Based at the ANU Campus, GEMS is a day of discussions, laboratory tours, workshops and hands on activities. Participants will meet and work with university students and researchers from RSES.

Activities and topics will include:

Life on Earth timeline, using fossils for dating and understanding the past;

Understanding seismology;

Fluid laboratory experiments, learning about water density and waves;

Corals and the record of past climate;

Crystals, minerals and rocks;

The opportunity to learn about the careers and interests of Earth and marine scientists

GEMS is a free event with morning tea and lunch provided. Come and meet passionate students and researchers in science and get inspired to become an Earth scientist of the future.