It’s the date you grab the kids and head to the Powerhouse Discovery Centre in Castle Hill where there’s a HUGE amount of fun going on for the first weekend of National Science Week! Our ‘Amazing Science Circus’ really is going to be ‘amazing’. There’s an unbelievable amount of fun stuff to do; just have a…
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ACT and Region Program
National Science Week is almost here and this weekend there be a 24 page National Science Week 2012 ACT & Region Program insert included in The Canberra Times. If you miss out on picking up the paper or you prefer to carry documents around digitally, it is also available for download (9.5 MB PDF).
New Speakers for The Indigenous Science Experience @ The Australian Museum
The Indigenous Science Experience @ the Australian Musem is proud to announce that the following group will be presenting at our Friday the 10th event at the Australian Museum. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear about the process behind the creation of this acclaimed plan of management in a sensitive and culturally important landscape….
Are we looking at this from the right angle? The Fame Algorithm returns
Would you spot Pythagoras’ Theorem if you tripped over it in the street? Would it make you laugh? Is it even possible to trip over this Theorem? Or am I not looking at this from quite the right angle? During the 2012 Fringe Festival, Simon Pampena shared with us his Fame Algorithm: maths for what we really…
Brain Break Tasmania
Does your organisation employ scientists, science teachers or lecturers, or rely on scientific knowledge for its projects and products? Or are you simply interested in celebrating National Science Week? Get involved in National Science Week 2012 by holding a Brain Break morning tea. What is Brain Break? Brain Break is a state-wide morning tea for…
Science Week Tasmania Official Program Now Available
The National Science Week Program for Tasmania is now out with event listings for both northern and southern Tasmania. You can download a copy (2.6 MB PDF) or pick one up at lots of event venues around the state. You can also follow us on twitter @sciencetasmania for more updates!
Domestic + Science
As part of the South Australian Living Artist’s Festival, RiAus (the Royal Institution of Australia) presents Domestic + Science, an art exhibition which communicates links between science and the local arts community. Four South Australian artists — Beth Evans, Cheryl Hutchens, Renate Nisi and myself — have employed needle-work, gardening, cooking and hand-made bookmaking to…
Can You sci-ku?
I love exploring the junction where art and science meet. National Science Week is the perfect platform to showcase how these seemingly disjunct disciplines have the capacity to enrich each other. From SCINEMA screenings (science meets cinema), to visual art and theatre, the arts help us explore scientific concepts in new ways. The RiAus annual sci-ku…
Science Festival at QUT
Ideas to Change the World QUT’s Science and Engineering is running an online competition for Year 11 and 12 students. The Ideas to Change the World Challenge aims to encourage young minds to be our future problem-solvers and for them to understand the positive impact they can have on improving the lives of others and…
Have a Brain Break!
Have a Brain Break Morning Tea to celebrate National Science Week. Hold one at your work place, school staff room, gym… anywhere! Brain Break coasters, science questions and two T-shirts (for prizes) will be provided to each participating business or organisation. Contact the Chair of National Science Week SA Coordinating Committee Rona Sakko or phone on…