What’s On at Scienceworks April to June 2010
Going Places: The Technology of Transport
Pilot an airship through sky hoops, ride the hovercraft and land a plane on the flight simulator. Find out how travel has shaped society and put yourself to the test with a multitude of transport challenges. With more than 20
hands-on exhibits, Going Places is a wild ride. This unique exhibition explores the way mankind has developed new transport technology to overcome gravity, distance and the division of continents to move us around the globe.
Developed by Scitech, Perth
Date: Until 17 October 2010
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Toys: Science at Play
What makes a spinning top stay upright? Why do magnets attract iron? How does a doll talk? This popular interactive exhibition returns to Scienceworks and includes robots, dolls, hula hoops, building blocks, toy timelines and kaleidoscopes. Toys provides plenty of opportunities for all ages with enquiring minds to tinker with toys.
Developed by Scienceworks and Scitech, Perth
Date: Until 18 July 2010
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Autumn Holidays
Spin out this autumn at Scienceworks and be entertained with the Circus of Spin, presented by CircaNICA. Get whirled away in this entertaining show featuring Miss Ellaneous and Professor GØrski. Be amazed as you watch dizzying displays of twisting and twirling circus tricks in this 20 minute live performance. You can also make your own tumbling toy. Experiment with different surfaces and see your toy go head-over-heels down a slope.
Circus of Spin, presented by CircaNICA – Agency of the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA).
Date: 27 March to 11 April 2010
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Machines in Action Day
Take a ride on a model steam train and check out historic vehicles in action as they parade around the arena. Items on display include the Cowley Steam Roller, Cowley Steam Traction Engine – the only working Australian made traction engine in the world – along with the Super Sentinel Steam Wagon, the K.L. Bulldog Tractor and many others.
Date: Sunday 28 March 2010
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Wright Engine – Centenary of flight in Australia display
See the engine from the first powered aeroplane to fly in Australia. The plane was a Wright Model A, designed by Orville Wright of the Wright brothers. Piloted by English racing driver Colin Defries and named ‘The Stella’ after Defries’ wife, the plane flew about 100 yards (91m) on 9 December 1909. The flight was witnessed and reported by several reliable sources, but was not officially recognized and the first flight trophy was awarded to Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) in 1910. This engine is one of the most significant aeronautical artefacts in Museum Victoria’s collection.
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Tomorrow’s Technology
Be magnetised and electrified by this brand new 30 minute Lightning Room show, starring live lightning bolts! Discover how technology has developed over time and in what ways it may continue to develop further. Imagine a world without electricity as we consider what may happen without the resources we now rely on, and see how future technological advancements could lead to us travelling in flying trains and having cheaper spaceship launches.
Date: Sessions run daily from April 24, visit museumvictoria.com.au/scienceworks for session times.
Cost: Adults $13, Concession $4 and Children (3-16 year) $3.50 (includes admission to Scienceworks)
Our Living Climate
Experience a dramatic and different way of looking at climate and climate change in the latest Planetarium show.
A visually spectacular story unfolds on a global scale, revealing how climate first evolved and how it has been endlessly transformed by weather patterns, Ice Ages and the appearance of new life forms.
Date: for session times, visit museumvictoria.com.au/scienceworks.
Cost: Adults $13, Concession $4 and Children (3-16 year) $3.50 (includes admission to Scienceworks)
Winning Sky Photos: the David Malin Awards
A display of spectacular images of the sky from the annual photography competition named after the world-renowned astrophotography and competition judge, Professor David Malin.
Exhibition developed by the Central West Astronomical Society and toured by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Date: Untill 11 April 2010
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission
Harrison Refrigerator Model
Come and see a model of the first successful industrial refrigerator (1857) developed by James Harrison of Geelong. An internationally significant invention, the refrigerator was used in breweries, hotels and distilleries throughout Britain, Europe, South America and Australia. This model was displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America, from 1964 to 2002 and is now on show at Scienceworks.
Cost: Included with Scienceworks admission