School programs and resources

All-round Scienceworks learning experience
Be one of the first schools to visit Scienceworks in 2021.

STEM Camp
A two-day workshop for selected students to learn about digital tech and design through prototyping their own interactive science exhibit.

Moon Base Camp
A two-day workshop for a select number of students to visit the Planetarium, hear from an astronomer and make a 3D design of a Moonbase for human habitation.

Blast off live
A virtual, interactive show that explores the forces required to get rockets into space and the effects of space travel on the body.

Cool stuff live
An interactive virtual excursion – explore the effects of temperature on solids, liquids and gases using super-cool liquid nitrogen.

Secrets of the sky live
A presenter-led guided tour of the Melbourne sky using Stellarium, an open source stargazing program

Air Playground
Get pumped for a fun-filled exploration of our most precious resource—air.

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together
Immerse young children in an imaginative world of sensory discovery and construction‐play that will ignite their lifelong engagement with STEM.

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen
This exhibition sparks curiosity and raises questions about the more complex, fascinating corners of Science, Engineering, Mathematics and advanced Technology.

Born or Built exhibition
Students explore what lies ahead for our robotic future…

Virtual learning
Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.

What's with the weather?
Discover how clouds are formed and how they make our most impressive weather phenomenon – lightning!

Moonbase ONE
Moonbase ONE explores the motion of the Moon and related natural phenomena such as phases and eclipses.

Robots and coding
Learn how to program a robot using a graphical programming language.

Roller coaster engineer
Students become engineers as they design their own marble roller coasters.

Electrical energy, safety and lightning
Set in our unique Lightning Room; find out about static electricity, electrical energy transformations and electrical safety in the home.

Electricity, magnets and movement
Explore the relationships between electricity, magnets and movement and how they are applied in devices such as generators, electromagnets and electric motors.

CSIRAC
Learn about CSIRAC, the world's oldest intact first-generation electronic computer.

Lights, Energy, Action
Our popular public Lightning Room program, now available for education groups!

Tycho to the Moon
Travel to and explore the Moon with Tycho the dog and then fly off towards the Sun.

Tilt
Look at the Earth from space and connect the movement of the Earth to the seasons, and the day and night cycle.

Solar System Odyssey
Explore the similarities and differences between Earth and the other planets in our Solar System.

Starlight
Uncover the mysteries of the stars in this Planetarium show.

Cool stuff
Explore the effects of temperature on solids, liquids and gases using super-cool liquid nitrogen.

Earth, Moon and Sun
How do the Moon and Sun influence life on Earth?

Think Ahead
Think Ahead looks at the way we imagine the future, through innovations in science, technology, engineering and design.

Sportsworks: primary
Stretch your mind and muscles at Sportsworks!

Sportsworks: secondary
Investigate the science of sports, how human bodies work, and design, materials and technologies of sports equipment.

Toys and forces show
Toys provide an ideal way for young minds to investigate the physical world.

Black Holes
Black Holes – Journey into the unknown traces the story of black holes, from the 18th century through to their detection almost 200 years later.

Planetarium sleepovers
An education program with a difference; sleepover at Scienceworks!