
Electrifying, educational, entertaining!
Featuring spectacular demonstrations, high voltage equipment and charismatic presenters, there’s no better place to spark your curiosity.
Featuring spectacular demonstrations, high voltage equipment and charismatic presenters, there’s no better place to spark your curiosity.
Take your students to the Scienceworks’ Lightning Theatre for an electrifying show full of exciting demonstrations to wow your students! Each educational show features a high voltage performance from our spectacular Tesla Coil. Our 4-metre-tall Tesla Coil is capable of generating more than two million volts of electricity, producing 3-metre lightning bolts that are sure to amaze your students! Check out the video to see a sneak peak.
All educational shows include opportunities for students to engage in demonstrations, learn from a science expert, and watch science come to life in this electrifying space. Follow the links below to learn more about our curriculum-aligned shows exploring energy, electricity and weather!
Discover how your favourite types of weather are created in this spectacular live science show.
Explore energy through electrifying demonstrations in this Lightning Theatre show.
Set in our unique Lightning Room; find out about static electricity, electrical energy transformations and electrical safety in the home.
Discover how we create and use electricity in this spectacular live science show in the high voltage Lightning Theatre.
See live demonstrations of the principles underpinning electricity, electromagnetism and energy for VCE physics students.
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