Get ready for an exciting adventure where you can discover what your future could look like! The iLAuNCH School Outreach event is a fun and interactive experience designed to help students learn about science, space, technology, and amazing career ideas. At this event, you’ll take part in engaging activities, hands‑on demonstrations, and simple challenges that…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Cosmos in the Outback – Charleville
Get ready for an exciting adventure where you can discover what your future could look like! The iLAuNCH School Outreach event is a fun and interactive experience designed to help students learn about science, space, technology, and amazing career ideas. At this event, you’ll take part in engaging activities, hands‑on demonstrations, and simple challenges that…
Lakeland Senior High School Science Fair
Lakeland Senior High School is excited to host its very first Science Fair as part of the celebrations for National Science Week. Students will have the opportunity to investigate a scientific topic that interests them and share their learning with the school community. Participants can create a poster, model, or another visual display to showcase…
Plants for Space – Design your plant incorporating plant values and space science
What if the most important plant for surviving in space hasn’t been invented yet, and YOU are the one to design it? And what if the clues to building it have been living on Country for thousands of years? Welcome to Design Your Plant — where Indigenous plant wisdom and space science build something completely…
Plants for Space – Moon base design challenge through storytelling
Every great journey begins with a story. For thousands of generations, First Nations peoples have used storytelling to pass down the knowledge of how to survive, thrive and care for Country in some of the harshest places on Earth. Now, what if that story took us all the way to the Moon? Welcome to the…
Stargazers Club WA – Dark Sky Telescope Night
Join Stargazers Club WA members for a fun, social night out under the dark sky in Lower Chittering this National Science Week. Non-members and anyone new to using telescopes are welcome to join and meet our friendly community of astronomy lovers. The Stargazers Club team will be there to help new telescope owners get started…
VAST – In conversation
Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias (IHOS Amsterdam) created VAST, an immersive international sound work premiering at Beaker Street Festival at Hobart’s Theatre Royal. The piece translates the discovery of dark energy and the expanding universe into a 360-degree sonic experience. Former ABC Classic presenter Christopher Lawrence hosts a conversation between Constantine and Professor Brian Schmidt, whose Nobel Prize-winning research directly inspired the…
Girls in Physics Breakfast – Painting the universe: A visual and musical exploration of space-time with Dr Karelle Siellez
Join women physicists across all levels for an opportunity to chat, network, and learn about careers in physics! We will be joined by members of the Brisbane physics community and hear from the 2026 Women in Physics Lecturer as part of the Marie Curie Lectures. This Girls in Physics breakfast for female high school students and…
Planetarium – Perfect Little Planet
Join Shellharbour City Libraries and the University of Wollongong’s Science Space Centre for a special Science Week program. Journey through our Solar System and explore the planets, stars and other mysteries in our fantastic planetarium dome! This activity is best suited to children aged 6-10 years.
Planetarium – We are stars
Join Shellharbour City Libraries and the University of Wollongong’s Science Space Centre for a special National Science Week program. Explore the secrets of the universe and the origins of life on this very special journey through space and time in the Planetarium dome! This is best suited for children aged 9-12 years.