Grab your popcorn and snuggle into the couch for a free screening of the SCINEMA international science film festival. SCINEMA provides a platform on which filmmakers -professional, amateur and student – can showcase their science films, from dramas to documentaries. By signing up here, you’ll receive access to a range of specially-curated film programs for…
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Brain Break registrations open
National Science Week’s iconic Brain Break program is back for 2026. Brain Breaks offer activities that can be done easily in schools and workplaces during morning tea… think Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, but science themed! Over 150,000 Australians participated in Brain Breaks in 2025. After collecting feedback, we’ve decided to expand the program this year,…
Get your entries into the SCINEMA Film Festival
Calling budding film makers… there’s one month left to enter the SCINEMA Film Festival. SCINEMA, pronounced with a long ‘i’ to emphasise the science behind the cinema, is an international science film festival based in Australia. It provides a platform on which filmmakers -professional, amateur and student – can showcase their science films, from dramas…
DIY Science videos now live
For many years the DIY Science activities on the National Science Week website have been one of our most-used resources. So, this year we’ve decided to make them bigger and better than ever! We’ve produced 7 scintillating science experiments. Each one features an instruction sheet, along with a video from our friends at Questacon showing…
Pub Trivia registrations now open
Are you terrific at trivia? Think quizzes are a quintessential part of life? If yes, you’ll love our new National Science Week Pub Trivia program. For the first time, National Science Week is offering a suite of FREE pub trivia questions to pub trivia companies and individuals across Australia. Pub trivia companies around the country…
2026 ASTA School Grants and Teacher Resource Book
Applications Extended for the Schools Grants The Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) school grants for National Science Week are open for a couple more weeks! The grants are designed to support teachers and schools to deliver engaging STEM events and activities that align with the National Science Week vision which is to highlight the positive…
How to write a great event description
Give me one good reason why I should give up my limited spare time to come to your Science Week event! While you’re at it, give me a few good reasons. A strong and clear event description excites punters: tell them what will happen at the event, who will be speaking, and what they might get…
Register your event early for an exclusive ‘Meet the Media’ opportunity
We want all of Australia to learn about science and hear about this year’s National Science Week festival through the media. But what stories get media coverage? What are journalists looking for? And how do you reach them? Register your event on the Science Week website by Thursday 25 June and you can find out…
Info for local councils
Your council can use National Science Week as an opportunity to support and celebrate local science and technology-based industries and organisations. Your libraries and community centres can host science-themed author talks, film nights or ‘Neural Knitworks’ workshops. And your grassroots communication channels can help support your community’s National Science Week efforts, engaging residents and visitors…
Council media support
Support and promote local National Science Week events and help raise the profile of science and innovation within your local community. Find a local event Event holders register their events on the National Science Week website. As we get close to the date, hundreds of events and activities become listed here, with more registered each…