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Freelancing Science Writing: The Inside Story

Multicultural Hub 506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The course will teach the essential skills needed to become a freelance science writer or broadcaster. Hands-on training will be provided in preparing articles, features and illustrative material for many outlets, including in-house, local and international publications. Participants completing the course will acquire valuable skills, including those needed to liaise with publishers and prepare successful…

$130

Pre-National Science Week Mixer Hosted By ASC Victoria

The Clyde Hotel 385 Cardigan Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

It’s that time of year again, science week is just around the corner and you are invited to the annual Australian Science Communicators Pre-National Science Week Mixer. The Victorian branch of the Australian Science Communicators invite you to an evening of catch ups, networking and celebration ahead of National Science Week. Come and celebrate science…

Free

IMPACT7

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Supported by CSIRO, IMPACT7 shines a spotlight on research-led innovations that are tackling seven 'challenges'. Join us to discover how groundbreaking research is helping to eradicate poverty and disease, providing a secure and natural environment where our grandchildren enjoy an abundance of food!

$199 – $249

Rockets and Hot Air Balloons

Sunshine Library 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine, VIC, Australia

Are you a physicist in the making? Come along and create a rocket and hot air balloon and attempt to launch your creations.

Free

Secrets from Beyond Extinction: Unlocking the Thylacine Genome

Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to exist into the modern era. Their resemblance to the eutherian wolf is considered the most striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. This is even more striking when you consider that they last shared a common ancestor over 160 million years…

Free – $5

R.U.R. 2020

BioFab3D 1st Floor, Clinical Sciences Building, 29 Regent Street, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

In the near future, a young scientist responsible for a world-changing medical breakthrough uncovers a corporate conspiracy that could spell the end of one species – and the rise of another. A reimagination of Karel Capek’s classic sci-fi thriller, performed in a real-life laboratory. “I have seen a new generation of man being stitched together…

$15 – $40

Lit Up!

Daylesford Town Hall Vincent Street, Daylesford, VIC, Australia

A spectacle reminiscent of the legendary White Night in Melbourne and Ballarat but here in Daylesford! This project is being developed by Daylesford SC Year 8 students with the guidance and direction of Andrew Howie a leading maker of 3D video content for music events & architectural facades. This sound and light extravaganza will herald…

Free

Art of Science Exhibition

The Atrium, Federation Square Cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s annual Art of Science exhibition showcases stunning images and videos captured by Australian medical researchers tackling some of the biggest challenges facing global health. Taking place during National Science Week, the Art of Science exhibition runs from 10 – 19 August 2018 at Melbourne’s Federation Square. The experience shines…

Free

Pop Culture and Science: Do They Play Nice?

The Wheeler Centre 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

In partnership with Melbourne International Film Festival A panel of cultural and scientific experts lock horns over the way cinema and other forms of entertainment have advanced or regressed popular attitudes towards science. In a post-truth world, how have the big and small screens helped or hindered the way we perceive science and technology? Are…

$17.50 – $20

Scouts Science Camp @ Treetops

Treetops Scout Camp 140 Royal Parade, Riddells Creeks, VIC, Australia

The 3rd annual STEM-themed patrol-activity camp for Scouts aged 10-14. Fun and activities as part of Scientific Scouts in Action Month and National Science Week.

Stuck on a Rock – Premiere Screening

Loop Project Space & Bar 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The premiere screening for my short documentary on the Lord Howe Island stick insect. Stuck on a Rock is a documentary on the saga of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, one of the rarest species of insects on the planet. It was exterminated on Lord Howe Island by rats that were accidentally introduced in…

Free

The Great Aussie BioQuest

Join the Great Aussie BioQuest this National Science Week! Download ‘Questagame’ FREE from your app store. Start submitting – prizes galore! The Great Aussie BioQuest aims to draw attention to an increasingly important aspect of our daily lives, biodiversity literacy, by engaging residents from all walks of life, to participate in, learn about and map Australian biodiversity in a fun…

Free
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