The year is 2025, in Melbourne, Coffee Capital of the World. The Space Agency managing Australia’s new international space station assembles a panel of scientists and coffee professionals to design a coffee-making process for space-travelling coffee connoisseurs. Coffee-making in space, however, is a challenging proposition. How do you grind the coffee without coffee grounds flying…
The year is 2025, in Melbourne, Coffee Capital of the World. The Space Agency managing Australia’s new international space station assembles a panel of scientists and coffee professionals to design a coffee-making process for space-travelling coffee connoisseurs. Coffee-making in space, however, is a challenging proposition. How do you grind the coffee without coffee grounds flying…
Discovery is ready to launch into National Science Week 2019 with Fly To The Moon. A fun filled night of hands-on science, space exploration and of course we have to kick it all off with a BANG! Get ready for an action packed night! Fly to the Moon will be a fun filled night of…
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…
IMAX Melbourne invites you to celebrate National Science Week and all things space exploration with a special event screening of APOLLO 11, featuring an introduction and Q&A with astronomer and science communicator Prof Alan Duffy. Saturday August 10 @ 6.45pm Presented in fully immersive IMAX 4K Digital This critically acclaimed documentary features restored never-before-seen film footage…
Care for a spot of frog calling, water bug identification, bird watching, or koala spotting? Meet NASA Scientist Dr Darlene Lim to learn about life in extreme Earth habitats and beyond! The Science in the Park event at the Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve in Somers, will be the focus of free science activities on the Mornington…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Come and experience an amazing Virtual Reality tour of Mars. You will wear the Oculus Go headset to view the crystal clear optics and state-of-the-art 3D graphics, making it feel more like a personal theatre. Hello Mars highlights: all 3D data & landing procedures of Hello Mars were created strictly based on NASA’s public data…
Felicity Spear, in her exhibition Umwelten – eco-fields and other universes, has created circular paintings on wood, encircled by profiles of the human skull. They are speculations about the possibilities for other habitats or other universes beyond our sensorium at either a micro or macro level. In 1909, the biologist Jakob von Uexküll introduced the…
A one hour radio programme highlighting Australian space science. Broadcasting at 7-8pm, 14 August on Southern FM (88.3 MHz) in Melbourne and live stream, and also available for a week afterwards.
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…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into the latest gravitational wave research, and explore the Universe—all without leaving town. Science communicators and researchers Associate Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen return…
Catch the latest news in black holes with Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen with live Q&A. Download the app and explore the universe. Realise the power of stars, delve into the latest gravitational wave research, and explore the Universe—all without leaving town. Science communicators and researchers Associate Professor Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen return…
Enjoy the mobile dome experience. Come and watch movies on astronomy and the Earth projected across the dome.pl