Calling all Tiny Tradies! Little Kids Week In invites kids ages 5 and under and their grown-ups to join us at Scienceworks for a week of activities and fun – learning all about the STEM skills of tradies!
Grab your hard hat and high-vis vest, little kids are taking over Scienceworks and are building something special. Tiny Tradies shows off the STEM-based skills behind trades like painting, plumbing, and building – and how we apply these skills every day! Join us for a week of activities and workshops and stop in to see one of our amazing Lightning Theatre or Planetarium shows.
Adult $15
Senior $12
Child Free
Concession Free
Member Free
Monday 2 to Friday 6 February
10am to 2 pm
The Energy Lab transforms into our Tot Spot zone. Here, little builders learn how to engineer and build by using their hands and their imaginations.
What will you build? In this on-going hands-on activity, tiny brickies and little chippies will build, develop, and create to their hearts content. Build a house, a maze, or even a rocket!
Painting is an important skill for any tiny tradie. Here in the Kinder Clubhouse, we welcome Petite Painters of all levels to paint, draw, and colour.
Presented with support from Best Start, Best Life, this special place is for little visitors to immerse themselves in a hands-on experience made just for them.
Tycho, our favourite cheeky dog with a knack for getting into trouble, is finally blasting off to discover the red planet, Mars!
Join Tycho on an adventure to learn all about the major features of Mars, including the ancient volcano Olympus Mons and the canyons of the Valles Marineris.
Tycho is in search of water to fly his steam-powered space kennel back home. But how will he find water on Mars, when it looks so cold, dusty and dry?
Meet Tycho, a dog who doesn’t just howl at the Moon, but wants to go there.
Blast off on an amazing ride into space with Tycho and his young friends, Ruby and Michael.
Learn about night and day, space travel, the phases of the Moon and features of the lunar surface. Take a close-up look at the Sun, watch the effects of gravity, see the Earth from space and watch meteors shoot across the night sky.
Take a seat in our Lightning Theatre and be mesmerised by this visually stunning 30-minute live science show.
You’ll be in awe of the science of glow as we explore the fascinating processes behind luminosity, including the many ways a glow can be produced.
Take a seat in our Lightning Theatre and be mesmerised by this visually stunning 30-minute live science show.
Be in awe of the science of glow and explore the fascinating processes behind luminosity, including the many ways a glow can be produced. Discover the science of fluorescence, how animals can appear bright at night and the brilliant, coloured effects of using different materials to make light.
In the spectacular finale, witness our giant Tesla coil light up the theatre with lightning using more than 2 million volts of electricity.
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