Calling all young inventors, makers and tinkerers. Grab your FREE Imagination Pack to create, make and invent with for National Science Week. Each Imagination Pack contains a mystery challenge and assortment of fun craft materials to create, make and invent with. Available at Atherton Library, Herberton Library, Malanda Library and Ravenshoe Library. We’d love to…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Sydney Science Trail
Prepare for a great adventure as the Sydney Science Trail gets ready for children across the country (5-15 years), and their adult friends and teachers, to join the mission to help planet Earth. From 15 August to 15 September, the Australian Museum and the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are collaborating to create an exciting and interactive virtual science experience for National…
Beaker Street Science Photography Prize
The annual Beaker Street Science Photography Prize is back in 2020, featuring stunning scientific photographs set in Tasmania or the Southern Ocean/ Antarctica. Check out the exhibition of finalist images at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and vote for your favourite to become the People’s Choice Winner. If you can’t make it in person,…
Challenge: Go plastic free this July
By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. WOAH. It’s up to all us to be the change we want to see in the world if we’re to make a plastic-free future come to life. Are you brave enough to make a start? Challenge: Take part in Plastic Free July, and…
Dr Karl’s House Party
This online event will include live captions. Dr Karl invites you to join him to kick off National Science Week with an awesome house party. Streamed live into your lounge room, learn about the animal that has to grow an anus each time it wants to defecate, how spiders can fly for thousands of kilometres and also…
Oceans Innovation Challenge
How might we change the future of our oceans-for the better? What innovative idea would you love to see applied here in WA? Your challenge is to help us find and lead on an innovative solution from around the world and suggest where or how it could be applied locally in WA. Submit your idea…
Challenge: Make your own seaweed spheres
One of the greatest contributors of plastic pollution in our oceans are single-use plastics which have been littering our coasts, endangering our wildlife and polluting our oceans. Sign up to make seaweed spheres-plastic free water bubbles made from sodium alginate which is derived from seaweed. These bubbles are 100% edible, entertaining,environmentally friendly and easily made…
Why do you love STEM? Video interviews with STEM professionals
Where could a love for science and STEM take you? The Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist interviewed five Queensland scientists with very different backgrounds and skills to showcase the variety of pathways an interest in STEM subjects could lead. Watch the videos to find out about careers you may not have heard of, and…
Story Time for Young People and Families – “Here We Are”
You can join Nat from State Library of Queensland as she talks about the importance of looking for science every day with young children and families. Nat reads the beautiful children’s book Here we are by Oliver Jeffers. The story time is published on three Facebook pages at 10am on Friday 21 August: @slqPlay, @first5forever, …
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…