Get ready for a fun-filled day of exciting science experiments and activities as we celebrate National Science Week 2025! Students across the school will dive into a range of hands-on, engaging tasks designed to spark curiosity and creativity. Throughout the day, students will explore the physics of floating drawings in a magical experiment where their…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Dr Karl Live In Devonport
Artificial intelligence, artificial idiocy, or probability machine? Join Dr Karl as he connects the dots between the tech booms of yesterday, from the family car to the first home computers, and today’s mind-bending AI explosion. Along the way, he’ll share how AI has been used to attack and discredit him, and how he’s now turning…
No One’s Getting Out Of Here Alive
Death’s the only sure thing in life, so why don’t we talk about it? Can funerals be fun? What’s the best body disposal method? You’re invited to a surprisingly uplifting evening with some of Australia’s most buoyant death and dying experts, Tasmanian Aboriginal knowledge holders, and a few special guests. Come for the bad bagpipe…
STEM Sparks: Igniting girls’ futures in the built environment
Ever wondered who decides what gets built where? How does someone know how much concrete to order for a new footpath? Welcome to STEM Sparks — a hands-on, curiosity-fuelled event where you can explore real jobs in construction and the built environment. Meet women who work as design managers, project managers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors,…
For Curious Little Minds (Ages 3–5)
Get ready for a fun and hands-on science adventure, designed just for preschoolers! Our Introductory Early Learning Science Workshop is packed with exciting, play-based activities that spark curiosity and imagination. Kids will explore six themed workstations where they can: Discover how magnets work Play with safe circuits and learn about electricity Try simple chemistry experiments…
BIG Science Fair 2025
The BIG Science Fair is open to students from years 5 to 12 on the Northwest and West Coasts of Tasmania. Tasmanian students participate in state-wide, national, and even worldwide STEM competitions. There is a new project category where projects have the chance to represent Australia at the International Science and Engineering Fair in America….
From Fact to Fiction
From supermassive black holes in Interstellar to a robot cleaning up a junk-filled, deserted Earth in Wall-E – science in films allows us to look into the future and inspires us to push the boundaries of what we know. That’s What I Call Science is eager to present From Fact to Fiction. We will bring…
Lake Mac FULL STEAM
Lake Mac full STEAM returns to celebrate creativity and innovation, making, and engineering for all ages. Join us at Windale Hub, bilyabayi, home of Lake Mac Libraries Fab Lab, for a day of talks, making and hands-on activities. Some highlights for the day: Check out the Lake Mac Libraries Fab Lab (digital fabrication lab) for…
Programming Games in Rust
Learn to program an avatar to help you in multiplayer games from navigating mazes, fighting bacteria and robot battles. Aimed at years 4-6 students, learn some mathematics behind games, and some Rust programming language.
Scientist Portraits: Story and Spectacle
The virtual webinars are curiosity-led to guide students on different ways to interpret scientific themes. Robyn Williams will introduce scientists from the National Portrait Gallery collection, providing insights into their biographies, identities, and contributions to science. Additionally, an educator from Questacon will lead an associated experiment, allowing students to engage hands-on with the scientific concepts…