Micro:Macro explores the role of models in understanding and exploring our world. Featuring models from science, mathematics, medicine, engineering, art, and architecture. Models shift perceptions and change understanding. Through altering scale, the miniature becomes visible, massive, and understandable. Single cells are expanded thousands of times, insects hundreds, and a whole suburb shrinks to a tabletop. …
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Family Day at Darling Square Library
Join us at Darling Square Library for National Science Week and explore this year’s schools theme: Species Survival. We will be hosting a line-up of creative science programs including makerspace workshops, informative talks, storytelling and performance, demonstrations, and interactive sessions. Activities: Talks and performances: Native bee musical performance – interactive insect cabaret performance for children by…
Surviving Our Planet with Powerhouse
Explore how science and technology have revolutionised sustainability and what this means for the survival of different species in our ever-changing world. Join Powerhouse volunteers as they spotlight objects from the Powerhouse Collection that highlight human ingenuity and resilience. Part of National Science Week.
National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip
The National Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip is coming to a nearby city or town. As a part of National Science Week, a team of scientists and science communicators will travel around Australia. They are delivering engaging presentations, hands-on activities, pub quizzes and more. The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest…
Mid-afternoon Masterclass: How to catch a giant coconut-cracking rat with Dr Tyrone Lavery
There are approximately 6,500 known mammal species and around 20 new species are discovered every year. Mammalogist Dr Tyrone Lavery worked with local people to document a new species of giant rat in the Solomon Islands. With detective work, persistence and luck, they finally found what they were searching for. The Science Festival Mid-afternoon Masterclass series is a series…
Mid-afternoon Masterclass: Sneezing chickens are impacting the egg industry with Dr Sathya Kulappu Arachchige
Did you know that chickens can sneeze? Just like humans, chickens can suffer from respiratory diseases like the cold and flu, causing huge economic losses for egg and poultry industries. Learn how we are improving diagnostic methods to help keep Australian chickens healthy and support farmers. The Science Festival Mid-afternoon Masterclass series is a series of five,…
Mid-afternoon Masterclass: Hunting weather history to prepare for the future with Linden Ashcroft
Do you keep a diary? Maybe you document what you did, how you felt, or even what the weather was like. Imagine if, in 200 years, someone used your diary to recreate the weather you experienced! In this masterclass we will explore the good, bad and ugly of Australia’s weather history, and explain how dusty old…
Study in Visual Perception: A Public Lecture by Professor David Alais
Art and science are often seen as unrelated endeavours yet many artists through history have explored the brain’s perceptual processes in ways that are as much experimental as creative. Science is slowly catching up, with recent advances in neuroscience shining new light on the mysteries of vision, creativity and aesthetics. Brain networks involved in creativity…
Illuminating Species Survival: Led lights and Ladybug Pebbles
“Illuminating Species Survival” is an innovative project at Noble Park Community Centre featuring a series of intergenerational workshops during National Science Week 2024. Create LED throwies and attach them to painted ladybug pebbles as you learn about the ecological importance of ladybugs. Create a ladybug for your garden, gather seeds for planting and learn about…
Sustainable Fishing Practices Using Aboriginal Eel and Fish Traps Systems
We now know that the First Nations peoples of Australia were great environmentalists, whose deep spiritual connection to the land required them to look after all creatures on Country in a sustainable and ethical manner to ensure species survival for the next generations to enjoy. Let’s explore how this was achieved when fish and eel…