Join Ben Z of Fizzics Education as he takes you to Destination Moon and Beyond. Discover the science required to reach the Moon and the space programs that made it all happen. From trajectories & orbits to rocketry & materials science, we’ll look at current and future space programs, operations and missions. Bookings open Friday 26…
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. SCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere showcasing the best in science cinema from around the world. SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the…
LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE is a science sketch comedy presentation focusing on how space programs and lunar science propel us into the future using STEM! In a series of comical skits, professional actor/educators use audience suggestions to create uniquely hilarious scenes educating us about space science. LAUNCH TO THE FUTURE! A STEM Story is…
STEM Workshops: Lego Robotics & Coding, Storytelling with ScratchJr, Makey Makey and Beginners Robotics for Adults. Can you program a robot? Can you wire up tech using everyday objects? Can you tell a story on Scratch? To celebrate National Science Week, Scienceworks is offering a suite of fun robotics and coding workshops on Sunday afternoons…
A jam packed show of big WOW science madness. The show is designed to immerse children in science, it is full of demonstrations and includes some hands on participation. Watch chemicals react in a big way! See impressive colour changes, smell invisible gasses and hear some oh-mighty noises. Learn about the conversion of reactant molecules…
Watch chemicals react in a big way! See impressive colour changes, smell invisible gasses and hear some oh-mighty noises. Learn about the conversion of reactant molecules to products and the energy changes involved, all while watching shooting foam, hissing fire, and cool blue light. Reactive chemistry at its exciting best!
Are you curious about learning how to use Arduino microcontrollers, or experimenting with Raspberry Pi to create projects? Come and try our beginner equipment. If you are booking to use one of our Arduinos, you’ll need to BYO laptop with the free Arduino software installed. Bookings essential.
Bitsy is a free online editor for little games or worlds. Learn how to create your first indie game using this simple yet powerful game engine. BYO, or borrow one of ours. Ages 12+. Bookings essential.
A jam packed 60 minute show of big WOW science madness. There’s giant smoke vortices, levitating beach balls, flying toilet paper, flour fireballs, hair-raising electricity, and lots of learning. We end with FIRE! Learn about the fire triangle, and how flour can burn under the right conditions.
Free fun for school and kinder kids. Demonstrations, hands-on activities and afternoon tea. Build and launch your own mini rocket. A fun and free afternoon of demonstrations, hands-on activities and challenges, some (homemade) rocket launches and an astronomical afternoon tea. Can you put the planets in order? Can you build a Mars rover? Want to…
Learn about using science in your garden to save the planet. Due to climate change our world faces mass extinctions of our smallest animals – insects. So, who cares? Surely, we are better off without flies, mosquitoes, spiders and ugh! bugs. Not so – each tiny insect plays a vital role. Join our Space Science…
Meet our humanoid robot NAO: discover how it’s programmed to think and learn what it can do! Bust a move or two with NAO.
