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Welcome to National Science Week 2022
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Welcome to National Science Week 2022

  • By Alice National Office
  • 13 August, 2022

The week officially starts today but events have been running for some time now! Adelaide kicked the week off with Science Alive! last weekend, and Beaker Street has been happening all over ...

DIY Science: Tablecloth Trick
Science Week News

DIY Science: Tablecloth Trick

  • By Alice National Office
  • 13 August, 2022

What you need: a small table a tablecloth (or similar piece of material) with no hem various heavy items (preferably unbreakable ones) eg metal cutlery, cups, salt shaker, fruit bowl etc nerves ...

Glass and the circular economy: CSIRO’s curriculum-aligned activities for primary students
Schools, Science Week News

Glass and the circular economy: CSIRO’s curriculum-aligned activities for primary students

  • By Alice National Office
  • 10 August, 2022

CSIRO, the National Science Agency, has supported STEM education and outreach programs for teachers and students for over 40 years and counting. Naturally, they’re back again for National Science ...

Science Week Officially Launched for 2022
Science Week News

Science Week Officially Launched for 2022

  • By Alice National Office
  • 4 August, 2022

National Science Week was launched in Parliament House this morning, with MPs and senators from all sides of politics attending. A special surprise guest was Deputy Prime Minister (and science ...

Prof Brian Cox HORIZONS – a 21st Century Space Odyssey
Science Week News, Tours

Prof Brian Cox HORIZONS – a 21st Century Space Odyssey

  • By Alice National Office
  • 3 August, 2022

The most phenomenal and spectacular science show on the planet! Jaw-dropping new graphics depicting what was, what is and what may be in the future, from before time began to mankind’s life on ...

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography documentary available online from libraries
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Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography documentary available online from libraries

  • By Alice National Office
  • 1 August, 2022

Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography, directed by Daniella Ortega and Niobe Thompson, is a spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary that reveals the paradoxical story of the element that ...

Australia’s Favourite Tree
Science Week News

Australia’s Favourite Tree

  • By Alice National Office
  • 29 July, 2022

Wattle vs woollybutt: what is Australia’s favourite tree? – online Do you love the water-bulging boab or the towering mountain ash, the world’s tallest flowering tree? Are you intrigued by the ...

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings
Science Week News

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings

  • By Alice National Office
  • 18 July, 2022

SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. Register to host your own free SCINEMA screening ...

NT Community Event Funding 2022
Grant Information, Science Week News, State Blogs

NT Community Event Funding 2022

  • By Alice National Office
  • 18 July, 2022

The National Science Week NT Coordination Committee receives funding from the Northern Territory and the Australian governments to coordinate National Science Week in the NT. The Committee ...

Tasmanian Event Program 2022
Science Week News, State Blogs

Tasmanian Event Program 2022

  • By Alice National Office
  • 12 July, 2022

Get Curious This August The Patron of National Science Week in Tasmania is Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas, and she has penned this poem for the foreword of this year's Tasmanian National Science Week ...