Room with a point of view (Open House)
The University of Melbourne Parkville, 3010“You built me up. You changed me. You loved me. You left me. Ultimately, you used me – what else can I call it?” Explore the changing use and disuse…
Free
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Apollo 11 Archive Producer Stephen Slater in Conversation
Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum 439 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant, Victoria, AustraliaOne evening in May 2017, Stephen Slater got an unusual email from the US National Archives. NASA had left a trove of untouched Apollo 11 specific film reels sitting in…
$10 – $25
Trash Robot
Yarra River Southbank, VIC, AustraliaUrban Rivers (USA) Can we game our way to a cleaner world? Take control of our garbage-eating robot either in person or online! Created by Chicago-based collective Urban Rivers, Trash Robot…
Free
Hack IT Club: Technology and Coding for Kids
Join us for this term-based program and learn about Lego and Sphero Robotics, and also Arduino, and micro:bit electronics. Choose what you would like to explore, and then do so,…
free
Eel Trap – weaving workshops
Footscray Community Arts Centre 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia“Rivers signify tribal boundaries, gatherings for corroboree, life, not only for humans but for all living creatures” – Maree Clarke. Mitch Mahoney & Maree Clarke (Australia) Created by Boon Wurrung artist Mitch…
Free
Fatberg (Creating)
Testing Grounds 1 City Road, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaArne Hendriks (Netherlands) & Mike Thompson (United Kingdom) Do we really understand fat? In November 2017, the 130-tonne ‘Monster of Whitechapel’ was ejected from the bowels of east London. This…
Free
The Sewer Soaperie
Testing Grounds 1 City Road, Southbank, VIC, AustraliaWould you wash your hands with soap made from sewage? Catherine Sarah Young (Philippines) Sewer Soaperie turns raw sewage and fat into luxury soaps. Extreme storms now frequently overwhelm drains, pipes and…
Free
Maths & Music in Berlin, 1828: Elliptic Optics, Kosmos & Beethoven
Wonthaggi Baptist Church 2 Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi, VIC, AustraliaPresented by Professor Arun Ram, with live music performed by Joshua Hooke This performance will take you back to the salons of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn in Berlin, 1828, to…
Free
SCINEMA International Science Film Festival National Science Week Program
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. Register your venue to host…
Free
Hunt for the Plastic Eaters
Science Gallery Melbourne throws down the gauntlet and sets an ambitious challenge: can we find a new plastic-eating bacteria in Australia? This project asks citizen scientists to culture bacteria in…
Free
Women in STEM Conference at Melbourne Zoo (Catholic Schools)
Melbourne Zoo Elliot Avenue, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaWomen in STEM: Future Careers, 21st Century Skills and Role Models Females are drastically underrepresented in STEM subjects and jobs across the planet – let’s change that! On the eve…
$19
P@TCH
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaJanna Ahrndt (United States of America) Will you truthfully track your environmental goals? Like a Fitbit for your ethical performance, P@tch is a textile-based new media project inspired by punk and…
Free