Social Animals Party for National Science Week

There will be late night exhibition viewing of our latest exhibition DARK MATTERS, some naughty zebras from Born In A Taxi, wild decorations, live music, food, drinks and a toast to celebrate being together again.   If you work for a Victoria-based university, institute, museum, garden, zoo, or for STEM industries & government agencies, this is…

STEMX Speed Networking: For women and gender diverse humans

This event supports diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields by focusing on connecting women and gender diverse people together. This event is a speed-meeting event where you’ll have the unique opportunity to connect with industry-leading women working in STEM in direct conversation. The event will bring together people from research, major technology companies, engineering…

Girls Day Out in STEM: Future New Worlds Tour

Dear Future: I am READY… Join Girls Day Out in STEM this National Science Week to explore the future of industries across the job spectrum and check out the innovations that are powering them. Get ready futurist travellers as off we go to discover the new frontier in the modernisation of jobs and of jobs…

g4g DAY @ Canberra

This signature one day event demonstrates the link between science, technology, engineering & mathematics (STEM) to everything around us in a fun & interactive way. We invite 100-150 girls aged 10-17 to come and join the fun and be inspired by hands-on workshops led by role-model professionals in STEM. The day consists of 45-minute workshops with 15-20 girls per workshop, and each…

The Physics Show

Physics helps us to understand how the world around us works and the Physics Show will demonstrate the way Physics gives us powerful tools to help us to express our creativity, to see the world in new ways, and then to change it. Be prepared to be amazed and wowed as our scientists demonstrate some…

Dream STEAM Team

Two Mile’s 5/6 Classroom will be transformed into DREAM STEAM TEAM Investigation Centre, full to the brim with fun and engaging activities, investigations and experimentations relating to design technologies, science and STEAM curriculum to satisfy any budding engineer’s whims and wishes. Year 5 and 6 head engineers will demonstrate their scientific, mathematics and engineering knowledge…

Science is Fun

For the duration of National Science Week our Kindergarten will be shining a spot light on all things scientific. We want to engage and inspire the next generation of budding scientists. We will do this through the use of a diversity of hands on activities for the children to experience and learn from. Our hope…

Design Thinking: The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine

Students in Early Stage 1 will be continuing their exploration of push and pull forces through the Physical World strand of the Science & Technology curriculum. They will build on skills previously developed in which they constructed simple machines as experiential learning opportunities. Their educators will scaffold the Design Thinking process and students will have…

St Pats Science Fair

The Science Fair will run for one day, incorporating rotational activities for Prep to Year 6 students. The fair activities will encompass the theme of National Science Week, with two sessions approximately 1.5 hours long with younger students in Prep to Year 2 in the first session, followed by older students. Activities will be based…

Science and STEM Extravaganza

Our STEM and science challenge will run for the whole day and students from Foundation to Year 6 will participate in various stem and science challenges to spark curiosity in science in everyday life through stem specialist classes and classroom hands on lessons. Hands-on experiments and design and construction activities will be set up in…