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Invention Convention

Questacon Invention Convention

Don't just use the latest technology- create it!

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Workshops for students

School Workshops

Workshops in Canberra

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Holiday Workshops

Workshops during the school holidays

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Touring School Workshops

Touring workshops brought to your classroom.

students building their prototype

Virtual Excursion

Live workshops streamed from our studios in Canberra to your school.

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Workshops for teachers

Teacher Workshops

Accredited workshops for teachers.

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Social Media

See what everyone's been up to.

Workshops around Australia

Within the Community

Enterprising Australians

Find out about Australian inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Taj Pabari, founder of Fiftysix Creations, works with a student

Community Events

Public events and talks.

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Make at Questacon in Canberra

Virtual Excursion

Engaging workshops and events, delivered via video conference to schools across Australia. Questacon Maker Project virtual excursions are available for schools and other education centres with H323 video conference equipment (or compatible). This should be available in all NSW DEC schools, most schools in Victoria and many others across Australia. We can also offer our programs via online videoconferencing platforms for compatible schools.

Currently, we have single-session virtual excursions, as well as longer-term projects offered over several weeks. Contact the virtual excursions team for more information.

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Under the Sea

under the sea

Students will explore life in our ocean, how physical aspects of the deep sea makes it hard to explore and the innovations and endeavours humans have taken to travel to our deepest ocean trenches.

Duration: 1 hour
Year Level: K - 6
Cost: Free

Please contact the virtual excursions team to arrange a session time that suits your school.

Encryption Decryption

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Students will explore the history of using mathematics to hide information, from Julius Caesar to modern computer science. They will investigate how encrypting information keeps their information safe every day, how they can use maths and language to break decipher encryptions from their friends in class, and how Alan Turing saved lives by breaking the Enigma Code in World War II.

Duration: 1 hour
Year Level: 6 - 10
Cost: Free

Please contact the Virtual Excursions team to arrange a session time that suits your school.

Foldable Flight

foldable flight

Students will investigate how design factors can influence flight by making paper planes and drawing examples from real planes. Students will be encouraged to experiment with different elements of their paper plane to explore various aerospace engineering design features.

Duration: 1 hour
Year Level: 3 - 10
Cost: Free

Please contact the Virtual Excursions team to arrange a session time that suits your school.

Virtual Project Program: 3D Design

Places Still Available

Get your students prototyping ideas with our 3D Design Virtual Project Program!

Your students will be introduced to the skills and principles of computer aided design and manufacturing in the context of a guided project, explored through four virtual excursion sessions over a period of 4-8 weeks.

Students will develop skills in user-centred design, prototyping and innovation processes, computer aided design (CAD), computer assisted manufacturing (CAM), assembly, measurement, geometry and communication. These topics will be introduced in the context of designing a custom 'multitool' to meet a user's needs. Students will work on this project over the course of, and in between, the four sessions.

To get the complete program experience, it is recommended that the students have access to a 3D printer.

Duration: 1 hour
Year Level: 6 - 10
Cost: Free

Please contact the digital outreach team for more information, or to register your interest.

The Questacon Smart Skills Initiative is a multifaceted programme that includes Questacon Maker Project, Questacon Smart Skills, Enterprising Australians, and the Questacon Invention Convention.
Proudly supported by Principal Partner The Ian Potter Foundation.

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