With our friends at Chunky Move we present a video artwork is a movement experiment between Prue Lang’s choreography, artist Mathieu Briand’s androids and a Phasmid (stick insect). The work explores the body/androids/artificial movement/intelligence on the one side and the body/human instinct/natural movement/nature on the other. Through the creative process, Lang and Briand have observed, responded…
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Palawa Science and Sustainable Futures – A virtual trail
The webinar will involve students, Aboriginal leaders and scientists engaged with the idea of Two- Eyed Seeing-learning to see from one eye with the strengths of indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of scientific ways of knowing, and learning to use both eyes together for the benefit…
Science at Home for 3-5 Year Olds
Join Brimbank Library staff online for science experiments you can do at home with your 3-5 year old. Learn about forces, make a catapult, a square bubble, and a bouncing egg.
Pelicans and Local Birds Need You
You can be a scientist in your community by keeping an eye on the birds you see around Brimbank. Join Scott and June as they visit Cairnlea wetlands and the pelicans that live there to show you how you can be a citizen scientist. Download the origami pelican template used in the video and the…
What’s it like to be a Research Diver? – Podcast Episode
Avid Research is a new Australian STEM(ish) podcast where we answer questions you never quite asked. We will be launching in National Science Week to bring you stories and interviews about STEM in the world. Our third episode is an interview with a Research Diver on the Great Barrier Reef. We’ll be talking about Marine…
Queer STEM History: Live Podcast Recording with A Gender Agenda
This podcast will highlight a panel of LGBTIQ+ people in the STEM field in Australia. This event will be streamed live, and attendees will be able to submit any questions while they tune in. This event aims to highlight LGBTIQ+ scientists, engineers and/or science communicators in a way that is inclusive, welcoming and affirming to…
Recreational Mathematics
Join the Rough Science Workshop livestream for a relaxed night of recreational mathematics. Science communicator Sean M Elliott will takes you through the history of A4 paper and some curious mathematics it contains. For the maths geniuses, math-phobics, and everyone in between. Grab your favourite beverage and join the late-night chat to explore the history…
Multifunctional Fungi live on ’Behind The Lines’ 2XX Community 98.3fm
From the woodlands, to the catwalk and beyond. Tune in to our National Science Week special show this Friday 21 August on multifunctional fungi with: Australian mycologist and natural historian Alison Pouliot; Guy Webb from SoilCQuest; and Peter Wenzel from Fungico. Who will be chatting with show hosts Scotty Foster and Zina Richardson about all…
Nanotechnology Trivia Quiz
Are you interested in nanotechnology? If so, please try these 15 trivia questions. This trivia is not designed to be particularly hard or challenging nor does it matter if you get the answer right or wrong, as the correct answer will be provided upon the completion of each question. This trivia is intended to show…
Beyond the Ice: Hallett Cove Virtual Tour
Hallett Cove is one of the best-known geological sites in Australia and internationally. It has been declared a Geological Monument and Heritage Site. Preserved by nature in an ancient valley for hundreds of millions of years, this fossilised landscape paints an incredible picture of Australia’s past, including an ice age at the South Pole, the…