Opposites… Fascinating, aren’t they?
One minute you are planning a lovely day out with the family, the next you are getting your tantrum tolerance levels redefined.
This Winter, you are one choice away from a lovely day! From the Hot vs Cold science show to exploring BIG worlds, microscopic life and everything in between! This July, come to Scitech and celebrate the beauty of the opposites with us.
Join us this Winter School Holidays at Scitech — with doors open from 9am daily (usually 9.30am)
Hot vs Cold
Extinguish your burning curiosity in this show about heat, how it moves and how to protect yourself from it.
Heat and cold – and how we control them – are some of the most important forces that shape our world. Heat drives weather, ocean, tectonic and climate systems. Controlling heat helps us keep our homes and natural environment safe, cook our food or forge new substances.
Planetarium Show - Voyage of Discovery
Explore the Universe and our place within it as we discover our connection with the night sky. Then, get ready to lift off Earth and travel to the edge of known space in this planetarium show.
Duration: 25 Minutes
Ages: 4+
Planetarium Show - A Little Tour of the Solar System
Join in as we watch the Sun set and are treated to a nighttime marvel of planetary delights. In this spectacular 10-minute show we’ll surf through the rings of Saturn, meet the Mars rovers and even see the moons of Uranus.
Duration: 10 Minutes
Ages: All Ages
Feature Exhibition: Explore your World
Undertake a quest across land, sea, and space to explore the role of mapping and navigation in everyday life. Visitors will find the seven ‘quest’ stations to solve puzzles and collect different parts of their own map, which can then be viewed and brought to life through augmented reality.
In Explore Your World visitors will use different navigational tools and techniques to find their way through dangerous reefs and shipwrecks, escape a virtual building in an emergency, and pilot a simulated underwater exploration vehicle. They can operate a real sonar scanner to map themselves and their friends, or take on the challenge of a giant game of Battleships.
What else is On
🔬 Micro Worlds Activation – Rio Tinto Innovation Central
Come to Rio Tinto Innovation Central to explore the very, very small, with our Micro Worlds activation. Learn about plant cells and make your own by using stamps to add all the organelles and complete the picture. Then come to a Pop-Up Science busk in the Rio Tinto Innovation Central Grandstand arena, for bite-sized science demonstrations, including seeing a real-life Scanning Electron Microscope in action! You may even get to provide a sample of your own hair to scan!
The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is an incredible piece of equipment that uses a beam of electrons to image at a sub-micron resolution, which is much higher than it is possible with an optical microscope. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with such a machine at Scitech, all thanks to all friend at Curtin University. Don’t miss out!
🌱 Step inside a Plant Cell – Rio Tinto Innovation Central
Shrink down to the cellular level to see what is inside plants! Collect different stamps at each station to form the whole picture of the organelles found inside a plant cell. Once your piece of the puzzle is ready, it’s time to add it to our BIG LEAF to see the final result! What do you think it’ll look like?
🔍 Small, Smaller and Smallest! – Rio Tinto Innovation Central
A magnifying glass, a Dynolite and a Microscope. Are the plants getting bigger or are we getting smaller?
🤖 Pixel
Pixel the robot will be making daily apparencies and having a go at some exhibits too! See if you can spot it!
Good to Know
Quiet Space: Our low sensory room will be available for a recharge, away from the excitement. This is located near the exit to the Discovery Shop.
Getting to Scitech: Parking is free for 2 hours via the machines in the undercover car park. Scitech visitors also have access to a $5 for 5 hours parking ticket, via the parking machines located inside the City West Centre and Scitech. If you’re catching public transport, we’re located across from the City West train station, one stop from Perth City on the Fremantle Line. Plus, SmartRider holders ride for free on Sundays.
More information on parking, public transport, and food options can be found here.
Helpful Tips
- Air-conditioning
- Baby changeroom
- Pram and wheelchair accessible
- Get your caffeine fix from the in-centre coffee cart
- City West has two great options for coffee & food: Splitting Beans or Forklore
- Easy access from City West train station
- $5 parking for 5 hours
- Limited parking available
- Quiet Space available
