About Science in the City
An initiative of the Australian Museum with Project Sponsor 3M and Executive Partner the University of Sydney, Science in the City was established in 2001 to provide school students from across Sydney to an opportunity to engage first-hand with a wide range of science activities to celebrate National Science Week. The event has reached tens of thousands of students with hands-on workshops, shows, talks, tours and the Science in the City Expo provided by some of Australia’s best science research and education bodies.
In 2011 the Science in the City program will offer almost 200 separate science activities a day over 6 days at the Australian Museum, Sydney. From August 9-11 the Science in the City Primary School Program offers activities for students in stage 2 and stage 3 of the primary syllabus.
The following week, August 16, 17 and 18, Science in the City High School Program will offer a range of activities suitable for students who are only beginning their science studies as well as those who are thinking of science as a career. Teachers who book their classes into Science in the City all receive access to a special teacher’s resources page on this site with activities, worksheets, class plans and more designed to support and extend their visit to Science in the City once they return to the classroom.
Since 2006 Executive Partners the Australian Museum and the University of Sydney have extended the reach of the project to include communities in regional Sydney and rural New South Wales with Science in the Suburbs and Science in the Bush. Made possible through support from the innovative and diversified technology company 3M, these events take bring science education events to communities across Sydney and NSW each year.
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