We’re excited to invite our school community to join us for a special event in celebration of National Science Week 2025. This year’s theme, “Decoding the Universe,” has inspired a range of creative and thought-provoking STEM projects from students across Years 1 to 6. The day will begin with a Special Science Week Assembly at…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Dinosaurs after Dark with Palaeontologist Sally Hurst | Ryde Library
Dig into the world of dinosaurs with Macquarie University palaeontologist and archaeologist Sally Hurst! Hear about Sally’s life as a scientist and what it’s like on a dig and get up close and personal with some real fossils. Sally will answer your questions about dinosaurs, working as a palaeontologist and her experiences as a woman in…
Dr Karl Live at City Hall
Artificial intelligence, artificial idiocy, or probability machine? Join Dr Karl as he connects the dots between the tech booms of yesterday — from the family car to the first home computers — and today’s mind-bending AI explosion. Along the way, he’ll share how AI has been used to both attack and discredit him, and how…
Chasing Auroras
What makes thousands of people stay up all night, driving to remote locations, squinting at the sky, and obsessively checking space weather forecasts? The quest to see the Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, has developed something of a cult following — forging a substantial community of scientists, awe seekers, astrophotographers, and nature lovers. In this…
The Beaker Street Game Show
Ladies and gentlemen! Science lovers, fact-checkers, and Wikipedia editors! It’s the show where Australia’s science glitterati face off for epic showdowns of wit, wisdom, and utter irrelevance. Hosted by the one-and-only Myf Warhurst and with a raft of special guests to knock your nerdy socks off, the Beaker Street Game Show is back, baby! This…
What’s Your P(DOOM)?
Is AI going to save us, enslave us, or just write all our event descriptions? Across Silicon Valley’s storied kombucha bars and apocalypse bunkers, tech bros and AI insiders are rumoured to ask each other for their up-to-date p(Doom), or probability of AI doom. Will the future be the rosy utopia offered up in Dario…
Science Day at Edgars Creek Primary School
Get ready for a fun-filled day of exciting science experiments and activities as we celebrate National Science Week 2025! Students across the school will dive into a range of hands-on, engaging tasks designed to spark curiosity and creativity. Throughout the day, students will explore the physics of floating drawings in a magical experiment where their…
No One’s Getting Out Of Here Alive
Death’s the only sure thing in life, so why don’t we talk about it? Can funerals be fun? What’s the best body disposal method? You’re invited to a surprisingly uplifting evening with some of Australia’s most buoyant death and dying experts, Tasmanian Aboriginal knowledge holders, and a few special guests. Come for the bad bagpipe…
STEM Sparks: Igniting girls’ futures in the built environment
Ever wondered who decides what gets built where? How does someone know how much concrete to order for a new footpath? Welcome to STEM Sparks — a hands-on, curiosity-fuelled event where you can explore real jobs in construction and the built environment. Meet women who work as design managers, project managers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors,…
For Curious Little Minds (Ages 3–5)
Get ready for a fun and hands-on science adventure, designed just for preschoolers! Our Introductory Early Learning Science Workshop is packed with exciting, play-based activities that spark curiosity and imagination. Kids will explore six themed workstations where they can: Discover how magnets work Play with safe circuits and learn about electricity Try simple chemistry experiments…