Dadgineers and Minimakers – A Science Week Celebration! This Science Week, we’re inviting Dads and male role models to team up with students for Dadgineers and Minimakers! Through collaborative creation kits and hands-on experiments, this event is designed to spark a love of science, strengthen relationships, and build teamwork skills. It will be a day of…
Topic: Physics
Dadgineers and Minimakers
Dadgineers and Minimakers – A Science Week Celebration! This Science Week, we’re inviting Dads and male role models to team up with students for Dadgineers and Minimakers! Through collaborative creation kits and hands-on experiments, this event is designed to spark a love of science, strengthen relationships, and build teamwork skills. It will be a day of…
Parkwood Green Primary School Science Week
Grade 4-6 classes present ‘All things science’ During Science Week the G4 to G6 students will present rotational hands-on activities to the Foundation to G3 students, covering chemistry, biology, physics and technology. They will bring their expertise and inspire our younger students in the area of STEM during science week. As part of the science…
Tiny, Energetic and Weird: Particle physics tours
Journey into the hidden depths of the University to experience novel applications of advanced technology shaping the future of physics and medicine, including the Pelletron particle accelerator and the extraordinary X-Lab. Seize a rare opportunity to step inside some of the University of Melbourne’s state-of-the-art laboratories and most unusual museums on the beautiful and historic…
2025 #STEMLIKEAPATSGIRL Conference
On Saturday 16 August, St Patrick’s College Townsville will present its ninth annual #STEMLikeAPatsGirl Conference – the only event of its kind in North Queensland. It is a day devoted to empowering and engaging girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The event is open to all girls, aged 10 to 15, from North Queensland…
Quantum Quest
You’ve probably heard of gravity and force, but have you wondered about super positioning, Heisenberg’s uncertainty or quantum probability? Join us on our quest to discover the quirky laws of Quantum Physics using BBC micro:bits. Delve in with hands-on activities to explore teleportation, uncertainty, randomness and more. By completing simple coding projects using your BBC micro:bit, you’ll…
Stories, seasons and signposts in the sky: Indigenous astronomy
Over countless generations, First Nations Australians have sustained their peoples and cultures by linking deep knowledge of Country to careful observations of the sun, moon, constellations, and other dynamic features of the southern sky. Hear ancient stories and learn some sky-reading skills to build your understanding of space, navigation, seasonal phenomena, and Indigenous cultures. This…
2025 Marie Curie Lectures: Quantum century – Unlocking the universe’s secrets and shaping our future with Dr Danielle Holmes
100 years ago, quantum physics was born to explain curious behaviour of tiny things. Since then, it has become our most powerful tool that humans possess, not just for increasing our understanding of the world, but for shaping its future. It has unlocked secrets of our universe, such as why stars shine and how migratory…
Lunch Time Food, Fire and Fear!
Centralian Middle School will celebrate National Science Week by conducting fun experiments for students during lunch time. We will make fireproof paper, rainbow lemonade, large-scale elephant toothpaste, test physics with a bowling ball to the face and have a go at eating insects. On Monday, students will make pictures on paper and then soak it…
50 Ways to Die in Space at STEAMzone
Meet author and illustrator pair Dr Eileen O’Hely and Nico O’Sullivan, creators of “50 Ways to Die in Space” at the STEAMzone Twilight Science Market. Enjoy a puppet show, have all your space questions answered by a real live astrophysicist and make and launch your own paper air rocket!