Collaborating creatively for National Science Week 2022

National Science Week 2022: In-person and online events, virtual tours, DIY science and more, all across Australia, from 13 - 21 August Image: National Science Week

National Science Week 2022 is here! We are excited to join Australia’s science community, by celebrating our nation’s diverse geoscience talent, technology and tools. There are over 1000 events around Australia, being delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums, science centres and research infrastructure providers like us! Here we share our two events: Asteroids to Oceans (an NCRIS collaboration) and Immersive Earth (an online arts-science experience).

Asteroids to Oceans: What makes research possible in Australia?

Learn about the 27 NCRIS organisations that enable exciting, multidisciplinary research in Australia through our collective National Science Week video thread. Image: Jo Condon/AuScope

Curious to know the people and organisations that make science possible in Australia. Let us introduce you to Australia’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). These research champions ensure that researchers have access to the facilities, equipment and resources they need to produce world-class research.

Step across to the Department of Education's Twitter account to learn about each of the 27 NCRIS organisations that enable exciting, multidisciplinary research in Australia. Each NCRIS project presents a 1-minute video about what they passionately do and why. But first, check out AuScope’s contribution, presented by Dr Voon Hui Lai, a seismologist from AuScope and the Australian National University.

Immersive Earth: Enter the Curnamona Cube

Research communication meets science on Wilyakali/Wiljali and Danggali country. Discover the story of the Curnamona Cube at National Science Week 2022. Video: Jo Condon and Philomena Manifold and/AuScope

Discover what goes on behind the scenes of scientific discovery, as AuScope creatives join University of Adelaide geoscientists for a deep peep into the Australian continent to help unravel an untold geological story. Join this innovative arts-science team via a self-guided, immersive, multimedia-rich digital experience.

“It’s a world-leading experiment, and it’s happening in our backyard.”
— Professor Graham Heinson

Explore Immersive Earth: Enter the Curnamona Cube and share any questions that pop up along the way, either by email or live Q&A on Zoom at 12 — 1 pm AEST, Wednesday 17 August.

This creative project was imagined and realised on the lands of the Wilyakali/Wiljali, Danggali and Wurundjeri people. Our arts-science team would like to pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to the Elders of all First Nations people.

AUTHORS
Philomena Manifold, Jo Condon

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