Engaging science incursions &
shows for schools in Victoria, Australia
'Prof Bunsen' has had the pleasure of welcoming more than 1 million students to his shows
Our Chemistry & Physics shows will enrich your curriculum, save on excursion time & costs, and most of all,
will engage & inspire!
Shows Menu
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Solids, Liquids & Gases
Year 1 to 8
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Our most popular show! It has smokes, clouds, slimes, slushy polymers and many surprises that students love.
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Fun Chemical Changes
Year 1 to 8
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This Ooh Aah session focuses on a number of interesting & fun colour and gas producing reactions from the kitchen, laundry, toy shop and bathroom.
We will demonstrate physical & chemical changes and reversible & irreversible changes. Students see & help with instant colour changes, discover the “chemical abilities” of laundry materials when an explosive balloon is produced, find out how heat packs work and get into nappy science. We will throw in some “controlled explosions”, fast burning reactions and many more. Hold on . . . this is exciting stuff! |
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Heat Effects /
Melting Moments Year 3 to 9
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Heat is a form of energy created by the motion of molecules. This popular interactive presentation focuses on the influence heat has on matter. We investigate and demonstrate
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Forces & Motion
(Push & Pull : The Science Of Toys) Year 1 to 8
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This session focuses on the physical laws that govern the movement of bodies.
We use toys to discover the unbalanced push & pull forces that make them move. We also notice that energy is required to create the force.
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Light & Colour
Year 1 to 8
This session requires a darkened or semi-darkened room |
Light is energy in wave and particle format. Amazing stuff – it bounces off matter so we can see, carries energy, it grows our food and can transmit our emails and Netflix movies. Furthermore, it travels at the speed limit of the universe at 100 million m/s!
In this amazing session, we will cover many of light’s properties – all to be demonstrated at the appropriate age level and students will use rainbow gratings. * Five ways to produce light * Light has energy: photosynthesis, solar panels, photography, etc * How fast does it travel? Does it travel in straight lines? * Why are red apples red and green ones green? * The influence of heat and chemical change on colour – pure magic! * Is white light pure? Is fire light different from lamp and sunlight? * Which colour in the rainbow is the most energetic? * Glow in the dark vs fluorescent colours and its many uses * How to separate white light into the primary colours @ home * Persistence of vision and how it is used in the movies * How light is bent/reflected with mirrors, lenses and used in optical fibre and periscopes * How to transmit sound on a torch light beam and the application in the NBN. This session requires a darkened or semi-darkened room. |
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Energy & Electricity
Year 4 to 10
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Humans have fallen in love with electrical energy because of what it does for us.
In this fun & interactive session, we will start our discussions on static electricity with some amazing demonstrations using electrons to move, levitate & glue items. Then we will shift our attention to how changing magnetic fields push electrons along and create current electricity (Faraday’s principle). We will discover that energy can be stored in batteries, food, muscles, springs, fuel, elastics, capacitors and we see examples of all. Discover how energy is converted from potential energy to kinetic energy in toys, steam engines and experience chemical energy ‘exploding’. Our next step is an investigation of conductors, insulators, electromagnets, simple batteries, electric motors and generators. A simple electrical power generator will generate electricity on the table. This session is big on energy conversions. |
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Sound / Waves / Resonance
Year 1 to 10
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“Sound” is air vibrations or tiny compressed air waves that propagates forward, creating pressurised waves that are sensed by our eardrums.
In this session we discover * The important link between vibrations and sound * The differences in how sound is conducted through air and solids * We investigate many different objects that vibrate, especially those in orchestras using wind & strings * Find out how vibrations in gramophone needles come about * See a demo of a sound wave and its echo * Listen to Prof Bunsen’s singing rods * Hear a singing tube stimulated by hot air and find out if sound can be ‘poured’ |
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Chemistry Secrets
Revealed Middle & Senior school students
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A show that emphasises the important role that molecules play in our everyday lives. In our World, molecules get recycled while energy flows. This is a fast-moving session with controlled explosions, chemical backbone stuff, fun chemical reactions, smokes, gels and more.
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Renewable Energy:
Get Energized! Year 5 to 10
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Energy makes the world go round. It is that strange invisible entity that has the ability to “create change”. What is energy, how is it converted and how can it be stored & used sustainably?
Energy, energy everywhere but humans have fallen in love with one specific form – electrical energy. So how do we turn a tree’s chemical energy into electrical energy? Burn it. Yep. We will demonstrate the two fundamental laws that govern our universe: 1. Energy cannot be made or destroyed 2. Energy can be transformed but it goes hand in hand with huge losses. We will:
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Our Best Science Demonstrations
Year 5 to 10
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A mix of our best Chemistry & Physics sessions. Geeky but cool! In this interactive show, we take some of our best and most fun demonstrations and mix and match to your topic requirements and age level. The aim is to “expose, excite and ignite” students’ minds and motivate them for science education.
Here are a few options:
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Want to know what other teachers thought about our visit?
We often hear and are humbled by the words, “this was the best incursion we have had at our school . . ” and appreciate the many follow-up requests - six from one public school!
Here are some of the spontaneous post-visit responses we received:
Here are some of the spontaneous post-visit responses we received:
“My colleagues all said that the presentation was fantastic, informative and engaging. The students have gone on to post on their digital portfolios, comments like “most exciting incursion ever” and “I learned so much in such a small amount of time.” They all loved it and were very excited!” |
"We have had you before and the whole school loves and values what you do and how you do it. You were lovely with the kids and highly engaging. You manage to get so much into the sessions and we would love to have you back” |
“I just wanted to let you know that I have been inundated with feedback from teachers, students and parents who have all told me what a fantastically informative and engaging presentation you gave. Some actually said, the best incursion or excursion they have ever been on!” |
” You teach concepts and principles in such an engaging way – the kids were learning science without even realising it! You obviously put a lot of thought into your sessions to include new ideas” |