The Beaker Street Festival Hub at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a pop-up science bar, a parlour of curiosities, an inn for inquiring minds. Here, at the bustling Festival centre, you’ll find live music, zoological oddities, photographic inspiration, amiable wandering scientists, seriously good food and drink, and such a bounty of distractions that…
Topic: Health and Medical
Big Bang Science Workshop: DNA Extraction
Why do you look and behave the way you do? All living organisms contain DNA, which is a molecular code within their cells for everything needed for life and reproduction. In this workshop we extract and physically see the DNA of various fruits and explore how genetic traits are inherited. Children’s Discovery creates opportunities for…
Bite of Science at CDU Open Day
This year Inspired NT is partnering with Power and Water, Charles Darwin University, and Larrikin Interactive to bring you the biggest and best Bite of Science yet. Bite of Science is a free family-fun day of activities and experiences for all, where the exciting world of science in the NT will be showcased by schools,…
KIOSC Science Communication Conference
The Knox Innovation, Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC) based at Swinburne’s Wantirna campus provides STEM-based experiences to schools from all over Victoria. In 2022 KIOSC is celebrating 10 years of innovative STEM education. In honour of National Science Week, the Science Communication Conference is planned to be held on 18 August for students from Knox…
Science.Art.Film: Blade Runner
Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut + Discussion 1982 | M | 116 mins | DCP | US | D: Ridley Scott What is in a memory? Why do we feel emotions? How do they relate to our sense of identity, self, and responsibility? Blade Runner (1982) encourages us to reflect on how these questions on…
Tasmanian National Science Week Launch
Join the Minister for Science and Technology for the launch of the Tasmanian National Science Week
Science After Dark
Science After Dark is a science fair run at the Museum of the Goldfields each year over National Science Week. The event showcases what mining companies, the council and other organisations in the region are doing. The objective of this program is to encourage an interest in science among the public and encourage children to be…
The Big Bloody Experiment
It’s something we all have, but do you know what’s in your blood and how it works. Dr Rob teams up with the Red Cross Lifeblood team to explore kids’ fascinations with scabs, bruises and wounds. Part special effects workshop, part science experimenting but one bloody good time! The Big Bloody Experiment is a great way…
Broome Festival of STEM
We are very excited to announce that Telethon Kids Institute is bringing the inaugural Festival of STEM to Broome in August to celebrate National Science Week. There will be two parts to the festival with a schools festival during the day and a community festival in afternoon. The festival will take place at the Broome…
Spotlight on Science
How do you become a penguin warden? Do mangroves and saltmarshes really benefit human society? What is the future of radiation therapy in low-income countries? Why is biodiversity important? Join us at Hornsby Library to celebrate National Science Week and tackle some of the big questions. You’ll hear from a panel of four working scientists…