Science Education News (SEN) Journal 2017 Volume 66 Number 4 December 2017 | Page 50

GENERAL ARTICLES
Geoscience and innovation
By by Roderick Lawrence – AEGC2018 student chair
AEGC2018 – Student day Tuesday 20th Feb 2018
This is the first AEGC 2018 conference being held in February
2018 at the newly constructed ICC Sydney (International
Convention Centre) in Sydney’s Daring harbor. The conference
a collaboration from several societies (AIG/ASEG/PESA), which
are coming together to host the 1st Australasian Exploration
Geoscience Conference. The conference is directed at the
geosciences both national and international community and
will include attendances from a multitude of disciplines from
geological, geophysical, geotechnical engineering, environmental
and academic backgrounds and hopes to be a very innovative
event.
available and you will be required to accurately register the
number of students (max 10 per teacher).
https://icmsaust.eventsair.com/aegc2018/student-day-
registration
We feel that it will be a rewarding experience for all that attend
and hope to hear from you soon.
We would love to extend our official invitation for teachers and
students from individual schools to attend the fully sponsored
Student open day on Tuesday 20th of February 2018 – 9:30am.
Geoscience in all its glory!
We are designing the day around student’s years 10-12 with
interest in geosciences to provide insight into the geoscience
industry, deliver inspiration for potential future study paths/
career development, or to simply develop some greater critical
understanding about the physical earth, its environments and
how we explore it in all its glory.
Interactive Activities
Above and below are some images from pervious conferences
where students were introduced to and interacted with some
geophysical investigative tools.
The day will kick off with some inspirational talks from some
young and innovative geoscience graduates, followed by some
rewarding and fun hands on activities for the students and
displays by some of our exhibitors. Sponsored lunch will be
provided for the students and teachers and show bags provided
by the Geological Survey of NSW.
The schools will need to provide their own means of transport
to the event as this will not be covered by sponsors however
everything else is free.
If you would like to register for this event, please click the link
below and submit your details. Note there are limited spaces
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