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…
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Textual data sonification and algorithmic composition competition
RMIT University, Melbourne city campus Swanston Street, MelbourneThis 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.
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…
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SCINEMA International Science Film Festival National Science Week Program
SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. Register your venue to host…
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Geoscience Australia – 80 Days of Earth Discovery
OnlineGeoscience 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…
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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…
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R.U.R. 2020
BioFab3D 1st Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, 29 Regent Street, FitzroyIn 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
Art of Science Exhibition
The Atrium, Federation Square Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, MelbourneThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s annual Art of Science exhibition showcases stunning images and videos captured by Australian medical researchers tackling some of the biggest challenges facing global health.…
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The Great Aussie BioQuest
Join the Great Aussie BioQuest this National Science Week! Download ‘Questagame’ FREE from your app store. Start submitting – prizes galore! The Great Aussie BioQuest aims to draw attention to an increasingly important aspect of…
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Thomastown Building Challenge
Thomastown Library 52 Main Street, ThomastownCalling all budding builders and engineers. Come and build the tallest structure you can, using our builder’s kit. Who will win? There will be prizes! Thomastown Library has organised a…
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Parasite Art
Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat CentralView the beautiful artwork Gula Guri mayin “Heal the Body” by indigenous north Queensland artist Bernard Lee Singleton and animation by Russell Milledge and Tai Inoue. With funding from Inspiring…
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National Science Week at Geelong Gallery
Geelong Gallery 55 Little Malop Street, GeelongSee the Gallery’s collection in a new and stimulating way by engaging with a special trail of STEM-themed labels and activities during National Science Week. The theme of this year’s…
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2018 Education Perfect Science Championships
GlobalThe Education Perfect Science Championships 2018 is an exciting global online competition where students compete to earn points and prizes by learning engaging and thought-provoking Science content! Join over 300…
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Virtual Excursion to the National Portrait Gallery
Can’t make it to the National Portrait Gallery to celebrate National Science Week? Let us come to you on one of our virtual excursions. Explore some of the change makers…
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Eggs Alive!
Kangaroo Flat Library 267 High Street, Kangaroo FlatKangaroo Flat Library (Goldfields Libraries) is excited to announce that for National Science Week from the 13 – 21 August we are presenting “Eggs Alive!” Goldfields Libraries is a successful…
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The Art of Science Outreach
Mantra Hotel 25 Mountjoy Parade, LorneAmong other things, the comprehensive course will cover fundamental principles and “rules of the science-writing game”, thus equipping researchers and managers with the confidence and media savvy required to project…
$80
Science Week Storytime: Stratford Library
Stratford Library 70 Tyers Street, StratfordWellington Shire Libraries will be conducting science themed Storytime sessions all week to celebrate National Science Week 2018. Stories, rhymes & crafts will all have a scientific spin this week.…
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Science Week Storytime: Sale Library
Sale Library 70 Foster Street, SaleWellington Shire Libraries will be conducting science themed Storytime sessions all week to celebrate National Science Week 2018. Stories, rhymes & crafts will all have a scientific spin this week. 45…
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Science Festival – Game Changers Hypothetical
Terrace Lounge (Level 1, Walter Boas Building) University of Melbourne, ParkvilleThe ‘Sustainability Hype’ is a scenario-based, improvised, interactive panel event, and in Science Week 2018 the Hype will explore how Game Changers and Change Makers deal with the challenges of…
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Citizen Science: People-Power Building Knowledge of Nature
Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, CarltonDo you like fishing or diving? Fancy fossil hunting? Interested in bird or frog calls? If you are curious about the natural world and want be part of a bigger…
$8 – $12
Science Festival – Vision Science Workshop
Room 310, Level 3 Alice Hoy Building, University of Melbourne, ParkvilleJoin staff of the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences for a fascinating, live demonstration of the microscopic structures of the living human eye, and how we go about testing…
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Coding For Kids
Mooroolbark Library 7 Station Street, MooroolbarkDo you love coding, or have you always wanted to give it a try? Come along for an afternoon of coding fun! Create projects with Scratch and play games to…
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Space Explorers
Boronia Library Park Crescent, BoroniaCan you build a Space Lander that will keep our marshmallow astronauts safe as they touch down on a distant planet? Learn all about our Solar System at the library,…
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Crazy Chemistry at Deer Park Library
Deer Park Library 4 Neale Road, Deer ParkWant to learn how to make a lava lamp, or see some elephant toothpaste? Come to Deer Park to create some crazy chemical reactions!
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Slime Time at St. Albans Library
St. Albans Library 71A Alfrieda Street, St. AlbansHave fun creating all sorts of slime to squish, stretch, probe, poke and play with.
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Citizen Science Workshop: Glen Waverley
Glen Waverley Library 112 Kingsway, Glen WaverleyBe a part of our Citizen Science project. Frogs are indicators of the health of the environment. Many of Australia’s wetlands and waterways are under threat. With the use of technology,…
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Lego: Sturdy Tower Challenge
Clayton Library 9-15 Cooke Street, ClaytonDo you like challenges? Do you like playing with Lego? Join us at Clayton library and design your own Sturdy Tower to support a stack of books. Children aged between 5 to…
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Bargoonga Nganjin Code Club
Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library 182/186 St Georges Road, Fitzroy NorthLearn how to code in this fun after-school program for kids aged 9 – 12 years. Bookings essential.
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Weird Science with Makey Makey
Thomastown Library 52 Main Street, ThomastownHow can you use a banana to control a computer? With a Makey Makey! Come and create your very own unique invention to control a computer to play music. Makey…
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Change Your Game
Sustainable Activity Centre 1/44 Lincoln Causeway, Gateway Island, WodongaHere’s a ‘Game Changer’…What if you could start your own Makerspace without the fancy tech? Eco Inquire’s pop-up Makerspace is a free National Science Week event. The event aims to…
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Science Festival – Maths Arcade
mathSpace, Peter Hall Building University of Melbourne, ParkvilleThe MATHS ARCADE is a night of everyone’s favourites: computer games and mathematics! Just like a rad video arcade back in the day, we’ll have heaps of awesome games, and…
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Mount Alexander College Science Showcase
Mount Alexander College 167-175 Mt Alexander Road, FlemingtonA roaming interactive event run by students focusing on what they are learning in there science subjects. Some exhibitions include, Grossology, testing fingerprints and blood spatter, student designed experiments, bangs…
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Science Around Us – Science Above Us
Elmhurst Primary School 48 Byerly Street, ElmhurstElmhurst Primary School Science Expo has been created as part of our Term 3 science program with the Year 6 students co-ordinating the event. We will be working with the…
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Humans 2.0
524 Flinders Event Space 524 Flinders Street, MelbourneInvent Evolve Decide
Augmented brains and bodies, or a return to nature? Cyber or solar? Humans 2.0 - what is the future of our species?
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SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ The University of Melbourne
Forum Theatre University of Melbourne, ParkvilleSCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the…
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FACT VS FICTION: What does the future hold?
Newport Community Hub 13 Mason Street, NewportThe future is with us now. What does it hold for us? Is it inevitable or do we have an active role to play in shaping a future that will…
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The Future of Space Travel
Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, MelbourneLet’s Torque and Sisters in Science present an exciting panel discussion on a topic that humans have puzzled over for centuries: space exploration. What are we doing in space? What…
$5
Scinema International Science Film Festival @ Swan Hill Regional Library
Swan Hill Library Service 53 Campbell Street, Swan HillSCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the…
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SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ Whitefriars College
Whitefriars College 156 Park Road, DonvaleSCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the…
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A new view of life: Celebrating the end of Kepler and Cassini, and start of Tess
Briars Astronomy Centre and Observatory 450 Nepean Highway, Mount MarthaNASA is set to land in Mount Martha for National Science Week, with two inspiring scientists from the Cassini and Kepler planetary spacecraft missions delivering the annual Science Week public…
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