Write a short essay on ‘Not-so-smart technology’ and you could win a fantastic set of prizes, including publication in Australia’s top science magazines, a $500 UNSW Bookshop voucher, a subscription to the Australian…
With engineers, anything is possible! To celebrate Engineers Australia’s 100th birthday, we are encouraging Australians to think about how engineering has helped them in all parts of their lives. So,…
For centuries artists from many cultures have been inspired by the Moon, the most prominent feature of our night sky. The exhibition includes historical works created when the Moon could only be viewed from afar, works from the era of the 1960s space race, and more contemporary responses informed by the imagery and scientific knowledge acquired through space exploration.
In celebration of our 50th birthday and the Moon landing on 21 July 1969 (Australian Time) we are running a competition to win a small piece of the Moon! Open…
Space celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing (20 July) with an exhibition that examines humankind’s longstanding fascination with space and space travel. The exhibition explores the romance of space…
Discover how amazing our bodies really are at Melbourne Museum on Sundays during Term Three as we search for microbes and anything else you might find in your tummy. Design…
Urban Rivers (USA) Can we game our way to a cleaner world? Take control of our garbage-eating robot either in person or online! Created by Chicago-based collective Urban Rivers, Trash Robot…
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…
Science Gallery Melbourne throws down the gauntlet and sets an ambitious challenge: can we find a new plastic-eating bacteria in Australia? This project asks citizen scientists to culture bacteria in…
Janna Ahrndt (United States of America) Will you truthfully track your environmental goals? Like a Fitbit for your ethical performance, P@tch is a textile-based new media project inspired by punk and…
Sandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian (France) and Professor Peter Scales (Australia) Are you flushing a valuable wee-source? Urinotron is a large-scale installation that takes our organic waste (urine) and transforms it into power for your mobile phone, before recycling it…
Artist Oliver Kellhammer’s work allows you to watch the mealworms as they dine on polystyrene. Oliver Kellhammer (United States of America) Do solutions to our recycling crisis exist in…
Science Gallery Melbourne’s pop-up program DISPOSABLE will highlight experimental and creative ways to tackle our ever growing excess of waste. DISPOSABLE locations will include The University of Melbourne’s Parkville and…
This four-week course gives you and your child a way to discover science together. With hands-on activities, question and answer time, a Discovery Box and book loaned to each child…
You’ll be amazed what you discover when you download QuestaGame and join this year’s Great Aussie BioQuest on your smartphone. Compete against other teams to map biodiversity – all while…
To celebrate National Science Week we will have a special Build Code Play session. These activities will help develop children’s capacity to problem solve, create, collaborate and increase critical thinking…
Come to Hastings Library and watch the chicks hatch, meet and have a snuggle with our fluffy new friends. Hastings Library will be home to an incubator with chicks for…
Felicity Spear, in her exhibition Umwelten – eco-fields and other universes, has created circular paintings on wood, encircled by profiles of the human skull. They are speculations about the possibilities…
They’re right under our noses yet we don’t notice them. Some just listen but others might be transmitting as you read this, perhaps even in code. They might not use…
The world premiere of MACHINE screening at Melbourne International Film Festival. MACHINE is an exploration of identity, creativity, and humanity, as we grapple with Artificial Intelligence and our place in a world…
Come dive into the fascinating world of sea turtle biology with Dr Kimberly Riskas and learn how you can help protect these ancient reptiles. Did you know that sea turtles…
Children and adults alike get to go inside real giant soap bubbles! They will have the opportunity to go in by themselves, with a sibling or with a parent.
Come celebrate National Science Week 2019 with the Wangaratta Community Toy Library and the Wangaratta VEX Robotics Team at Robot Kids Expo. Robot Kids is a FREE hands-on robotics expo…
Join in anytime between 10am and 3pm for a day of Family STEAM fun (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths). There will be a variety of robots and technology to…
To the Moon and Back takes visitors on an educational and inspirational trip to the moon, where visitors can participate in creative moon themed sun-print and light-box activities to celebrate…
Become a mini-scientist in this hands-on workshop. Children will experiment with maggots to form and test a hypothesis before making some incredible maggot artwork with Dr Melanie Thompson. During the…
Watch the science of using liquid nitrogen to instantly turn liquid into the creamiest ice cream. Demonstrations and ice cream giveaways. At 196 degrees below zero, handcraft unique flavours that…
Bring along a recycled jar and make your own cleaning product. Learn about alternative products to chemicals, how to utilise resources from your garden and cutting down on waste.
Enjoy the mobile dome experience. Come and watch movies on astronomy and the Earth projected across the dome.
Fizzics – Liquid Nitrogen Show – is an event hosted by Fizzics Education. The show demonstrates phase changes, expansion, contraction, basic cell theory, air pressure, and the weather. Featured experiments…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into…
Join us to celebrate National Science Week and our latest exhibition, Pets are People Too, with this fascinating panel discussion on the psychology of pets. Hear from leading pet behaviorists…
Museums Victoria is creating a world first live microbe map …. and we’re inviting you to spit for science! Are you a cat or a dog person? A coffee drinker?…
Join Professor Thompson on an interactive talk and exploration of taking bugs into space to help us live on the Moon and Mars. In 2003 Prof Thompson flew spiders and…
Enjoy the mobile dome experience. Come and watch movies on astronomy and the Earth projected across the dome.pl
Professor Veena Sahajwalla is revolutionising recycling science. Rather than take up arms against a sea of big polluters, Professor Sahajwalla approaches the problem as a commercial opportunity with real market value to help drive behaviour change. Last year her SMaRT centre opened the world’s first e-waste micro-factory to process old computers, phones, televisions, and all the electronic junk that ends up in landfill. The waste is sorted and dismantled by robots, then mined for its precious elements. Circuit boards are stripped of metals such as gold, copper and tin, while glass and plastic are converted to industrial-grade ceramics and plastic filaments for use in 3D printing. Join us to explore how repurposing the fundamental molecules and elements within post-consumer waste products is reinventing the way we treat - and perceive - these largely untapped commodities.
Discover how Professor Veena Sahajwalla is repurposing the fundamental molecules and elements within post-consumer waste products to revolutionise recycling science. Professor Veena Sahajwalla is revolutionising recycling science. She approaches our…
The Universe has spoken and we have understood. David Blair, astrophysicist and LIGO and OzGrav collaboration member. Particle/Wave is an immersive multimedia exploration of gravitational waves at the point where poetry, video…
To celebrate the Moon landing this unique evening for the public features a selection of space-themed music performed by the Southern Peninsula Concert Band, woven together with informative space talks…