To celebrate National Science Week we will have a special Build Code Play session. These activities will help develop children’s capacity to problem solve, create, collaborate and increase critical thinking in this interactive session.
Do you have what it takes to be a LEGO Legend? Can you build LEGO creations with speed, colour and imagination? Can you work as a team? Then come along to our inaugural LEGO Legend Challenge. Note: You will be required to work in teams of two. We can match you up with someone on…
Celebrate National Science Week with a BANG! Join the Scientwists for this fun and creative show demonstrating all things TwistED science. There’ll be plenty of hands-on opportunities for willing participants and heaps to see and wonder about.
Fizzics – Liquid Nitrogen Show – is an event hosted by Fizzics Education. The show demonstrates phase changes, expansion, contraction, basic cell theory, air pressure, and the weather. Featured experiments include lid launcher, ball smasher, liquid nitrogen sprinkler, frozen bubbles, fog breath, cool lasers, cooling circuits and levitating magnets. The shows allow up to 60…
Join Dr John Rafferty, Lecturer in Environmental Education from Charles Sturt University to learn about frogs and their importance to the environment. Dr Rafferty will also be discussing the Australian Museum’s Citizen Science project FrogID, local frog species and what we can all do to help frogs. This talk is for people of all ages…
Students will have a roaring great time as they learn about dinosaurs in this hands-on science workshop designed to look at palaeontology in a realistic way. Check out life-size replica of the Velociraptor dinosaur skull and come face to face with a T-Rex! Work like a real palaeontologist; dig out and analyse the specimens found…
Join Ben Z of Fizzics Education as he takes you to Destination Moon and Beyond. Discover the science required to reach the Moon and the space programs that made it all happen. From trajectories & orbits to rocketry & materials science, we’ll look at current and future space programs, operations and missions. Bookings open Friday 26…
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…
LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE is a science sketch comedy presentation focusing on how space programs and lunar science propel us into the future using STEM! In a series of comical skits, professional actor/educators use audience suggestions to create uniquely hilarious scenes educating us about space science. LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE! A STEM Story is…
STEM Workshops: Lego Robotics & Coding, Storytelling with ScratchJr, Makey Makey and Beginners Robotics for Adults. Can you program a robot? Can you wire up tech using everyday objects? Can you tell a story on Scratch? To celebrate National Science Week, Scienceworks is offering a suite of fun robotics and coding workshops on Sunday afternoons…
A jam packed show of big WOW science madness. The show is designed to immerse children in science, it is full of demonstrations and includes some hands on participation. Watch chemicals react in a big way! See impressive colour changes, smell invisible gasses and hear some oh-mighty noises. Learn about the conversion of reactant molecules…
Watch chemicals react in a big way! See impressive colour changes, smell invisible gasses and hear some oh-mighty noises. Learn about the conversion of reactant molecules to products and the energy changes involved, all while watching shooting foam, hissing fire, and cool blue light. Reactive chemistry at its exciting best!
