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What is AuSIS?

The Australian Seismometers in Schools project (AuSIS) is an outreach program to put 50 earthquake-measuring seismometers in Australian Schools, and thereby raise awareness of geoscience through observing our dynamic earth in motion. Students are required to look after their own seismometer and in doing so be a part of a national science experiment. The Australian Seismometers in Schools project aims to:

The AuSIS network also has friends around the world working on similar programs, such as in the USA, Italy, Ireland, UK and France Seismometer in Schools program.

The Australian Seismometers in Schools program was initially a four-year project (2011-2014) funded by the Geophysical Education Observatory component of AuScope Australian Geophysical Observing System (AGOS) funded by the Federal Government, under the Education Infrastructure Scheme. The Auscope main page can be found at www.auscope.org.au.

AuSIS Videos

A quick clip giving you a glimpse into the work we do as part of the Australian Seismometers in Schools Network at RSES.
The documentary below is made by former Melrose High School student Denis Lissogourski on the AuSIS network.
Darmalan College student Jared Graf designed and built an earthquake simulator out of a guitar amplifier for his Gold Crest project. This video demonstrates how it can be used to investigate how buildings shakeat different frequencies. 

 

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