Model Solar Vehicle Challenge – 28-29 November
Join 80 teams of students from around Australia and the world as they race their model boats and cars to see who is the ‘fastest under the Sun’. This event encourages young people to explore the potential of solar energy through the construction of working models.

Going Places: The Technology of Transport – Starts 12 December
Find out how travel has shaped society and put yourself to the test with a multitude of transport challenges. This unique exhibition explores the way mankind has developed new transport technology to overcome gravity, distance and the division of continents to move us around the globe.

Toys: Science at Play – Starts 19 December
What makes a spinning top stay upright? Why do magnets attract iron? How does a doll talk? This popular interactive exhibition returns to Scienceworks and includes robots, dolls, hula hoops, building blocks, toy timelines and kaleidoscopes. Toys provides plenty of opportunities for all ages with enquiring minds to tinker with toys.

Harrison Refrigerator Model – From 28 November
The first successful industrial refrigerator (1857) developed by James Harrison of Geelong, Victoria. An internationally significant invention, the refrigerator was used in breweries, hotels and distilleries throughout Britain, Europe, South America and Australia. This model was displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.

Mathamazing – Until 6 December
Explore the mathematics behind everyday life. Mathamazing includes hands-on activities based on topics such as shapes, probability, sequences and series, puzzles, problem solving, topology and building.

Mini Car 50th Anniversary Display – Until end December
Celebrate the Mini’s 50th anniversary and see Museum Victoria’s own 1964 998cc Morris Mini Cooper bought in 1984 with 40,000 miles on the odometer.

Details: www.museumvictoria.com.au/scienceworks

by Shamoli Dutt - Austguide Travel News Editor