National Tour Itinerary 

Tim Jarvis

Canberra

10:30 – 12:15, Questacon, King Edward Terrace

Students from Canberra will be lucky enough to hear from Tim Jarvis, about the incredible Antarctic expeditions he has completed, whilst being involved in this year’s National Tour Launch. Tim will present to a live audience as schools from around Australia articipate in a live interactive video conference.

Tim Jarvis

Canberra

18:00 – 19:00, Australian National University, Manning Clarke Theatre, University Avenue

Tim Jarvis will present to the general public the amazing journey he undertook to retrace Australian polar explorer Sir Douglas Mawson’s incredible polar survival journey of 1912-13.

Tim Jarvis

Sydney

11:00 – 13:30, Botanic Gardens Restaurant, Mrs Macquaries Road

Launching National Science Week, Tim Jarvis will present his extraordinary expeditions and the science behind these successful treks.

Jan Herrmann

Hobart

Morning and afternoon, various Hobart schools

Local Hobart schools will get a look into what nanotechnology is all about when nanotechnologist, Jan Herrmann show students the fascination of the world of atoms and molecules.

Chris Smith

Melbourne

15:00 onwards,
Queen Victoria Square, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Chris will be involved with various activities at ‘Market of the Minds’ before appearing on the ABC broadcast of Lindy Burn’s Drive program.

Jan Herrmann

Hobart

19:00 – 20:00. University of Tasmania, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay

The National Measurement Institute’s nanotechnologist, Jan Herrmann will present the ‘Life of a Nanotechnologist’. How measuring objects on a nanoscale, produces essential items we all depend on.

Chris Smith

Melbourne

10:00 – 12:00, Clare Castle, 21 Rathdowne Street, Carlton

Chris Smith, aka The Naked Scientist, will be casually questioned by Niall Byrne from Science in Public, over Saturday morning brunch.

Hazel Barton

Melbourne

11:30 – 12:30, Kaleide theatre, RMIT, 360 Swanston Street

Presenting to the general public, Hazel will discuss the microbial life we live in. Microscopic life is too small to be seen with the naked eye, it surrounds us, regulates our metabolism and with our help, recycles nutrients and controls the biosphere.

Chris Smith

Adelaide

15:00 – 16:00, South Australian Museum, North Terrace

Chris will present a very explosive and invigorating live science experiment stage show.

Jan Herrmann

Gold Coast

8:30 & 12:30, local high schools

Jan Herrmann will present to local high schools the work he and his team carry out at the national Measurement Institute. He will explain how important it is to accurately understand the properties of nanoparticles which help produce products the world uses on a daily basis.

Tim Jarvis

Sydney

9:00 – 11:00, CLI studio, 51 Wentworth Road, Strathfield

Tim will be interviewed by school students and live streamed to other participating schools across Sydney.

Chris Smith

Adelaide

14:00 – 15:00, The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place

Chris will present a live broadcast to schools within  regional areas of South Australia, giving students an insight to how interesting and fun science is.

Chris Smith

Adelaide

19:00 – 20:30, Adelaide niversity, North Terrace, Adelaide

Adelaide have been given the chance to ask the Naked Scientist anything, Chris will be taking science related questions in his interactive ‘Ask the Naked Scientist’ presentation.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

9:40 – 10:50, Perth Zoo, 20 Labouchere Road, South Perth

Perth high school students will listen to Tim Jarvis present ‘Walk the Talk’. Tim will relate first hand, his accounts of the North and South Poles.

Jan Herrmann

Gold Coast

8:30 & 10:45, local high schools

Jan Herrmann will present to local high schools the work he and his team carry out at the national Measurement Institute. He will explain how important it is to accurately understand the properties of nanoparticles which help produce products the world uses on a daily basis.

Hazel Barton

Darwin

12:00 – 13:00, Darwin City Council Library

Given Hazel’s background in caves, both in exploration and science, she will give a unique prospective on the underground environment. Hazel will give Darwin locals an introduction to caves, microbiology and the science where the two combine.

Chris Smith

Sydney

14:00 – 14:45, NSW Department of Education and Training State office, Smalls Road, Ryde

Chris Smith will present, via the NSW Department of Education and Training free video conferencing network, to participating Sydney schools.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

13:00 – 14:00, John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, Mirrabooka Avenue, Mirrabooka

Attempting to recreate 1916 polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Tim will talk about how science will assist him in completing the expedition.

Chris Smith

Sydney

18:30 – 19:30, University of New South Wales, Anzac Parade & High Street, Kensington

A general public event, Chris will be stripping down science with his impressive experiments.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

19:00 – 20:30, Edith Cowan University, Lecture theatre 32.101, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup

In 2011, Tim will lead a team to recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition. Giving Perth locals an insight to the challenges that he faces, Tim will discuss the role science plays.

Jan Herrmann

Gold Coast

8:30 & 12:30
local high schools

Jan Herrmann will present to local high schools the work he and his team carry out at the national Measurement Institute. He will explain how important it is to accurately understand the properties of nanoparticles which help produce products the world uses on a daily basis.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

9:45 – 11:45, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley

Students in years 9 – 11 get the unique opportunity to talk informally, one-on-one, to male scientists from a variety of organisations. Tour guest, Tim Jarvis, will be attending to answer questions from Perth’s youth.

Chris Smith

Sydney

9:30 – 12:00, CLI studio, 51 Wentworth Road, Strathfield

Chris will be interviewed by selected school students and live streamed to schools in regional areas.

Hazel Barton

Darwin

12:00 – 13:00, Northern Territory Parliament House Library

Understanding how life can survive in the subsurface and how this life interacts with the geologic environment around it, Hazel will discuss how she discovered clues that will help in our search for life on other planetary bodies.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

18:30 – 19:30, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley

Perth’s general public will get the chance to question Tim about an explorer’s livelihood, when he presents his amazing trip that retraced the Australian polar explorer Sir Douglas Mawson’s polar survival journey of 1912-13.

Chris Smith

Sydney

18:30 – 21:00, The Muse Gallery, Ultimo TAFE, Building C, Harris Street

Chris will give a bare warning on the next global pandemic. With climate change occurring and our population rising, Chris Smith says it’s a matter of when and if not, the world will face more pandemic viruses.

Hazel Barton

Darwin

17:30 – 19:00, Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery

Caves remain one of the least understood environments on Earth, both in terms of human exploration and science. Presenting to the general public, Hazel will discuss the excitement, as well as the pitfalls of working in cave environments.

Tim Jarvis

Perth

10:30 – 11:30, Perth Zoo, 20, Labouchere Road, South Perth

Showing local students the stunning images from some of the remotest parts of Antarctica, Tim will present his observations on climate change and the state of our ice caps.

Chris Smith

Perth

10:30 – 12:00, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley

Chris will present ‘Stripping Down Science’ to local science and media students at the University of Western Australia.

Jan Herrmann

Canberra

13:30, Canberra Grammar School, Monaro Crescent,
Red Hill

Jan Herrmann will present to local high schools the work he and his team carry out at the national Measurement Institute. He will explain how important it is to accurately understand the properties of nanoparticles which help produce products the world uses on a daily basis.

Chris Smith

Perth

13:00 – 14:00, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley

Local school students will have the chance to get up close and personal with Chris Smith, when he presents an interactive question and answer experience.

Chris Smith

Perth

19:00 – 20:00,Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley

Giving local residents of Perth the chance to have a look at the ‘anatomy’ of the Naked Scientists, Chris will show Perth how they make science fun and interesting.

Jan Herrmann

Canberra

Several presentations throughout the day, local high schools

Jan Herrmann will present to local high schools the work he and his team carry out at the national Measurement Institute. He will explain how important it is to accurately understand the properties of nanoparticles which help produce products the world uses on a daily basis

Chris Smith

Perth

10:00 – 11:30, Scitech Discovery Centre, Sutherland Street, West Perth

This is an opportunity for Perth’s primary school students to experience a question and answer session with the Naked Scientist.

Tim Jarvis

Hobart

11:30 – 13:00, University of Tasmania, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay

Tim will present ‘When Hell Freezes’ to approximately 250 high school students. This presentation will give students an insight into the scientific detective expedition that retraced Sir Douglas Mawson’s polar survival journey.

Hazel Barton

Katherine

11:45 – 12:45, Katherine School of the Air

With the extreme conditions found in our solar system and the discovery of water on Mars, Hazel Barton is studying microorganisms to understand how they survive in the subsurface. Understanding their survival relates to the search for extra terrestrial life in outer space. Katherine will welcome Hazel as she discusses her research and understanding of this fascinating interaction.

Chris Smith

Perth

13:00 – 14:15, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley

Perth high school students will be taken on a journey to see what exactly the Naked Scientists are all about. Chris Smith will explain how they make science interesting and fun.

Tim Jarvis

Hobart

19:00 – 20:00, Arts lecture theatre, University of Tasmania, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay

Tim will present his personal observations on climate change and the state of our ice caps from an environmental scientist and polar explorer’s view.

Chris Smith

Gold Coast

All day, The Gold Coast Science Fair, Broadwater Parklands, Southport

Attending the first ever Gold Coast Science Fair will be National Tour guest, Chris Smith. Taking to the main stage twice a day and then getting down the more serious side of science, Chris will also present two lectures.

Tim Jarvis

Hobart

Starting at 18:30, University of Tasmania, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay

Tasmania’s science community will spend the evening with Tim Jarvis as he introduces his next expedition. Tim will talk about the challenges of attempting to recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition in 1916.

Chris Smith

Gold Coast

All day, The Gold Coast Science Fair, Broadwater Parklands, Southport

Attending the first ever Gold Coast Science Fair will be National Tour guest, Chris Smith. Taking to the main stage twice a day and then getting down the more serious side of science.

Tim Jarvis

Burnie

13:30 – 14:30, University of Tasmania, Cradle Coast Campus

Presenting to the general public, Tim will recount his expeditions to the North and South Poles, including observations concerning mans impact on these fragile environments and in particular, climate change and what it means to the ice caps and us.

Hazel Barton

Mount Gambier

Afternoon, Mount Gambier

Led by local Mount Gambier cavers, Hazel will be taken on a short expedition around the local caves. Hazel will pass on her expertise and illustrate her distinctive research around the microbial world.