Free fun for school and kinder kids. Demonstrations, hands-on activities and afternoon tea. Build and launch your own mini rocket. A fun and free afternoon of demonstrations, hands-on activities and challenges, some (homemade) rocket launches and an astronomical afternoon tea. Can you put the planets in order? Can you build a Mars rover? Want to…
Learn about using science in your garden to save the planet. Due to climate change our world faces mass extinctions of our smallest animals – insects. So, who cares? Surely, we are better off without flies, mosquitoes, spiders and ugh! bugs. Not so – each tiny insect plays a vital role. Join our Space Science…
Meet our humanoid robot NAO: discover how it’s programmed to think and learn what it can do! Bust a move or two with NAO.
Augment your reality. AI, bionics and smart devices are here to extend and enhance your senses. So what are the possible futures of human perception? At this event combining performance, storytelling, and experimentation, make sense of the world of the senses, and find the limits to your own.
IMAX Melbourne invites you to celebrate National Science Week and all things space exploration with a special event screening of APOLLO 11, featuring an introduction and Q&A with astronomer and science communicator Prof Alan Duffy. Saturday August 10 @ 6.45pm Presented in fully immersive IMAX 4K Digital This critically acclaimed documentary features restored never-before-seen film footage…
In the past few decades, rapid progress in technology has led to a complete change in our view of the Universe. In the next few decades, this will change even more as we become an inter-planetary species. Dr Brad Tucker will talk about some of these discoveries, from planets around other stars, to exploring the…
How is the Moon connected to the ocean? Through tides! Discover how tides work and how they influence the plants and animals that call the ocean home by visiting the Queenscliff Marine Station Community Day during National Science Week. Visitors can chat with a marine science expert from Deakin University and the Victorian Fisheries Authority and…
Care for a spot of frog calling, water bug identification, bird watching, or koala spotting? Meet NASA Scientist Dr Darlene Lim to learn about life in extreme Earth habitats and beyond! The Science in the Park event at the Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve in Somers, will be the focus of free science activities on the Mornington…
2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of chemical elements. The Royal Australian Chemical Institute warmly invites you to join us to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table 2019 at our IYPT Expo. Did you know we need 75 elements to make a smartphone? At the IYPT you will be able…
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. 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…
For centuries, the red planet has fired our imaginations; composers, authors, poets and more have all offered their tributes to the bringer of war. Now, science has brought us to the very cusp of visiting Mars. Getting there, however, is only half of the battle. When humans set foot on Mars, what will they do?…
In a fishbowl-style public forum, research scientists and coffee professional will roleplay how they would roast, grind and extract quality coffee in the extremes of space. In an accompanying hands-on activity, the public tastes and rates coffee prepared using systematically varying particle size distributions, viewed through provided microscopes. The fishbowl is preceded by public lectures…
