National Science Week this year runs from 14 to 22 August and Museum Victoria is holding some great events to celebrate. As part of this, last Saturday Melbourne Museum Discovery Centre hosted a presentation by our Live Exhibits team about Keeping Bugs Alive. In four packed-out sessions throughout the day Deanna and Jessie talked about what bugs are and explained the ins and outs of keeping bugs as pets. This included info about constructing a habitat, feeding and handling these fascinating creatures. Following the talk visitors got to view and handle some of our resident millipedes, praying mantises, phasmids and snails. It was a fun and fascinating day and we and our visitors all had a ball hearing the talks and getting to handle the bugs.
Image: Nicole Davis Source: Museum Victoria
Discovery Centre also has other activities happening throughout the week until next Sunday, including a Mega Touch Trolley (actually two big tables!) where you can handle and examine a huge range of specimens, including rocks & minerals, insects, fossils, animal skeletons and much more. The specimens are drawn from the Discovery Centre's interpretation collection which myself, Siobhan, volunteer Mary and library student David have been researching over the last few months.
Image: Nicole Davis Source: Museum Victoria
We are also hosting SCINEMA - Festival of Science Film - every day throughout the week in our seminar room. These films explore many different areas of the world Science through films ranging from several minutes to over an hour long. There are also great short pieces from Primary and Secondary students at schools throughout Australia. Information about the films can be found on the SCINEMA website.
Image: Nicole Davis Source: Museum Victoria
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