Moorabbin School Excursions

At Twisted Science, we are an explorative and interactive Science Centre. All our exhibits are hands on and offer the opportunity for your students to engage in free science play. For both you, and your students to get the most from your visit, we require that each staff member and parent helper actively supervise a group of 10 students throughout your visit and guide them through the available activities. This allows time to discuss the science behind the activity and ensures students behave in an appropriate manner.

We require a 1:10 ratio of adult to students and we ask that parent helpers do not bring younger siblings.

We ask that final numbers be confirmed 3 days prior to the excursion and the full invoice settled within 7 days of the excursion. We understand that on some occasions, last minute absences occur. A Preparation Fee of $7.50/absent head will apply to absentees on the day to cover workshop materials that would have already been purchased and prepared for your group.

Please call ahead to let us know if you have been delayed. One of our staff members will be out the front to greet you and direct your group to the meeting area.

Please ensure adults are actively supervising at all times - we encourage them to get involved with the action!
For this reason we discourage parent helpers from bringing younger siblings.

Yes we do have a COVIDSafe plan, please contact us if you would like details.

Staff are trained in all COVIDSafe procedures. In addition, there are several hand sanitising stations situated throughout our centre and air purifiers in workshop rooms.

Teachers, parent helpers and students are asked not to attend the centre if they have any Covid-19 symptoms or if they are required to self-isolate.

We have a grassy area at the front of our building which may be used for students to eat on site. In wet weather, we also have a common room which you are welcome to use.

If you intend to eat lunch on site, please let us know ahead of time so that we can be organised for you.

We have our awesome snack lab on site for delicious coffee, toasties, muffins and fun science themed drinks. The snack lab is not a full service cafe and is not set up for cooked meals. You are most welcome to purchase coffee and snacks during your visit - a teacher's favourite!

A total of 4 bus bays are provided on-site for weekday use, and signage and line-marking is provided to manage the use of these spaces.

Bus access to TwistED Science will be restricted, with buses permitted to access the site from Bulli St to the south only, i.e. right turns in and left turns out. Buses accessing the site to/from the north can do so via Isabella St and Rowans Rd. Please forward attached map to your driver.

All our workshops are designed for full participation and allow children to gain confidence in both science literacy and experimentation techniques. We offer curriculum based workshops in the Physical, Chemical and Biological Sciences. Please see our workshop page here for more information.

Generally, we try to limit TwistED to one school at a time but not always. Schools love coming to TwistED Science to explore all our science exhibits and take part in all our awesome workshops. So sometimes, you may be sharing the exhibit floor with other like-minded schools or members of the general public. Each school will have a private lab for their workshop and we will do our best to ensure that schools are in separate zones while exploring our exhibits, although this may not always be possible.

The floor is divided into the Blue and Green zones, each with their own unique hands-on, interactive exhibits. Our exhibit floor is designed to encourage children to make their own discoveries by being curious and creative in a casual setting where learning is open ended and fun. For this reason, there are minimal instructions in the playzone.

We will give teachers a handbook on entry that has some background information and challenges for each of our exhibits.

We sure do! We break large school bookings into smaller groups and rotate them through the workshops and playzones. We have a bunch of talented Scientwists who are passionate about sharing their love of science with your students so please speak with one of our staff for more details or email us at [email protected]

If you are unable to visit us at our centre, we also offer workshop incursions to your school. Please speak to one of our friendly staff or email [email protected] for a quote or more information.