Welcome to the Molecular Space Kitchen,where chemistry meets cooking, meets outer space. What makes food taste good in zero gravity? How do you preserve flavour, colour and nutrition millions of kilometres from Earth? This two-hour workshop begins with a visit to the Cosmic Echoes Exhibition before moving to Molecular Space Kitchen, where you’ll discover the extraordinary…
Your crew has landed on the Moon. The oxygen is limited, the water is scarce, and your team is hungry. What do you grow first? Welcome to the Moon Base Challenge — where your decisions could save the mission! This action-packed two-hour workshop drops you straight into the boots of a real space mission…
Sample a buffet of hands-on science experiences for the whole family. Each activity station offers a new opportunity to engage with STEM in fun and creative ways.
Buzzz into Belco Arts Centre this National Science Week with Chamaeleon Collective, Canberra’s inclusive dance company. Buzzz ACT is an award-winning dance and science experience celebrating the bees that keep our world humming. Through the magic of movement and music this fun and fabulous show explores the importance of bees for the ecology, biodiversity and…
What do you eat when you’re two years from home and hurtling towards Mars? Come find out — and maybe even grow the answer yourself! UWA Plants for Space has landed in Geraldton, and we’re throwing open the doors of the Museum of Geraldton for two full days of free, drop-in, hands-on space science fun….
If you could redesign a plant from scratch for life in space, what superpower would you give it? Tougher roots? Leaves that glow? Fruit that grows in zero gravity? This is your chance to find out, and then actually build it. Welcome to Design Your Plant – the ultimate space science creativity challenge! This imaginative two-hour…
The Forrest Research Foundation invites you to its National Science Week Showcase. Join us in creating memorable experiences at the frontiers of science. We’ve teamed up with Supersonic Science, who will guide you into exciting and explosive experiments all-day long. You can… Embark on virtual reality experiences where you can journey inside molecules or watch…
Join a nationwide microgreens growing experiment—from your classroom, office, or community space! Find out how plants grow in different ways by comparing things like growing medium, sowing depth, light, and water. You’ll discover how even small changes can make plants grow differently, and uncover what helps them thrive best. The Seed to STEM Grow Kits…
Join us for That’s What I Call Science, a radio-podcast show based in Nipaluna/Hobart. Each week, we talk to incredible STEMM researchers, professionals, students, and teachers! In the lead up to National Science Week 2026, we chatted to participants of the Young Tassie Scientists program. Through the program, the YTS crew travel around Lutruwita/Tasmania to share…
Celebrating National Science Week and presented in partnership with Now or Never, this discussion takes you underground where vast, interconnected networks quietly sustain life. Delve into the microscopic organisms that shape healthy soils, support food systems, and lock away carbon. Learn more about how threads of fungi and microbes weave intricate relationships between what grows…
