Webinar: The Sea-changers: Creating plastic-free futures

Can I make a difference in my career, and make a living too? How can I transform my passions and the problems I care about into a job? Can science enable me to create a sustainable future, for myself and the planet? This webinar will showcase a bunch of fantastic scientists who are living proof…

Webinar: Engineering the future of the deep blue

You are not just an engineer, but an engineer of something. So, what change will your studies enable in the world? What opportunities might it create for your future? This webinar will showcase a group of awe-inspiring science stars, whose seemingly ordinary beginnings have taken them to places far from the norm. Each has started…

Veski STEM filminators video of the year

Calling all budding scientists and science communicators: veski wants Victorian secondary school students to get creative and produce a STEM video to compete for the veski STEM filminators video of the year. More than ever STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) is involved in our everyday lives. In order to make well-informed decisions, about our…

Melbourne International Film Festival presents The Leadership screening 7-23 Aug

Melbourne International Film Festival presents Australian documentary The Leadership, screening August 7-23. Tickets on sale now. The world is crying out for a new model of leadership, but what is it? One woman thinks she has the answer. Australian CEO and ‘dreamer’ Fabian Dattner leads an international group of 76 female scientists on an Antarctic…

Career Sessions Podcast

The Career Sessions podcast showcases the unique and inside stories of people working in their careers. Hosts, Dr Stephanie Champion and Dr Tamara Agnew hold PhDs in public health and health science. We are researchers and academics who are driven by our desire to really understand the world that exists outside of our own bubble….

Future Scientist Career Quiz

Scientists are humanity’s frontline. Wherever answers are needed they lead the charge – overcoming complex global challenges, solving real-world problems and developing solutions for the future. Incredibly, science is predicted to bring more human progress in the next 50 years than the previous 400 combined. Fighting climate change… saving lives… sustaining the environment… ending hunger……

Canberra Science Treasure Hunt

Explore Canberra’s historic and modern connections with Canberra treasure hunt. You and your team will solve riddles that will take you to different suburbs in Canberra, uncovering hidden historic sites, contemporary art, and colourful local characters. Join the hunt and discover the city’s hidden gems.

Light, Lasers and Laboratories

Investigating the amazing properties of light in this interactive science show is sure to blow your mind. Did you know that the laser was invented 60 years ago? Lasers are now used in applications from manufacturing, communication, entertainment and even in retail for scanning barcodes. In Light, Lasers and Laboratories, we explore the science of…

Science Pub Trivia – At home

Science Pub Trivia is on again in 2020- but this time, you can play along at home. Get your team together and tune in on Facebook Live for this entertaining evening: questions will cover all areas of the scientific world, the latest tech and pop culture too! There’ll be questions for everyone.

Science Night @ The Museum

As part of Science Week the Museum of the Goldfields will be holding Science Night @ The Museum with a series of fun STEM activities for children. The objective of this event is to allow children and their families to come into the museum for a couple of hours outside of normal opening times, to…