Between 1968 and 1972, 9 American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. In the Shadow of the Moon brings together for the first, and very possibly the last, time surviving crew members from every single Apollo mission…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Museum Tour: Out of This World – Australia in the Space Age
From the 1950s through to the 1970s, Australia was gripped with excitement as humanity made its first forays beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. From cutting edge scientific research to architecture, design, television and more, Out of This World explores Australia’s role in the space race. All ages welcome.
Mission Control at Parliament of Victoria
Where will you work in the future? Down the road? Across the sea? Or maybe, up in space? The space sector is set to triple in size by the year 2028 and will play a role in many diverse industries including agriculture, meteorology, precision mapping and health. What industries would it take to make Mars…
Cottesloe Primary Science Week Maker Space
Over the week, students are set challenges where they will need to design and innovative solution. At the end of the week students will select one of their ideas to create in a Maker Space session. Students will be interviewed about their creations and this will be shared in a National Science Week Assembly.
Science Week at Lanyon High School
Students will be able to participate in a variety of activities from Monday to Friday during lunch time. They will be able to compare digital versus analogue technology and discuss their pros and cons. Information about STEM-related careers, including space, will be available as posters and videos. The activities will be supervised by the science…
STEM Bags
This National Science Week, the ANU are offering STEM Bags full of free educational resources designed to provide hands-on learning experiences for children with each bag containing a range of 15+ activities, experiments, and materials related to different STEM fields. The bags are suitable for preschool through to high-school-aged children and would suit families and…
Exploring Our Complex Cosmos
Exploring Our Complex Cosmos with Next-Generation Telescopes in the Age of Data-Intensive Astronomy Complexity takes many forms in the Universe, from the extremes of size, mass and energy on cosmic scales, to the diversity of life on planet Earth. Understanding this complexity and how it developed over the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang…
Science Showcase UOW: Open day at Wollongong Campus
The open day at Wollongong campus for Science Showcase UOW is on Saturday 5 August from 10am – 3pm. The STEM zone around around “Sciences Lane” will be buzzing with all sorts of science, including guided tours of different science teaching laboratories and research spaces Fire & Ice Spectacular Science Shows, presented by the Science Space…
Science Showcase UOW: Live ABC Illawarra radio broadcast from UOW Wollongong Campus
The live broadcast of ABC Illawarra from UOW Wollongong campus for Science Showcase UOW is on Wednesday 16 August from 8:30am – 6pm. On campus, at the main duck pond lawn and then in the uni bar, ABC Illawarra will broadcast the Mornings show with Nick Rheinberger and then Drive with Lindsay McDougall. The day…
Astronomy Cathedrals – from Nuraghes to the Einstein Telescope
Humankind has always looked to the sky to gain a sense of identity. Today, the advancement of astronomical knowledge relies on large investments to build dedicated infrastructure. Traditionally telescopes have been used to observe the space looking at electromagnetic waves. More recently gravitational wave detectors have been built in the USA, LIGO, and in Italy, VIRGO, and…