Published on the 17th March 2015 by ANSTO Staff
Lego robot fights, tours of old nuclear reactors, spooky science workshops and careers Q and A sessions are all being offered by Australia’s nuclear science agency this Easter school holidays.
ANSTO is pleased to confirm an expanded line up of science-based school fun, exploration and learning opportunities for youngsters.
“Hand in hand with the fact Australia is transitioning to a knowledge-based economy is the fact the Australia of tomorrow will need more scientists,” said ANSTO Education Manager, Dr Bridget Murphy.
“ANSTO’s expanded school holiday science program is about opening up the eyes of young people to the possibilities of a future science career, not to mention that science can be a whole lot of fun.”
Details of the school holiday line up are available on the ANSTO website, and bookings in advance are essential. Some of the events include:
- Spooky science workshops: 90 minute workshops where kids aged 8-14 years will create spooky science projects such as glow-in-the-dark slime and invisible ink. ($10; 8, 9, 10 April)
- HIFAR Nuclear reactor tours: Opportunity for young people and their whole families to come and tour Australia’s old nuclear reactor, HIFAR (Free, Monday 13 – Friday 17 April)
- Science Careers Q & A: A three-hour session for young people in Years 9-12 and their parents to talk to leading scientists, and check out their laboratories (Free; 9.45am - 12.45pm, 16 April)
- Lego workshops: Six hour sessions to design and build a robot, then guide it through mazes, pick up small objects, and fight… ($60; separate sessions for 7-9 and 10-14 year olds; 16 and 17 April)
- Video Game Design workshop: Six hour workshop to learn the principles of game design, then create your own and upload it into cyberspace ($60; suitable for 10-14 year-olds; 16 and 17 April)