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Ultimo Science Festival
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Ultimo Science Festival

  • By National Office
  • 5 July, 2012

This year’s Ultimo Science Festival, from August 16 to 26, is shaping up to be a memorable one with a huge range of intriguing events and engaging activities for all kinds of people. Here are ...

Rocket Town on tour
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Rocket Town on tour

  • By National Office
  • 3 July, 2012

Emily Steel’s award-winning play explores the lives of two teenagers and their relationships with the unusual and remote town of Woomera. What does it mean to be young in the middle of ...

SA event seed grants: apply now!
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SA event seed grants: apply now!

  • By National Office
  • 14 June, 2012

Thinking of holding an event in National Science Week in South Australia? Through the financial support of the Government of South Australia (via DFEEST), there are a number of small grants ...

ACT event seed grants: apply now!
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ACT event seed grants: apply now!

  • By National Office
  • 8 June, 2012

Ten seed grants of $2000 each are available to kick start innovative National Science Week events in the ACT. Preference will be given to events that fall within National Science Week, 11 - 19 ...

Taking Science to the Streets
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Taking Science to the Streets

  • By National Office
  • 4 June, 2012

Students from Gresford Public School and Dungog High School in the Hunter Valley will set up ‘shop fronts’ in the main street of Dungog demonstrating a wide range of experiments and techniques to ...

The Sun – Powering Our Planet
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The Sun – Powering Our Planet

  • By Science Week Admin
  • 25 May, 2012

Have you ever thought about: the importance of the Sun in our everyday lives? whether you should invest in solar panels – could they reduce years off your mortgage? energy savings? Find out the ...

WIPEOUT! a scientific musical
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WIPEOUT! a scientific musical

  • By Science Week Admin
  • 21 May, 2012

In the year 2050 life across the planet has changed. On the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest stars and scientists have gathered for one massive fundraising concert WIPEOUT! to bring about ...

COLLISION – It’s subARTomic!
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COLLISION – It’s subARTomic!

  • By Science Week Admin
  • 18 May, 2012

Are you astounded by supersymmetry? Excited by the Higgs boson? Think neutrinos are supremo? Express Media, COSMOS magazine, Blue Vapours and CoEPP (Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at ...

Brain Break Morning Tea
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Brain Break Morning Tea

  • By Science Week Admin
  • 2 May, 2012

Celebrate science and give your brain a break this National Science Week by holding a morning tea for friends or colleagues. Register your Brain Break by Friday 27 July to receive a FREE National ...

WA National Science Week Seed Grants 2012
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WA National Science Week Seed Grants 2012

  • By Science Week Admin
  • 2 May, 2012

Due to the continued success of the National Science Week seed grants, the 2012 WA National Science Week Coordinating Committee is pleased to offer a grant round for National Science Week 2012! ...