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Museum Express Science Shows

Are you planning a school visit to the Museum? Add a Museum Express Science Show to you excursion!

Museum Express aims to deliver affordable high quality science education to primary schools in the Hunter and Central Coast regions.

All its products are curriculum linked and connected to the Museum's exhibition program to ensure they are relevant, engaging and outcome focused for schools.

Museum Express is an outreach program presented by a qualified teacher.

Introduction

Introduction

A marshmallow bazooka, slime-haired skull and bike pump rockets are just some of the awe-inspiringly cool things kids will see in the highly interactive Museum Express Science Shows.
Gums to Bums

Gums to Bums

The hilarious science of digestion, involving a real stomach and fake poo. Find out if you're a supertaster!
Explosive Pressure

Explosive Pressure

With bike-pump rockets, imploding cans and marshmallow bazookas, this show about pressure will blow your mind!
Light Fantastic!

Light Fantastic!

Welcome to the Museum Express Light Fantastic show!  It’s illuminating…and enlightening and well - quite brilliant! 
Sweet Vibrations

Sweet Vibrations

With a laser trombone and a Polar Bear song, this show gets young toes tapping and brains drumming about the science of sound.
Planet Earth

Planet Earth

learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and the structure of the Earth with chocolate, custard and a lava lamp.
Science by ME

Science by ME

Watch Daisy and Pez try some good old fashioned fun science experiments you can do at home (and annoy your parents!). 

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