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SPECTRA Kit Recipient Schools
Schools, Science Week News

SPECTRA Kit Recipient Schools

  • By National Office
  • 31 July, 2020

In place of the usual competitive financial grants selection process, all applicants to the 2020 school grants program have received an activity card-based system to use in National Science Week ...

TAS: Science Week heads online with help from local grants
Science Week News, State Blogs

TAS: Science Week heads online with help from local grants

  • By Tasmania
  • 29 July, 2020

National Science Week will look a little different this year as it heads fully online for the first time since it started in 1997. With thanks to local seed grants, at least 23 organisations and ...

MUP – Science Week book pack
Science Week News

MUP – Science Week book pack

  • By National Office
  • 27 July, 2020

With National Science Week just around the corner, Melbourne University Publishing has an exciting book pack to entice curious minds. The pack includes: Choke by Sian Beilock explains why you ...

South Australia Event Guide
Science Week News, State Blogs

South Australia Event Guide

  • By National Office
  • 22 July, 2020

The South Australian Coordinating Committee for National Science Week and Inspiring South Australia have produced a guide of the events and activities (1.3MB, pdf) that have been developed by the ...

DIY fun science videos on YouTube
Science Week News

DIY fun science videos on YouTube

  • By National Office
  • 16 July, 2020

Looking for some cool science on YouTube? Learn how to make ice-cream in 10 minutes, bath bombs that look like pokéballs, a glow-in-the-dark marble run, fireworks in a jar, lava lamps, ...

Deep Blue Escape Room
Schools, Science Week News

Deep Blue Escape Room

  • By National Office
  • 15 July, 2020

Get students deep diving into Stile's National Science Week Escape Room! Set in a submarine in the dark, cold waters near Antarctica, students are presented with a scenario where the submarine's ...

Street Science: Deep Blue
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Street Science: Deep Blue

  • By National Office
  • 13 July, 2020

Join the Street Science team for spectacular shows as students are taken on a journey through the depths of our oceans as we explore the impacts of modern technology and scientific discoveries on ...

The Big Watermelon Experiment: Physics, forces and flying fruit
Schools, Science Week News

The Big Watermelon Experiment: Physics, forces and flying fruit

  • By National Office
  • 19 June, 2020

How many rubber bands does it take to implode a watermelon? The Big Watermelon Experiment is a mass science experiment for school students, that seeks to find the answer to this not so pressing ...

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings
Science Week News

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings

  • By National Office
  • 11 June, 2020

SCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. It's a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire ...

2020 WA grant recipients
Grant Information, Science Week News, State Blogs

2020 WA grant recipients

  • By National Office
  • 11 June, 2020

The West Australian Coordinating Committee (WACC) extends its thanks to the 64 applicants who put forward incredible ideas for National Science Week activities in WA. The committee was impressed ...