Hear some unusual ways to make sounds, including singing metal rods, Jew’s harps and some rare musical instruments. See and hear a hand cranked horn gramophone, then invent and make your own gramophone horn, and test it on an old record. Each participant will get a free gramophone record to take home. Free event but…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Science in the Club Quiz Night
How many physicists does it take to change a light bulb? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? What happens when you mix beer, scientists and trivia? Find out the answers to these and more at the Science in the Club Quiz Night. To celebrate National Science Week we’ll be hosting a quiz…
Great Aussie BioQuest 2020
The fourth annual Great Aussie BioQuest runs during National Science Week, 15-23 August. This challenge, open to all Australians, draws attention to an urgent aspect of managing our climate change-induced biome – the lack of comprehensive data on biodiversity. It aims to address this problem by engaging people from all walks of life in a…
COOL AERONAUTICS: STEM and Aerospace in the Northern Territory
Have you ever wondered how what you are doing at school applies in the real world? Our guest presenters will give you an insight into how they use physics, biology, chemistry, electronics, mathematics and much more in their everyday working life. Learn from Industry leaders what you need to study to have a career in…
Forensic Genetic Genealogy
Join Professor Dennis McNevin as we discover how forensic genetic genealogy has the potential to solve a multitude of crimes. The so called Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, has recently plead guilty to a string of murders and sexual assaults committed in California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was eventually brought to justice…
CSIRO National Science Week Challenge
To celebrate National Science Week, we’re challenging all Australians to find out what connects them to the ocean, wherever they live. From taking photos of local waterways to designing and building a water filter, you can explore your connection to the ocean as deeply as you’d like. Head to our National Science Week Challenge website to learn…
Observing with Galileo: How the first telescopic views of the celestial sphere changed the world
From 1609 to 1613 Galileo used his own astronomical telescope of unprecedented precision and power to make an avalanche of astounding new discoveries. This triggered a revolution in the way humanity sees its place in the cosmos. Some of these discoveries are well known like the discovery of the moons of Jupiter, the phases of…
Royal Society of Tasmania lecture: From Surface to Satellites – remote sensing from drones advances our understanding of plant biodiversity
Biodiversity loss poses one of the most serious threats to human well-being as biodiversity underpins ecosystem services, such as biomass production, carbon sequestration, and pollination. The scientific community has called for the development of essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) facilitating global observations from satellites. However, the resolution of satellite data is generally too coarse for direct…
Young Re-Inventor of the Year: From Farm to Fork
Join us to live stream the game. Switch your thinking will be playing the new Farm to Fork ECU game online, with you making the decisions. Switch your thinking will explore how the food choices we make affects our environmental impact and how you can design future food through our Young Re-inventor of the Year…
The Young Scientist Research Prizes
To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Following assessment of applications across the four…