A powerful photographic journey revealing Tasmania’s unique connection to the southern lights. During the 2025 solar maximum, this exhibition showcases award-winning photography that captures aurora australis as it illuminates Tasmania’s dark night skies. The collection celebrates Tasmania’s position as Australia’s best aurora viewing location. Each photograph captures different aurora forms including arcs, rays, curtains, and…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
Trans-formative: Discovering Science, Celebrating Identity @ Scitech
On Saturday 30 August from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Scitech in West Perth is transformed into a haven for the trans and gender diverse community. “Trans-formative @ Scitech” is a special, free event happening just for Perth’s trans and gender diverse community. Imagine having Scitech almost all to yourselves to explore, play, and learn in a…
Jingili Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza
The Jingili Primary School Science Expo and Science Fair Extravaganza returns! July 31 is all about discovery at the Science Expo. Think like a scientist with awesome hands-on experiments. Ask smart questions, guess what happens with predictions and test your ideas. Learn how science helps us understand the world around us from visiting scientists and…
Bring Street Science to Your School or Community: Custom Stage Shows for National Science Week 2025
Get ready to blast off into the unknown! Street Science’s brand-new stage show “Into The Unknown” for National Science Week 2025 is packed with never-before seen demonstrations, awesome explosions, and science that’ll leave you saying “WOW!” This year’s theme is Decoding the Universe – Exploring the Unknown with Nature’s Hidden Language. Our show takes you…
Stars and Planets – STEAM Festival
Join us after school to celebrate National Science Week. Investigate our universe and space exploration techniques in this hands-on workshop with plenty of out-of-this-world experiments. Find out about astronomy, the moon and tides, how to survive outside of the atmosphere, astronauts and observing distant galaxies. Presented by Fizzics Education.
Space Music Presented by Australian Baroque
Presented by Australian Baroque at Koorliny Arts Centre, Kwinana, enjoy stunning NASA imagery and film accompanied by a chamber ensemble. Two special performances of the special musical extravaganza, where astrophysicist and Venusian Volcanologist Dr Antony Brian joins Australian Baroque to take you on a multi-sensory journey through space and time. Australian Baroque is a national ensemble…
Junior Brain Games
Think science is just boring equations or something only brainiacs do? Think again! Science is everywhere—helping us create, play, and discover amazing things about the world. And this National Science Week, you get to be part of the action! Gunnedah Library is transforming into a science wonderland with Junior Brain Games and Crafty Creations. Get…
Science Munch – Brain Break Cuppa Quiz
Read this first! Beware science and baked goods imminent. Come, enjoy warm collegial company with your hot beverage. Inject some zest for science into the departmental office’s day.
Coding for Kids
Follow one of our Scratch coding tutorials to decode the Universe! Use our My Constellation project to create your own constellation and story to go with it. Great for anyone new to Scratch coding. In our Turtle Tracker project, use real-life data that tracks the movements of 5 turtles. Use this data to create their…
Out of this world: Australia in the space age
Australia has played a bigger role in space race than you would have imagined! From the 1950s through to the 1970s, Australia was gripped with excitement as humanity made its first forays beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The excitement saw Mr. Squiggle- ‘the man from the moon’ grace our screens and futuristic architecture and designs hit the world…