SCHOOL HOLIDAYS – Set Adrift (until 15 April)
H2 Whoa!
How much water is on the earth? How much of it can we drink? Learn the answers to these questions and watch as we go overboard in this 20-minute live show. For children all ages.
Time: Daily 1pm
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Experiment Zone – Float the Boat
Discover why things float, see how sturdy a boat you can create and make your own ship in a bottle to take away in this 30 minute workshop. Limited spaces available – book at the desk on arrival. For children aged 7-12 years.
Time: Daily 11am, 12pm and 2.15pm
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Our Water
Our Water features 28 hands-on exhibits that explore the way water is used from an urban, agricultural, industrial and environmental perspective. Learn more about our most precious resource – water – and what we can do to help save it.
Date: until 15 April
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Our Water developed by Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre. Proudly supported by the National Water Commission
Playing With Light
Experience a visual extravaganza at Scienceworks and explore the properties of light. mix together colours, freeze and interact with your shadows, paint with infrared light and try your espionage skills in the maze of lasers
Date: 24 April – 3 February 2012
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Playing With Light Developed by Scitech, Perth
Explore-a-saurus (Closes this weekend!)
Test your strength against the strength of a T.rex jaw, or see the world through the eyes of a dinosaur, all in an exhibition inhabited by Scienceworks’ own animatronic dinosaurs!
Date: until April 15.
Cost: Adults $18, Concession $6 and Children (3-16 years) $5. Prices include entry to Scienceworks.
Tilt (Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks)
When the seasons go crazy it’s up to Annie and Max to set things right. Join them on a whirlwind adventure as they find out how the seasons work and discover a new angle on the world.
Time: Daily 2pm
Cost: Adults $16, Concession $5 and Children (3-16 years) $4.50. Prices include entry to Scienceworks.
COMING SOON
Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention
Unleash your inner inventor and journey through a world of amazing inventions with Wallace and Gromit at Scienceworks! Take on the role of an apprentice inventor and create everything from household tools to logos and find out how to protect your own big ideas.
Date: 18 May
Cost: Additional charges will apply.
An Aardman experience at Scienceworks, produced by SGA. Principal sponsor: IP Australia. © Aardman Animations Ltd 2012