Get ready for an electrifying journey beyond the limits of what we can see! Street Science’s brand-new stage show, ‘Into the Unknown’, is designed to ignite curiosity and thrill audiences while bringing to life the 2025 National Science Week theme: Decoding the Universe – Exploring the Unknown with Nature’s Hidden Language. This thought-provoking, high-energy production…
Topic: Physics
Future Frontiers Game Jam
Get ready to imagine the future, by making your own video game! The Future Frontiers Game Jam is a fun, Territory-wide challenge where anyone aged 10 and up can create a game based on science, sustainability, and the future of our planet. It’s like a giant creative competition where you get to dream up cool…
Hue of the Brew: Science of colour and beer
Explore how beer gets those distinctive colours and how they shape flavour in a lively one-hour Science Week talk plus interactive tasting with the Darwin and NT Homebrewers. Great opportunity to support the local brewing community and meet some brewers. We’d love to see you on 17 August for this FREE event. Audience: 18 years and above
A night at the Museum : a focus on luminesence and opals !
The Brisbane Opal Museum will host ‘A Night at the Opal Museum, a focus on luminescence and opals’ For one evening, on the thursday, 14th of August, the museum will be open for visitors until 8.30 pm, there will be a 30-minute interactive activities for kids at 5 pm, and a 90-minute presentation ‘the physics…
Mad Science Show
A jam-packed 60-minute show of big WOW science madness! There are giant smoke vortices, levitating beach balls, flying toilet paper, flour fireballs, hair-raising electricity, and lots of learning! Our show is all about air, electricity & fire! Air is invisible, odourless, all around, takes up space, and exerts a pressure. It can also be used…
VR Explorer: Explore the space with Mission ISS
Want to be an astronaut for a day? Come join us for “VR Explorer: Explore the Space with Mission ISS”! Put on a special VR headset and take a fun trip to space without leaving the ground! You’ll visit the International Space Station, float like you’re in zero gravity, and see how astronauts live, eat,…
Science and Engineering Challenge
Are you a girl dreaming of becoming an engineer but feel you lack the same opportunities as boys? We’re here to fix that. Engineering is about creativity and innovation where everyone should be equal. Join us at Mitcham during Science Week for a day filled with science, engineering, and excitement, exploring design and problem-solving ideas…
Cosmic Quest: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe!
This year for National Science Week, we will be running an engaging week-long event called Cosmic Quest: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe. During this event, our Year 7-9 students will present an interactive science show exploring the wonders of the cosmos. They will demonstrate concepts such as astronomy, light spectra, gravity, and programming space rovers…
SciFest 2025: Careers in STEM panel
The Careers in STEM panel is a 60-minute online session is designed for students exploring career pathways and future opportunities in STEM fields. During the session, participants will have the chance to hear from professionals working in various STEM industries about their journey into STEM. You will have the opportunity to ask questions in the Q&A and…
Scientific Photography Competition: Everyone’s a Scientist
As big as a rainbow, or as little as a ripple in a puddle – science is everywhere! The Adelaide Optics Chapter invites the public to participate in our Scientific Photography Competition. With $800 in prizes to be won, we would love to see images you capture of science in action. Each submission shall be…