About us
We exist so primary students get to do the science
Hands On Science delivers practical science incursions in primary schools across Melbourne and regional Victoria, with 22 curriculum-mapped programs from Foundation through to Year 6.
Science that survives contact with a real timetable
Primary teachers are generalists carrying an enormous curriculum. Science is the subject most often postponed — not through lack of interest, but because sourcing equipment and rehearsing an unfamiliar activity costs time nobody has.
We remove that cost entirely. Our facilitators arrive with everything, run the session in your classroom while your teacher stays in the room, and pack it all away afterwards. What's left behind is a class that has genuinely investigated something, and a teacher who has seen how the activity runs.
Every program is mapped to Victorian Curriculum v2.0 content descriptions, so the day counts toward your planning rather than sitting outside it.
See the programsWhat we hold to
Hands on, not hands off
If the students aren't holding the equipment, it isn't our program. Demonstrations are the seasoning, never the meal.
Built for the classroom
Our sessions run in ordinary classrooms with ordinary furniture. No lab, no special power, no elaborate setup.
Safe and documented
WWCC-checked facilitators, public liability cover and a risk assessment supplied for every program before we arrive.
Every child included
Activities are designed with a low floor and high ceiling so mixed-ability classes all get somewhere worth going.
Ready to book real science for your students?
Tell us your year levels and preferred dates. We'll confirm availability and bring everything with us.
Limited dates each term — one facilitator, one school per day.