Due to current covid restrictions Lunchbox Learning will be held online. Please register for the talks/s you wish to attend to receive the link and then join at midday on the appropriate date. Does the colour of the cup influence the taste of your coffee? What does the nutrition panel really tell us? Keeping the gurk…
Topic: Health and Medical
Little Foodies Lab
We regret that due to current Covid restrictions, these events have been cancelled. Young scientists enter Federation University’s pop-up Food Lab at a Ballarat library to explore their body and conduct experiments using food and other common household substances – some delicious and some not. Book in for a 30-minute lab class at 10.30 or explore…
FOODOLOgY LABS: Science cream secrets
We wish to advise that due to current Covid restrictions, this event has been cancelled. Mix up some ordinary ingredients in extraordinary ways under the guidance of FedUni Food scientists to discover some amazing secrets behind a favourite summer treat – scIenCE cream topped off with delicious melt-in-the-mouth counterfeit caviar. Adults and teens (12 years and…
Froth and Bubble Fermentation Science Guided Tour – FedTAFE Bakery
We wish to advise that due to current Covid restrictions, this event has been cancelled. Have you ever wondered about the science behind bread making and baking? Explore the SMB campus bakery through this guided tour and enjoy a tasting to follow. Suitable for adults and children 12+. Bookings are essential Tuesday 17 August Thursday 19…
How Did I Get Here? The twists and turns of a STEM career
Is a career in science, technology, engineering, or maths (STEM) something you’re considering? Maybe you’re looking for a career change, or you’re working for the first time in a STEM-adjacent role and want to know a bit more about careers in your new field. Maybe you haven’t considered it as an option or don’t think…
My Science Rulz, Your Science Droolz!
Join us for a fun night of science and cheeky debate between four teams representing different types of exciting STEM fields: palaeontology, space, maths, and neurogenetics. Each team will make their case as to why their science is the best while making some funny digs at the other teams’ science. Guaranteed to be a night of laughter…
Bluff Point Primary School Science Week
A week full of interesting and thought provoking activities designed to look at food sustainability in the future. We will be exploring a waste free future in which we make our own butter and make plastic out of milk. To reduce the 7.3 million tonnes of food that is lost or wasted every year in…
Intersections between Science and Art – Engaging Communities
Explore how brain health changes through life, the emerging problem of eco-anxiety, and how our wellbeing is inextricably linked to our environmental footprint through two National Science Week events, ‘Brain’ and ‘Biomes’. These ‘now online’ interactive art science exhibitions and online talks showcase innovative collaborations with artists, technologists, industry and community, creating a genuine and…
Young Tassie Scientists: One day School – Gifted and Talented Program
The Young Tassie Scientists bring their passion for science into school classrooms and to science fairs and festivals across Tasmania in celebration of National Science Week. These early-career researchers and PhD candidates volunteer their time to undertake training in science communication, developing interactive presentations suitable for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The 2021 team…
Lunchbox Science with Professor David Alais
Faces in clouds: why our brains see human faces everywhere. The brain has evolved specialised neural mechanisms to detect faces rapidly. It does so using template-matching as a short-cut. This is why an inanimate object with an ‘eyes over nose and mouth’ configuration is often seen as a face. Known as ‘face pareidolia’, these false…