STEM Pack & Article Please login to favourite this article. Message in a bottle Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM Messenger RNA technology, so long in the wings, has leapt from understudy to main act. Its deceptively simple technology has... Years 8-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. Wine with a touch of Eucalyptus? Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM The science of Indigenous Australian fermentation. This article is suitable for Year 7 and 8 Biology students learning about wine... Years 7-10
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Your at-home guide to appreciating snails Biological SciencesSTEM Watch what they do, then tell their stories. This resource provides an activity that is suitable for Year R and... Years 1, 3, 5 & 7
Article Please login to favourite this article. Electronic skin that behaves like skin Biological SciencesCareers in STEMSTEMTechnology New device mimics body’s feedback response This article is suitable for Yr 9 and 10 biology students learning about the... Years 9-10
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Five vampire traits that exist in the real world Biological SciencesSTEM Count Dracula’s characteristics can be found in nature. This article is suitable for Year 6 and 7 Biology students who... Years 6-7
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. To get big, grow slow Biological SciencesSTEMTechnology Whale shark females overtake the males to become the world’s largest fish. This article is well suited to Biology students... Years 2, 4-7 & 10
Career Profile & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Working In... HEALTH — Vaccination Researcher Biological SciencesCareers in STEMHealth & Medical SciencesSTEM The Working In… series compiles a selection of fascinating STEM jobs in a multitude of fields. They are designed to highlight the variety... Years 8-9
Article Please login to favourite this article. One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM An animal that digs holes seems like more of a nuisance than a help, but according to researchers, there’s a... Years 4 & 6-8
Article Please login to favourite this article. What we can learn from fish that change sex Biological SciencesSTEM A fish that changes sex to lead the pack has revealed what happens genetically to pull off the trick. Encourage... Years 4-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Chief Scientist: We need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’ Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology “Make no mistake, this will be the biggest engineering challenge ever undertaken.” This article is suited to students in years... Years 9-10
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. A vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19 just took a huge step forward Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM [PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article may since have been updated or refined.] An Australian team of researchers have developed... Years 8-12
