Henbury School Science Fair is a hands-on science day for students and our wider community. The event will be held at Henbury School on Thursday 19 August. Most of our activities are based around the National Science Week school theme Food: Different by Design. This year’s activities include: Fruit Ripeness/Farm Product tracker – Anna Day…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
SciVR livestream
NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone or another device that can connect to the internet. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen –…
TastroFest – Tassie’s biggest astronomy festival
Returning with a bang and in a whole new venue, TastroFest will be a super exciting celebration of all things space! With workshops, tours, a planetarium and new faces, plus much more, this year’s program is interstellar. As TastroFest is in its new home, spaces are limited, so make sure you secure your spot as…
The STEAM Room: A Science Comedy Experience
Praxical & Stand-Out Comedy will present The STEAM Room, a science, tech, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) themed comedy night at Sydney’s Giant Dwarf Theatre. The event will highlight leading Australian research through a diverse range of comedians and emerging STEM communicators. Partnering with established comedy room, Stand-Out Comedy, this event will bring together scientists, performers and you…
Dream Big – Engineering our World
Dream Big: Engineering our World is a film that explores the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels both big and small, and reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people all around the world. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders – they will engineer and build the extraordinary, help solve the world’s greatest…
The Poetry of Science
Would you like to have a bit of fun with the chance to win a prize? Then this is the competition for you! Express a scientific idea/concept through poetry and fill out the form below to enter The Poetry of Science: a science-themed poetry writing competition open to all people in Tasmania for National Science…
Train an Artificial Intelligence (live, on stage) – Hobart
How does AI really work? Is AI going to take over the world and destroy us all? What’s an “AI” really? This interactive session for the young, and the young-at-heart will answer these questions, and more. Bring your family and friends, and learn how we build an AI, step by step. On our journey we’ll…
Train an Artificial Intelligence (live, on stage) – Launceston
How does AI really work? Is AI going to take over the world and destroy us all? What’s an “AI” really? This interactive session for the young, and the young-at-heart will answer these questions, and more. Bring your family and friends, and learn how we build an AI, step by step. On our journey we’ll…
Marmion Primary School Science Fair
Marmion is holding it’s first Science Fair, showcasing student’s work and highlighting the STEM tasks and science learning from their science specialist teacher completed in class. On show will be biology projects such as biome dioramas, food chain cups, Daintree Rainforest layers, adaptations investigations and space mini projects. Also on show will be students STEM…
Upstart Express – An explosive national science, innovation and technology challenge for Australia’s young people!
Ignite students’ passion for STEAM, design thinking and building a better world through this fun, fast-paced entrepreneurial journey. The Upstart Express is an explosive science, innovation and technology challenge for students throughout Australia. Students will: Gain skills in creative & critical thinking, teamwork, collaboration, communication. Discover inspiring STEAM careers and journeys. Investigate global/local challenges Explore…