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Posted Monday, 14 September 2020

Using Customer Feedback to Improve the Scitech Experience

We wanted to share some of the big ideas that we heard in survey responses, and how you’ve helped us to make some changes at …

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Posted Friday, 19 June 2020

Take 2 STEM subjects to prepare for the future workforce

The State Government has launched Take 2 STEM to encourage secondary students to study two STEM subjects and prepare …

Posted Wednesday, 18 March 2020

WA Small Grant Recipients 2020

WA Small Grant Recipients 2020 announced.

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Posted Thursday, 18 October 2018

Celebrating 30 Years of “The Scitech Effect,” and Scitech’s New Future Direction

For thirty years, Scitech has created clever, relevant and inspiring ways to engage and stimulate minds by explaining the world.

Toddlerfest is the perfect way to introduce your tiny scientist to the world of science! Don’t miss this popular event, running until Sunday 7 March (link in bio). Thanks to @little_smiths_play for sharing this great video. 📸💕

WA is home to the the largest land-locked mobile dune system in the southern hemisphere...The Yeagarup Dunes! . But did you know that this 10km body of sand is slowly being blown inland - swallowing up the Karri forest by about 4 metres each year? 🤯 . 📸: @zainiazonzo

Up close with Saturn... . Can you spot the fascinating hexagon pattern at the planet's north pole? It's actually a turbulent storm that's been raging for a least four decades, and scientists are still hypothesising and researching its curious shape. . 📸: NASA / @astronomy_zone_ . . . #saturn #space #astronomy #planet #upinspace

Forget white and grey clouds… have you ever seen a rainbow cloud?! 🌈 . This magical phenomenon occurs when sunlight passes through really thin, high clouds made of tiny water droplets. Light diffracts as it goes through a microscopic droplet, changing direction and spreading out different wavelengths, which allows us to see the waves of colour. . 📸: @eightskies

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