Peter Enticott – Autism
9 May 2017

Peter Enticott – Autism

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Topics: Biological Sciences -  The Body Additional - Careers Concepts (South Australia): Biological Sciences - Form and Function Years: 7, 8, 9, 10 Video Length: 2:33m Meet Peter Enticott. He's a neuroscientist working on new brain-based treatments for autism. He wanted … Continued
Careers in STEM: Tamara Davis – Astrophysicist
9 May 2017

Careers in STEM: Tamara Davis – Astrophysicist

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Meet Tamara Davis. She studies “the whole universe”, or specifically, astrophysics to better understand dark energy and dark matter. She was inspired by Haley’s comet and space shuttles as a kid and actually wanted to be an astronaut. Video length: … Continued
Rodney Brooks – The Roomba
26 Apr 2017

Rodney Brooks – The Roomba

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Topics: Additional - Careers Concepts (South Australia): Years: 8, 9, 10 Video length: 3:25m Meet Rodney Brooks, a guy who just likes building robots. But you may know him as the inventor of Roomba, the robotic vacuum cleaner. He talks … Continued
Ingrid Scheffer – Epilepsy
26 Apr 2017

Ingrid Scheffer – Epilepsy

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Topics: Biological Sciences - The Body Additional: Careers Concepts (South Australia) Biological Sciences - Form and Function, Diversity and Evolution Years: 7, 8, 9, 10 Video length: 2.04m Meet Ingrid Scheffer. She helped discover the first known gene for epilepsy. … Continued
Yuri Kivshar – Physics
24 Apr 2017

Yuri Kivshar – Physics

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Topics: Physical Sciences - Forces; Energy Additional - Careers Concepts (South Australia): Physical Sciences - Forces and Motion; Energy Years: 8, 10 Video length: 1:53m Meet Yuri Kivshar. He is an expert in “metamaterials”. As a physicist, he works on bending … Continued
Bernadette Fitzgibbon – Neuroscientist
24 Apr 2017

Bernadette Fitzgibbon – Neuroscientist

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Meet Bernadette Fitzgibbon, she is a neuroscientist. She studies the brain and how pain works. In her work, she gets to follow her interest based on what will help people the most. Her advice for younger scientists is don’t be … Continued