Events Calendar

The course will teach the essential skills and strategies needed to present scientific research to a wide range of audiences. The one-day workshop starts at 9am each day and concludes at 5pm. ​Among other things, the course will cover fundamental principles of giving speeches, conference presentations and Ted talks, thus equipping budding science communicators with the…

It’s that time of year again, science week is just around the corner and you are invited to the annual Australian Science Communicators Pre-National Science Week Mixer. The Victorian branch of the Australian Science Communicators invite you to an evening of catch ups, networking and celebration ahead of National Science Week. Come and celebrate science…

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!

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

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 example of convergent evolution in mammals. This is even more striking when you consider that they last shared a common ancestor over 160 million years…

In partnership with Melbourne International Film Festival A panel of cultural and scientific experts lock horns over the way cinema and other forms of entertainment have advanced or regressed popular attitudes towards science. In a post-truth world, how have the big and small screens helped or hindered the way we perceive science and technology? Are…

The premiere screening for my short documentary on the Lord Howe Island stick insect. Stuck on a Rock is a documentary on the saga of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, one of the rarest species of insects on the planet. It was exterminated on Lord Howe Island by rats that were accidentally introduced in…

See the science of converting brown coal into steam and then electricity and the advancement of higher-efficiency, lower-emission technologies that are now being used elsewhere in the world.

Parasites on Parade Family Fundays at the Art Gallery of Ballarat features hands-on science and art activities for everyone! Explore the science of parasites through art in the Parasite Parade, make your own parasite mask, see “Me as a flea” or face paint a parasite. Experience Parasites – up close and personal through virtual reality…

Come and immerse yourself in the wonders of the Universe in the Science Discovery Dome.

Meet NAO the Humanoid and see him walk, talk, dance, dab! You can also learn how to program this fantastic robot! NAO is a 58 cm tall, autonomous and fully programmable robot that can walk, talk, dab, dance and interact with people. Monash Public Library Service is organising a series of events where children aged…

To kickstart National Science Week celebrations, Robogals will be leading a LEGO Mindstorms robotics workshop at Thomastown Library. Robogals is an international, student-led organisation working to raise female participation in science and engineering. Boys and girls are both welcome, with an especially warm welcome to girl participants. Beginners welcome. Bookings essential. For ages 8+.  …

Bring the family along to learn about robots. We will teach you to use Ozobots, which are cool little robots that follow code written with colour markers. You can have some fun learning how to move Ozobots around, then you can participate in our family bowling tournament. How fast can your family knock down all…

Bricks 4 Kidz – City of Whittlesea provides a LEGO based program for primary age students. In this public event, Bricks 4 Kidz invites students of all ages to come and build technic LEGO prosthetic arms and program them using We.Do. and Mindstorms software to follow prompts. The children will create and program prosthetic arms…

Children will design and build a working robot model then code and test their solutions using LEGO® WeDo ‘drag and drop’ pictorial programming software. Presented by Bricks 4 Kidz®. Suitable for children aged 7+ years. Children under 12 years of age must be supervised by an adult.

Meet NAO the Humanoid and see him walk, talk, dance, dab! You can also learn how to program this fantastic robot! NAO is a 58 cm tall, autonomous and fully programmable robot that can walk, talk, dab, dance and interact with people. Monash Public Library Service is organising a series of events where children aged…

SCINEMA 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 moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible.

An afternoon of experimenting, building and tinkering for pre-schoolers, primary schoolers and their families to celebrate National Science Week. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for preschoolers and primary schoolers and their families. There will be exciting and mind-expanding demonstrations, fun construction and building challenges and a yummy afternoon tea!

To celebrate National Science Week the Science Nation is going to determine once and for all what is the Greatest Discovery Ever Made. Join the fun and mayhem as the best, brightest and bravest science aficionados in the land do battle in a debate tournament of whits and wittiness. We’ve all been there, having that…

Join us for this National Science Week event and the launch of the stunning artwork Gula Guri mayin “Heal the Body” by indigenous far north Queensland artist Bernard Lee Singleton and animation by Russell Milledge and Tai Inoue followed by a lively café scientifique discussion that will explore and celebrate the science of parasites and its…

Join us for this National Science Week event jointly hosted by Federation University, The Art Gallery of Ballarat and The Australian Society for Parasitology for the launch of the stunning artwork Gula Guri mayin “Heal the Body” by Indigenous far north Queensland artist Bernard Lee Singleton and animation by Russell Milledge and Tai Inoue followed…

SCINEMA 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 moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. Multiple screening sessions shown throughout National Science Week, check…

Meet scientists, view their research samples using powerful microscopes, and discuss how their investigations are combatting important global problems. Investigate your own samples! Scientist mentors will help you investigate nature’s beauty in microscopic detail using research grade microscopes. GTAC (Melbourne) hosts two 2 hour sessions of Magnificent Microscopy: Life under a lens on Sunday 12th…

As part of Science in the Park, there will be demonstrations, exhibits and talks throughout the day on all sorts of illuminating topics concerned with light, rainbows and spectra and what you can deduce from them about the very building blocks of everything. Every beam of light carries a unique signature that unlocks the hidden…

SCINEMA 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 moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible.

Join us for a day of free science activities on the Mornington Peninsula catering for all ages.

Visit Open Day at RMIT University during National Science Week. Experience virtual reality, peer through electron microscopes to view at nanoscale, experience the power of electric racing cars and get up-close and personal with robots. RMIT’s world class laboratories and facilities will be open to the public and our academics on-hand to answer all your…

Take a tour of the invisible Universe. We will provide everyone with a SciVR headset to take them out of this world to the world of colliding black holes and microscopic wonders. Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe through ripples…

Take a tour of the invisible Universe. We will provide everyone with a SciVR headset to take them out of this world to the world of colliding black holes and microscopic wonders. Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe through ripples…

Take a tour of the invisible Universe. We will provide everyone with a SciVR headset to take them out of this world to the world of colliding black holes and microscopic wonders. Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe through ripples…

Explore the Universe with ground-breaking Virtual Reality technology.