26 May 2006
The Monash Science Centre's popular school holiday program is back for June.
Unravel a forensic mystery, build a "lung", make a dinosaur fossil or create new chemicals in specially designed sessions for primary and early secondary students.
Organiser Priscilla Gaff said the Monash Science Centre School holiday program would entertain and inform.
"It gives kids the opportunity to have fun while discovering about the many amazing areas of science," she said.
Among the nine topics to be presented at 16 separate sessions are:
- Toys in Motion: Why does a top spin? Why does a slinky walk? Find out using Newton's laws of motion. (Grades prep to 2)
- Wild Science: Become your own myth-buster to find the answers to the tough questions. Is there really iron in iron-man breakfasts? Can you recharge a glow-stick? And much more. (Grades 3 to 4 and 5 to 6)
- 10 Trillion Cells: Our body contains 10 trillion cells, but only 1 trillion of them are ours, so what is going on inside our bodies at a microscopic level? (Grades 5 to 6 and Years 7 to 8).
Other topics include: Forensic Science, Kids'
Chemistry, Inside our Lungs, Animal Life Cycles, Environmental Investigations and Dinosaurs.
What: Monash Science Centre School Holiday Program
Where: Monash Science Centre, Building 74 (Off Normanby Road), Clayton Campus
When: Various sessions from Tuesday 20 June to Thursday 22 June and Tuesday 27 June to Friday 30 June.
Who: For bookings or more information contact the Science Centre on 9905 1370 or check the Monash Science Centre website.
For more information contact Melissa Marino, Media Communications, on + 61 3 9905 2085 or 0437 121 978 or Priscilla Gaff, Monash Science Centre on +61 3 9905 1370.
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