Crazy Chemistry Show
Sydenham Library 1 Station Street, Taylors Lakes, VIC, AustraliaThis interactive show explores crazy chemical reactions. Watch things expand, grow, fizz and bang.
Free
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Wind Machine: Float Me, Fly Me
Lilydale Library Building LA, Box Hill Institute of Technology, 1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale, VIC, AustraliaCome 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, AustraliaBe 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, AustraliaHave 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, AustraliaCome 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, AustraliaFor 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, AustraliaHave 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, AustraliaLocal 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, AustraliaCome 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, AustraliaJoin 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
Melbourne: The Maths Capital of the World
Lecture Theatre S3 16 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, AustraliaMelbourne is an amazing city for mathematically inspired architecture. Your guide Burkard Polster will demonstrate with a whirlwind tour of mathematical Melbourne: explore the rep-tiles of Federation Square, cast a 5-dimensional Penrose shadow at Storey Hall, experience life in a one-sided holiday house, and much more. Is it all really maths? Come see! Associate Professor Burkard…
Free
Introduction to Raspberry Pi
Clayton Library 9-15 Cooke Street, ClaytonHave you tried Raspberry Pi with your children yet? Join Shashwat at Clayton library and discover the fabulous world of Raspberry Pi. Children and their families will be immersed in the world of minicomputers, Python programming and hands on activities.
Free