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August 10-18 www.scienceweek.net.au

For further information, visit our website | www.scienceweek.net. au | or contact Paul Lyons, CSIRO Science Education Centre | P: 8944 8495 | E: paul.lyons@csiro.au

National Science Week events are mostly free, open to the public and offer an opportunity for the Australian community to get involved

National Science Week aims to promote science and highlight the importance of science in our everyday lives

Events on the National Science Week calendar are developed and run by a range of volunteers across the country

Major events are held in every major capital city

Launch Fri Aug 9 – 5pmWildlife Photo Exhibition; Open Daily Aug 10-18

George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens

Sat Aug 10 – 7pm to 9pmRod Quantock presents “Pardon my Carbon”

Railway Club, Parap

Sat Aug 10 - Sun Aug 18 – All day / All nightWonders of the Waterfront; FREE interactive exhibits

Darwin Waterfront

Tue Aug 13 – 7pmProtecting our biodiversity; what science is telling us?

Railway Club, Parap

Tue Aug 13 - Wed Aug 14 – 12pm to 2pmScience Week Fun Facts; FREE interactive roving clown

Smith Street Mall, Darwin City

Wed Aug 14 – 6:30pm onwardsFREE “Chasing Ice” documentary movie Deckchair Cinema

Thur Aug 15 – 4pm to 5:30pmDouble Helix Science Club for kidsCSIRO Science Education Centre, 564 Vanderlin Dr, Berrimah

Fri Aug 16 – 9am to 3pmMenzies School of Health Science SeshCDU, Mal Nairn Auditorium

Fri Aug 16 – 6:30pm for 6:45pm startStar Safari; laser guided tour of the night sky‘The Strand’ grassed area, CDU

Sun Aug 18 – 9am to 12noonTeddy Bears Picnic Science Week StallGeorge Brown Botanic Gardens

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Come learn about protecting northern Australia’s biodiversity during anevening talk at the Railway Club on Tuesday, August 13

The Menzies School of Health Research will again host the 2013 ScienceSesh at Charles Darwin University’s Mal Nairn Auditorium on August 16

WANTMORE INFO?National ScienceWeek runsfromAugust 10 to 18.Be sure to check out one ormoreof themany events on offeraround theNT.Go towww.scienceweek.net.auformore detail.

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The Science Fair will open theminds of our youth to science withpresentations from professionalscientific researchers about excit-ing avenues for the future.

Throughout the week in Darwinyou can visit the Waterfront and dis-cover the interactive science ex-hibits, or head to the Smith St Mallto interact with a roving clown andfind some science fun facts.

Darwin City libraries have activi-ties with primate researcher andconservationist Dr Carla Litchfield.

She will hold an evening sessionat 6pm on Thursday, August 15 atthe Casuarina Library, as well asdoing story time with CSIRO from10am at each city library from Mon-day to Thursday.

Go to www.darwin.nt.gov.au forall Darwin City events over scienceweek.

The business of Science Weekcontinues with an night themed‘‘Protecting northern Australia’sbiodiversity; What science istelling us’’.

Have key questions answered atthis stimulating evening of talks at

the Railway Club on Tuesday, Aug-ust 13 at 6.30pm.

Speakers include Amateur Fish-ermen’s Association of the NorthernTerritory chief executive Craig In-gram, Northern Australia Hub ofthe National Environmental Re-search Program director Prof Mi-chael Douglas and NT Departmentof Land Resource Management’sTerrestrial Ecosystems director DrGraeme Gillespie.

On Wednesday, August 14, comealong to the Deckchair Cinema for afree documentary movie screening

of Chasing Ice, a fantastic and grip-ping cinema journey into the wayglaciers are melting in front of oureyes due to global warming.

Doors open at 6.30pm.The CSIRO education centre will

present two events.The first is a family afternoon at

he education centre in Berrimahwhere students between 7 and 12years old can explore and exper-iment with a range of hands-on ac-tivities.

Then, on Sunday, they will pres-ent a stall at the teddy bears Picnic

in the George Brown Botanic gar-dens for the younger scientistsamongst us.

The Menzies School of Health Re-search, will host the 2013 ScienceSesh.

The event will showcase the re-search Menzies undertakes to im-prove indigenous and tropicalhealth; motivate students to thinkabout how science underpins healthresearch and inspire students toconsider science careers.

Year 11 and Year 12 students willhave the opportunity to hear from adynamic team of leading re-searchers, which will showcase

some of their current projects.The Menzies Science Sesh will be

held Friday, August 16 at CharlesDarwin University’s Mal NairnAuditorium from 9am to 3pm.

In addition, there is also the Liv-ing with Wildlife Photo Essay Com-petition allowing people to explore,build appreciation and tell storiesabout the important wildlife thatlives in our urban area.

All entries in this competitionwill be exhibited over Science Weekat the George Brown Botanic Gar-dens in Darwin and the Olive PinkBotanic Gardens in Alice Springsduring Science Week 2013.