‘There is an absolute beauty in games that everyone should experience,’ says Vincent Trundle, ACMI Digital Education Producer. On the surface, video games provide entertainment. Underneath, they are a powerful medium to connect people around the world, provide mental and…
National Science Week is just around the corner. While things are a little different this year, there are still a number of ways for students, schools and communities to get involved in the fun. Share in, discover, and contribute to…
The boundary between the probable and improbable blurs when National Science Week Victoria 2020 unleashes Possible Impossibles from August 15-23 - an online series of events and activities exploring the frontiers of possibility, and asking ‘What’s next for the human…
This article is written by Catriona Nguyen-Robertson based on a presentation delivered by Dr Tyson Yunkaporta and Associate Professor Duane Hamacher for the Royal Society of Victoria. The “falling stars” hold a significant place in the traditions of Indigenous cultures…
Gym memberships may be commonplace, but have you ever considered a lab membership? In the heart of Brunswick, in a large shipping container, is a state-of-the-art life sciences laboratory. It is a community lab – built by and built for…
Making health super fun, super creative, and super innovative, secondary school students are thinking about how they can transform healthcare as part of programs run by Monash Tech School. In the Superhumans program, Year 7 students work in teams to…
Are you paying too much for your stain remover? Why do you choose the brand you buy? These are questions hidden in plain sight – as many questions are. The Peter Doherty Science Award (PDSA) encourages scientific thought by inspiring…
Science is for all Science is knowledge. Knowledge is for everyone. Our planet is for everyone. Science for All is a not-for-profit organisation that encourages everyone to get involved in protecting and restoring our land and biodiversity. They teach people…
Located in the Macedon Ranges and surrounded by woodland, the Alice Miller School is home to two farm dams that are teeming with different forms of life. Students share the 80-acre bush campus with kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, wombats and platypuses…
Whittlesea Tech School calls on superheroes to fight superbugs. In this case, the superheroes are Victorian secondary school students. Students are invited to undertake an investigation: to develop antimicrobial products that kill nasty bacteria while keeping the good, innocent ones…