Category: Outreach
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Speaking tour – Aurora: The Science and the Splendour
It’s that time of year when aurora are becoming clearer in our skies and fantastic photo opportunities await. From 26 June to 2 July 2023, Tūhura Otago Museum Director Dr Ian Griffin, Craig Rodger and Toni Hoeta travelled around the South Island to deliver a series of talks about where to find aurora and techniques…
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Cook Islands Science Expo
The Tūhura Otago Museum engagement programme accompanied the team to Rarotonga for the Cook Islands Science Expo, where students from area schools particularly enjoyed using the solar telescope and exploring the magnetism demonstrations. The Tūhura Otago Museum team engaged around 2000 rangatahi from all across Rarotonga. Read about the Cook Islands Science Expo here
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Chatham Islands Festival of Science
The Chatham Islands Festival of Science brought project members from Dunedin, along with scientists from around New Zealand to the islands in mid August. The outreach team from Tūhura Otago Museum visited schools with help from the scientists as part of a jam-packed week’s worth of science focused activites. The Solar Tsunamis team were busy…
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Toni Hoeta talks science communication
To watch Toni discuss science outreach and the solar tsunamis project with the Department of Science Communication at Otago University, follow the link below. Toni Hoeta – Science communication talk
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Fiery experiments demostrate solar tsunamis
Toni Hoeta and Jessa Barder of Tūhura Otago Museum visited Te Wharekura O Arowhenua pupils in Invercargill in mid-November to debut demonstrations to explain the science of solar tsunamis and how solar storms could affect Earth and the electricity grid. Kyra Batchelor-Tata, pictured above, assisted Toni in simulating hydrogen fusion generates energy in a star. …
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Toni Hoeta introduces the Solar Tsunami logo
On the 162 year anniversary of the Carrington Event Toni Hoeta introduces the brand new Solar Tsunamis logo. Follow the link below to watch the video. Toni Hoeta – Solar Tsunami logo launch
