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Thursday, 28 October 2010 Entries

NVCS Supports Shell-Questacon Science Circus 25 years event

Posted
Thursday, 28 October 2010 9:30 AM
By
Darren French
Category
Conferences & Events, Video Conferencing, Voice over IP

On July 6, 2010 AARNet's National Video Conferencing Service (NVCS) supported another live Questacon event titled “25th Anniversary of Shell-Questacon Science Circus”

The Shell-Questacon Science Circus is a national tour by Questacon that visits schools and institutions around Australia highlighting science and giving hands-on demonstrations of many science exhibits and experiments.

The video conference was a success, there were 4 sites in total including:

  • Questacon Canberra Parkes
  • Primary School
  • Scots College Sydney
  • Bairnsdale Primary School

Attending VIP’s at Questacon were Senator Kim Carr who gave a short speech along with representatives from Questacon and Shell.

Below are some screenshots from the event.

Questacon presenters making a “glove-a-fone” 

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Senator Carr opening the event 

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The group demonstrating sound waves using fire by playing music through a “Rubens Tube”

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