To celebrate National Eucalypt Day in 2018, the Royal Society of Victoria and Eucalypt Australia are offering a wonderful opportunity to explore the beautiful Brisbane Ranges National Park to the west of Melbourne with botanist, geologist and author of the iconic "Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia," Leon Costermans. Setting out by bus from…
Write a poem about your chosen scientist for a Science Hall of Fame on the Science Rhymes website. Submit your rhyming verse poem by 31 July. Choose a scientist or science discovery you think is worthy of hanging in a Science Hall of Fame, then write a rhyming verse poem on your chosen subject. By…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people developed a number of practical ways to observe the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets to inform navigation, calendars, predict weather, and inform Law and social structure. This knowledge contains a significant scientific component, which is encoded in oral traditions and material culture. This talk will explore the many ways…
Are you a writer in Years 7-10? Want to win great prizes? Write a short essay on ‘Technology and Tomorrow’ and you could win a fantastic set of prizes, including publication in Australia’s top science magazines, a $500 UNSW Bookshop voucher, a subscription to the Australian Book Review and a trip to the Bragg Prize…
This competition challenges participants to write computer programs that take any text as input, and generate sheet music that can be performed by an a cappella vocal quartet.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people developed a number of practical ways to observe the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets to inform navigation, calendars, predict weather, and inform Law and social structure. This knowledge contains a significant scientific component, which is encoded in oral traditions and material culture. This talk will explore the many ways…
The Ballarat STEM Network invites you to hear from Dr Stephen Poropat, Research Associate at The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology on “Our Mesozoic Menagerie: Australia’s Dinosaurs”. Palaeontologist Dr Stephen Poropat has been digging up Australian dinosaur fossils since 2004, and will share his latest exciting…
Go on a journey through genomic and epigenetic research to learn how sex chromosomes work in all vertebrate animals, how they evolved, and about the decline of the human Y chromosome.
Join us on a tour of Australia's largest and most successful scientific user facility, the Australian Synchrotron at Clayton.
THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT! Thank you so much for supporting this event, we’re now at absolute capacity. Due to the overwhelming demand we are planning another similar event in the near future. Discovery loves dinosaurs! Come join us for a night of Dinosaur fun and facts with the Discovery Team and…
Are you a passionate teacher interested in promoting creative problem solving thinkers with a scientific view of the world? Or are you a student ready to tackle complex, real world questions? Then get ready Player 1, because the 2018 Education Perfect + ASTA STEM Challenge is for you! The Education Perfect + ASTA STEM Challenge…
