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2 2018 Sydney Science Festival at the Australian Museum Primary School

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to the 2018 Sydney Science Festivalat the Australian Museum

Welcome

“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” - Stephen Hawking

Now in its 17th year, the Australian Museum’s Science Festival celebration has been a leader in showcasing the wondrous world of science - where we welcome primary school students and teachers to explore practical discoveries as well as studies that can benefit us all.

With the support of a wide range of researchers and professionals from tertiary institutions, scientific organisations and industry sponsors, the program includes a wealth of high-quality educational activities and presentations designed to encourage and stimulate interest in the study of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics – STEAM.

We thank our Major Partner 3M Australia and Event Partner ANSTO; our Education Partners Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.

Additionally, we are grateful to our wonderful volunteers and the Science Engagement and Events team who’ve worked so hard to develop and deliver this comprehensive program for 2018.

This year, we are again co-producing the Sydney Science Festival with the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) to join the National Science Week celebrations focussed on the innovations and achievements of the Australian scientific community.

And we thank you, the teachers whose enduring passion for supporting your students to be inspired and aspire to, assembling the next generation of adventurous explorers who will look to shaping a better world.

Kim McKay AO Executive Director & CEO Australian Museum


Expo

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Expo

Take a hands-on approach to science and meet the experts! The Expo gives students an immersive space where they can ask all the hard questions, try out some science experiments and investigate the science they encounter every day. Australia’s top science institutions and organsations come together to provide students with interactive booths where they can explore STEAM and get excited about the future of Science.

Presenters: Multiple organisations including the Australian Museum, 3M Australia, Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Australian National Maritime Museum, Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars, SolarBuddy, Royal Agricultural Society, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Me 3D, NITV Rewired, and Re-Engineering Foundation Australia.

ScienceExpoMeet the Experts!


Aboriginal Bush Food & Medicine

Where could you get something to cure your headache before we had chemists? How do you get food without a supermarket? Learn how Aboriginal Australians’ survived thousands of years before modern conveniences were available, and see how traditional knowledge compares to what we know from Western science. Come along and learn how to let the land provide for you.

Presenters: Australian Museum

Workshops

Chemical Opposites

Get back to the basics! Find out about the foundational chemistry concept of opposites: acids and bases; oil and water. What does it mean if a substance is basic? How acidic are some everyday items? How can chemistry help fix an oil spill? Get hands-on in this interactive workshop to discover just how important these basic scientific concepts are to our everyday lives.

Presenter: 3M Australia

Join aWorkshopGet hands-on with science!


Science of the Pacific

Embark on a cultural tour to discover the science of the Pacific! Interact with collection items as Museum staff reveal the secrets behind these objects, and the wonderful communities who made them. Find out more about the technologies of Pacific communities, their sustainable practices, and the everyday science encountered in their cultural practices.

Presenter: Australian Museum

Mathemagics workshop

Card tricks, dice tricks and number tricks - we have all seen tricks before! But what do they have in common with security encryption for mobile phones or credit cards? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore the mathematical principles used in both parlour tricks and security encryption.

Presenter: University of Technology Sydney

Secrets of the Earth

Piece together some palaeontological puzzles! With the help of AMRI researcher Jackie Nguyen, find out how fossils are formed and learn about different types of fossils. Discover what fossils can tell us about the lives of dinosaurs and megafauna and their evolutionary relationships with today’s animals.

Presenter: Australian Museum Research Institute

Wildlife DNA

The Australian Museum has collectors, researchers... and crime fighters!? Meet the superhero scientists who fight crime from the lab. Learn how to extract DNA from a strawberry with staff from the internationally acclaimed Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics. Discover how they use similar methods of DNA extraction to help identify vulnerable and endangered animal species, and fight illegal wildlife smuggling!


Workshops


Unbelievabubbles

Bubbles have a secret identity! You may know them as colourful floating shapes of joy….but in reality, bubbles are a complex chemical sandwich of waring layers of water-loving and water-hating molecules. Join us in a most serious playful exploration of the true nature of soap bubbles (they are lazy!). With your own bubble mixture, you can design experiments to help answer more of the mysteries of bubbles and their relevance to solving science and engineering challenges. We will also have time to attempt some really clever bubble tricks - but only after you’ve learnt to tame the bubble.

Presenter: Children’s Discovery Museum

Water Works

Water is one of most exciting materials on the planet! Water covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface. Water is essential for life. Water can be a liquid, a solid and a gas - in the same room in which you sit. Join us in some seriously playful investigations about water, and design your own experiments to help answer your own questions. You might like to explore how water ‘sticks’ to glass, or how to make water ‘wetter’ or create ways for water to flow up-hill. What new ideas about water will your learn?


Workshops


Wildlife Forensics CSI

In this workshop, students undertake exciting crime scene investigation activities using authentic materials to unlock the mysteries of a prickly assault in a Wildlife Forensics case. From fingerprints to DNA, students will retrieve and analyse evidence to understand more about forensics and genomics. So come ‘suit and boot’ and help solve the mystery!


Wind Things

Did you know that scientists are still arguing about why wings keep planes flying?? It’s true! The way air moves around objects, like a wing, is very complex and has all sorts of effects which are not easily explained….but lots of fun to explore! Join us in playful exploration of the science of flight by constructing a small wing, a whirligig toy and a paper model plane. Experiment with these devices by predicting how they’ll behave if you change the speed of flowing air, or the weight or shape of your device. What will you learn from your experiments that help you better understand how planes fly?


Workshops


Get Creative with Coding

This 45min workshop will inspire and instruct students (and teachers) to code a creative inspired game using Python. Code Club aims to give every child the opportunity to learn to code by providing free content.

Presenter: Code Club Australia

Frogs and the Future

When we think about the future, we often think about the wonders of technology and the amazing achievements of mankind, but we don’t immediately think about the other creatures who will, hopefully, be sharing that future with us. Now is the time to learn about the importance of conservation and what better way to begin that journey than by learning about frogs. Engaging, fascinating and fun, this workshop will allow you to get up close and personal with one of Australia’s favourite animals.

Presenter: Frog and Tadpole Study

Workshops


Interactive ScienceExperience

Hands-on experiments that will make you laugh! Explore the chemistry of common household items and discover the microscopic world. In this interactive session, you’ll make slime with glue and borax; reveal hidden messages with turmeric; make iodine messages disappear with Vitamin C; create elephant toothpaste with bleach; witness the expanding power of a gas; see the microscopic world magnified 200x, and more!

Presenter: Macquarie University

Digital Planetarium

Experience the motion of celestial objects in real time! The star dome is back with a new digital immersive environment that takes your galaxy exploration experience to a whole new level! Travel through time and space to the outer limits of our solar system, and discover the reasons for the seasons.

Presenter: University of New South Wales

Workshops


Volcanoes, Eruptions and more...

Get your hands dirty by making volcanoes explode! Did you know that rocks move? Not just up and down, but sideways and backwards, moving all over each other. The world as we know it has been developed by these movements through eruptions, earthquakes, meteors and tectonic plate shift. Witness the power of rocks in this dynamic and interactive show


Fantastic Frogs

Meet Dr Jodi Rowley, amphibian expert at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) as she talks about her exciting work in the field and reveals everything there is to know about frogs! With Jodi’s help, the FrogID citizen scientist project has tracked over 20,000 frogs across Australia. Jodi will use her vocal skills to demonstrate some common frog calls and students can get involved too.


Shows

See a Show!Be amazed by the sights and sounds of science!


Shows


Australian Animal Show

Catch up with some of Australia’s favourite animals! Meet live native reptiles, mammals and birds. Take a peek at some of the cutest creatures and hear stories of how they’ve adapted to a constantly changing environment. Learn the difference between native and introduced species and why biodiversity and conservation are so important to our world.

Presenter: Australian Wildlife Displays

Electricity Show

Sparks fly in this energetic and action-packed exploration of magnets, electricity and light. Audience members are divided into two teams and play for points in the ‘Electricity Quiz’, under the watchful eye of a zany scorekeeper.

Presenter: Creative Science

Shows


Celebrate science with this silly science mix-up featuring a medley of amazing demonstrations. Help highly competitive presenters as they use surprising science demonstrations to prove they can do the best science tricks in Australia! This entertaining, fast-paced and interactive show includes hilarious antics and lots of audience participation.

Presenter: Creative Science

Ask him anything; he will know the answer! Australia’s favourite science guy Dr Karl Kruszelnicki will present his latest swag of super science stories. If you like science dished up with a big serving of humour, then don’t miss this opportunity to see Dr Karl live! Get the scoop on the latest research and discoveries, and ask Dr Karl those burning science questions you’ve been pondering for years!

Presenter: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Freaky Forces Great Moments in Science

Shows


The Gamechangers Show

Join us as we take you on an adventure to look at people who are historical game changers in science, with awesome experiments to look at how their ideas have shaped the innovations and technologies of today and into our future. We’ll be looking at changemakers from all over the world who have had a significant impact on the world as we know it, including people such as Archimedes, Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk.

Presenter: Fizzics Education

The Mystery Investigators Show

Can you bend a spoon or find water using only a stick? The Mystery Investigators can! Join Richard Saunders from TV’s The One and his pal Ian Bryce as they unlock the secrets behind strange and mysterious stories in this interactive show. Help the Mystery Investigators use scientific methods to demonstrate and explain fantastic phenomena and bust scientific myths!

Presenter: Mystery Investigators

Shows


The Upsized Science Show

The Upsized Science Show is designed to have your children leaping off the floor and yelling for more. Think liquid nitrogen explosions, colourful chemical eruptions, levitating beach balls and many more surprises! Expect the unexpected in this awesomely entertaining, fast-paced, fun-packed interactive show that takes a loud, colourful and messy look at the hilarious world of Science!

Presenter: Science Safari

Fire, Earth, Water & Air Show

Street Science returns to Sydney Science Festival in 2018 with all-new demonstrations, bigger bangs and the best science experiments ever seen on stage. Join the quirky team as they take you on a journey of scientific discovery with liquid nitrogen concoctions, fiery fuel demonstrations and a little bit of magic. Get your tickets early as this tour WILL SELL OUT.

Presenter: Street Science

The Street Science Show

Direct from Brisbane, the Street Science Team use a variety of cutting edge demonstrations to teach your students all about the world around them. The scientific content focuses on energy, heat, force and changes between each of the 3 states of matter. By using explosive demonstrations it aims to educate and improve student engagement in the sciences.

Presenter: Street Science

The Light Side…

Light is all around us. Some of it we can see, some of it we can’t. In this show we’ll talk about light and look at how it is used in the world through some exciting demonstrations!

Presenter: University of Technology Sydney

Shows


Exhibitions


Become acquainted with the objects that started it all by booking into our renowned exhibitions.

Wild Planet

Earth is home but it’s not just ours. Parading for you in Wild Planet are around 400 of the amazing animal species we share our planet with.

Minerals: featuring the Albert Chapman Collection

Step into a glittering world of colour and light and discover a collection renowned for its mineralogical diversity, crystal perfection and aesthetic appeal, including an impressive number of specimens found here in Australia!

Surviving Australia

Get close to some intriguing Australian fauna, and discover a world beneath the waves.

Pacific Spirit

Experience the colour, culture and artistry of one of the world’s most diverse regions, and discover how each displayed object embodies the culture that continues to resonate in contemporary Pacific societies.

Westpac Long Gallery

From an Egyptian mummy to Ned Kelly, uncover the hidden stories of 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum in the Westpac Long Gallery.

Visit an Exhibition

Exhibitions


The team


Contact usthe Science Engagement and Events team, from left to right:

Ashleigh Harrington, Elisa Quijano, Ellie Downing and Geoff Gardner

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