bay. The speakers will include: a representative from South Coast Mariculture outlining mussel farming in Jervis…
Oceans vs Space: Battle of the Final Frontiers
Space and our ocean are often described as the final frontiers of science. But which is more challenging, exciting and intriguing? In this lively online debate between Kat Ross (astronomer) and James Dingley (adventurer), we will find out once and for all, which science rules supreme. Tune in Wednesday evening, 19 August at 7:30pm AWST….
Little Hands Preschool Science Week
We will be conducting a variety of experiments throughout the Week, discuss what science is and explore “how it works”.
Into the Wild Night
Into the Wild Night – a night vision walk. Explore the Australian rainforest at night using night vision technology for an insider’s look at the animals that live there. The Quad is partnering with the wonderful insightful Wendy from Vision Walks Eco-Tours to present this experience right here in Lismore. Imagine exploring the Australian rainforest at night,…
Mozzies in Your Backyard: Friends or Foe?
This is a National Science Week funded project to showcase all the wonderful and exciting citizen science projects occurring in Australia that are helping combat the nuisance and public health risks presented by exotic Aedes mosquitoes. These mosquitoes, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, transmit diseases like dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses and can pose a physical…
Cinema Under the Stars
Bring your picnic blanket and a thermos (temperatures might go below 20°C) and enjoy a series of short films that have been created especially for National Science Week in the NT and will be screened by the Darwin-based Solar Cinema. Learn about the science and technology behind sports, drumming and beer, and discover fascinating facts…