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A prototype of an exhibition using cardboard and electronics
NEW

STEM Camp

A two day workshop for selected students to learn about digital technologies and design by making interactive science exhibits using microcontrollers (mini-computers) and a range of sensors and displays.

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Years 9-10 Museum Staff-led
Fictitious moon base on the surface of the Moon
New

Space 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.

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Years 7-8 Museum Staff-led
Boy interacting with a windmill display
STEM

Air Playground

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

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Years F-6 Self-directed
People touching circular screens showing projections of outer space, in the Beyond Perception exhibition at Scienceworks.
NEW

The Puzzling Perception Challenge

An engaging, collaborative, problem-solving task set in the Beyond Perception exhibition.

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Years 7-10 Museum Staff-led
NEW

Carriberrie

An exhilarating and visceral film that tells the expansive story of Carriberrie-dance, song and music in Aboriginal culture.

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Years 5-10 Museum Staff-led
Young boy playing with suction tube exhibit in the Ground Up exhibition at Scienceworks

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.

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Years K-F Self-directed
Make, Solve, Create

Make, Solve, Create

Children take part in an interactive story, working together to build solutions to the problems they encounter.

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Years K-2 Museum Staff-led
Gravitational wave and hand

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.

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Years 5-12 Self-directed
Two museum staff presenting to an iPad which shows schools watching from the classroom.

Virtual learning

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

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Years F-VCE Museum Staff-led
Two school girls working on a laptop
STEM

Makey Makey electronics workshop

Learn about electric circuits, conductivity and computer systems through active experimentation and making.

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Years 3-10 Museum Staff-led
red light
STEM

Invisible light

Give your students an experience in hands on STEM problem solving.

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Years 7-12 Museum Staff-led
Boy wearing a Superman costume standing on the Van de Graaff generator in the Lightning Room at Scienceworks

What's with the weather?

Discover how clouds are formed and how they make our most impressive weather phenomenon – lightning!

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Years K-2 Museum Staff-led
Lunar Base landscape

Moonbase ONE

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

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Years 5-8 Museum Staff-led
Image of SkyMapper an automated wide-field survey telescope sited under the dark skies of Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, in central NSW.
Returning program

Capturing the Cosmos

An insight into what the new telescopes are finding that will help us better understand our universe.

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Years 7-11 Museum Staff-led
Students participating in Robots and Coding educational program in the STEM Learning LAB at Scienceworks.
STEM

Robots and coding

Learn how to program a robot using a graphical programming language.

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Years 3-10 Museum Staff-led
Roller Coaster
STEM

Roller coaster engineer

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

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Years 3-10 Museum Staff-led
Girl with hand on Van de Graaff generator

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.

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Years 2-6 Museum Staff-led
Lightning demonstration in a theatre

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.

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Years 5-10 Museum Staff-led
computer on display in a museum

CSIRAC

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

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Years 7-10 Teacher Resource
Cartoon dog floating in air on spaceship

Tycho to the Moon

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

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Years F-3 Museum Staff-led
Animated boy in a room with a rocket and autumn leaves

Tilt

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

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Years 3-7 Museum Staff-led
Animation still. Boy standing on a planet

Solar System Odyssey

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

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Years 5-7 Museum Staff-led
Still of a a star from starlight

Starlight

Uncover the mysteries of the stars in this Planetarium show.

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Years 7-11 Museum Staff-led
An illustration from Story in the Stars of an emu, crow and turtle

Stories in the Stars

See the night sky through different eyes, through stories told by the people of north-west Victoria.

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Years 5-10 Museum Staff-led
Planet in space

Ticket to the Universe

This 45-minute, presenter-led show gives students a new perspective on the universe and provides an opportunity to appreciate our place in the cosmos.

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Years 9-10 Museum Staff-led
Man using dry ice for experiment

Cool stuff

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

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Years 3-8 Museum Staff-led
Photograph of the moon above the earth

Earth, Moon and Sun

How do the Moon and Sun influence life on Earth?

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Years 3-6 Museum Staff-led
Two girls participating in the Blast off school programs

Blast off

Find out about the forces involved in getting rockets into space and be involved in modelling these forces.

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Years 1-4 Museum Staff-led
3 girls measuring height in an exhibition

Sporty maths

Students use the Sportsworks exhibition to develop their skills in key areas of mathematics.

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Years 4-7 Self-directed
School children inside Pumping Station

Get pumped!

Explore the historic Spotswood Pumping Station, with videos, animations and expert talks on a portable device.

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Years 3-10 Self-directed

Think Ahead

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

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Years 4-10 Self-directed
Boy racing against Cathy Freeman at Sportsworks

Sportsworks: primary

Stretch your mind and muscles at Sportsworks!

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Years F-6 Self-directed
boys using the snowboard interactive

Sportsworks: secondary

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

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Years 7-10 Self-directed
A presenter throws a giant beach ball in the air. There are other toys on the table including a foam rocket, a hula hoop with glittery strands, a stack of red plastic cups and a helicopter.
Updated!

Toys and forces show

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

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Years F-2 Museum Staff-led
Still from the Black Holes planetarium show

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.

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Years 9-11 Museum Staff-led
our-living-climate-stromatolites

Our Living Climate

The Earth’s climate is alive, changing with the passage of time, seasons, and the ebb and flow of life itself.

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Years 5-10 Museum Staff-led
A boy in a school uniform is holding a leaver while a man is giving instructions

Simple machines

Investigate forces and energy by exploring how we use simple machines in our modern lives.

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Years 3-6 Museum Staff-led
Lighting room in Scienceworks
VCAL, VCE, VET

Senior secondary electrical science

Demonstrations of the principles underpinning Year 11 VCAL Electrical, VCE VET Electrical Industry and the VCE Unit 1 Electricity topic, featuring equipment unique to Scienceworks.

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Years 11-VCE Museum Staff-led
heat vision image of the universe
VCE

Year 11 Physics: the Universe

This program supports year 11 Physics, Area of study 3: “What is matter and how is it formed?”

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Year 11 Museum Staff-led
Boy, girl and robot outside at night

Planetarium sleepovers

An education program with a difference; sleepover at Scienceworks!

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Years F-6 Museum Staff-led
Illustration of a deck on a space craft

The Problem with Pluto

Examine how Pluto is different to the planets and how we define the term 'planet': When is a planet not a planet?

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Years 5-6 Museum Staff-led

Guess again

An interactive presentation that will encourage students to respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events.

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Years F-2 Museum Staff-led