The Invisible Revealed: The science of investigating artefacts and history (Stage 5)- Schools Webinar

Date: 4 April 2022

Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm

Duration: 50 minutes

Location: Online Event - connect via Zoom

This free webinar is most suitable for learners in Years 9 and 10 studying Chemical World for outcomes CW1 and CW2, and History Elective Topic 1: History, Heritage and Archaeology HTE5-1.

The Invisible Revealed at the Powerhouse is a collaborative exhibition developed with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the University of NSW. It will be on show until 22 May 2022 and then through digitised assets. It demonstrates how working scientifically has permitted detailed investigation of historic collection artefacts including Japanese katanas, Lydian coins, clocks, cameras, and rugs. Using Australia’s largest particle accelerator, a synchrotron in Melbourne, scientists, engineers, and curators have explored the fundamental properties of matter to reveal the invisible. Artefacts internal structures, composition, and digital restoration via Artificial Intelligence (AI) have given historians revolutionary investigative opportunities. Non-destructive testing preserves the integrity of artefacts for future generations and permits authenticity, provenance, internal structure, and even hidden purposes to be explored, clarified and shared. Real data and techniques will be presented for use after the webinar to give participants the opportunity to identify a relic as real or a clever forgery. Forensic science meets art!

This 50-minute FREE program will give learners an opportunity to meet research scientists and museum curators. They will give an overview of the technologies and techniques used to conduct their research, the Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) career paths they have followed and authentic collaborations they have developed beyond their own fields of interest and study. Participants are welcome to submit questions ahead of time for considered reply.

The webinar will be recorded and made available via DART Learning after the event.

This session will be held via secure, invitation-only webinar to maintain privacy. Participants will not be able to see each other.

You are welcome to submit your own questions ahead of the event, in writing or as a short video, or during the webinar in response to the dialogue.

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