Bring your lunch and join the Victorian Hydrogen Hub during National Science Week for an hour of engaging learning – snacks included. Hydrogen is a promising solution to tackle climate change and it will also create new and exciting jobs across a range of sectors. But what is hydrogen? How is it applied in daily…
Topic: Chemistry and Materials
Fungi Film and Q&A
A documentary screening of The Kingdom-How Fungi Made Our World will be shown followed by a Q&A session of mushroom experts to answer your questions. Some delicious mushroom food and beverages will be available too.
The Matilda Effect – The History of Forgotten Women Scientists
From the COVID vaccine to nuclear fission to pulsars to computer programming, women are at the source of many scientific discoveries, inventions and innovations that shape our lives. But in the stories we’ve come to accept about these breakthroughs, women are too often left out. In this talk we’ll learn about the women behind some…
Live from the Lab: Gig
Join us on Thursday 18 August for our special Live from the Lab (LFTL): Gig hosted by Associate Professor Alice Motion and featuring the artists involved in LFTL 2022. This will be the first time these science research inspired tracks are performed live, along with additional hits from each artist’s catalogue. Celebrate National Science Week…
Soapbox Science Melbourne
Soapbox Science’s purpose is to link women scientists and the general public in order to foster a culture of shared knowledge, and we promote connections with event participants and the larger community in a helpful and mutually beneficial manner. STEM Sisters collaborates with Soapbox Science to offer the inaugural Soapbox Science Melbourne event in 2022….
Science Week at Ignatius Park College
There will be science activities planned for students at lunch breaks, and the STILE Escape Room activity during classes. Staff will have a morning tea to celebrate National Science Week and there will be a science quiz for morning home room. At the whole school assembly there will be some demonstrations.
Rapid Rounds of Rowdy Science
We are Science Alliance: People with Disabilities, for People with Disabilities. This year we offer you Rapids Rounds of Rowdy Science. For every day of National Science Week, we will be releasing an online demonstration of young people with disabilities having fun with science. We begin with a tribute to the Ngunnawal people, the first…
Passive Solar Design 101
This talk by Griff Morris will go through the basics of energy efficiency and how to build to your budget. What exactly is orientation and how does this impact my home? How does building a passive solar home impact your budget. The three budgets you should know before building. What is included in the builders…
Gobsmacking Science of Glass with Cristy Burne
Smart phones, mirrors, windscreens, fibre optic cables and lighthouse lenses… Glass is all around us, but what is it, and what are its secrets? Join science writer and children’s author Cristy Burne for a fun session of hands-on demonstrations, classy glassy facts and creative thinking. PS: A gob is the scoop of molten glass on…
Science Week at the Glassworks – Live Hotshop Demonstrations and Commentary
See something SPECTACULAR as we celebrate the International Year of Glass. Uncover the inner workings of our glassmaking facility as we explore the science of glass in art and our everyday lives. Join Glassworks Artistic Director, Aimee Frodsham, and resident science expert, Jodie Smith, who will answer your burning questions: How are fibre optic cables made? Why do…