Me3D provides unique 3D printing solutions to schools, universities and for the home. Developed specifically for use by students in the classroom, Me3D is challenging existing pedagogies in order to engage and excite children in all aspects of learning. To celebrate National Science Week we are offering a chance for six metro Melbourne schools to…
Join a real-life scientist for a fun and interactive session of all things science. This session is suitable for ages 8-12.
Experience the latest in virtual reality technology with the HTC Vive headset by booking in for a 15-minute one-on-one VR session. Battle it out on your favourite Xbox and iPad games while you wait your turn to interact with the virtual world! This event is strictly ages 10+.
Hear Professor Arthur Lowery talk about how engineers and clinicians are connecting specialised machines with our brains at the 2018 Joint Lecture with the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering (Victorian Division).
Looking for an out-of-this-world experience? Come and explore the mysteries of the night sky and Universe with a fun Astronomy evening with the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society. Hear the REALLY BIG questions, ask your own, hold a meteorite, and spy on the night sky with us. Bring your five senses to an astronomy evening with…
Survival on Mars – what would your priorities be? Bring your entry along to the Ballarat Observatory from 17 July to 18 August to go into the draw to win a 25 cm Dobsonian telescope. View Mars in the telescopes and more.
The second meeting of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Citizen Science Association will be held on Thursday, 19th July at the Melbourne headquarters of the Bureau of Meteorology. Chapter business will include presentations from: David Gooding, coordinator of WOW, the Bureau's citizen science portal; Jack Nunn, convenor of the Campfires & Science program; and Libby…
Are you interested in where Big Science is taking us? Well, COME ON DOWN, it’s time to play Fact or Fiction 3 – Big Science. The latest episode of the Fact or Fiction series takes a big look at big science – what are the world’s large-scale science projects, what might they deliver, and what…
The Laborastory is a science storytelling event in Melbourne that comes to tell the stories of science – the heroes, the egos, the breakthroughs and the mistakes of genius. From forgotten history and lonely laboratories, science and scientists quite literally take centre stage. On the first Wednesday of each month, The Laborastory brings together five…
This fantastic four week science program will give you and your child the chance to conduct experiments, have fun and learn about simple scientific inquiry methods. For pre-schoolers aged 3-5 and their carers’. Thursdays 2, 9, 16 & 23 August. Participants must be able to attend all four of the sessions. It is only necessary…
Australian’s Mesozoic Menagerie: Dinosaurs from the Age of Reptiles - a talk by Swinburne University’s Dr Stephen Poropat. To date, only twenty Australian dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era (251-66 million years ago) have been formally named on the basis of fossilised bones. This means that we have little idea of what these dinosaurs were like…
Join Genepool Productions to see Dr Derek Muller on stage with Sonya Pemberton for the Australian Premiere of VITAMANIA: THE SENSE AND NONSENSE OF VITAMINS for an exclusive live screening in Melbourne. This year the world will spend over $100 billion on vitamins and supplements. Every week, a new benefit is claimed. When we look…
