Article Please login to favourite this article. How droughts affect forests Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Scientists explore the ecosystem regrowth. This thought-provoking article is suitable for Year 6 and 9 Biology students, and Year 6... Years 6 & 9-10
Article & Professional Learning Please login to favourite this article. ‘All things will outlast us’: how the Indigenous concept of deep time helps us understand environmental destruction Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM By looking through Indigenous eyes at the Australian environment, scientists can better understand the history and prepare for the future... Years 6-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Ancient signs of life: inspiring the next generation of scientists in the outback Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM As Perseverance sets off on its six-month journey to Mars, two UNSW PhD students look back on a field trip... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Volcanoes aren’t always what they seem Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM A different kind of magma may lurk below. This article is well suited to Earth and Space, Chemistry and Physics... Years 6 & 8-10
Career Profile & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Working in... Earth Sciences - Meteorologist Earth SciencesSTEMTechnology The Working In… series compiles a selection of fascinating STEM jobs in a multitude of fields. They are designed to... Years 4, 6-7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Aboriginal artefacts reveal first ancient underwater cultural sites in Australia Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesEarth SciencesSTEM Aboriginal artefacts from underwater archaeological sites have been discovered off northwest Australia, and they could fill major gaps in the... Years 4 & 6
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
Article & Professional Learning Please login to favourite this article. Who creates the world? Engineers! EngineeringBiological SciencesCareers in STEMChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM “This World Engineering Day thank an engineer, or talk to a young person about what engineers actually do, so we... Years 5-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. The last ice age tells us why we should care about 2°C temperature changes Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesSTEM Perhaps 2°C doesn’t sound like much, but if you look through history, seemingly small temperature changes have had huge effects... Years 4-6 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Mars is more seismically active than the Moon Space SciencesSTEM InSight has detected hundreds of earthquakes in just 10 months. This article is suited to years 6 and 9 students... Years 6 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. No, koalas aren’t functionally extinct Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Claims koalas have been made “functionally extinct” due to the recent bushfires is an exaggeration of their actual plight. This... Years 4-10
