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NT event guide 2020
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NT event guide 2020

  • By National Office
  • 4 August, 2020

In the NT, events will be delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, indigenous ranger groups, libraries and community organisations. This year's online community grants have ...

Event holders: Help us evaluate National Science Week
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Event holders: Help us evaluate National Science Week

  • By National Office
  • 4 August, 2020

This year’s online National Science Week events will be evaluated by a team of academic researchers at the University of Sydney. Help them analyse the effectiveness of online science engagement ...

ANSTO’s events for National Science Week
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ANSTO’s events for National Science Week

  • By National Office
  • 3 August, 2020

ANSTO has planned a series of engaging online activities, including Australia’s first environment-themed hackathon for school students to celebrate National Science Week. “You might not be ...

ACT Event Guide for 2020
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ACT Event Guide for 2020

  • By National Office
  • 3 August, 2020

This year National Science Week includes a variety of events that you can take part in from the comfort of your own home. The Week features over 30 different local events. “There are events for ...

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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...