Explore Canberra’s historic and modern connections with Canberra treasure hunt. You and your team will solve riddles that will take you to different suburbs in Canberra, uncovering hidden historic sites, contemporary art, and colourful local characters. Join the hunt and discover the city’s hidden gems.
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Light, Lasers and Laboratories
Investigating the amazing properties of light in this interactive science show is sure to blow your mind. Did you know that the laser was invented 60 years ago? Lasers are now used in applications from manufacturing, communication, entertainment and even in retail for scanning barcodes. In Light, Lasers and Laboratories, we explore the science of…
NFSA Live: The Man Who Knew Infinity
In partnership with National Science Week ACT, and as part of our series of NFSA Live events, we are proud to present a free online screening of The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. The film will be followed by a live Q&A session. About The Man Who Knew Infinity…
Cool Science at Home
Bridgewater Library is committed to inspiring our local young people to pursue an interest in science. Our Cool Science program introduces young people to science concepts through experiments using everyday items that can be found in the kitchen of peoples’ homes. We know that the simple science experiment that a child does today may spark…
Science Pub Trivia – At home
Science Pub Trivia is on again in 2020- but this time, you can play along at home. Get your team together and tune in on Facebook Live for this entertaining evening: questions will cover all areas of the scientific world, the latest tech and pop culture too! There’ll be questions for everyone.
South Australian Museum Podcast: Collection Stories
Collection Stories will be the South Australian Museum’s first ever podcast series featuring stories about our collections. Over the course of four episodes listeners will hear firsthand from museum professionals about why museums keep things, what types of things we collect, what do we learn from them, how do we care from them, and how…
Environment, Health or Wealth – Farm to Fork ECU Educational Game
Join us for a FREE online introduction to the Farm to Fork ECU – Educational Game. This event will start with a brief presentation by ECU staff on how computer games can be used in youth education and introduce viewers to the Farm to Fork ECU game. The facilitator will then work through the game…
STEM Fest
A whole school tabloid day of STEM activities. Fun hands on STEM activities from Pre-primary through to Year 6, including a science show at the start of the day.
Reimagining Trust in Science
Recent crises have prompted discussion on ‘Trust in Science’. This raises the question: is science the kind of thing that can be trusted? Is ‘Trust in Science’ the same thing as trusting individual scientists or research organisations, or is it something else? How do we maintain ‘Trust in Science’ while holding a reasonable level of…
Paradoxical Objects: online project at MOD.
Have you ever stopped to contemplate the objects around you? From clothes you wear, the cutlery you eat with, to the device you’re reading this on – our everyday objects slice through time to the origins of our universe, emerge from all continents across our globe, and are extracted, manufactured and transported by many human…