A weekend of fun STEM for kids and adults alike awaits you at Scienceworks!

Did you know science is a superpower? Join us at Scienceworks for an engaging weekend of activities, experiments, talks and fun.

Science is a Superpower is a video series produced by Museums Victoria to encourage tween girls and non-binary children to become involved in STEM. The video series explores the power and science behind themes such as kindness, calmness, strength, curiosity and energy. While the Science is a Superpower festival was created to appeal to tween girls and non-binary children, this festival will welcome all visitors.

During the festival, you will be able to:

Find calmness in the Planetarium by attending a meditation session with beautiful wildlife imagery then make your own one-of-a-kind artwork with the Scienceworks harmonograph.

Child using a harmonograph during Science is a Superpower festival at Scienceworks.
Test your strength in Sportsworks by trying a host of physical challenges including racing, goalkeeping and high jumps.

Child trying to run faster than Kathy Freeman in the Sportsworks exhibition during Science is a Superpower festival at Scienceworks.

Explore your curiosity in Think Ahead where you can Ask an Expert your burning questions and imagine what the future will be like.

Child participating in a learning activity during Science is a Superpower festival at Scienceworks.

Discover kindness in the Energy Lab by contributing your thoughts and creations to the Wall of Kindness.
Children being helped to write supportive notes for the wall of kindness.

Witness the immense energy of lightning in the Lightning Theatre or use your energy to complete challenges set by the Robogals Team

Lightning display in a cage
Lightning Room, Scienceworks

Witness ingenuity on the Arena where the Monash Nover Rover Team’s Banksia robot will be roving.
Monash Nover Rover Team’s bright pink Banksia robot in action.

Test your powers of perception in Beyond Perception as you explore the ways we can sense our universe without sight, then see things that are usually invisible.

People interacting with wall projections in Beyond Perception exhibition at Scienceworks.

Experience connection in the amphitheatre where a variety of super scientists will be sharing their stories.

Women talking about STEM careers in the Scienceworks amphitheatre during Science is a Superpower festival at Scienceworks.

Utilise the powers of adaptation in Tinkertown as you find ways to construct solutions that utilise materials in innovative ways alongside Engineers Australia.

Children creating their own inventions in Tinkertown at Scienceworks.

Learn about resilience in the STEM Lab where we will be visited by Plants for Space who are finding ways to grow plants in unusual places.

Boy smiling with a basil plant growing in a bottle.
learn how plants are grown in space.
And much more!