Young Tassie Scientists after school at HIVE Science Centre

The Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania researchers, keen to share their work through engaging talks and cool activities in Schools and Communities.  After School at HIVE you can meet: Bharath  Dinakaran (He/Him)  Alternate Pollinators  Cassidy Mihalenko (She/Her)  Neutron star collisions  James  Temple  (He/Him)  Machine Learning & Engineering     Rhiannon  Terry  (She/Her)  The Chemistry…

STEAM Punks – Science Week Edition

Is your child excited by science, technology, engineering, art or maths? Foster their interests and join us for our STEAM Punk sessions for primary-school-aged kids.  They can have some fun while learning and make new friends. This program is for primary-school-aged children (ages 5-12 years). Bookings are required and open two weeks before the session…

Science Week After School Unwind (7-11yrs)

Celebrate National Science Week and end the week on a fun note! Play a game of Chess, fold some origami, participate in our LEGO build challenges or just have a chat with a new friend. This is a relaxed session of STEM-based play for primary school-aged kids at the library. Please note: Children under the…

Mabel Park STEM Fest

The Mabel Park STEM Fest is a mini school-based STEM Festival held at lunch time during National Science Week. Student STEM Ambassadors have planned STEM stalls to run on the day that include a range of activities and demos for all students and staff to interact with.

Biodiversity Fest

The Trentham District Primary School “Biodiversity-fest” will involve our citizen scientists (Year 6 students) transferring their knowledge to younger students within the school, with the aim to increase environmental literacy throughout the school and to showcase that Science is fun! Students will carry out experiments with adherence to fair testing, repetition, measuring, maths calculations and…

STEM Girl Power Initiative

An event bound to blow the socks of students and amaze their minds with the magic of STEM.  You’ll experience activities that explore: Slime Water cycle Vinegar and bicarbonate volcano Lava lamp STEM quiz/challenges

Finding the STEM Among the Stems

In Finding the STEM Among the Stems, year 5 and 6 students at Lansdowne Crescent Primary School will be guided through an award-winning landscape architecture project on the grounds of their school. Good design by its nature, goes unnoticed. In an event led by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, students will be guided through…

Making a Measurement

Visit the Making a Measurement exhibition this National Science Week to meet Sid, The Scientist, who is undertaking an artist’s residency in the Yalagang room at the Bondi Pavillion. Having been a working scientist, Sid is curious about what it means to measure; why we measure and the things we measure with. The exhibition space…

Young Tassie Scientists at HIVE Science Centre

The Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania graduates.  During National Science Week they share their work at schools through engaging talks and cool activities At HIVE family day you can meet: Alex Paton  (She/Her)  Zoology & Invasive Species    Heath Dimsey (He/Him)  Mathematical Chemistry   Jasmine Peterson (She/Her)  Graphs, maths and data  Sophie Young (She/Her) …

Young Tassie Scientists at the Festival of Bright Ideas

The Young Tassie Scientists are University of Tasmania graduates.  During National Science Week they share their work at schools through engaging talks and cool activities At the YTS table at the Festival of Bright Ideas, you might meet:  Bharath  Dinakaran (He/Him)  Alternate Pollinators  Elise Cleary (She/Her)  Behavioural Neuroscience & Decision Making  Jonty Dehnert, Conservation Ecology …