PrimeSCI! Science Education
Work with our trusted science education team PrimeSCI! to enhance your students' learning.
PrimeSCI! delivers exciting programs to ignite STEM curiosity in classrooms and develop the next generation of scientists. These include school holiday workshops, family science nights and primary school science incursions in Melbourne and around Victoria.
As well as schools, PrimeSCI! works with local communities, museums, universities, and governments worldwide, bringing them together to enrich understanding of science and technology.
School programs
Primary school incursions
These interactive classroom lessons for primary schools are designed for maximum hands-on participation. They are held at your school or venue and run as one-hour sessions
Family science nights
Get your students embracing science by involving their families in the learning process. These nights can be arranged at your school throughout the year for up to 180 participants.
School holiday workshops
These workshops are a fun and educational activity for the school holidays. They run during April, July and September, with different sessions suited to specific school year levels.
Labrats Science Club
Have any high achievers who’d like to go the extra mile? The Labrats Science Club selects 25 juniors (Years 5 and 6) and 25 seniors (Years 7 and 8) each year to participate in 10 months of activities, meetings with researchers, project work, competitions and enthusiastic scientific discussions.
Professional learning for teachers
Did you know? PrimeSCI! also offers professional learning workshops for teachers to help in the classroom delivery of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.
The PrimeSCI! team
Honourary Director
Emerita Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich BA, Msc, PhD, AO
PrimeSCI! Coordinator
Megan Hough BSC (Hons), PhD Candidate
PrimeSCI! Coordinator/ Outreach Presenter
Dr Doris Seegets-Villiers Dipl Geologe, PhD
PrimeSCI! Administration Staff
Mary Gett BComm MBusSys
Kristine Hill
PrimeSCI! School Holiday Workshop Coordinator
Heather Greenwood BSc (Env) (Hons), DipEd (Sec)
Senior Education Officer
Lydia Low BSc, PGDE
Labrats Coordinators
Lydia Low BSc, PGDE
Gemma Reid BSc, BPsych, Grad Dip Genet Counsell, MSecEd
Caitlin Ingham BSc, Cert IV (Pathology)
PrimeSCI! Outreach presenters
Naomi Barran BEng (Product Design), Grad Dip Teaching (Primary)
Heather Greenwood BSc (Env) (Hons), DipEd (Sec)
Dr Sally Hladyz BSc (Hons), PhD
Caitlin Ingham BSc, Cert IV (Pathology)
Ashlee Lambton BSc (Biology)
Lydia Low BSc, PGDE
Sandra Marwick BSc (CompSci), MEng (Hons), MSc (Process Int)
Jacquie Milner BSc (Env), Grad Cert (Geographical Information)
Chris Palframan B Theatre (Acting)
Teresa Puszka A.Dip AppSci, BSc/BEd
Jessica Snir BBioMed
Luther Vasic BSc
ANSTO Australian Synchrotron presenters
Sandra Marwick BSc (CompSci), MEng (Hons), MSc (Process Int)
Jeremy Vasic
Luther Vasic BSc
Healthy Rivers Healthy Bay presenters
Dr Annette Anderson BSc (Hons), PhD
Jess Lazarus BEd, Dip NRM
Dr Sally Hladyz BSc (Hons), PhD
Emma Ham BAppSc (Env Mgmt)
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