Techno-wizardry & Mad Science Night

Techno-wizardry & Mad Science Night is a gathering of like-minded people who want to explore science and technology in their local area. Speakers can be anyone from dedicated professionals to amateurs hoping to find similar interests.

Rosetta Tomorrow

Until the discovery of the Rosetta stone, many details of Egyptian life were hidden to modern eyes. Even though we had thousands of artifacts with hieroglyphics on them, the language was so lost to history that none of it could be understood. Carved around 196 BCE, this stone gave the world a glimpse of what…

Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Burnie families)

NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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 Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen. You get stickers and…

Immersive Science IV (SciVR): Science Champions (Henty families)

NOTE: This event involves participation at home with a smartphone and another device that can connect to the internet. 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 Alan Duffy and Rebecca Allen. You get stickers and…

Hope Vale interactive Periodic Table display unveiling

The Hope Vale Periodic Table display supports the Science program Years 4-6 Chemistry Unit that is part of the Class domain of the 6C Education Model developed by Good to Great Schools Australia. The cabinet is a replica of the periodic table standing 2.4 metres long, 1.7 metres high with each element represented by a…

Exploring Gravitational Wave Observatories in Minecraft

The University of Adelaide OzGrav node will be hosting an online virtual tour of one of the most sensitive instruments humanity has made, the LIGO detector. LIGO is an experiment based in the USA designed to detect gravitational waves from colliding black holes and neutron stars throughout the universe. We have assembled a scale replica…

Atoms and Stardust

What are we made of? And where did it all come from? Everyone with an interest in the very small, the very large and the history of our universe is invited to enjoy this presentation by Atomic School through the generous support of the National Space Centre. After a primer on the basics of atomic theory,…

Online Science Olympiad

We are organising an Online Science Olympiad for students from Years 2 – 9. The quiz will include questions from a variety of scientific field to assess as well as motivate students to get involved and develop a scientific acumen in the younger generation. Each student will be given an appreciation certificate. 

Exploring Habitable Worlds – Online workshop

Praxical is a new learning initiative creating online workshops where everyone can actively engage in the scientific process. For National Science Week this year Praxical is collaborating with the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. Together we are creating a fully online, self-led workshop about the search for life on other planets. During the workshop you will get the…