THE nation\u2019s biggest celebration of science is back on this month.<\/p>\n
This National Science Week will be celebrated by schools, community groups and discovery centres across the country from 14 to 22 August.<\/p>\n
At Bendigo\u2019s Discovery and Technology Centre, two events will be delivered, designed to engage younger and older minds with STEM.<\/p>\n
Science communicator at Discovery Brett Hoppenbrouwer said the events will focus on an age-old favourite in dinosaurs, and the emerging technology of virtual reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cDinosaurs are endlessly popular,\u201d they said. \u201cThey\u2019re always an absolute hit with young kids and we love getting young ones more involved and engaged with STEM.<\/p>\n
Discovery\u2019s Dinosaur Hullaballoo<\/em> event takes place on 18 August from 10am to 4pm.<\/p>\n Children can learn about palaeontology, fossils and what life might\u2019ve looked like in the distant past, and even get to hang out with a real dinosaur.<\/p>\n The virtual reality event, SciVR<\/em>, is a collaboration with OzGrav and is angled at an older audience.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are going to be linking into a livestream event with a couple of astrophysicist experts,\u201d Mx Hoppenbrouwer said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey will be talking participants through an app that they\u2019ve designed that people will be able to explore on their phones here with some virtual reality glasses we\u2019ll provide and experience the universe in virtual reality.\u201d<\/p>\n