Science is much more than explosions and weird experiments. It is the knowledge we use to make all the wonderful things we rely on every day. Join us to explore how scientific knowledge is discovered, and how technology uses that science to make lots of very useful things. Using our displays of vintage equipment, which…
Topic: Health and Medical
Amazing Glass
Glass is an ancient scientific miracle. Over the years it has been used to decorate, contain and preserve. At Kalkie State School’s National Science Week event, Amazing Glass, students will have the opportunity to see how glass enhances their lives and their understanding of the natural world. The event will open with River Nations Indigenous…
Cockburn Central Education Network – Science Week Showcase
Local students and community members from 14 primary schools and 3 high schools join together at Atwell Primary School on Thursday 18 August to showcase their National Science Week projects and best entries.
Free online screening: A Plastic Ocean
Each minute, the equivalent of a garbage truck of rubbish enters the worlds oceans, estimated to cause the death of over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles every year. As humans, we aren’t immune to the impacts of our addiction to plastic, with scientists predicting that we are eating a credit card size…
What Will You Be Eating in 2050? Webinar with tastings delivered
Do you love food? Will your favourite food be around in 30 years? What new foods might you find in the supermarket in 2050? Join us for a fun, interactive and delicious online event exploring the future of food for everyday Australians. You will learn about new food technology, ocean farming, sustainable cattle farming, edible…
e-Meet a Biomedical Scientist
What better way to celebrate National Science Week than by connecting budding high school students with University of Melbourne Biomedical Scientists, who work at the centre of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest biomedical precinct? During 20- to 30-minute video calls, our experts – many of whom are global leaders in their research field – will inspire the…
Addicted to Dopamine
Everywhere you look people are overindulging, but that’s not to say it’s their fault. We have unprecedented 24/7 access to deliberately addictive, high-dopamine stimuli – drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, sexting, Facebooking, YouTubing and tweeting. Our lives are saturated by our own dopamine and our culture encourages us to pursue it. Speaking on her…
What Makes You Unique? – Science storytelling show with a twist
Do you like balloons? Do you like stories? Then you will love the What Makes You Unique: Science Storytelling With A Twist, a book reading with fun science balloon creations. It is the story of how our DNA makes each one of us unique, told using fun and colourful balloon creations. It is based on…
Virtual Tour: Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
Join us virtually to tour the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and meet our newest, FRIENDLIEST (you’ll learn why on the tour) supercomputer, Setonix. Pawsey is proud to be a facility that enables and accelerates Australian science and pushes the boundaries of discovery. We know that can’t be achieved without YOU – our young scientists and…
Lambert School Annual Science Quiz
A science quiz for everyone at lambert School. Fill in the answers over the course of National Science Week. Winner receives a prize tailored to their science interests (usually a book).