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Engineering is Elementary Workshop

Statewide

29 October 2024 - 9 November 2024

Engineering is Elementary STEM Professional Development Program 🔧 Engineering is Elementary is hitting the road again for Term 4! 🚌 This term, we’re excited to bring our acclaimed STEM professional learning workshops to teachers in NSW and…

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West Coast Space Show – Queenstown

Statewide

14 August 2024

Meet a meteorite. Learn the night sky. Hear about the hottest news in space! The West Coast Space Show is bringing a team of scientists, a big telescope, real space artefacts, and even a Planetarium…

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Exhale: The Art and Science of Relaxation

Statewide

10 August 2024 - 25 August 2024

Join Penny Jones, Harry Edwards and Isaac Gee for a deep dive into the art and science of relaxation! Our nervous systems are amazing, highly evolved networks that developed to keep us safe. And they…

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STEM in the North East

Statewide

6 August 2024 - 10 August 2024

The Sustainability Learning Centre are bringing hands on STEM opportunities to you. Community members are invited to join us to engage with citizen science, housing design, energy, waste, loose parts, and many other hands-on learning…

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The Mobile Antarctic Classroom

Statewide

6 August 2024 - 16 August 2024

The Mobile Antarctic Classroom is touring Tasmania this National Science Week! Play with magnets, pretend penguin eggs, and polarising filters; look at replica and genuine Antarctic artefacts; take a photo in our snow tent; chat…

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Where? Where? Wedgie!

Statewide

10 May 2024 - 26 May 2024

Decades ago, there were estimated to be as few as 1000–1500 Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles remaining. There’s since been a lot of efforts to reduce human impacts on these birds, but we don’t know if these…

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Friends of the OBP

Statewide

24 February 2024 - 15 September 2024

The Wildcare Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot (OBP) group works across the OBP’s range with a focus on Tasmania. The objectives of the group are to: Assist with the monitoring program at Melaleuca (SW Tasmania).…

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Great Southern BioBlitz 2023

Statewide

24 November 2023 - 27 November 2023

Join us for the biggest bioblitz event across the southern hemisphere! The ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living…

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National Science Week 2023

Statewide

12 August 2023 - 20 August 2023

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. In Tasmania, this is more like science month! In a typical year, there are 80-100 public events and almost every school has events on…

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Where? Where? Wedgie!

Statewide

12 May 2023 - 28 May 2023

Decades ago, there were estimated to be as few as 1000–1500 Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles remaining. There’s since been a lot of efforts to reduce human impacts on these birds, but we don’t know if these…

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2022 School Solar Challenge

Statewide

19 November 2022

Attention all Tasmanian Teachers, Students and Parents with an interest in Applied STEM and Renewable Solar Technology! Are you a teacher looking for an exciting, hands-on STEM activity for your students to tackle in Term…

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Flow

Statewide

5 September 2022 - 28 September 2022

Flow is a collaborative exhibition featuring Huon Valley and Launceston artists. The exhibition reflects and celebrates the connection each area has to its local waterways, river systems and coastal areas, and explores their significance. The exhibition…

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