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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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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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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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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Why You’re Not Dead Yet
Loop Project Space & Bar 23 Meyers Place, MelbourneNeuroscientist Dave Farmer gives a comedic, educational talk about the arse end of the brain (aka the brainstem) filtered through Jackson Voorhaar’s non-educational comedy mind to help disseminate the information to the layidiot.…
$15 – $20
Watercolour Solar System Workshop
The Windsor Workshop Level 1, 115 Chapel Street, WindsorLISTEN UP – The Windsor Workshop is entering previously unexplored territory! Buckle yourself in, as you are about to witness one of the greatest workshops in history – when art…
$195
Alexandra Library Science Expo
Alexandra Library 49 Perkins Street, AlexandraThe Alexandra Library is hosting a science expo for families and will include static displays, hands on experiments and a mini talks program embracing the theme of game changers and…
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Game Changers and Change Makers Science Fair
Corio Library Cnr Cox Road and Moa Street, NorlaneCelebrate National Science Week with Geelong Regional Libraries. Join Professor Bunsen Science at Corio Library, for a special Game Changers and Change Makers Science Fair: enjoy a mix of explosive…
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How to have a bee friendly garden
Chiltern Library Conness Street, ChilternJoin Indigo Shire Libraries and Beechworth Honey for two interactive talks on How to Have a Bee Friendly Garden. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about bees including native…
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Chess for Fun
Thomastown Library 52 Main Street, ThomastownExercise your maths brain with a game of Chess. We have a chess tutor on hand to teach or challenge you. Come and learn some strategies, tips and tricks from our…
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Game Changes and Change Makers STEM Festival
St Margaret's School St Margaret's Place, BerwickWe have Rob Gell as our guest speaker and a panel discussion on sustainability and innovation. We have a STEM Expo involving a number of leading organisations where people can…
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Hubble Space Telescope Workshop
Clayton Library 9-15 Cooke Street, ClaytonDo you like stars, planets, space and galaxies? Do you want to know what a Hubble Space Telescope is? Join Mustafa, an avid and experienced science communicator for a workshop…
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Café Scientifique: Pets, Pots, Pints and Parasites
Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat CentralJoin us for this National Science Week event and lively café scientifique discussion with researchers from Federation University who will explore peculiarities, the strange beauty and the threats posed by…
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You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice
Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, MelbourneIn large part, racism stems from the human brain’s tendency to engage in prejudice, a process that allows us to make millisecond judgments based on visual information. These preconceived opinions…
Free – $5
Jurassic Park 3D in IMAX
IMAX Melbourne Rathdowne Street, CarltonExperience Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park in immersive IMAX 3D to celebrate National Science Week and all things palaeontology with IMAX and Museums Victoria! This special event screening includes…
$20