What's on: Scienceworks

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Sync

Kick off the spring school holidays and let loose with this new all-ages event designed especially for young adults.

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special event Saturday 22 September 2018

Above and Beyond

Discover the story of flight from the earliest dreams of flying to the jet engines of today.

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exhibition Until 07 October

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen

Discovering imperceptible worlds through science and technology.

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exhibition Daily

Child between a man and a woman using an exhibition interactive

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together

Get ready to build your curiosity! A brand new exhibition for babies to 5-year-olds.

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exhibition Daily

Planetarium Nights

Experience the Planetarium after hours for an evening of fully immersive cinema in our new event series especially for adults.

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special event Until 30 November

Winning Sky Photos 2017

An exhibition of the top entries from The David Malin Awards astrophotography competition.

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exhibition Until 30 September

Early years STEM workshops at Scienceworks.

Little Sparks

Inspire your little learner to think big in these early years STEM workshops.

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activity Until 17 December

Lego robotics and coding workshop

Discover the power of LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 robots and coding in this introductory workshop.

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workshop Next session 26 August 2018

Open Play – Robotics Workshop

Have you previously attended a Sphero® or LEGO® robotics workshop? This unguided session allows more time to tinker!

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workshop Next session 09 September 2018

Earthlight: Spacewalk

Be immersed in an authentic experience of space with the virtual reality game Earthlight: Spacewalk.

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activity Until 15 September

A child holds a Sphero® robot in her hand. The robot is the size and shape of a tennis ball. There is a light shining from inside.

Sphero Rollbot Workshop

Get rolling with Sphero robots in this introductory workshop.

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workshop Next session 09 September 2018

Two women using a computer tablet to program robots

Beginners Robotics for Adults

Discover how to program robots in this beginner workshop for adults, zero experience required.

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workshop Session times unavailable

Cub Scout Engineers

A program designed for Cub Scouts to achieve the Level 1 Engineering Badge with a visit to Scienceworks.

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special event Until 26 August

Two mothers speaking Auslan with their children.

Auslan for Families Community Day

A day of fun activities and shows with an Auslan focus – brought to you by Vicdeaf and Scienceworks.

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special event Saturday 25 August 2018

Young girl sitting on the floor surrounded by confetti at the Beyond Perception Launch Party, Scienceworks.

Little Kids' Day In – Let's Party!

Get ready to Party at Little Kids Day In!

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special event Monday 03 September 2018

A person’s finger is about to touch a piece of dry alphabet soup. The alphabet soup pieces are connected by wires to a Makey Makey electronic board. The letters spell out “I luv makey makey

Makey Makey workshop

Make and create with Makey Makey® in this introductory workshop.

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workshop Next session 02 September 2018

Night-time scene with people gathering on a grass area with telescopes. A lit-up building in the background.

AstroLight Festival

An evening of activities, talks, performances and activities celebrating astronomy, light, and space science

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special event Saturday 08 September 2018

Abstract red and black shapes and swirls within a circle

Particle/Wave

An artistic exploration telling stories of gravitational waves through the lens of humanity.

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show 06–13 October 2018

Little Kids' Day In

Enjoy a day of fun and play-based learning activities without the school groups!

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special event 03 September–03 December 2018

A laptop computer screen shows a game being programmed. An adult’s and a child’s hands are pointing at the screen.

Coding with Scratch

Curious about coding? Come along to this introductory workshop!

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workshop Session times unavailable

An iPad tablet displaying the ScratchJr app

Coding with ScratchJr

Ready to begin coding? Come along to this introductory workshop for ages 5-7!

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workshop Session times unavailable

Two girls using the Cathy Freeman interactive In Sportworks

Sportsworks

Stretch your mind and your muscles.

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exhibition Daily

Pumping Station tours

A tour filled with stories of old Melbourne and Victorian engineering feats.

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tour Daily

Think Ahead

What will the future be like?

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exhibition Daily

1950s powerboat in the museum's collection store

Collection Store tours

See highlights from our historic collection and discover some of Melbourne’s fascinating past.

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tour Daily

Solar System Odyssey

Join Jack Larson on a wild ride through our Solar System as he searches for a new world to call home.

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Planetarium Next session 20 August 2018

A lightning strike illuminates the sky near the Thevenard silos at Ceduna, South Australia.

Bolt from the Blue

From blue jets to red sprites, anvil lightning to St Elmo’s Fire, explore the remarkable properties and mysteries of lightning.

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show Next session 20 August 2018

Starlight

Uncover the mysteries of the stars in this Planetarium show.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Tycho to the Moon

Meet Tycho, a dog who doesn’t just howl at the Moon, but wants to go there.

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Planetarium Next session 22 August 2018

Black Holes

Imagine a place where time stands still and the known laws of physics don’t apply.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Tilt

When the seasons go crazy Annie and Max must set things right and discover a new angle on the world.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Capturing the Cosmos

All-sky astronomy is a new way of looking at the sky to better understand our Universe – and it's happening in Australia!

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Planetarium Next session 25 August 2018

Ticket to the Universe

Take a trip to the far reaches of space, with our Scienceworks presenters as your tour guide.

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Planetarium Next session 20 August 2018

hand overlaid on a night sky illustration

Stories in the Stars

A new way – the oldest way – of looking at the night sky.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

The Problem with Pluto

When is a planet not a planet?

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Our Living Climate

A dramatic and different way of looking at our climate.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

What's on

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Topic

Who

What

Sync

Above and Beyond

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together

Planetarium Nights

Winning Sky Photos 2017

Little Sparks

Lego robotics and coding workshop

Open Play – Robotics Workshop

Earthlight: Spacewalk

Sphero Rollbot Workshop

Beginners Robotics for Adults

Cub Scout Engineers

Auslan for Families Community Day

Little Kids' Day In – Let's Party!

Makey Makey workshop

AstroLight Festival

Particle/Wave

Little Kids' Day In

Coding with Scratch

Coding with ScratchJr

Sportsworks

Pumping Station tours

Think Ahead

Collection Store tours

Solar System Odyssey

Bolt from the Blue

Starlight

Tycho to the Moon

Black Holes

Tilt

Capturing the Cosmos

Ticket to the Universe

Stories in the Stars

The Problem with Pluto

Our Living Climate