PrimeSCI! September School Holiday Science Workshops | Wantirna

Follow food along the digestive tract and learn how it is moved and broken down inside our bodies. Find out why it is important to eat vegetables while we make fake poo together.

Note – you will be given the opportunity to touch real pig tongue, stomach and intestines. (1hr) 

Get hands on and make unfamiliar patterns with familiar shapes and explore how these patterns fill 2D space.

Presented by our good friends at Imparo. (1hr) 

Learn about a simple but notorious problem in the field of discrete maths where problem solving meets creativity through drawings.

Presented by our good friends at Imparo. (1hr) 

Robots are performing more and more tasks to help humans. Learn about communicating with robots, by giving instructions and programming, as you use the Bee Bots and Edison Robots to complete different challenges in this exciting hands-on session. (1hr) 

Investigate the properties of paper and plastic that make them suitable for use, re-use and recycling. Become a recycling machine, as you sort and separate. Create your own recycled paper to take home! (1hr) 

Help Barbie to get the length of her bungee cord just right before her big jump! A memorable lesson in forces, maths and experimental design. Let Barbie help us learn about energy transformations, as we bungee jump our way around the building. (1hr) 

What happens when we change the shape and temperature of materials? Learn about properties and experiment with amazing materials - nappies and slime! (1hr) 

What makes heat? How does it move around? Use thermometers, investigate the movement of heat, and decorate your own colour-changing item to take home. Start your education in thermodynamics here! (1hr) 

Prepare to launch! Experiment with angles to create your maximum flight distance. Test indoor and outdoor designs, using air and water to power your rockets.

Note: Back by popular demand, this is a repeat of the sold-out April session. (1hr) 

Mammal or bird? Fish or reptile? Have a close look using magnifying glasses and microscopes. Use our collection of unique animal artefacts to find out more about how biologists sort animals into groups. Make your own animal print! (1hr) 

Potions, unmixing, and explosions! Hone your scientific observation skills to discover the differences between physical and chemical change through a series of exciting investigations. Together we’ll learn to explain how everyday phenomena occur at the particle level. (1hr) 

Why does it ooze, plop and stretch? Create our favourite slimes in the lab and compare their properties. Take your marvelous creations home with you! (1hr)