CodeQuest: Decoding the World

In CodeQuest: Decoding the World, students from Years 7-12 will compete in a hands-on STEM challenge week, using Micro:bits to collect, analyze, and code data in real-world science investigations. Challenges will span ecology, the human body, waves, and communication—encouraging students to predict, interpret, and apply scientific principles to solve problems.  

Toddler Time (14 months-3 years)

Enjoy fun stories, action songs and rhymes for busy toddlers in this STEM-themed Toddler Time event to celebrate National Science Week. For children aged 14 months to 3 years and their parent or carer. On every Wednesday and Thursday at 10am. This event takes place weekly (except during school holidays). Bookings are essential and open one…

Preschool Storytime (3-6 years)

Join us for special storytime sessions all about science to celebrate National Science Week! Join in action rhymes, games and stories. For ages 3 to 6 and their parent or carer. On every Tuesday and Thursday at 11am. This event takes place weekly (except during school holidays). Bookings are essential and open one week in advance….

Science Showcase UOW: Live ABC Illawarra radio broadcast from UOW Wollongong Campus

Join the live broadcast of ABC Illawarra from the University of Wollongong for National Science Week. On campus, at the UniBar, ABC Illawarra will broadcast Drive with Lindsay McDougall. Throughout the show, there will be a diverse range of live interviews of UOW academics, professional staff and research students.  From biomechanics to biodiversity, caves and…

STEMania – National Science Week in Sydney Schools 2025

STEMania! is a 45 minute, live-in-school, fact-filled interactive science sketch comedy show presented by professional actor/educators that engages, inspires and educates students with the wonders of STEM.  Celebrating the 2025 National Science Week school theme Decoding the Universe, STEMania! illustrates how each STEM discipline plays a crucial role in decoding the universe and inspires curiosity and…

STEMania – National Science Week in Melbourne Schools 2025

STEMania! is a 45 minute, live-in-school, fact-filled interactive science sketch comedy show presented by professional actor/educators that engages, inspires and educates students with the wonders of STEM.  Celebrating the 2025 National Science Week school theme Decoding the Universe, STEMania! illustrates how each STEM discipline plays a crucial role in decoding the universe and inspires curiosity and…

Science Studio

Featuring six in-workshop activities, young learners and their adults get hands-on with engaging experiments, ask questions and learn the science behind them. Together, families explore concepts of static electricity, forces, sound and density through active experimentation and discovery. Using everyday materials, this workshop is designed to make science fun and accessible to kids and families….

Science Explorers

These fun, hands-on activities are designed to help students in Years 1 to 3 (ages 6 to 8) learn important science and STEM ideas in an exciting and active way. In the Water Explorers activity, students test different objects to see if they float or sink, then make foil boats and see how much weight…

AGS Primary School STEM Project House Competition

During Science Week this term we are planning a whole day of Science Activities for our Primary School Students. Classes will plan hands on activities around the topic of SPACE for other classes in the school. Classes will visit other classes and rotate through a variety of student led experiments and projects. Experiments and activities…

Spreadsheet Champions – Screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival

Six young people from around the globe channel their dreams into a competition with a difference: a test of their elite mastery of Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Excel as a competitive sport might sound like a range error – but for quirky US child prodigy Mason, laidback Queensland teen Braydon and extroverted Guatemalan would-be YouTuber Carmina,…