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Scienceability – participants turned presenters
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Scienceability – participants turned presenters

  • By Science Week Team
  • 17 August, 2017

When you think of science, do you think of a person with funny hair, wearing a lab coat and pouring chemicals? Well, Scienceability is here to challenge that idea. Siân Keys came up with the idea ...

Science in the Pub
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Science in the Pub

  • By Science Week Team
  • 17 August, 2017

Science in the pub events are a definite favourite during National Science Week, with many venues getting involved by hosting trivia nights, science talks, and science-of-insert beverage here ...

Science takes flight at Temora Aviation Museum
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Science takes flight at Temora Aviation Museum

  • By Science Week Team
  • 16 August, 2017

En route through the rolling plains of the NSW Riverina, we discovered the tiny town of Temora, and just outside it, the Temora Airfield. Inside these hangars lurks a surprising secret – the ...

Online Events for Schools
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Online Events for Schools

  • By Science Week Team
  • 16 August, 2017

From science fairs to citizen science excursions, STEM challenges and workshops, thousands of school students get involved each year celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths during ...

Science in the Snowies
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Science in the Snowies

  • By Science Week Team
  • 15 August, 2017

Science Week with Dr Graham Walker Dr Graham Walker held 3 amazing workshops on Wednesday 9 August at Cooma Public and Jindabyne Central Schools to over 1200 people, including the surrounding ...

The Great Australian Biodiversity Challenge and other nature events
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The Great Australian Biodiversity Challenge and other nature events

  • By Science Week Team
  • 15 August, 2017

Calling all citizen scientists, mobile gamers and lovers of the outdoors! Your quest, should you choose to accept it, is to find and identify as many wild animals, plants and other living things ...

Riverina Country – Night Lights Projections
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Riverina Country – Night Lights Projections

  • By Science Week Team
  • 14 August, 2017

In Wagga Wagga (NSW) things are getting into full swing with the Riverina Science Hub Festival, which will host activities in multiple venues over the coming week. Supported by Wagga Wagga City ...

Little learners get hands-on for Science Week
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Little learners get hands-on for Science Week

  • By Science Week Team
  • 13 August, 2017

Engaging with, and learning about STEM is a life long journey that can start from a very young age. Children have an inherent curiosity about the world around them which we would all do well to ...

Science Meets Arts
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Science Meets Arts

  • By Science Week Team
  • 13 August, 2017

National Science Week 2017 once again sees many science and art events across the whole country. Shirty Science launched on Thursday night at a packed event in Canberra city. Paired artists and ...

What is your relationship with your smartphone?
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What is your relationship with your smartphone?

  • By Science Week Team
  • 12 August, 2017

Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and some of Australia’s talented researchers to create a national project that everyone around Australia, wherever their location, can ...