National Science Week 2024 in Wollongong

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Posted 2024-08-02 by Vanessa ⇒ follow

Sat 10 Aug 2024 - Wed 21 Aug 2024

National Science Week 2024, Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology, comes to Wollongong this August! Come along and enjoy a jam-packed program of family-friendly activities and events celebrating STEM!

Events are FREE but many need registrations to attend, so click the links below to secure your place!

Science Showcase University of Wollongong

10am - 3pm on Saturday 10 August 2024 at University of Wollongong, Shoalhaven campus

Explore the University of Wollongong as it transforms into a hub of science activities! This is a free event and all are welcome. There is something for everyone, of all ages and interests!

Activities include:

Guided tours of the medicine and nursing teaching spaces.

Fire and Ice Spectacular science shows presented by the Science Space.

Dragon Training mobile zoo reptile display. See a lace monitor, crocodile, snake, turtle, frogs and a few smaller lizards.

Project Bucephalus Lego robotics building and competition with prizes! BYO robot or build one here.

Tours of the observatory on-site, view the Sun with a solar scope, and a telescope display with Shoalhaven astronomers.

Anatomy models of the different parts of the body.

Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation Birthing on * Country with midwives and interactive mannequins to measure fetal heart rates.

Interactive health and medicine displays! Have your blood pressure measured, see your muscles via ultrasound, and see how dummy patients and simulations are used in medicine and nursing.

Our cafe will be open, and there will also be a sausage sizzle and a coffee cart.

Click here to find out more.

Future Science Talks - Comedy Edition

7 - 8pm on Wednesday 21 August 2024 at University of Wollongong, Science Space

This show features local scientists from Wollongong who have partnered with comedians to infuse humour and laughs into scientific talks. Laugh and learn at the same time! At this show, you’ll be hearing from Wollongong’s best and brightest science professionals who will be combining science and comedy.

Speakers:

Alexander Mason

Stefan Mueller

Jodi Edwards

Johannes Deon Swanepoel

Click here to find out more.

For more information on the 2024 National Science Week program, please see here.
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