Earth Day: Planet vs Plastic
Monday 22 April 2024
10am - 1pm
3 hours
Come celebrate Earth Day 2024 at Newcastle Museum. This fun school holiday event aims to honour and celebrate our planet on this extraordinary day!
Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability. This event is for children and families to learn about the impact of plastic and discover how to take action for a healthier planet.
Activities include:
- Kids Art Workshops: Local artist Ken O'Regan will deliver an art workshop for children that combines art education with waste reduction and a recycling message
- Storytime with Deborah Kelly: Meet local children's author Deborah Kelly as she reads her books Dugong Magic and Little Horses. Learn about a local project to save seahorse habitat in our area
- Science Shows: Rockets! Marshmallows! Splitting light! The laser trumpet! Dinosaurs! And our friend Mike the Manikin will be there so you can pull out his organs and put them back like a jigsaw puzzle. Shows will run at 11:15am, 12:15pm and 1:15pm
- Explore the City of Newcastle's interactive urban wildlife diorama
- Local artist Ken O'Regan's artwork Fractured Sanctuary will be on display. Learn about the work and how hundreds of everyday plastic objects have been used to create a kaleidoscopic, changeable, illuminated work
- Create an underwater bookmark or 3D paper seahorses at our craft tables
- Learn about the lifecycle of plastic from the City of Newcastle Waste Management team
- Watch the film, A Plastic Ocean
- Play a game of giant chess or see if you can master our plastic sorting table game
- Plus so much more!
Where: Newcastle Museum and Museum Park
When: 10am - 1pm
Ages: All ages
Cost: Free
Drop in event, no bookings needed!
