Episode Synopsis "S2E1: Natural Artists! The History & Future of Arts in Science"

Wahooo! It's National Science Week 2021. Start things off right with the first episode of Actually, it's Phytoplankton!: Planet Ocean. On this episode, we're learning about arts in science. We talk to scientific illustrator Kirsten Carlson about the history of sci-art and the continuing importance of drawing and illustrating in science today. Then we meet Dr Ben Knoerlein (formerly Brown University) to get technical with Virtual Reality and how VR is used in ocean sciences.  Grab your resource pack: https://www.go2qurious.com/resources 

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• S2E2: Eat or Be Eaten: Understanding the Oceanic Food Web
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• Episode 6: The Real World! PACE Applications
• Episode 5: The Dream Team! Field work and culturing phytoplankton in the lab!
• Episode 4: Captain Planet! Oceanic & Atmospheric Science
• Episode 3: Beep Bop Boop! Spacecraft & Mission Operations.
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