Discovery Centre Program

Science of Sci-Fi

Sat 24 Sep 2016Fri 9 Dec 2016

11:00am4:00pm

Museum of the Great Southern


Is time travel possible? Are robots taking over the world? Is there intelligent life on other planets? Enter a world of black holes, space travel and extraterrestrial life and boldly go “where no man has gone before”. Explore the science behind science fiction and discover how sometimes fact is stranger than fiction.

DISCOVERY CENTRE

Times: 11am – 4.00pm (except Wednesdays 1pm – 7pm)
Dates: 24 September – 9 December
Ages: all ages
Cost: rolling robot $5, robot arm $3, plasters $3 or $5, crazy alien $2, sci-fi mask $3

The Discovery Centre has been transformed into an amazing world of science fiction where you can:

• Build your own rolling robot – R2D2 style
• Create gooey and spooky glowing slime
• Construct a robotic arm
• Assemble a jittering jumping robot bug that creates art!
• Mould an alien lifeform for our spacey diorama
• Paint an alien plaster
• Use Lego to make a space craft
• Create crazy aliens
• Crack the alien code and pick from the prize box
• Navigate through space and time in the rocket ship, Discovery
• Design a sci-fi mask with alien or robot features