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Space Photo Competition

Briars Astronomy Centre and Observatory 450 Nepean Highway, Mount Martha

MPAS invites submissions from primary & secondary school students in Victoria to an astronomy-themed photo competition as part of our National Science Week program. Photos can be of anything (day…

Free
Ongoing

UNSW Bragg Student Science Writing Prize

Are you a writer in Years 7-10? Want to win great prizes? Write a short essay on ‘Technology and Tomorrow’ and you could win a fantastic set of prizes, including…

Free

Textual data sonification and algorithmic composition competition

RMIT University, Melbourne city campus Swanston Street, Melbourne

This competition challenges participants to write computer programs that take any text as input, and generate sheet music that can be performed by an a cappella vocal quartet.

2018 EP/ASTA STEM CHALLENGE

Are you a passionate teacher interested in promoting creative problem solving thinkers with a scientific view of the world? Or are you a student ready to tackle complex, real world…

Free

Australia’s Next Top Weather Presenter

The search for Australia’s next top weather presenter is on. The Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (AMOS) is launching a national video competition. What’s the weather and climate like around…

Free

Adventures Under Southern Skies – an Art-Science Melding

Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Lord Somers Road, Somers

An exhibition of regional astronomy and sky photography by the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society in proud collaboration with PrimeSCI!, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and Coolart Wetlands and Homestead. Being…

Free

Geoscience Australia – 80 Days of Earth Discovery

Online

Geoscience Australia is celebrating 80 Days of Earth Discovery from 1 August – 20 October 2018. Join us in exploring geoscience in all its diversity, the crucial role it plays…

Free

Future Martians Podcast

“Why aren’t we reaching for the stars?” Mars One astronaut candidates Josh Richards and Dianne McGrath speak with fellow candidates from around the world about the Mars One project, their…

Free

Freelancing Science Writing: The Inside Story

Multicultural Hub 506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

The course will teach the essential skills needed to become a freelance science writer or broadcaster. Hands-on training will be provided in preparing articles, features and illustrative material for many…

$130

IMPACT7

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Supported by CSIRO, IMPACT7 shines a spotlight on research-led innovations that are tackling seven 'challenges'. Join us to discover how groundbreaking research is helping to eradicate poverty and disease, providing a secure and natural environment where our grandchildren enjoy an abundance of food!

$199 – $249

Rockets and Hot Air Balloons

Sunshine Library 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine

Are you a physicist in the making? Come along and create a rocket and hot air balloon and attempt to launch your creations.

Free

Secrets from Beyond Extinction: Unlocking the Thylacine Genome

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne

The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to exist into the modern era. Their resemblance to the eutherian wolf is considered the most striking…

Free – $5

R.U.R. 2020

BioFab3D 1st Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, 29 Regent Street, Fitzroy

In the near future, a young scientist responsible for a world-changing medical breakthrough uncovers a corporate conspiracy that could spell the end of one species – and the rise of…

$15 – $40
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