Message in a bottle
10 Mar 2022

Message in a bottle

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Messenger RNA technology, so long in the wings, has leapt from understudy to main act. Its deceptively simple technology has potential well beyond our current COVID predicament. This topical article could be used with students in years 8 to 12 … Continued
Best of: Vaccination
17 Apr 2020

Best of: Vaccination

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Our best of series, published each week, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week: Vaccinations for year 8 and 9 students studying Biological Sciences. Australian Curriculum Code: ACSSU150, ACSSU175 "Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of … Continued
Tassie devils hold clue to how cancer conceals itself
27 Sep 2019

Tassie devils hold clue to how cancer conceals itself

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Some human cancers use the same hiding trick. This interesting scientific development could be discussed with students in year 8 and 10 studying Biological Sciences as well as those in years 11 and 12 studying units 2, 3, and 4 … Continued