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3:45 STEAM – National Science Week Brain Break

A.S. Kenyon Library Jamieson Avenue, Red Cliffs, VIC, Australia

To celebrate National Science Week we are taking a break from our regular 3:45 STEAM program by hosting a fun and delicious afternoon of science play and discovery! There will be simple science experiments, quizzes and activities.

Free

Magnets: Push and Pull

Ferntree Gully Library 1010 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully, VIC, Australia

Find out how magnets work while learning about polarity, and magnetic fields! We’ll discover what is and isn’t magnetic, see if we can move objects just with magnetic force, and make some magnetic arts and crafts.

Free

Crazy Chemistry Show

Sydenham Library 1 Station Street, Taylors Lakes, VIC, Australia

This interactive show explores crazy chemical reactions. Watch things expand, grow, fizz and bang.

Free

Wind Machine: Float Me, Fly Me

Lilydale Library Building LA, Box Hill Institute of Technology, 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale, VIC, Australia

Come and learn about aerodynamics while we experiment with finding out what materials will float in our fan powered wind tunnel. Build twirling paper helicopters and floating balloon animals, and see how far we can make them fly!

Free

Citizen Science Workshop: Mulgrave

Mulgrave Library 36-42 Mackie Road, Mulgrave, VIC, Australia

Be 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, primary aged children are helping to document and preserve Australian species. With your phone, iPad or any other device, you can help in the documenting…

Free

Bargoonga Nganjin Tuesday Tech Club

Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library 182/186 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia

Have fun with creative technologies such as Lego Mindstorms, Little bits and Ozobots. Ages 7+. Bookings essential.

Free

Lego Club

Fitzroy Library 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

Come build and play with Lego every Tuesday during school term. There are weekly themes and challenges to try out, then display your masterpieces in the library for all to see.

Free

Super Sleuth (DNA) with the Scientwists

Oakleigh Library 148 Drummond Street, Oakleigh, VIC, Australia

For those who like their forensic science, join us at Oakleigh library and use your fingerprints, chromatography, codes and DNA to help solve the most devious of strawberry theft crimes.  

Free

Richmond Library Tuesday Tech Club

Richmond Library 415 Church Street, Richmond, VIC, Australia

Have fun with creative technologies such as Lego Mindstorms, Little bits and Ozobots. Ages 7+. Bookings essential.

Free

You Can’t Spell Exoplanets Without Ex(exutions)! Student Talk

Loreto College Ballarat - Mary's Mount Centre 1600 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Local secondary aged students are invited to hear from Astrophysicist Dr Jessie Christiansen Jessie has been called the “Tomb Raider of exoplanet research”. Working at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, Jessie searches for, studies, and catalogues extrasolar planets – planets orbiting other stars. Her main research focuses on using the thousands of exoplanets…

Free

Creator Class: Getting Chatty With Chatbots

Monash Tech School 44 Drummond Street, Chadstone, VIC, Australia

Come join us during National Science Week in our Maker Space and let’s get Chatty with Chatbots. Chatbots are robots that are designed to perform repetitive tasks, analyse data and integrate your applications and services. Chatbots are becoming increasingly common for technical support, customer service, training, and improving workflows. If you’ve ever found yourself constantly…

$38

Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate and How Chemistry is the Solution

ESJ King Theatre Grattan Street, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Join us and discover what a ‘carbon neutral’ world would be like and how are we going to achieve this. The link and solution between carbon emissions, climate change and a future of clean energy is through chemistry; from removing our dependence on fossil fuels that powers our modern society, the physical chemistry behind carbon…

Free
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