Harness the power of electrical energy and explore the science of lightning in this STEM workshop. Girls and non-binary people aged 10 to 12 are invited to learn about electricity and sustainability. You’ll explore circuits, view a Lightning Theatre show, and meet with a female STEM expert. Then, you’ll create your own light-up creating card with paper…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Forrest Research Foundation National Science Week Showcase
The Forrest Research Foundation invites you to attend our first ever National Science Week Showcase event! This event features 10 short talks together with day-long show and tell activity stations. Join us at Forrest Hall to see, hear and learn about the world-leading science and technology research underway by early-career researchers across Western Australia. Show…
Let’s Get Experimental! STEM Birds
Glenroy Neighbourhood House will host STEM Birds to get children aged 10 years of age and up, creating 3D designs with Tinkercad programming.
Royal Queensland Show, Ekka
National Science Week at the Ekka! Ekka’s Learning Trail Join Ekka’s agronomist Rhondda and her Farmyard Friends on the Ekka’s Learning Trail. This is a self-guided tour showcasing agricultural education learning experiences with a specific focus on AgTech and the science behind food and fibres. The Learning Trail Passport and Teacher’s Guide make the connection…
Australia in Space – Earth and Beyond
Discover how Australia’s location and expertise give us a unique advantage in space with a visit to the exhibition Australia in Space – Earth and Beyond at Redcliffe Museum. Use a virtual telescope to ‘link up’ with iconic deep space missions that Australia supports, or discover how satellites allow over-the-horizon communications in a laser-based puzzle…
Inspiration and Innovation: An Assembly of Great Minds
National Science Week kicks off at the Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology with an assembly of some of Queensland’s greatest scientific minds. Esteemed guests include Professor Kerrie Wilson (Queensland Chief Scientist), Professor Michael Milford (robotics expert) and Associate Professor Jacq Romero (expert in quantum information). Each guest will deliver an inspirational speech, which…
Family Science Day at Hive
Family Science Day at Hive returns with a showcase of amazing species survival themed science activities for National Science Week. The program includes mini-workshops, extra planetarium shows and an expo of Tasmanian Science. Hive’s Science Centre will be overflowing with interactive experiences for all the family, with pop-up stalls by scientists and ecology organisations from…
Weaving knowledge-an encounter with artists and scientists – Panel
Art and science reflect two very different ways that we are in the world. To celebrate National Science Week, Scientist-turned-artist Steven Durbach will host a panel with both artists and scientists to discover common ground and shared goals between these two cultures. Contemporary artists Jane Burton Taylor and Annelies Jahn and evolutionary biologist Russell Bonduriansky…
Hacking the Anthropocene – Climate stories between art and science
National Science Week is coming! Are you aged 14-28 years old? Let’s hack the Anthropocene to find climate stories between art and science with SWISP Lab X Science Gallery Melbourne. At the intersection of creative and scientific inquiry lies innovative ways to approach and understand climate change. The Speculative Wanderings in Space and Place (SWISP)…
Community STEM Extravaganza
National Science Week at Boonah State High School culminates in a STEM Extravaganza after school event and the whole community is invited. We’ll have STEM activity stations and onstage demonstrations led by our Boonah State High School student STEM ambassadors. Former Boonah State High School students either studying or working in STEM will return to…