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Game Changers and Change Makers Science Fair

Corio Library Cnr Cox Road and Moa Street, Norlane, VIC, Australia

Celebrate National Science Week with Geelong Regional Libraries. Join Professor Bunsen Science at Corio Library, for a special Game Changers and Change Makers Science Fair: enjoy a mix of explosive entertainment and child-friendly science education in these super science week shows. Professor Bunsen will explore discoveries made by famous scientists like Faraday, Tesla and Bell. Show…

Free

How to have a bee friendly garden

Chiltern Library Conness Street, Chiltern, VIC, Australia

Join Indigo Shire Libraries and Beechworth Honey for two interactive talks on How to Have a Bee Friendly Garden. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about bees including native bees and what they do. Everyone will discover why bees are in peril and what simple things to do at home to  attract them to…

Free

Chess for Fun

Thomastown Library 52 Main Street, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

Exercise your maths brain with a game of Chess. We have a chess tutor on hand to teach or challenge you. Come and learn some strategies, tips and tricks from our Chess Tutor. All levels welcome. At Thomastown Library we offer chess classes and tournaments throughout the year. We have scheduled our August chess session to…

Free

Game Changes and Change Makers STEM Festival

St Margaret's School St Margaret's Place, Berwick, VIC, Australia

We have Rob Gell as our guest speaker and a panel discussion on sustainability and innovation. We have a STEM Expo involving a number of leading organisations where people can learn about employment opportunities and current innovation in STEM and education. And we will be running 12 workshops in robotics, drones, cyber security, eHealth and…

Free

Hubble Space Telescope Workshop

Clayton Library 9-15 Cooke Street, Clayton

Do you like stars, planets, space and galaxies? Do you want to know what a Hubble Space Telescope is? Join Mustafa, an avid and experienced science communicator for a workshop full of fun, surprises and challenges.

Free

Café Scientifique: Pets, Pots, Pints and Parasites

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

Join us for this National Science Week event and lively café scientifique discussion with researchers from Federation University who will explore peculiarities, the strange beauty and the threats posed by parasites. Beer brewing will also feature with Federation University researchers showing the audience why “brewing” is a combination of art and science. Please book online for this…

Free

You and Your Racist Brain: The Neuroscience of Prejudice

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

In large part, racism stems from the human brain’s tendency to engage in prejudice, a process that allows us to make millisecond judgments based on visual information. These preconceived opinions about other people are instinctual — and they have a basis in neuroscience. Why does the brain do this? Can we use what we know…

Free – $5

Jurassic Park 3D in IMAX

IMAX Melbourne Rathdowne Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

Experience Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park in immersive IMAX 3D to celebrate National Science Week and all things palaeontology with IMAX and Museums Victoria! This special event screening includes an introduction to the film from Museums Victoria’s expert palaeontologist Dr Erich M.G. Fitzgerald (Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology). Hold onto your butts – JURASSIC…

$20

Monash University Parkville Open Day

Monash University Parkville Campus 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, Australia

On Sunday 19 August, Monash Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will open the doors for our inaugural Open Day at our Parkville campus. Hear about our courses, internships, groundbreaking research and to talk to our staff and students firsthand. Featuring live music, food trucks and activities, this is a day to put in the diary. The…

Free

Exciton Science at University of Melbourne Open Day

School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne Masson Road, Parkville, VIC, Australia

Exciton science is a cutting-edge area of science where chemistry, physics and (sometimes) biology meet. It looks at new ways of harnessing light and experiments with how we can make new types of solar cells and protect bank notes with anti-counterfeit light properties that haven’t before been seen. Come along to the University of Melbourne…

Free

Science on Show

Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

Bizarre whales, tiny dinosaurs, fossil insects, and the giants of the Ice Age will appear among the objects of wonder and awe rarely displayed. Museum scientists and special collection items will be on show for this special day. Watch fossil preparators work to excavate fragile bones and teeth, and learn how museum experts preserve fossils…

Free – $15

Skink Link Project Planting

Scotchmans Creek Raymond Court, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia

Help plant 800 indigenous plants to create habitat for the water skink along Scotchmans Creek About this Event Be part of the Skink Link Project. We'll be planting the first 800 plants to create habitat for the Water Skinks. Find out more about this exciting project and the important role you can play in bringing…

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