Events List

We’re hosting a Brain Break morning tea with scrumptious morsels of science goodness to celebrate science achievement and endeavour. Join us for a science themed quiz and a cuppa.

Do we really understand fat? Artists Arne Hendriks and Mike Thompson invite you to join them at Testing Grounds to build Australia’s first purpose-built island of fat, and to ask – What is fat? What does it want? What is fat’s future? And do we really know fat? In November 2017, the 130-tonne ‘Monster of…

An exciting session where participants will get to explore with slime and create colour changing putty.

You are invited to Fitzroy North Library for an unforgettable STEAMship voyage to explore, expand upon, and inform the STEM challenges the world currently faces within all societies and for individuals just like you. Our illustrious all-female expert panel will engage you on an odyssey into the role of Artistic Creation in STEM, how Art…

A fun filled bubble making workshop where participants will experiment with a variety of bubble making techniques.

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…

For so long, our own waste has been a topic of embarrassment and shame. But we need to break down the taboo of poo! SH*T HAPPENS will see poets and scientists come together to celebrate our sewage, bringing excitement to our excrement and all the other wonderful creations our bodies work hard to produce. Spontaneous…

Spoiler: we really do have gut feelings. Food is something we find ourselves always thinking about and there’s a good reason for that. We have a ‘second brain’ in our gut that regulates the digestion and movement of our food from one end of the gastrointestinal tract to the other. Our gut brain and main…

This special one day course will teach the essential skills and strategies needed 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…

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…

Is a show that demonstrates phase changes, expansion, contraction, basic cell theory, air pressure and the weather. Featured experiments include lid launcher, ball smasher, liquid nitrogen sprinkler, frozen bubbles, fog breath, cool lasers, cooling circuits and levitating magnets. The shows allow up to 60 children through demostration to find out how: Solids, liquids and gases…

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…

Every day, scientists in the field balance the excitement and danger of collecting data from some of the wildest and most hostile environments on the planet in the pursuit of knowledge. For the Victorian launch of National Science Week, we're bringing together a dream team of science adventurers to share their journeys and discoveries! Join us at the Melbourne Museum, and explore the science galleries after the talks.

This introductory course in National Science Week will cover the basic 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. Basic training will be provided in preparing articles, features and illustrative material for many outlets, including in-house, local and…

Do you have what it takes to be a LEGO Legend? Can you build LEGO creations with speed, colour and imagination? Can you work as a team? Then come along to our inaugural LEGO Legend Challenge. Note: You will be required to work in teams of two. We can match you up with someone on…

Celebrate National Science Week with a BANG! Join the Scientwists for this fun and creative show demonstrating all things TwistED science. There’ll be plenty of hands-on opportunities for willing participants and heaps to see and wonder about.

Fizzics – Liquid Nitrogen Show – is an event hosted by Fizzics Education. The show demonstrates phase changes, expansion, contraction, basic cell theory, air pressure, and the weather. Featured experiments include lid launcher, ball smasher, liquid nitrogen sprinkler, frozen bubbles, fog breath, cool lasers, cooling circuits and levitating magnets. The shows allow up to 60…

Join Dr John Rafferty, Lecturer in Environmental Education from Charles Sturt University to learn about frogs and their importance to the environment. Dr Rafferty will also be discussing the Australian Museum’s Citizen Science project FrogID, local frog species and what we can all do to help frogs. This talk is for people of all ages…

Students will have a roaring great time as they learn about dinosaurs in this hands-on science workshop designed to look at palaeontology in a realistic way. Check out life-size replica of the Velociraptor dinosaur skull and come face to face with a T-Rex! Work like a real palaeontologist; dig out and analyse the specimens found…

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.

Augment your reality. AI, bionics and smart devices are here to extend and enhance your senses. So what are the possible futures of human perception? At this event combining performance, storytelling, and experimentation, make sense of the world of the senses, and find the limits to your own.

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…

In the past few decades, rapid progress in technology has led to a complete change in our view of the Universe. In the next few decades, this will change even more as we become an inter-planetary species. Dr Brad Tucker will talk about some of these discoveries, from planets around other stars, to exploring the…

How is the Moon connected to the ocean? Through tides! Discover how tides work and how they influence the plants and animals that call the ocean home by visiting the Queenscliff Marine Station Community Day during National Science Week. Visitors can chat with a marine science expert from Deakin University and the Victorian Fisheries Authority and…

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…

2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of chemical elements. The Royal Australian Chemical Institute warmly invites you to join us to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table 2019 at our IYPT Expo. Did you know we need 75 elements to make a smartphone? At the IYPT you will be able…

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…

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…

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…