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It's Not Rocket Science!

North West

5 January 2015 - 1 February 2015

Do you have to be a Rocket Scientist to build a rocket?? Nope! Not at the Imaginarium! Join us these school holidays to build rockets and fly them to the moon. Learn about aerodynamics and…

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Alan Burn Memorial Lecture Series- Burnie

North West

29 October 2014

How engineering can create wealth, a better world for children and perhaps even help all of us find a bit more happiness! Wealth is created and held on to by creating goods, services and ideas that are…

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To The Moon and Back

North West

22 October 2014 - 27 March 2015

Discover how scientists gather data about our Earth and weather. Stand under the radar altimeter and watch as the satellite passes overhead measuring your personal ‘altitude’ as well as everything else in it’s path. Find…

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Wallace Thornhill – The Electric Universe

North West

18 October 2014

Astrotas invites you to discover a new understanding of the universe first hand from a modern Galileo – philosopher, physicist and author WALLACE THORNHILL. Wallace has been invited to lecture around the world on the…

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Exploding Into Chemistry

North West

16 October 2014

You are invited to a fun evening of chemical demonstrations for all ages! Free for all ages. This event is part of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s 2014 Youth Lecture Tour.

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Exploding Into Chemistry

North West

15 October 2014

You are invited to a fun evening of chemical demonstrations for all ages! Free for all ages. This event is part of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s 2014 Youth Lecture Tour.

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Tea Cup Tumble

North West

11 July 2014 - 12 July 2014

It’s Not Circus It’s Science is a forty minute show complete with acrobatics, clowning and physics. Professors Wild and Barnard demonstrate the principals of force and pressure, create a sonic boom, tweak your neural pathways…

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Make Your Own Fossils at the Imaginarium: Dem Bones

North West

7 July 2014 - 20 July 2014

These Autumn School Holidays come and make your own fossils at the Imaginarium. Enter the world of palaeontologists and learn about the amazing animals of the past. Dig some fossils, recreate some dinos and make…

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Neural Knit-In

North West

3 June 2014

For North-West Tassie fibre fanatics, please join us from 10 am onwards for a Neural Knit-In to make submissions for the Neural Knitworks exhibition. Please bring your stash and hooks and knitting needles, and a…

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2014 Jewellery, Gem and Mineral Fair

North West

22 March 2014 - 23 March 2014

There will be trade tables, jewellery, gem, crystal and mineral displays, working demonstrations of gem faceting and rock polishing, plus activities for the children (including … gem sieving). An excellent canteen will cater for lunches…

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Da Vinci Machines Exhibition

North West

8 February 2014 - 6 April 2014

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was not only a great painter, most famous for his work the Mona Lisa, but also a great inventor and investigator of physics. The exhibition demonstrates Leonardo’s studies in nature,…

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King Island Bat Walk and Talk

North West

22 November 2013

Come along to discover the world of bats with Tasmanian bat expert Lisa Cawthen. What are these tiny creatures? Where do they live? Why are they so important for our forests? How can you help…

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