Street Science at Mary MacKillop Catholic College

Get ready for an electrifying journey beyond the limits of what we can see! Street Science’s brand-new stage show, ‘Into the Unknown’, is designed to ignite curiosity and thrill audiences while bringing to life the 2025 National Science Week theme: Decoding the Universe – Exploring the Unknown with Nature’s Hidden Language. This thought-provoking, high-energy production…

Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition

Future Science Talks is teaming up with Altona Meadows Library to present an evening of sharp minds and even sharper wit. We’ll be discussing thought-provoking science delivered with a comedic twist by leading researchers from across the country. Featuring: Christopher Freelance (Evolutionary Biologist) Luke Burgess (Climate Scientist) Claudia Cid Goncalvez (Mental Health Researcher) This event…

Saltmarshes – Nature’s climate change hero!

Did you know there’s a nature-based solution to help mitigate climate change right next to you? It’s Blue Carbon – the carbon stored in vegetated coastal ecosystems like tidal saltmarshes. These ecosystems can store up to 4 times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests and they do it up to 50 times faster! Because of…

Max Planck QLD National Science Week

Ever wondered how we can grow bones in the lab? Or what’s really happening inside your body, between your cells? Come along to the Max Planck Queensland Centre Open Day and find out! We’re opening our doors to kids, students, families – everyone curious about science. Step inside a real research centre, meet scientists from…

The Science Social

Come together for Sydney’s annual science get-together at the Australian Museum to enjoy an evening of discovery, research highlights and engaging conversations, hosted by award-winning science writer and broadcaster Bernie Hobbs and in collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney, UNE and UTS. This free after-hours event for the science community is a chance to form…

Spotlight On Science

Get ready for a fun and interactive science experience to celebrate National Science Week! This unique event will allow you to rotate through engaging science stations, meeting and learning from Council’s very own environmental scientists. Gain insight into a variety of environmental topics through hands-on activities and fascinating demonstrations.

Friday Morning Tech Class: Evolving Tech Words

Technology moves fast, and so does its language. This class breaks down new and trending tech terms that are shaping the digital world. From Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Non-fungible token (NFTs), understand what’s next in tech without feeling left behind.

Girls Day Out in STEM – My Metaverse Mission: Possible

Your STEM Mission Has Arrived! Welcome, Agent. Your mission – should you choose to accept it – is to enter My Metaverse Mission: Possible, the most thrilling online experience of National Science Week 2025, where we’re decoding the universe like never before! As a junior agent, you’ll explore our secret STEM worlds. Each one is…

Scientist Portraits – Story and spectacle

Elizabeth Blackburn, Fiona Wood, and Graeme Clark. You may have heard of these Australian scientists before, but do you know how they’ve changed the world for the better? Learn how storytelling meets science.   Join legendary science journalist and broadcaster Robyn Williams AO in our 45-minute virtual webinar as he introduces scientists from the National…

Sunbury Scientists

Calling all junior scientists! Come to learn and explore science concepts after school with fun experiments and activities.