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Making Art with Maths and Evolution

South

25 February 2020

See how mathematics and evolution can create art with international guest Professor Daniel Ashlock. Many mathematical processes can create complex and potentially artistic images. These same processes can also create an unpleasant mess and, typically,…

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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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Ngaire Hobbins presents Live it Up

North

23 February 2020

Ngaire Hobbins is a widely experienced dietician specialising in brain health beyond middle age. Ngaire’s main focus in on alerting older people to their unique nutrition needs, helping them minimise physical and cognitive decline. She…

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Kids Love Science @ Love Living Locally

South

23 February 2020

Love Living Locally is returning to the Community Hub in 2020 and will showcase some fun and family-friendly science activities in the Kids Love Science tent! This is a free community gathering to celebrate living…

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Plan a Native Garden

South

23 February 2020

Go for a walk with the Head Gardener and discuss landscaping tips, plant selection, simple soil analysis, pruning and more! Learn why planting a native garden is so important to our local environment. Afternoon tea…

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Summer Moulting Lagoon Bird Count

North West

18 February 2020

Be a citizen scientist while providing valuable information about changes that may occur to the local bird population. Information on what to bring and registration can be found at the link below. Please call 0457…

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Hobart Fire Forum

South

13 February 2020

The bushfire crisis unfolding on the mainland has highlighted the need to change the way we deal with bushfires, climate change and risk. The Australia Institute and the new Independent Science Council of Tasmania is…

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WildTracker Workshop

North

8 February 2020

Be part of WildTracker, an exciting citizen science project that identifies wildlife hotspots! This workshop for landholders in the Longford and Carrick areas will provide an opportunity to learn some wildlife survey skills and discuss…

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Science in the Pub: Fire

South

6 February 2020

  #scipubfire – find out the science behind Australia’s unprecedented bush fires. Details TBC Please note: the venue has moved to the Black Buffalo Hotel. Why attend Science in the Pub? Do you really need…

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Book Launch: Flight Lines Copy

South

5 February 2020

A stunning work of narrative non-fiction about the extraordinary migratory shorebirds, combining personal narrative, vivid imagery, and fascinating new science. Andrew follows these shorebirds from Australia’s southern ocean to the Arctic and back, exploring the…

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World Wetlands Day

North

2 February 2020

Join Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2020, which is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. World Wetlands Day is a chance for the international community, in unity, to celebrate the…

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Blue Tier BioBlitz

North

25 January 2020 - 27 January 2020

What are you doing on the January long weekend? Want to be part of a citizen science event that will help unearth the secrets of the forests of the Blue Tier? A team of scientists,…

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