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Webinar: The Restoration of Tasmania’s Giant Kelp Forests

Statewide

8 July 2020

Climate change has killed nearly all lutruwita/Tasmania’s epic giant kelp forests because of warming waters and invasive sea urchins. But these subterranean forests – which suck CO2 and pollutants out of the water and provide…

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COVID-19 and You: Pandemics by the numbers (online webinar)

Statewide

2 July 2020

Have you been trying to keep up with the flood of news and information about COVID 19? Have you been noticing that a lot of it is quite… well, MATHSY? Exponential growth, logarithmic scales, contact…

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Science in the Pub: Waste (Live Streamed)

Statewide

2 July 2020

Come along for a live Zoom SciPub all about waste! Where does it come from? Where does it go? And how can we get to zero-waste? This special SciPub event will help celebrate Plastic-free July,…

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Virtual Indigenous Astronomy Panel

Statewide

30 June 2020

You’re invited to the presentation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM Student Achievement Award, 2019 Celebrate the success of winner, young Perth woman Alana Dooley and to hear from a panel on the…

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Dream Big Careers Exhibition online

Statewide

17 June 2020 - 16 August 2020

Now in it’s 6th year, this popular North-West primary schools P-6 exhibition asks students to consider their future career by creating artworks articulating their dream job. Due to COVID-19, this year’s Dream Big exhibition has…

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Science in the Pub: Home Trivia Night (Live Streamed)

Statewide

4 June 2020

#SciPubHomeTrivia, an online trivia night with games and prizes. Form a team with those in your household, or join in and form a new team on the night! Great for meeting new people. More details…

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The Big Day In | Tech for Students (Online)

Statewide

20 May 2020

The Big Day in is a festival of technology aimed at year 9-12 students. This year, the event heads online with fantastic speakers. Classrooms can stream the event live. Guest speakers Dr Tim Kitchen Adobe’s…

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Pint of Science ONLINE!

Statewide

11 May 2020 - 13 May 2020

Like many events around the world, Pint of Science Australia earlier this year cancelled the festival in support of physical distancing. By mid-April, they realised they could still bring science to your local … local…

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Science in the Pub: Immunology (Live Streamed)

Statewide

7 May 2020

Your amazing immune system! This is a special online, live streaming event as part of the International Day of Immunology 2020 celebrated in partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI). Use…

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BOFA Film Festival 2020

Statewide

1 May 2020 - 17 May 2020

Tasmania’s beloved BOFA Film Festival will go ahead in 2020 and all films can be accessed online for free. Check out the full program covering diverse themes and discover some untold science stories that you…

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SciPubDogs (Live Streamed)

Statewide

9 April 2020

Scientists putting Tassie dog research furst! #SciPubDogs Panellists: Dr Simone Blackman, Lecturer in Commercial Law, Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, UTas Bob Holderness-Roddam, Associate, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania Professor Christopher…

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TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED – $500 Seed Grants for National Science Week

Statewide

24 February 2020 - 9 April 2020

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GRANT ROUND HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. THE TASMANIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK COMMITTEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS GIVEN CURRENT PROJECTIONS THAT EVENTS AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS WILL STILL BE…

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