Don’t miss these free online sci-art experiences to dive, sketch, explore, quiz, and Q&A with our expert presenters pondering the sounds and visions of our oceans. The Sound of Colour Join NASA Oceanographer Ryan Vandermeulen for this one hour presentation with quiz and Q&A. Scientific data analysis is often exclusively visual components, and this is…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Glass – More than Meets the Eye: An Aboriginal Perspective
Christian Aboriginal Parent-Direct School (CAPS) Coolgardie will look at the history of glass and how it has influenced advancements in technology and some of its industrial applications today. We will explore how it may be utilized in future technologies. The project will be a whole school approach where the other departments will prepare their own…
Anna Bay Space Rocket Launch
Rescheduked due to the 2021 COVID lockdown. Anna Bay Public School will be holding a rocket day by creating their own rockets and designing their own launchpad. Children from K-6 will be experimenting with bi-carb, vinegar and seeing how far their rockets can reach. With help from both funding from National Science Week and our…
Space+Time (Binary Coalescence Project)
Join us on Sunday 29 August for the online launch of ‘Space+Time’, part of the Binary Coalescence Project. Commissioned by StoryBursts (CBM Group), Aiv Puglielli led a team of collaborating artists across both the West and East coasts of Australia to respond to the research outcomes of world-leading astrophysicist Dr Linqing Wen (Centre of Excellence…
AstroBeer Launch
A question we asked ourselves over a couple of beers at the BrewPub was, if we were going to go to space then could we brew beer? To make beer we need yeast, so could yeast ever survive in space? Well, we teamed up with Canberra-based aerospace company SuperSky Engineering to find out. With two…
School Science Experiment Exhibition
Come down and check out all the cool science experiments your local schools have been up to in National Science Week. We will have exhibitions from schools from around Darwin and Batchelor. You can vote for your favourite and they can win vouchers for their school. This event is part of the STEAM Spectacular at Charles Darwin…
Rescheduled: Night Sky: Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the STEM curriculum
Rescheduled after the COVID lockdown. Milkwood Steiner School students are deep in their learning about the Night Sky. An important part of this STEM learning comes from the traditional knowledge of Larrakia and other Aboriginal elders. We are in the final stages of preparing our artwork, which incorporates two important Dreaming stories. A painting by…
SciVR – Yarra Ranges Tech School
Please note: this event involves participation at home. You need 1 device to run the SciVR app, and a device to watch the livestream. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy…
SciVR – TwistED Science Moorabbin
Please note: this event involves online participation at home. You will need 1 device to download the free SciVR app, and a device to run the livestream. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with…
Postponed: SciVR – Pub talk now online
Try the space beer. Event moved to 25 August and is now online. SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne…