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General views of the Exhibit. |
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Visitors were able to touch (and attempt to lift) a very heavy, iron-nickel meteorite. |
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Here we see Jessica Chapman explaining the fate of the universe to some very interested students. |
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A popular item on our exhibit was a board game called, "Warps and Worm Holes", which took the player through the life history of the universe from the Big Bang to the Heat Death. Anything that was good for life, jumped the player forward several places at warp speed. Anything that was detrimental to life, slid the player back several places through a worm hole. |
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Another popular item was the Youndegin meteorite borrowed from the Australian Museum. It was an iron-nickel meteorite and weighed 65 kg. It's age was estimated at 4,500 million years. |
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An interactive computer exhibit was provided, which took visitors through the basic concepts presented in our exhibit. Click here to view the display. |
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A Cloud Chamber provided by Sydney University, allowed visitors to view cosmic rays. |
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The Warps and Worm Holes board game. |
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Three of the five volunteers manning the exhibit. (L-R) Joerg Lippold (UNSW), Jessica Chapman (ATNF) and John Sarkissian (ATNF). The two other volunteers were, Roberto De Propris (UNSW) and Malte Marquarding (UMelb). |