Take a tour of the invisible Universe. We will provide everyone with a SciVR headset to take them out of this world to the world of colliding black holes and microscopic wonders. Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe through ripples…
Take a tour of the invisible Universe. We will provide everyone with a SciVR headset to take them out of this world to the world of colliding black holes and microscopic wonders. Join Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen to discover how Australian scientists are leading the way in probing the Universe through ripples…
Explore the Universe with ground-breaking Virtual Reality technology.
The Education Perfect Science Championships 2018 is an exciting global online competition where students compete to earn points and prizes by learning engaging and thought-provoking Science content! Join over 300 000 students from 1000 schools in the most exciting science competition on the face of the planet! One lucky student will be going to Space…
Can’t make it to the National Portrait Gallery to celebrate National Science Week? Let us come to you on one of our virtual excursions. Explore some of the change makers in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Spend time with one of our live Learning Facilitators and meet some of the scientists, activists and…
Kangaroo Flat Library (Goldfields Libraries) is excited to announce that for National Science Week from the 13 – 21 August we are presenting “Eggs Alive!” Goldfields Libraries is a successful SEED grant winner and would like to share this whole experiment with the community. With the money from the SEED grant, Kangaroo Flat Library was…
People speculated about the existence of planets orbiting other Suns for hundreds if not thousands of years before they were finally confirmed. That gap left a lot of time for science fiction writers to invent their own words – mysterious planets with exotic landscapes, orbiting alien star systems. When our technology finally caught up with…
This year’s Lunchtime Carnival will feature science shows, hands-on science activities and demonstrations to entice the mind and excite the taste buds. The Science Students’ Society will be preparing a BBQ and the Faculty of Science will be making popcorn and fairy floss. With over 10 interactive stalls showcasing the breadth of science and research…
What is magnetic and what is not? Will your toy slide or roll? Can you make a collection? Collect, sort, classify! Come and join us for a series of cool experiments at the Clayton Library. Clayton Public Library Service is organising an enjoyable event for children aged between 3 to 5 years old. Families, kindergartens,…
Interested in Chemistry? Have questions? What about attending a lunchtime panel discussion with women staff and post graduate students in Chemistry and hear about their experiences in achieving a career and post graduate studies in Chemistry? See the full list of events for Science Festival.
The course will teach the essential skills and strategies needed to convey the fruits of scientific research to the media, government, research-funding bodies and the public. Among other things, the comprehensive course will cover fundamental principles and “rules of the science-writing game”, thus equipping researchers and managers with the confidence and media savvy required to project…
Established in 1887, the Tiegs Zoology Museum is Australia’s oldest university museum of zoology. Its collection, accumulated over 120 years, has specimens dating from the late 19th century to the present representing the whole animal kingdom, including an African lion and a moa (an extinct emu-like bird from New Zealand). Visitors will be able to browse the…
