Inspiring Victoria

Space Explorer Green Screen
2019-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Thomastown Library, 52 Main Street, Thomastown, VIC, 3074, Australia
Learn how to use green screen technology to put yourself in space! Learn how green screen works technology works, get tips on selecting a great background, and then create a composite photo of yourself with a space background.
For ages 8+. Bookings essential.

Create your own portable speaker
2019-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Deer Park Library, 4 Neale Road, Deer Park, VIC, 3023, Australia
Explore the physics of sound and try some DIY electronics to create a portable speaker to take home.

Twisted Science presents BUBBLEMANIA
2019-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Emerald Library, 400B Belgrave-Gembrook Road, Emerald, VIC, Australia
So much science to learn with bubbles! Can they be square? Find out with your own bubbleator and bubble sculpting challenges.

Up close bushland animal experience - STEAM
2019-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Boronia Library, Park Crescent, Boronia, VIC, 3155, Australia
Come along to this interactive hands on experience with some of Australia’s unique wildlife – up close and personal. We’ll learn about ecosystems, adaptation and the impact of humans on the environment.
Some of the animals that may attend (not all will be present!) include: spiny leaf stick insects, Flinders Range scorpions, green tree frogs, blue tongue lizards, olive pythons, fresh water crocodile, tawny frogmouth, golden brushtail possum, eastern grey kangaroo and more.
Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

STEM FAIR @ Niddrie Library
2019-08-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Niddrie Library, 482 Keilor Road, Niddrie, 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.

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ Wimmera Regional Library
2019-08-13 15:30 - 17:30 | Wimmera Regional Library, 5 Clarence Street, Nhill, VIC, Australia
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.
Booking required. Please contact the venue for booking details.

Fizzle and Pop Science Show
2019-08-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Hastings Library, 7 High Street, Hastings, VIC, Australia
The Fizzle and Pop Show is full of the magic of science with fun, creative demonstrations.
With plenty of hands-on opportunities for willing participants and heaps to see and wonder about, the audience is always fully engaged with our Scientwist presenters throughout.

Learn Languages Online
2019-08-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Did you know there are a number of fantastic ways to learn languages online? Whether you are a complete beginner or a fluent speaker, we can help you find the best ways to do so online and also suggest some paths for further learning. Bookings essential.

Science Movie Time
2019-08-13 14:00 - 2019-08-16 14:00 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries, Vancouver Street, Mornington, VIC, 3931, Australia
Films about Space: recommended for everyone fascinated by the universe and our place in it.
During National Science Week at Peninsula Libraries we will be screening a variety of science films from SCINEMA.
SCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere, showcasing the best science feature, short, documentary, animated and experimental films from filmmakers around the world.

Lunar Planting
2019-08-13 13:00 - 13:30 | Balmoral K-12 Community College, Harrow Road, Balmoral, VIC, Australia
After ‘Together Tuesday Lunch, Lunar Lunch’ on Tuesday 13 August our entire school will plant seedlings and seeds in all of the vegetable gardens within the school grounds. We will monitor the growth and make food to share when harvested.

Planting by the Moon. A fun session of gardening including our Kinder to Year 12 students, testing planting by the lunar calender. We have three seperate vegetable gardens on our grounds, allowing for a fun competition of ‘who can grow the most’, including our Kinder, Junior school and Senior school, and interested community members and school families.

Mission Mars: Adventures on Earth - VIP Lunch and Talk
2019-08-13 10:00 - 14:30 | Warragul Regional College, Archibald Cresent, Warragul, VIC, Australia
International speaker Dr Darlene Lim to visit Warragul.
Join us at this special event to uncover the secrets to exploring other planets, hidden in the least hospitable parts of our own.
Dr Darlene Lim from NASA shares her experiences working under simulated mission conditions in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and underwater where she has piloted submersibles as a scientist and explorer. Only once we have mastered these challenges can we walk among the red dunes of Mars. Includes lunch.

Ticket includes:

Speaking Event at West Gippsland Art Centre at 10.00am; and
VIP Lunch at Warragul Regional College STEM Centre via Archibald Cres Warragul at 1.30pm.

For centuries, the red planet has fired our imaginations; composers, authors, poets and more have all offered their tributes to the bringer of war.
Now, science has brought us to the very cusp of visiting Mars. Getting there, however, is only half of the battle. When humans set foot on Mars, what will they do? How will they explore? How will they survive?
Over the past decade, NASA teams have been working at analogs, destinations on Earth that simulate Mars mission conditions, to build capabilities for human and human-robotic missions to the Moon, into deep space, and on Mars.
In this talk, Dr Darlene Lim, a geobiologist shares her experiences working under simulated mission conditions in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and underwater where she has piloted submersibles as a scientist and explorer.
Two on-going NASA analog programs on which Dr Lim will focus are BASALT (Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains), and SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog). These missions aim to solve a number of unique challenges that are not encountered during typical scientific field expeditions, such as extreme environmental conditions and communication delays. Only once we have mastered these challenges can we walk among the red dunes of Mars.
Funds raised from this event go towards sponsoring students to attend the Mission Discovery Event at University of Melbourne in the September school holidays.
Extra tickets for the presentation at the West Gippsland Art Centre can be obtained online or by phone on 03 5624 2456.

Mission Mars: Adventures on Earth
2019-08-13 10:00 - 11:30 | West Gippsland Arts Centre, Albert Street, Warragul, VIC, Australia
Dr Darlene Lim from NASA shares her experiences working under simulated mission conditions in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and underwater where she has piloted submersibles as a scientist and explorer. Only once we have mastered these challenges can we walk among the red dunes of Mars.
Join us at this special event to uncover the secrets to exploring other planets, hidden in the least hospitable parts of our own. With international guest speaker Dr Darlene Lim from NASA.
For centuries, the red planet has fired our imaginations; composers, authors, poets and more have all offered their tributes to the bringer of war. Now, science has brought us to the very cusp of visiting Mars. Getting there, however, is only half of the battle. When humans set foot on Mars, what will they do? How will they explore? How will they survive?
Over the past decade, NASA teams have been working at analogs, destinations on Earth that simulate Mars mission conditions, to build capabilities for human and human-robotic missions to the Moon, into deep space, and on Mars. In this talk, Dr Darlene Lim shares her experiences working under simulated mission conditions in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and underwater where she has piloted submersibles as a scientist and explorer.
Two on-going NASA analog programs on which Dr Lim will focus are BASALT (Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains), and SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog). These missions aim to solve a number of unique challenges that are not encountered during typical scientific field expeditions, such as extreme environmental conditions and communication delays. Only once we have mastered these challenges can we walk among the red dunes of Mars.
Tickets available online from 1 July.

Innovation & SMES - ideas to reality: business engagement with CRCs
2019-08-13 09:30 - 11:30 | Deloitte Australia, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The engagement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) helps to build a culture of innovation, and therefore increased productivity and global competitiveness through all levels of the Australian industry.
CRCs are engines of innovation for Australia. An initiative of the Australian Government, CRCs bring together the best minds from research and industry to work as a team. Together, and driven by the needs of private, public or community end-users, CRCs turn research results into products, services and technologies and address national priorities within a local and global context.
It is up to a CRC’s participants to decide on the approach which best suits their particular industry or sector. (SMEs) are a major pathway for innovation because of their flexibility in taking up new opportunities; this flexibility can lead to an important role in commercialising or utilising the research outputs of a CRC.
Presenters

Dr Tony Peacock, CEO at CRC Association ‘CRC & CRC-P(Project) Programs’
Cameron van den Dungen, CEO at Sleeptite ‘CRC-P Experience’
Ian Christensen, Managing Director at iMOVE Australia ‘DURING CRC – Collaborating in CRC’
Brett Carter, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Therapeutics CRC ‘AFTER CRC – It’s over, what’s next?’
David Norman, CEO at Future Fuels CRC Ltd ‘BEFORE CRC – Starts with an Idea’

Benefits of CRC Engagement for SMEs

involvement with a CRC can be a cost-effective way to participate in and benefit from research that might otherwise be beyond their reach
increases opportunities to network with key players in the industry and in research institutions
can offer a wider understanding of cutting edge technology/new developments in a particular field
increases opportunities for training and professional development to facilitate the adoption of new processes, new technologies, new management practices
enhances prospects to take market advantage of new developments, improve productivity, competitiveness and access to global supply chains

SMEs as CRC Participants
SMEs are participants in CRCs and engage with CRCs at different levels. In some situations, SME participants have been able to make a significant contribution and commitment to the CRC, in line with the level of engagement of other participants. More commonly, SMEs have been engaged on a smaller scale level, becoming involved with individual projects or for limited periods of time without taking on a major commitment to the broader governance and management of the CRC. SMEs can be research project service providers, research end-users, or a combination of both.
SME Spin-off Companies as CRC Participants
As part of a CRC’s commercialisation and utilisation activities, a company may be created or spun-off from a CRC to commercialise new intellectual property. If this commercialisation process is successful and creates a revenue stream, the spun-off SME company may see value in itself becoming a CRC participant.

Chicken Hatching
2019-08-13 09:00 - 2019-08-22 17:00 | Hastings Library, 7 High Street, Hastings, VIC, Australia
Come to Hastings Library and watch the chicks hatch, meet and have a snuggle with our fluffy new friends. Hastings Library will be home to an incubator with chicks for the duration of National Science Week.
All Story Time Sessions at our Hastings Branch will be ‘Chicken’ themed with an opportunity to interact and snuggle with our fluffy new friends.

Frontiers of Science: Mars and Beyond
2019-08-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Scienceworks, 2 Booker Street, Spotswood, VIC, 3015, Australia
This National Science Week, join NASA exobiologist Dr Darlene Lim for an illuminating experience about science in extreme environments.
Hear about how exploring extreme environments on Earth can give us insights into conditions that human explorers might face on Mars or other planets.
Event includes a special presentation by Dr Darlene Lim, planetarium screening ($5 surcharge), and telescope viewing (weather permitting).
Food and drink available for purchase.

Family Science Games Night - Warrnambool
2019-08-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Deakin University, Princess Highway, Warrnambool
Deakin University is hosting three Family Science Games Night 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 boardgames.
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 science games will be available on the night.
All Family Science Games Nights will run from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.
Attendance is FREE but spaces are limited so please register through Eventbrite to secure your place.

BING, BANG, BOOM - a night of explosive science fun
2019-08-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Smythesdale Recreation Reserve, 55 Heales Street, Smythesdale, VIC, Australia
Join Victoria University’s Professor Science Troupe for a night of Science fun with experiments, audience participation and explosive tricks at the Smythesdale Recreation Reserve.
The Ballarat Municipal Observatory will also be part of the fun, offering a star gazing session after the Professor Science Troupe performance.
Top it all off with a BBQ under the stars provided by the Scarsdale Men’s Shed and you can look forward to an incredibly entertaining night in regional Victoria.

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ Patterson Lakes PS
2019-08-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Patterson Lakes Primary School, Gladesville Boulevard, Patterson Lakes, VIC, 3197, Australia
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.

Destination Moon and Beyond: Fizzies education show
2019-08-12 16:30 - 17:30 | Ballarat Tech School, Building K, 136 Albert Street, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350, Australia
A fun filled visionary show examining the science of moon and space missions.
Ben Z from Fizzies Education will present a fun filled show examining the science required to reach the moon and the space programs that made it all happen. From trajectories and orbits to rocketry and materials science, Ben will examine current and future space programs, operations and missions.

Robotics Workshop with the Brainary
2019-08-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Doveton Library, Autum Place, Doveton, VIC, Australia
Join the Brainiacs at the Brainary who will introduce you to the world of robots including MiRo and Nao.

STEM Fair @ Flemington Library
2019-08-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Flemington Library, 313 Racecourse Road, Flemington, 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.
Please contact library staff in person or call 03 8325 1900 if you require access for a wheelchair or disability scooter before attending an event so that we can ensure appropriate seating is arranged.

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival @ Sydenham Library
2019-08-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Sydenham Library, 1 Station Street, Taylors Lakes, VIC, 3038, 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.

National Science Week Extravaganza
2019-08-12 12:30 - 2019-08-16 13:30 | Taylors Lakes Secondary College, 1-39 Parmelia Drive, Taylors Lakes, VIC, Australia
During National Science Week we will promote science through an extravaganza of multi-disciplinary experiments. Science Week will run each lunchtime with a range of engaging hands-on activities, with demonstrations in Chemistry, Psychology, Biology, Physics and Astronomy (with a dedicated astronomy night). We hope to create a buzz around the school to promote curiosity and increase engagement in science to last beyond this period.
Our dedicated Science team will lend their expertise in their specialist area to run the activities and encourage student participation in a fun and casual manner out of the confines of a classroom setting. Students will be encouraged to predict, explore and explain their findings.

Hello Possum x National Science Week
2019-08-12 11:00 - 2019-08-16 11:30 | Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Australia
Channel your inner scientist as we celebrate National Science Week.
Every Monday to Friday the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery comes alive with adventures and mysteries from the Hello Possums Story Time collection. From the Moon to tiny microbes and everything in between, join us as we explore stories and museum collection items that bring the pages to life.
Dress ups welcome!
Suitable for ages 0–5 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Body and Senses Storytime - St Albans Library
2019-08-12 10:30 - 11:00 | St. Albans Library, 71A Alfrieda Street, St. Albans, VIC, 3021, Australia
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.

Destination Mars
2019-08-12 09:30 - 2019-08-16 14:30 | KIOSC, Building WK, 369 Stud Road, Wantirna, VIC, Australia
Work on Mars in a day-long hands-on learning environment exploring colonisation, robotics and living on Mars using fun and educational technologies including Lego EV3 and virtual reality.
Destination Mars is an engaging one-day program which explores the technologies associated with colonisation, robotics and technologies involved in sending humans to Mars. It comprises three sessions including colonisation and the materials involved in creating safe places for humans to live; the use of robotics on the Martian surface using EV3 robots, and lastly an experience on the Martian planet in virtual reality.

Science-Writing Workshop
2019-08-12 09:00 - 2019-08-13 17:00 | Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
This two-day course in National Science Week (pre-registration essential) will teach scientists, technologists and engineers the essential skills and strategies needed to convey the fruits of their 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 journalism game”, equipping participants with the confidence and media savvy required to project messages clearly and simply.
Hands-on training will be provided in preparing articles, features, media releases and illustrative material for multiple outlets, including in-house, local and international publications and the digital media.
In addition, the sessions will groom participants for science interviews by the print and broadcast media. Legal issues affecting researchers and the media will also be discussed.
Participants completing the course will acquire valuable skills, including those needed to liaise with journalists and prepare successful media releases.
Worked examples, reference materials, background notes and a certificate of completion will be provided.

How to become a freelance science and technology writer
2019-08-11 13:00 - 17:00 | Romsey Community Hub, 96 Main Street, Romsey, VIC, 3434, Australia
This half-day course will teach the essential skills and strategies needed to become a freelance science and technology writer, able 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 messages clearly and simply.

Cost: $40 (group concessions on request). Fee includes reference materials and a one-month follow-up period for advice and assistance on any aspect of the course. Advance bookings essential; no door registrations permitted on the day.

Coffee in Space
2019-08-11 13:00 - 16:00 | The Pavillion Room, Art Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
In a fishbowl-style public forum, research scientists and coffee professional will roleplay how they would roast, grind and extract quality coffee in the extremes of space. In an accompanying hands-on activity, the public tastes and rates coffee prepared using systematically varying particle size distributions, viewed through provided microscopes. The fishbowl is preceded by public lectures by scientists which summarise and extend the science behind coffee.
This event uses the light-hearted premise of making coffee in space to engage the public in the serious science and technology around space travel. The event’s activities emphasise the collaborative nature of scientific problem solving, regional engagement, and Science as a Human Endeavour.

Dr Darlene Lim - NASA Geobiologist
2019-08-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Mornington Peninsula Libraries, Vancouver Street, Mornington, VIC, 3931, Australia
For centuries, the red planet has fired our imaginations; composers, authors, poets and more have all offered their tributes to the bringer of war.
Now, science has brought us to the very cusp of visiting Mars. Getting there, however, is only half of the battle. When humans set foot on Mars, what will they do? How will they explore? How will they survive?
Over the past decade, NASA teams have been working at analogs, destinations on Earth that simulate Mars mission conditions, to build capabilities for human and human-robotic missions to the Moon, into deep space, and on Mars.
In this talk, Dr Darlene Lim shares her experiences working under simulated mission conditions in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and underwater where she has piloted submersibles as a scientist and explorer.
Two on-going NASA analog programs on which Dr Lim will focus are BASALT (Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains), and SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog). These missions aim to solve a number of unique challenges that are not encountered during typical scientific field expeditions, such as extreme environmental conditions and communication delays. Only once we have mastered these challenges can we walk among the red dunes of Mars.
Join us at this special event to uncover the secrets to exploring other planets, hidden in the least hospitable parts of our own.
