Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery
8 Mar 2022

Eunice Newton Foote’s long-forgotten climate-science discovery

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Women’s rights campaigner was the first to hypothesise that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would change temperature. Today, 08 March, is International Day of Women 2022, a perfect day to explore the long-overlooked but ground-breaking climate discovery of female scientist … Continued
How do fingers snap?
22 Nov 2021

How do fingers snap?

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It’s friction – and surprisingly fast motion that allows us to snap our fingers. Use this explainer resource to investigate how we can snap our fingers in this resource for Year 4, 7 and 8 students studying forces and energy … Continued
Power walking with a wind turbine
25 Sep 2020

Power walking with a wind turbine

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Nanogenerator is like a tiny personal wind turbine. Learn about a newly developed way to generate electricity that could be used to power phones sustainably. This article is suitable for Earth and Space and Physics students in years 6, 7, … Continued
STELR Career Profiles in STEM – Wind Energy Engineer
27 Aug 2020

STELR Career Profiles in STEM – Wind Energy Engineer

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These videos explore the work of Senior Mechanical Wind Energy Engineer, Rosemary Barnes and provide a step-by-step tutorial for students to design their own turbine blades using CAD. Wind energy is one of Australia's main sources of renewable energy with … Continued
Best of: Renewable Energy
5 Jun 2020

Best of: Renewable Energy

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Our best of series, published regularly, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week: Renewable energy for year 7 students studying Earth and Space Science. Australian Curriculum Code: ACSSU116 Year 7: "Some of Earth’s resources … Continued
STELR Wind Turbine Investigations
29 May 2020

STELR Wind Turbine Investigations

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This series of videos show investigations using STELR wind energy packs to build the most efficient wind turbines. If you want to transform the energy in wind into electricity, you want machines that do this as efficiently as possible – … Continued
Introducing spider (inspired) cam
30 Oct 2019

Introducing spider (inspired) cam

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Researchers develop a small and highly effective depth sensor. Use this article to discuss with students the importance of biological adaptations in the development of new technology. It would be suited to students in years 5, 8, and 10 studying … Continued
Darker eggs have their purpose
29 Oct 2019

Darker eggs have their purpose

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Colour helps with survival in more ways than one. Use this article with students in years 5, 7, 8, and 10 studying Biological or Physical Sciences. It would be particularly suited to those with an interest in heat transfer or … Continued