Roll up to science circus

Visitors of all ages can enjoy more than 30 interactive science exhibits and watch spectacular science shows as science circus presenters hold fire in their hands, lie on a bed of nails and levitate beach balls.

“Science and technology play a huge part in our daily lives and the pop-up science centre offers the whole community an opportunity to get hands-on and explore science for themselves,” Questacon Science Circus presenter Tara Graves said.

The science circus is presented by seven postgraduate students studying a Master of Science Communication Outreach at The Australian National University.

The students’ fieldwork involves touring with the science circus, engaging people with science and technology through visits to communities all over Australia.

Since 1985, the science circus has inspired nearly three million people with interactive science shows with more than 700 visits to towns and communities, including 90 remote Indigenous communities.

Tickets for the pop-up Questacon Science Circus are available from Ticketek at premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=SCIENCEC22