Media release

13 June 2017                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PA-CN/17/09

                                                                                                   Australian Researchers bring ‘Science Circus’ to India

Can you improve your cricket skills with physics and eggs? Can you make rockets from common household mess?

Prepare yourself for some seriously mind-bending Science Circus as two of Australia’s foremost science communicators - Dr Graham Walker and Dr Stuart Kohlhagen from the Australian National University - are heading to India on a nine-city tour starting 13 June.

Presented by the Australian High Commission, in partnership with the National Council for Science Museums (NCSM) and the Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre, Chennai, the Science Circus duo will travel across India to conduct workshops to make science learning fun for students and teachers. Science Circus is designed to allow students experience and develop skills in problem solving, logic, and critical thinking using cost effective household materials.

“We’re looking forward to spreading some exciting, interactive, intriguing science right across India,” said Dr Graham Walker. "The shows have everything from vacuum cleaner bazookas to liquid nitrogen powered kangaroos - we'll even reveal some physics secrets of how Australian cricketers practice! We’ll also be challenging the audience in puzzles and feats of the mind to develop thinking skills and teamwork,” he added.

                                                                                                                 Science Circus India Tour