Article Please login to favourite this article. Tim Jarvis: The COVID-19 pandemic is a huge opportunity for the environment Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM We have an opportunity to come out of the pandemic with a new approach to protecting the environment, says environmental... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Mars rover tested in Flinders Ranges Biological SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology Mars rover, Perseverance, will soon head to Mars looking for life – now scientists have tested the same methods to... Years 5, 8 & 10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. How much does a koala need to drink? Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Possibly a lot more than we thought. This article is suited to students in all years studying Biological or Earth... Years F-9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Behold, the “Crazy Beast” Biological SciencesEarth Sciences It might look like a badger, but internally the Crazy Beast has got some crazy-weird seemingly nature-defying anatomy. This interesting... Years 4-7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Queensland dolphins intentionally beach themselves to trap food Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Beached as bro! Dolphins in Fitzroy River, Queensland chase fish onto muddy banks and beach themselves, before sliding back into... Years 5, 7 & 9-10
STEM Pack, Student Activity & Teacher Resource Please login to favourite this article. STEM Pack 10: Climate Change Biological SciencesCareers in STEMChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSustainability Students explore the latest STEM careers – the science and the scientists – through videos, research and discussion. The STEM... Years 7-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. Timor-Leste cave art could be a link to Australia’s first people Earth SciencesSTEM Weathered stencils of handprints made 65,000 years ago suggests some of the first people to Australia could have taken a... Years 4 & 8
Article Please login to favourite this article. Where the wild things are: As humans stay indoors, nature is emerging Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM As COVID-19 forces us to abandon public spaces and stay home, nature appears to be “reclaiming” the streets. This article... Years 4, 6-7 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. The big five mass extinctions Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Biologists suspect we’re living through the sixth major mass extinction. Earth has witnessed five, when more than 75% of species... Years 4, 6 & 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. New ‘law’ could inform glacier-flow models Antarctic ScienceEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology Equation designed to measure glacier movement over soft ground. This article and associated student activity is suited to students in... Years 4 & 6-7
Video & Film & Article Please login to favourite this article. Ancient fish fossil reveals missing link in evolution of hand bones Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM A complete ancient fish fossil with finger-like digits in its fin reveals the evolution of hand bones started before animals... Years 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. ‘Wonderchicken’ fossil from the age of dinosaurs Biological SciencesEarth Sciences The “wonderchicken” find sheds light on the origin of modern birds and how they survived the last mass extinction. This... Years 4-8 & 10