Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society was founded in 1969 with the aim of fostering the study of Astronomy by amateurs and promoting the hobby of amateur Astronomy to the general public. This astronomy night will celebrate 50 years of Astronomy on the Mornington Peninsula.
Thanks to campaigns like The War on Waste, plastic has become public enemy number one. Plastic waste is indeed a global environmental – and potentially health – problem, requiring us to change long-held wasteful habits, alongside significant political will and innovative solutions. But what of the other side to plastic – its astonishing variety of form and uses, from…
The event will be run during school hours and later that night. Seniors will help demonstrate activities and lead the school in developing their science skills through hands on activities and the night will involve a race “mission” to the Moon, winner being drawn out of a hat “rocket”. Launching into Science will…
Come and experience an amazing Virtual Reality tour of Mars. You will wear the Oculus Go headset to view the crystal clear optics and state-of-the-art 3D graphics, making it feel more like a personal theatre. Hello Mars highlights: all 3D data & landing procedures of Hello Mars were created strictly based on NASA’s public data…
Come and learn about the human body and how your senses work. A Body and Senses themed preschool story time session where children will learn about the human body and their sense organs. They will be provided with opportunities to experiment with their sense of touch, hearing and vision using musical instruments, sensory feely bag…
Come and learn about the human body and how your senses work. A Body and Senses themed preschool story time session where children will learn about the human body and their sense organs. They will be provided with opportunities to experiment with their sense of touch, hearing and vision using musical instruments, sensory feely bag…
Come and learn about the human body and how your senses work. A Body and Senses themed preschool story time session where children will learn about the human body and their sense organs. They will be provided with opportunities to experiment with their sense of touch, hearing and vision using musical instruments, sensory feely bag…
Come and learn about the human body and how your senses work. A Body and Senses themed preschool story time session where children will learn about the human body and their sense organs. They will be provided with opportunities to experiment with their sense of touch, hearing and vision using musical instruments, sensory feely bag…
Join us as we bring TV presenter, radio reporter, (Ig) Nobel Prize winner and science communicator, Dr Karl, directly into your homes and classrooms around Australia. He will be with us to answer students’ burning questions about anything even slightly science related (and probably leave them asking many more) at our latest ‘In Class With…’ event.
Mixed age groups from Prep to Year 10 (11/12 if available) – divided into four groups. Not kinda kids. Parents to be invited in for the day and participate in activities. Set up four activities in Periods 3, 4, 5, 6. Each group to do every activity once, and rotate around. Doing activities will require…
Are you wanting to discover simple ways of looking after your own space – our space – planet Earth? Come along and learn some tricks on how to become a more sustainable shopper. You will learn simple ways to make simple changes when you shop that can have big, sustainable impacts on our world by…
Felicity Spear, in her exhibition Umwelten – eco-fields and other universes, has created circular paintings on wood, encircled by profiles of the human skull. They are speculations about the possibilities for other habitats or other universes beyond our sensorium at either a micro or macro level. In 1909, the biologist Jakob von Uexküll introduced the…
