National Science Week is one of Australia’s largest festivals, with more than 1.3 million people joining in over 2100 events held right across the country in 2017. This year, National Science Week will be held from 11-19 August. To find out more visit www.scienceweek.net.au.

The Library in conjunction with Sydney Science Festival will be hosing several events to celebrate National Science Week. In addition to our events, the Library invites you to take a ‘Brain Break’ and join in from the comfort of home just by visiting the Science Week section in our Library Catalogue. Try out some science experiments, challenge your science knowledge with the quizzes, learn some fun fast science facts and take part in some very important science research to help our wonderful Great Barrier Reef. Why not borrow some of our amazing science resources to find the answers, additional experiments and more fun science related facts? Check out our online science resources to learn even more.