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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Urinotron
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaSandra and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian (France) and Professor Peter Scales (Australia) Are you flushing a valuable wee-source? Urinotron is a large-scale installation that takes our organic waste (urine) and transforms it into power for your mobile phone, before recycling it…
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Plastivore
Macfarland Court The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaArtist Oliver Kellhammer’s work allows you to watch the mealworms as they dine on polystyrene. Oliver Kellhammer (United States of America) Do solutions to our recycling crisis exist in…
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DISPOSABLE
The University of Melbourne Parkville, 3010Science Gallery Melbourne’s pop-up program DISPOSABLE will highlight experimental and creative ways to tackle our ever growing excess of waste. DISPOSABLE locations will include The University of Melbourne’s Parkville and…
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