Inspiring South Australia

Native Plants on Earth and Beyond
2023-08-19 14:30 - 16:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Australian Space Discovery Centre
As humans continue to explore further from our home planet, Australia’s hardy native plants could be the answer to a nourishing diet. Plants in space are used for food and research, but they also play an important role in astronauts’ well-being and fostering a connection to Earth. As some of the world’s first astronomers, First Nations people of Australia could hold the answer to how humanity can go further than ever before, whilst staying connected to our home, Earth.
Join us online or in-centre to hear from the Australian Space Discovery Centre and Southern Cultural Immersion as they explore the significant connection that Aboriginal people hold with Country, take an in depth look at Kaurna plants and their traditional uses on Earth, and beyond.
Hosted by the Australian Space Discovery Centre, the talk will run for 90 minutes, including time for questions. In-centre visitors will have the opportunity to explore all the Centre has to offer including the Space Gallery, Plants in Space Exhibit and Careers Hub.
This event is part of Payirri-Apinthirlu Naalityangka the First Nations Science Festival.

Night Lab: In Our Element
2023-08-18 18:00 - 22:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Night Lab is back and it’s gonna be the Mother (Nature) of all parties!
Join us for an evening that is sure to blow you away, put a fire in your belly, and keep you grounded as we celebrate the elements, Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, and our personal favourite, the element of SURPRISE! We are pooling out all the stops to make sure you and your best fronds are on cloud nine for one night of adults-only festivities at the South Australian Museum.
This electric event includes talks, hands-on activities, live performances, demonstrations, music and so much more. So what are you waiting for? Two’s a company, three’s a cloud!

When: Friday 18 August | 6pm-10pm
Cost: $40 Museum Members | $45 General Admission

Ticket price includes welcome drink on entry and all activities. Drinks and food available for purchase all night. Prizes on offer for the most ion-ic costume!
R18+ event- adult themes and occasional blustery language.
This event is part of the 2023 National Science Week program and supported by a SA National Science Week Community Grant.

What is Nanotechnology?
2023-08-15 17:30 - 18:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Brighton Library, 20 Jetty Road, BRIGHTON, SA, 5048, Australia
Join us at the library for National Science Week!
What is Nanotechnology? And what impact will it have on society?
Learn about the basics of nanotechnology, it’s history, why it’s important, and what the future of this field might look like.

Australia’s Astronaut in training: In conversation with Katherine Bennell-Pegg
2023-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney)
The Australian Space Agency’s Katherine Bennell-Pegg is the first person to be trained as an astronaut under the Australian Flag.
Join us online as Katherine beams in from Germany where she is currently training with the European Space Agency.
Hear about a day in the life of an astronaut-in-training, Katherine’s career journey and her advice to others who dare to follow their dreams. You’ll also get the chance to ask questions of this history-making trailblazer.
This session will commence at 2pm (AEST). We will be hosting this session via Microsoft Teams, however, you do not need a Microsoft Teams account to take part.

Jenny McCracken @ RiAus
2023-08-14 11:00 - 2023-08-18 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
To mark the 100th edition of its science publication Cosmos Magazine, the Royal Institution of Australia has commissioned visual artist Jenny McCracken to create a work of public art that celebrates the wonder and curiosity science brings the world and how it gives us reasons to hope. The live art installation will take place during National Science Week in The Science Exchange auditorium, at 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide (behind Grenfell Street) and is open to the public to view its progress from 11am to 3pm, Monday, August 14 to Friday, August 18. You can also tell us the things you’re hopeful about, which will be collated to celebrate the 100th issue of Cosmos Magazine.

Public Lecture: Dark matter in the sky and on the Earth
2023-08-09 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | The University of Adelaide, North Tce, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Join the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip in Adelaide to unravel the mysteries of dark matter with Dr Dipan Sengupta.
Dark matter is fundamental to our understanding of the structure of the Universe as we know and observe it. From the cosmic background to the formation of galaxies and stars, the evolution of the Universe has been shaped by dark matter. Yet it remains mysterious and a puzzle to us. Deciphering its true nature remains one of the biggest challenges to humankind in the quest to understand our place in the Universe. I will discuss various fascinating aspects in the hunt for discovering the true nature of dark matter. I will also talk about Australia’s role in this endeavour through building new detectors as well as its participation in global cutting-edge research in the field.
Dr Dipan Sengupta is a research associate at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics at The University of Adelaide. He completed his PhD at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in 2014 and has held positions at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, Michigan State University, USA and the University of California, San Diego, USA. His expertise is in theoretical particle physics and cosmology, and he likes to ponder the deepest questions regarding our place and existence in the Universe and the secrets it holds.
This is a FREE event, but registration is required.
We are very grateful to The University of Adelaide for their support of this event.

Tabletop Tech
2023-08-09 15:45 - 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Glenelg Library, 2 Colley Terrace, GLENELG, South Australia, 5045, Australia
Dungeon, Dragons, and RPG meets Technology!

In this fun, interactive course we explore and try out a range of technology that will be used to create a tabletop role-playing adventure game.

Each week we will focus on a different piece of technology, and create a different aspect of the game. Then in the final session participants will play out a RPG style campaign incorporating the tech they’ve created.

WEEK 1 (9 August): Characters & 3D Printing
In this session participants will be given a brief outline of what to expect over the coming weeks, an overview of 3D printers, and how they work (and the chance to see one in action), then they will design their own miniature using Eldritch Foundry (which they will be able to take home after the final session). Participants will also be given a character sheet to take home and complete.

WEEK 2 (16 August): Maps & Digital Art
In this session we will use some free graphic design software to create location maps that will be used in the final session.

Week 3 (23 August): Dice & Coding
In this session we will code a collection of digital dice using Scratch.

Week 4 (30 August): Play time! *2 hour session*

In this final session we will combine everything we have created in the previous sessions and play out a RPG Dungeons and Dragons style game. *Please note this will be an extended 2 hour session*

Suitable for ages 10-14.

Basic computer skills essential. Laptops and all equipment will be provided.

Please note: it is essential that all participants commit to the full 4 week program.

Cosmos Science City: Meet the Midwife
2023-08-01 12:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
Each month, Cosmos Science City brings together Adelaide’s brightest academics and scientists to hold conversations with a live audience about issues of the day.
August 1-7 is the UN’s World Breastfeeding Week with the theme: “Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!”
Cosmos Science City August will look at multiple issues related to breastfeeding and nutrition, parental care, and the health care environment. Click below for more information and to register.

Little Bang Discovery Club
2023-07-27 10:00 - 23:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Walkerville Town Hall, 66 Walkerville Terrace, Gilberton, SA, 5081, Australia
Through a series of engaging hands-on activities using everyday objects, learn the basics of science: collecting,classifying, measuring and experimenting.
10am – 11am, Thursdays,27 July & 3, 10, 17 August
Walkerville Town Hall
Children aged 3-5, must be supervised by an adult
$8 for a four-week program

Create a 3D printable character
2023-07-21 10:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Glenelg Library, 2 Colley Terrace, GLENELG, South Australia, 5045, Australia
Create a custom 3D printable Dungeons and Dragons style character with Eldrich Foundry.

Characters will then be printed in the library and be available for collection the following week.

Suitable for ages 12+

Basic computer skills essential. Bookings essential.

Tech Time
2023-07-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-07-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-07-14 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-07-14 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-07-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-07-10 10:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Glenelg Library, 2 Colley Terrace, GLENELG, South Australia, 5045, Australia
Drop into Glenelg Library these school holidays and try out our range of tech!
In this free play session, we’ll have a variety of tech equipment on offer for you to play and experiment with.

FREE / Bookings required / Ages 5+ / Parental supervision required.

Whaley Spectacular
2023-07-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-07-11 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | South Australian Whale Centre, 2 Railway Terrace, Victor Harbor, South Australia, 5211, Australia
It’s whale season! Whales are spectacular and they can be whaley spectacular when they breach, tail-slap or even blow. Come and learn all about southern right whales, including how they move and what they eat.
Children will learn what to look for when out whale spotting, including how to identify different whale species and how scientists identify individuals. They will learn about whale behaviour and their movements. This may involve some silly movements as we pretend to be whales. Children will also have the opportunity to make origami whales.
Aimed at 4-10 year olds.
Adults/guardians are welcome to stay without purchasing a ticket, or they can leave their children if they feel comfortable to do so.
Ticket price includes entry for the child to the whale centre displays.

Drone workshop for children
2023-07-18 15:45 - 16:45 (Australia/Adelaide) | Walkerville Town Hall, 66 Walkerville Terrace, Gilberton, SA, 5081, Australia
Have you heard of the wonders of flying drones? Now it’s your turn to give it a go! Discover the world of programmable drones powered by a flight control system these school holidays.
Walkerville Town Hall
Children aged 9+. $2 per person, children must be supervised by an adult guardian

Space and Innovation Hackathon 2023
2023-07-15 13:00 - 2023-07-16 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Nexus 10, 10/12 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Are you looking for an exciting challenge this winter holidays? Looking to develop a range of skills in innovation, business planning and problem-solving? Join us at our annual ✨Hackathon✨ from the 15th to 16th of July!!!

📌 Where: Nexus 10 Basement Level
⌚ When: Saturday July 15th (1pm) – Sunday July 16th (5pm)
💵 Price: $30 | Member price: $25

This overnight challenge gets you to develop your very own start-up which aims to solve some of the largest challenges facing space exploration globally. 🌍 You’ll develop an innovative product to solve one of these problems. Alongside this product idea, you will be developing a business model that will take this start-up from an idea to a thriving business. After 24 hours, you’ll present your idea and business plan as a pitch to a panel of industry representatives⌛. They’ll judge the pitches and present some incredible prizes to the winning teams! 🥇 This is going to be an out-of-this-world event that’ll look incredible on your resume!!! 🚀🚀

For any industry professionals, you have the opportunity to mentor the competitors. 🧑‍💻 If you’d like to be a mentor, please sign up here. 📝

And that’s not all… ALL meals will be provided! 🤤  So what are you waiting for? Grab your tickets now for $30 and secure your place🎫  (only $25 for AUSS Members)! We can’t wait to see you there!

More details coming soon but thank you to our amazing partners! 👏✨
Supernova Tier: NOVA Systems, Equatorial Launch Australia, KPMG
Milky Way Tier: Silentium Defence, South Australian Space Industry Centre, Amazon Web Services
Nebula Tier: Southern Launch, Engineers Australia

DISCLAIMER: Refunds are only available up to 5 days before the event. Please contact us via email (space@clubs.youx.org.au) if you have any issues!

CONASTA 70
2023-07-09 - 2023-07-12 | The University of Adelaide, North Tce, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
CONASTA is the major science education event in Australia! CONASTA has a strong reputation for offering high quality and stimulating professional learning experiences for science teachers, school laboratory technicians/managers and others with an interest in science education.
The conference theme, The Space to Innovate emphasises the importance of building a culture of continuous innovation at all levels of schooling in Australia.
There are so many exciting projects happening in schools and educational institutions across the country, CONASTA creates the space for these innovative educators to connect, collaborate and learn as we all continue to deliver real, relevant and relatable learning experiences for our students.

World Chocolate Day: make a chocolate mould
2023-07-07 15:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Glenelg Library, 2 Colley Terrace, GLENELG, South Australia, 5045, Australia
Join us at the library for World Chocolate Day!

Drop into Glenelg Library anytime from 3pm – 4:30pm to see our Mayku FormBox in action and create your own chocolate mould!*

What is a Mayku FormBox?
The Formbox is a desktop vaccume former capable of instantly molding sheets of plastic into different shapes – including chocolate moulds!

*1 free mould per person, whilst stocks last

Video Games for Physical and Mental Fitness
2023-06-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Brighton Library, 20 Jetty Road, BRIGHTON, SA, 5048, Australia
Looking for a new way to unwind or get active whilst staying indoors this winter? Come along and try a range of Nintendo Switch video games perfect for light fitness, brain training, and fun.

Staff will walk you through how a Nintendo Switch gaming console works and give you the chance to try out a variety of games that focus on brain training activities and physical activity.

FREE / for adults / bookings essential

Free Accessibility and Inclusion Workshop
2023-05-22 13:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | MOD., North Terrace, adjacent, Morphett St, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Anyone involved with science communication and science engagement whether they be professional, volunteer or student, is welcome.
During the workshop we talk about what disability is, what access is, and what you can do to make your work more accessible.
It’s an opportunity to ask frank questions, learn about terminology, and learn more about the exciting and creative disability community.
The workshop will be presented by Bec Young and Meg Riley from Access2Arts

Antarctica: Its History, Relevance; Securing its Environmental Future
2023-05-11 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
Remote, lonely, inhospitable. Antarctica is all of these things. But there is also irreplaceable beauty in this critical part of our world that is in danger of being lost. Melting ice sheets are changing the world we live in, penguins, whales, and the tremendous array of unique Antarctic life are counting on humanity to step up and protect it. Science today—built on the history of yesterday— tells us how to secure the Antarctic future, and what you can do to help.
From Sir Douglas Mawson through to today’s Antarctic scientists, South Australia has over 100 years of Antarctic history and scientific breakthroughs. Join Antarctic scientists and historians for an insider’s view of today’s most compelling scientific questions, the people who answer them and how both draw upon an incredible history of Australian scientific endeavour to deliver practical information for current and future generations.

Strong Structure Managed Term Project/Pilot with Makers Empire - aligned to the UN's SDGs
2023-05-01 08:00 - 2023-07-31 17:00 (Australia/Adelaide)
Managed Projects for Makers Empire Customers

A managed term project is designed to be delivered to groups of Makers Empire school customers from all over Australia to maximise learning opportunities and provide scaffolding and support for teachers. Over the course of a term, teachers will explore a specific Challenge Course with students aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Teachers in a managed term project will:

Understand how to use 3D technology to plan, teach and assess Design & Technology and Engineering curriculum for K-8 students.
Receive access to a new Challenge Course for the course of the program (one term).
Each Challenge Course provides a complete design program for students. Challenge courses are carefully aligned to Australian curriculum outcomes, centred around a theme and designed to take 4-10 weeks to complete. For example, teachers might have students work through a Challenge Course for one lesson per week over a term. Over that term, students will address all aspects of the Design & Technologies curriculum without needing to do any extra planning.
Each Challenge Course contains four different activities: 1) videos; 2) quizzes; 3) pro-training tutorials; and 4) design challenges.

Managed term projects are free of charge for all Makers Empire school customers as they are included in the cost of an annual subscription to Makers Empire. Not yet a Makers Empire school customer? Check out our similar managed term pilots for schools.

Strong Structures: Term 2, 2023: May – July
What makes a structure strong? How many cars can a bridge hold? How tall can a tower be before it becomes unstable? How can we build things that stand the test of time? Grade 5-7 students will be challenged to think like architects and civil engineers and design strong, sustainable structures for a range of purposes. This course aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal #11 Sustainable Cities & Communities.

Cool Character Design Thinking Competition
2023-04-05 - 2023-04-30
Makers Empire runs a Design Thinking competition in the Makers Empire 3D app every month so students can test their design skills against a global community of makers – competitions attract up to 24,000 entries!

April’s Competition: Cool Characters
April 2nd is International Children’s Book Day. Design your favourite book character and tell us why you like them so much.

Maths Fun for Under 5s
2023-04-04 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-03-28 10:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Port Adelaide Library, 2-4 Church Street, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 5015, Australia
Maths Fun for Under 5s @ Port Adelaide Library
This is a free 4 week hands-on program that involves young children and their families in early learning maths experiences that is educational and fun. Developed by the Smith Family Foundation, and run by our Community Learning facilitators, children get to explore many aspects of maths in a relaxed and stimulating way.
Over the 4 weeks we will cover, counting

By engaging with your child through Maths Fun, you will gain an understanding about the importance of positive early years maths experiences, and create the opportunity for your child to explore and learn.

Maths Fun for under 5s is a FREE 4 week program. Bookings are essential. We encourage you to attend all four sessions for maximum benefit.
Suitable for ages 3 to 5 years. Adult supervision and participation is required for the duration of the session.

Time and dates:
Tuesdays 10:30am – 11:30am
March 14, 21, 28 and April 4

A Guide to Artificial Intelligence
2023-03-28 19:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Brighton Sports and Social Club, Highet Avenue, HOVE, SA, 5048, Australia
Join us for an exciting, lighthearted and informative look at what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is and the impact AI is having on the world. Presenter Dr John Flackett from AiLab will explain what AI is and why business, governments and the community should learn more about this exciting field. With a focus on real-world AI capabilities, John highlights the opportunities AI-powered tools and techniques bring, what the future of jobs looks like in an AI world, and busts some AI myths.

Q&A to follow.

Suitable for those with little to no knowledge of AI.

Presenter Bio
Dr. John Flackett is the co-founder and head of AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory); a global company headquartered in Australia with further locations in New Zealand and the UK, AiLab provides AI education programs and research. John recently launched an ‘AiLab at AUT’ within Auckland University of Technology as part of AiLab’s expansion. John has been working in AI for over 25 years and is an international AI speaker, educator, and advisor. With a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, John has received various awards and previously spent a decade as a senior university academic teaching AI and Software Engineering in the UK. Additionally, John is the co-founder of Adelaide AI – the largest AI networking community in South Australia. John also currently serves as a member of the Australian Federal Government’s Artificial Intelligence Action Plan Committee.
