The STEM expo is a collaboration event between a number of STEM university students and STEM affiliated societies at the ANU to showcase our projects, show what it’s like to study STEM (especially as someone from an underrepresented group), explore the links between different disciplines and have a go at our interactive workshops. These groups…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Switch on to Science
Science is much more than explosions and weird experiments. It is the knowledge we use to make all the wonderful things we rely on every day. Join us to explore how scientific knowledge is discovered, and how technology uses that science to make lots of very useful things. Using our displays of vintage equipment, which…
Movie and Astronomy Night at Deckchair Cinema
Celebrate the start of National Science Week by coming to the Deckchair Cinema to see Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography, followed by a stargazing and astronomy presentation by the Casuarina Senior College Top End Star Gazers on the shores of Darwin Harbour.
Amazing Glass
Glass is an ancient scientific miracle. Over the years it has been used to decorate, contain and preserve. At Kalkie State School’s National Science Week event, Amazing Glass, students will have the opportunity to see how glass enhances their lives and their understanding of the natural world. The event will open with River Nations Indigenous…
Palaeo Jam Podcast Launch
Palaeo Jam is a podcast exploring a range of issues in science and the community, using the multidisciplinary aspects of, and public fascination with, palaeontology. It will be an Australian based palaeo podcast with an initial launch at a publicly accessible live event at Flinders University, where the first two episodes will be recorded in…
Cockburn Central Education Network – Science Week Showcase
Local students and community members from 14 primary schools and 3 high schools join together at Atwell Primary School on Thursday 18 August to showcase their National Science Week projects and best entries.
Port Lincoln Library Robot Fun For All
Join in a celebration of robot fun for all ages this National Science Week and code a Cubee and talk with Tobbie. Contact the Library for further information and to share in the celebrations.
Seeing Things Clearly Tour
Join WA Museum Boola Bardip to celebrate the theme of National Science Week, Glass: More than meets the eye. From Architecture to Art, History to Science, glass is a core element of WA Museum Boola Bardip. Hosted by Kate (one of our resident science communicators), this one hour tour will explore glass as it is used…
What Will You Be Eating in 2050? Webinar with tastings delivered
Do you love food? Will your favourite food be around in 30 years? What new foods might you find in the supermarket in 2050? Join us for a fun, interactive and delicious online event exploring the future of food for everyday Australians. You will learn about new food technology, ocean farming, sustainable cattle farming, edible…
Unlocking the Mystery of STEM Careers
Students will have the opportunity to engage in two different science fields, engineering and environment. Visiting Engineers from Central Queensland University will demonstrate the science and engineering that is needed for a working windmill. Students will be able to experience firsthand how to replicate the working model windmill, and the math and science behind wind…