Science Alive 2019 Returns to Adelaide Showground

SCIENCE ALIVE IS BACK!

The fourteenth annual Science Alive! promises some brand new hands-on experiences and incredible science shows to delight and engage all ages. Every one of the 60+ participating organizations will be offering some kind of hands-on activity to engage and delight children and adults of all ages.

SPECTACULAR SCIENCE SHOWS

2019 will see the Science Alive debut of Dr Quark’s amazing Scientific Circus Show! Marvel at this high energy show as Dr Quark explores the science and forces behind the circus tricks we all love with the effects of gravity, momentum, friction, air pressure, energy transfer and push and pull forces!

The Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s fabulous Chemistry Show and SciWorld’s Explosive Science Show will return in 2019 with a whole new set of loud and messy demonstrations sure to delight and amaze the whole family.

Join living legends of science, Rob and Deane of The Curiosity Show fame with their brand new Illusions show!

Animals Anonymous will introduce you to their furry and slithery friends in their educational show, with a chance for you to get up close and personal after the show!

FANTASTIC AND INTERACTIVE

2019 brings a whole range of brand new exhibitors to Science Alive! OzGrav (the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery), which aims to capitalise on the historic first detections of gravitational waves to understand the extreme physics of black holes and warped spacetime, and to inspire the next generation of Australian scientists and engineers through this new window on the Universe.

The Australian Dalek Builders’ Union will be here again in force, encouraging interest in the technology of Dalek-building and showing off their variety of full-sized Daleks – you might even get a chance to get up close and personal with them and even learn how to speak like a Dalek!

See what’s on offer from Flinders University, UniSA, Adelaide Uni and TAFE SA and exlore their feature exhibits!

Explore all aspects of STEM with the Astronomical Society, Saab Australia, Nature Foundation SA, Forensic Science SA, Bugs n Slugs, Animals Anonymous, BAE Systems, the Young Scientists of Australia, Hackerspace, the SA Museum and many more!

All included in the price of your entry ticket! There’s sure to be something to engage and delight children and adults alike.

Science Alive
9am-5pm, 3-4 August 2019
Adelaide Showground
Science Alive! is FREE for all children under 15 years of age
Purchase tickets online here

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