Winton Wetlands Science Forum - connecting people with nature
2019-08-15 09:00 - 2019-08-16 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Mokoan Hub & Cafe, 652 Lake Mokoan Road, Chesney Vale, VIC, Australia
Talks and workshops examining the role of nature and ecosystem restoration in providing opportunities for connection with nature, such as walking, canoeing or cycling in nature, volunteering in restoration projects and citizen science their impacts on well-being, health and mental health.
The annual Science Forum is a two-day interactive restoration event held at the Mokoan Hub & Café, Winton Wetlands. The reception dinner will be held at the Benalla Art Gallery.
The Forum will offer an excellent opportunity to hear speakers from a range of organisations and provide a platform for people to speak about their own projects, nominate their own selection of speakers and get involved in new activities.

Inclusive Maker Workshops
2019-08-15 09:00 - 2019-08-16 17:00 | Monash University, Room G09, 16 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
Dr Kirsten Ellis will be running maker workshops that are accessible to all, giving people living with disability the opportunity to be creative in a safe space at Monash’s Clayton and Peninsula campuses.
Options for the workshops include making a badge that will light up or even vibrate, making a musical instrument, painting by remote control and much more. The more adventurous will also be able to try interactive design and programming activities.
Dr Ellis and her collaborators are working with disability groups to design and deliver the workshops. However, if you are interested in taking part, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Living wonders from the forest to the deep sea
2019-08-15 10:30 - 12:30 | Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
This morning seminar will present museum scientists’ recent discoveries and will illustrate how complex patterns in sound, colour, shape and genetics can now be used to understand natural diversity.
As well as sharing the wonder that researchers feel when they make new discoveries, the presentations will show how collaborations, new technology and citizen science are vital to current research efforts.
Seminar participants will have time for discussion over morning tea.
Speakers

Dr Jo Sumner: Conserving Victoria’s dragon diversity – new species on the brink of extinction
Peter Marriott and Marilyn Hewish: Patterns on the wing – what moth biodiversity in the Otways tells us about environmental change
Dr Robin Wilson: How citizen scientists are uncovering hidden marine biodiversity
Dr Karen Rowe: The power of sound recordings in understanding bird dynamics

Save the Bees
2019-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Rosebud Library, McDowell Street, Rosebud, VIC, Australia
Come and hear about the importance of Bees in our world. Founder of Save the Bees Australia – Bee The Cure, Simon Mulvany is an ex ranger, gardener and beekeeper who has made it his mission to educate people about the plight of the precious pollinators, both indigenous and introduced.
Bees have been humanities greatest companion for the last 10 000 years. Bees share the same taste as us being attracted to the perfumes and flowers that we are. As plants don’t have legs they enlisted bees to do the pollination through beauty and fragrance. Modern farming practices are stressing bees and the world is seeing major collapses in honeybee populations. If bees thrive so does the human race. Through pollination bees provide food for humanity.

Sustainable Living Talk
2019-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries, Vancouver Street, Mornington, VIC, 3931, Australia
This Talk will focus on sustainable building and renovating of homes. Our Speaker Matthew Baker is widely experienced in this field and will also discuss the Your Home guide.
Your Home is your guide to building, buying or renovating a home. It shows how to create a comfortable home with low impact on the environment – economical to run, healthier to live in and adaptable to your changing needs.

Northern Bay College STEAM Expo
2019-08-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Northern Bay College, 57 Tallis Street, Norlane, VIC, Australia
Northern Bay College’s annual STEAM expo celebrates National Science Week.
The expo will showcase student learning from across the five campuses of the school, focusing on the work completed in STEAM-related subjects in Years 6 – 10, including ccience, STEAM, engineering and digital technologies.
A series of centrepiece expo events will also excite the young and young-at-heart. The headline attraction is the expanded cross-college Battlebots tournament, with the final battles and 3D-printed trophy presentations. This will be supported by rockets, 3D-printing displays, vortex cannons, ‘fake a moon landing’ green screen photo opportunities and much more.
All Northern Bay College, Corio and Norlane community members are encouraged to attend the open session of the STEAM Expo and experience the rich learning and opportunities that STEAM can offer students.

STEM Fair @ Sam Merrifield Library
2019-08-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Sam Merrifield Library, 762 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
Build, play and explore. Get hands-on with engineering, robotics and more. Make a UV kid and slime to take home.
Want to try robotics? Build a tower or a castle with planks? Explore UV light with amazing colour-changing beads! To celebrate National Science Week, come to the STEM Fair to explore a range of activities in this hands-on session. Make some slime and a UV kid to take home

Super Science with Labcoat Learning
2019-08-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Deer Park Library, 4 Neale Road, Deer Park, VIC, 3023, Australia
Participate in a variety of chemistry experiments including dry ice, giant bubbles, slime and more.

SEAing the Unseen: microbial corrosion in the marine environment
2019-08-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Geelong West Library, 153A Pakington Street, Geelong West, VIC, Australia
Join us for a special presentation with Dr Melanie Thompson. Be the first to see the amazing STEM sculpture created from the metals used in the CSIRO’s STEM Professionals in schools program.
Learn about Dr Melanie Thompson’s microbial corrosion project conducted with the students from Sacred Heart College, Geelong, as part of CSIRO’s STEM Professionals in schools program supported by Viva Energy.
Hear about how this unique STEM artwork came about during the ‘SEAing the Unseen’ presentation, see the amazing sculpture in the flesh at Geelong West Library, and learn about the wonderful world of microbial corrosion and how it effects our marine environments.
This sculpture will remain on display at Geelong West Library until September.

Recipe for Disaster
2019-08-15 18:00 - 19:30 | South Lawn Carpark, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Do you take food for granted? Recipe for Disaster, an interactive performative dinner experiment in the iconic ‘Mad Max’ South Lawn Car Park, which will compel you to consider this question closely.
Food has the capacity to bring us together. It’s familiar, relational and cultural. In times of conflict and scarcity, it also has the capacity to tear us apart. How food secure are you?
In a world with increasing ecological degradation and greater disparities between the rich and poor, food security is of increasing global concern…a food fight to avoid. In Australia we are distracted, choking and bloated on misinformation and choice about food, which in itself is a recipe for ruin.
Recipe for Disaster is an interactive performative dinner experiment in the iconic ‘Mad Max’ South Lawn Car Park. This meal will not be your conventional sit-down hoity-toity dinner, nor is it dystopian in its approach. Instead, it will be a mash-up of food courses, movements and provocations from four food experts – a speculative journey and ‘palaver’ into the future to explore how our myths, anxieties, pleasures, conveniences and comforts around food and diets in the context of a climate/everything change future. This is not catering. Food will be experienced, and expectations may be disrupted and/or savoured.
NOTE to participants: Due to the nature of the experiment, food allergies can be catered to with advanced notice, but unfortunately not food preferences.

Tech Tinker for adults
2019-08-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Newport Community Hub, 13 Mason Street, Newport, VIC, 3015, Australia
Always wanted to have a play with creative technology, but don’t know where to start? Come along to our Creative Technologies play session for adult learners and get up close and personal with robotics, coding, Virtual Reality, 3D printing, Ozobots, LEGO Mindstorms, Mbots, Makey Makey, Airdrone, Arduino and more!
This session is suitable for adults aged 18+. No prior experience is necessary.

Saving Species with Citizen Science
2019-08-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Monash Tech School, 44 Drummond Street, Chadstone, VIC, 3148, Australia
Anyone can contribute to science, regardless of their age or experience.
Join BioQuisitive and Science For All at Monash Tech School for this hands on workshop about how everyday citizens are working to protect critically endangered species using DNA and other advanced technologies.
Science For All and BioQuisitive are currently monitoring three endangered species, one of which is the Leadbeater Possum, the focus of this workshop. Using a variety of different technologies, they’re training members of the public to work like a forensics team; going out into the field, collecting samples, and using their mobile lab to analyse the results. Working with partners such as the Australian National University, they’re identifying where these possums live in order to help map out their homes and inform evidence-based policies for protecting these species and their habitats. These technologies include thermal imaging cameras, DNA thermal cyclers, centrifuges, and more.
Observation and data collection is the core of the scientific method. Science for All has values which recognise that knowledge takes many forms – this includes people who are subject area experts, people with traditional, indigenous or local knowledge, and those with big dreams and big ideas. All are welcome to this workshop, no matter how much lab experience you have.

Family Science Games Night - Melbourne
2019-08-15 18:00 - 20:30 | Deakin University, Burwood campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia
Deakin University is hosting three Family Science Games Nights during National Science Week. Come along to an exciting evening playing scienceboard games. Have fun with family and friends and learn some science.
Each Deakin University campus will be hosting a Family Science Games night where families can play a range of science educational board games.
Collect groups of animals in Go Extinct and learn about classification; learn about the body while trying to infect and kill family members in Organ Attack; and build a killer virus with Virulence. A variety of board games suitable from early childhood to adult will be available to play.
Events will be run by Deakin University science education academics and students who are experienced in playing games for learning. Information about resources that enable families to continue play or create science games will be available on the night.
All Family Science Games Nights will run from 6:00 to 8:30pm
Attendance is FREE but spaces are limited so please register through Eventbrite to secure your place.
Final location on campus to be confirmed.

Livestream: Ethics of AI - AI Collaborative Network Panel
2019-08-15 18:00 - 20:30 | Eliiza, Level 2, 452 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most important topics of today. Developments in AI will disrupt the economy and the world in ways not seen since the industrial revolution. As AI continues to permeate every aspect of our lives, we must ask ourselves:

How can we ensure AI is being used for good?
Who is accountable for the decisions made by AI?
What is the responsibility of government, corporations and the general public in shaping the rules of how AI will be created and used?

These are questions that need answering. The Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Network (AICN) will host an entertaining evening which will inform and educate people about the emerging debates in the field of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the impact of AI increases on society it is important for people to be informed about the critical ethical decisions involved when creating applications using AI.
AICN will bring together world-class experts in AI, law, policy and ethics for thought-provoking presentations and a moderated panel session.
Held in Adelaide and live-streamed to the AI community across Australia, this is an event not to be missed! Responsible AI will host this national event in Melbourne by broadcasting the live stream followed by networking with the local AI community.

Changing Science: Celebrating women making a difference in STEMM careers
2019-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Sydney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Changing Science aims to celebrate the research and innovation of women in STEMM with a showcase on their personal and career insights.
Changing Science is a public event hosted by the University of Melbourne’s Women in Science Network and Agilent, as part of Science Festival 2019. Changing Science aims to celebrate the research and innovation of women in STEMM with a showcase on their personal and career insights. This event will explore the different types and stages of careers in science.
This panel discussion will host Dr Irene Gallego Romero, Dr Nahid Chalyavi, Dr Leonie Walsh and Ayesha Ahmed. Hear their stories with the opportunity for a panel Q&A hosted by Michelle Gallaher, Co-Founder and Director at The Social Science and Co-Founder and Creative Director of Women in STEMM Australia.
Join us for networking drinks and finger food after the session.

Young Scientist Research Prizes - 2019 competition & prize ceremony
2019-08-15 18:30 - 21:30 | Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Vic, 3000, Australia
Of our eight finalists, only four will win the first prize of $1,000 for their respective categories, with the runners-up receiving $500.
To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria has established four prestigious competitive prizes open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (Non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Following assessment of applications across the four categories, eight finalists will be selected to present their work to our audience. Of the eight finalists, only four will win the first prize of $1000 for their respective categories.
Each of the short-listed candidates will be required to give a 15 minute oral presentation before a general audience. In addition to the merits of their scientific work, finalists will be judged on their ability to make their work accessible and interesting to an audience uninitiated in their field of endeavour.
Winners will be announced at a special function following the presentations at the Royal Society of Victoria’s Hall.

Author Talk with Professor Peter Doherty
2019-08-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries, Vancouver Street, Mornington, VIC, 3931, Australia
Professor Peter Doherty was awarded Australian of the year in 1997 and is the first person with a Veterinary qualification to win a Nobel Prize. He has authored several books including The Beginners Guide to Winning a Nobel Prize, The Knowledge Wars and the Incidental Tourist.

Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Medicine Prize with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discoveries about transplantation and “killer” T cell-mediated immunity, an understanding that is currently translating into new cancer treatments.
The first veterinarian to win a Nobel, he was Australian of the Year in 1997. Still active in research on immunity to influenza, he commutes between St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis and the Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne, where he now spends most of his professional time.
Apart from his scientific output that can be found on PubMed, he is the author of several “lay” books, including A Light History of Hot Air, The Beginners Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize, Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell us About our Health and our World and Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know.
Passionate about promoting an evidence-based view of reality, his most recent book The Knowledge Wars is a “warts and all” view of science for non-scientists, even for people who don’t like science. It also suggests how any thoughtful citizen can bypass the facile propagandists and probe the scientific evidence for and against some of the big issues, like climate change or GM foods.

They Walk Among Us
2019-08-16 07:00 - 2019-08-24 22:30 | Briars Astronomy Centre and Observatory, 450 Nepean Highway, Mount Martha, VIC, 3934, Australia
They’re right under our noses yet we don’t notice them. Some just listen but others might be transmitting as you read this, perhaps even in code. They might not use the internet or phone to communicate with each other, and they’re often found in backyard shacks.
Have you noticed strange antennae as you walk around your neighbourhood? Should you be afraid?
Well, they’re not quite the aliens of a B-grade 1960s movie, but they are a subculture of intelligent beings that is relatively invisible to most of us.
These are the HAM radio enthusiasts who communicate across the world by high frequency (short wave) radio by bouncing signals off the ionosphere. Some have even been known to bounce them off the Moon.
Radio and astronomy have gone hand-in-hand for a very long time, with Australia home to some of the most impressive radiotelescopes in the world. But there are more humble rigs as well in amateur hands.
For the anniversary of the first Moon walk, the Mornington Peninsula Astronomical Society has been granted the special licence to use the one-off anniversary radio call sign VI3MOON from July 16-24.
To discover more, keep an ear open on the airwaves by visiting our Events page for updates from time to time.
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Body and Senses Storytime - Sydenham Library
2019-08-16 10:30 - 11:30 | Sydenham Library, 1 Station Street, Taylors Lakes, VIC, 3038, Australia
Come and learn about the human body and how your senses work.
A Body and Senses themed preschool story time session where children will learn about the human body and their sense organs. They will be provided with opportunities to experiment with their sense of touch, hearing and vision using musical instruments, sensory feely bag with different textures and bubbles.

Body and Senses Storytime - Deer Park Library
2019-08-16 10:30 - 11:30 | Deer Park Library, 4 Neale Road, Deer Park, VIC, 3023, Australia

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ Kingston Libraries - Clarinda Library
2019-08-16 15:30 - 17:00 | Clarinda Library, 58 Viney Street, Clarinda, VIC, Australia
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 moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible.
No booking required. Please contact the venue for further info.

Come STEM with us
2019-08-16 15:30 - 18:00 | Whittlesea Tech School, 415 Dalton Road, Building N, Melbourne Polytechnic, Epping, VIC, Australia
An afternoon of STE(A)M showcase and interactive activities for girls, women and non-binary people of Melbourne’s north.
This National Science Week, Whittlesea Tech School is opening its doors to girls, women and non-binary people of northern Melbourne for an afternoon of STE(A)M celebration.
This free community event will include interactive activities and a marketplace showcasing local innovative science, technology, engineering, art and maths businesses and community organisations. There will be freebies to takeaway, including the opportunity to use the latest tech to make your own jewellery.
All those who identify as women or non-binary of any age are welcome. Bring your mum, bring your kids, bring your friend, or come along and make some new friends. This event is for those who are already interested in STE(A)M and for those who want to know more.
Afternoon tea provided. Registration essential.

Learn how science works with Might Maggots
2019-08-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Leopold Library, 31-39 Kensington Road, Leopold, VIC, Australia
Become a mini-scientist in this hands-on workshop. Children will experiment with maggots to form and test a hypothesis before making some incredible maggot artwork with Dr Melanie Thompson.
During the session, participants will learn how to develop and test a hypothesis using our Mighty Maggots and a selection of foods. Participants will be asked to hypothesise or ‘guess’ which of the three prospective food choices the Mighty Maggots would like the best.
Children are then given a plate of food and three maggots to start their experiment. The results are then recorded and compared to the original hypotheses. Who was right? Which maggots were fastest?
Participants will then use food dye, maggots and blotting paper to create their very own piece of marvellous Mighty Maggot art to take home.
Please note- no maggots are harmed during this program and all safety measures are followed.

STEM Fair @ Ascot Vale Library
2019-08-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Ascot Vale Library, 165 Union Road, Ascot Vale, VIC, Australia
Build, play and explore. Get hands-on with engineering, robotics and more. Make a UV kid and slime to take home.
Want to try robotics? Build a tower or a castle with planks? Explore UV light with amazing colour-changing beads! To celebrate National Science Week, come to the STEM Fair to explore a range of activities in this hands-on session. Make some slime and a UV kid to take home.

Bringing STEM to the community: Prof Veena Sahajwalla - Scientist, Engineer, Inventor
2019-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Quantum Victoria, 235 Kingsbury Drive, Macleod, VIC, Australia
Quantum Victoria and the Royal Society of Victoria are delighted to invite you to celebrate National Science Week with a presentation by ARC Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla – Materials Scientist, Engineer and Inventor.
Veena is revolutionising recycling science and is renowned for pioneering the high temperature transformation of waste in the production of a new generation of ‘green materials.’
In 2018 Veena launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory.
As the founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, she is producing a new generation of green materials and products made entirely, or primarily, from waste. Veena also heads the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for ‘green manufacturing’, a leading national research centre that works in collaboration with industry to ensure new recycling science is translated into real world environmental and economic benefits.
In 2016, Veena was named one of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers and in 2015, Veena named Australia’s 100 Most Influential Engineers, both by Engineers Australia.
Program
5.15 pm – 5.45 pm: Arrival and light refreshments and finger food – Gallery
5.45 pm – 6pm: Welcome by Director of Quantum Victoria, Ms Soula Bennett – Quantum Victoria Theatre
6pm – 7pm: Presentation by Prof Veena Sahajwalla – Quantum Victoria Theatre
7pm: Conclusion
We look forward to seeing you there.

Inventing Tomorrow: Movie Screening
2019-08-16 18:00 - 20:30 | The Corner Youth Centre, 91 Wilsons Road, Mornington, VIC, Australia
Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats – found right in their own backyards – while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
To reserve a seat please cal Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services on 03 5975 3114. Hurry places limited.

MACHINE World Premiere Screening at Melbourne International Film Festival
2019-08-16 18:00 - 2019-08-18 21:00 | Cinema 6, Hoyts Melbourne Central, Cnr Swanston and LaTrobe Streets, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The world premiere of MACHINE screening at Melbourne International Film Festival.
MACHINE is an exploration of identity, creativity, and humanity, as we grapple with Artificial Intelligence and our place in a world where MACHINES appear to be smarter than humans.
Post screening there will be a Q&A with leading artificial intelligence scientist Professor Toby Walsh.

Curious Kids' Night - It's all about STEAM
2019-08-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Coburg Library, Cnr Victoria and Louisa Streets, Coburg, VIC, Australia
A fun and engaging program to introduce young children and their families to the different aspects of STEAM. Exploring different streams of science with a variety of resources and materials. We want children to investigate the resources available on the night, develop an idea, design, build and then have fun with their families as they interact with their creation. Our event would be focussed on children and their families, in particular fathers, as they are not the traditional visitors to the library for regular children’s events.
The key elements of event would be electronics and engineering.
Electronics – done by using squishy circuits which uses playdough as a circuit medium. This challenge will also involve the arts as children use their imagination to create a playdough structure to make a circuit.
Engineering – This activity will be accessible to all age groups through the use of kickbricks for younger children and Planks for other children. Both these resources are age appropriate ways of allowing children to explore engineering by building. Challenges for children will be organised to encorgae them to work both on their own and collaboratively across the group.
Robotics – using existing sphero robots to learn simple programming and participate in some robotic challenges.

Aboriginal Astronomy
2019-08-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Ballarat Library, 178 Doveton St N, Ballarat, Victoria, 3353, Australia
Astrophysics student and Kamilaroi woman, Krystal De Napoli shares how Indigenous Australians encode scientific information in their traditions and how this knowledge is passed to successive generations.
Features videos of dances, songs and interviews with elders.

Harry Potter Science Trivia Night
2019-08-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, 249-251 Faraday Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia
Is it magic or science? Discuss the latest science discoveries and test your Harry Potter knowledge as part of National Science Week. Chemical reactions or potions? Time travel or Einstein? Black holes, gravitational waves and virtual reality, or enchantment? Bring your team (up to six) and expelliarmus the competition.
For witches and wizards aged 15 and up (frightening moments, creature violence and mild language). Wear your robes or costumes for some magical prizes. Refreshments available. Bookings required.
Thanks to Kathleen Syme Library Young Adult Services Librarian and OzGrav – ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravtiational Wave Discovery.
