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  • COSMOS Magazine: Aurora Traditions of the First Australians
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    COSMOS Magazine: Aurora Traditions of the First Australians

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace Sciences

    The Southern Lights of the Aurora Australis are writ large in the storytelling traditions of Indigenous Australians, write Krystal De...

    Years 6-9
  • COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light
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    COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light

    EngineeringPhysical Sciences

    Rachel Rayner takes us on a tour of the spectrum beyond the visible and explains why dogs help. Explore the...

    Years 5 & 9
  • Body Brothers – Season 2 “Animals”
    SCINEMA, Student Activity & Video & Film

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    Body Brothers - Season 2 "Animals"

    Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    The Body Brothers love to find out more about the world around them and then literally make a song and...

    Years 3
  • Reversible fabric keeps you warm or cool on demand
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    Reversible fabric keeps you warm or cool on demand

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    The fabric with a neat party trick – wear it one way and it keeps you warm, but flip it...

    Years 8-10
  • Helmets and Forces – What are the impacts?
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    Helmets and Forces - What are the impacts?

    Physical SciencesSTEM

    Children and their parents are underestimating the danger of riding scooters, skateboard and skates without a helmet, often with dire...

    Years 7-8
  • The amazing engineering of army ants can teach us to build better
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    The amazing engineering of army ants can teach us to build better

    Biological SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEM

    From bridges to highways to scaffolds, army ants know how to engineer a solution. Learn how army ants engineer as...

    Years 5, 7 & 9
  • How far away can dogs smell and hear?
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    How far away can dogs smell and hear?

    Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    How far away can dogs smell and hear? – Georgina, age 8. Learn how dogs smell and hear in this...

    Years 1, 3, 5 & 9-10
  • Turning mirrors into windows using nanotechnology
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    Turning mirrors into windows using nanotechnology

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    By combining materials science, physics and engineering, scientists have designed a new nano material that can reflect or transmit light...

    Years 8-10
  • Meet a Climate Scientist: Matthew England
    Career Profile & Video & Film

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    Meet a Climate Scientist: Matthew England

    Biological SciencesCareers in STEMEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    Meet Matthew England. As an oceanographer and climate scientist, he is a world-leading expert in the physics of the oceans...

    Years 7-10
  • D.I.Y Science – Make your own Rocket
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    D.I.Y Science - Make your own Rocket

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    The D.I.Y. Science series contains some of our favourite experiments for kids to try at home. They are designed to...

    Years 7-10
  • A life changing protein
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    A life changing protein

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    As climate change affects agricultural crops, research into increasing the rates of photosynthesis could help to feed an ever-growing world...

    Years 7-10
  • Why are stars, planets and moons round?
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    Why are stars, planets and moons round?

    Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    Why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites...

    Years 5, 7 & 10

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