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In Tasmania, you can become a RoboCup champion!
Schools, State Blogs

In Tasmania, you can become a RoboCup champion!

  • By Tasmania
  • 22 July, 2015

Entries are NOW OPEN for students wishing to enter the Tasmanian RoboCup Junior competition, to be held on Saturday 8 August. You can find more information and register at their website....

Schools: last days to register for Young Tassie Scientists visit
Schools, State Blogs

Schools: last days to register for Young Tassie Scientists visit

  • By Tasmania
  • 22 July, 2015

Boom! Crash! Sploosh! Young Tassie Scientists will be visiting schools all over Tasmania this August to celebrate National Science Week. They bring interactive and entertaining presentations to ...

Galaxy Explorer
Schools, Science Week News

Galaxy Explorer

  • By National Office
  • 22 July, 2015

Calling citizen scientists of Earth! This National Science Week we need you to help classify galaxies far, far away... Take a trip to some of the furthest reaches of our Universe to help ...

Sydney Science festival: a smorgasboard of science
Event holders, Science Week News, State Blogs

Sydney Science festival: a smorgasboard of science

  • By National Office
  • 21 July, 2015

The Sydney Science Festival has just released its inaugural program; and it is astronomical. In venues across Sydney from 13 - 23 August during National Science Week, the Festival program is full ...

Should science be sexy? How can we inspire future scientists?
State Blogs

Should science be sexy? How can we inspire future scientists?

  • By National Office
  • 20 July, 2015

Thursday, 20 August 2015 Queensland Museum, South Bank Do you think science is innately sexy, needs a make-over, or is ‘sexy’ a derogative term for a pursuit of knowledge? Join us during National ...

Can you Sci-ku?
Science Week News

Can you Sci-ku?

  • By National Office
  • 7 July, 2015

Can you Sci-ku? Get involved in the RiAus Sci-ku competition for a unique blend of science and poetry and have the chance to win some great prizes. This year the theme is LIGHT, recognising the ...

Successful Queensland National Science Week Grants, 2015
Event holders, Grant Information, Science Week News, State Blogs

Successful Queensland National Science Week Grants, 2015

  • By National Office
  • 30 June, 2015

The Queensland National Science Week Committee received a greatly increased number of applications for the 2015 Queensland Grant Rounds, with nine successful applicants recently informed of their ...

The Future-Makers: Zero Carbon Canberra Workshops
Schools, State Blogs

The Future-Makers: Zero Carbon Canberra Workshops

  • By National Office
  • 17 June, 2015

'The Future-Makers' is a local scale model building project visualising how the sciences of climate and light will continue to powerfully combine to reshape Canberra's energy profile over the ...

Feeling the effects of the East Australian Current on Tasmania
State Blogs, Talk / Lecture

Feeling the effects of the East Australian Current on Tasmania

  • By Tasmania
  • 1 June, 2015

The Hobart Centre of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society is running a free public lecture and forum in association with the Australian Marine Sciences Association and the ...

Science resource eBook and poster
Schools, Science Week News

Science resource eBook and poster

  • By National Office
  • 28 May, 2015

The Making waves: the science of light resource online eBook is now available. You can also download the matching poster that was posted to all schools in May.