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  • COSMOS MAGAZINE – The Magic of Metamorphosis
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    COSMOS MAGAZINE - The Magic of Metamorphosis

    Biological SciencesSTEM in Action

    We all know caterpillars become butterflies, but what really happens within the chrysalis? In this article COSMOS science communicator, Imma...

    Years 7-8 & 10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Life on Mars
    Article, Idea & Student Activity

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    COSMOS Magazine: Life on Mars

    EngineeringSpace SciencesTechnology

    I’m hovering 10 metres above the surface of Mars, piloting Ingenuity – a tissue-box-sized helicopter – as it skitters and...

    Years 4-6
  • What do astronauts eat?
    Podcast & Video & Film

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    What do astronauts eat?

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    The challenges of growing plants in space. Learn about the exciting work taking place in Australia’s space agriculture and what...

    Years F, 4-5 & 7-8
  • COSMOS MAGAZINE – Model or Monster?
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    COSMOS MAGAZINE - Model or Monster?

    Biological SciencesEngineeringSTEMTechnology

    In a two-room laboratory sequestered in a hunkered-down building in Werribee, Victoria, a small but mighty group of baby frogs,...

    Years 4-12
  • COSMOS Magazine: School of Rocks
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    COSMOS Magazine: School of Rocks

    Earth & Space SciencesEarth SciencesEngineeringPhysical Sciences

    How are we here? Why is the Earth the way it is? The way life arose in our solar system...

    Years 5, 8 & 10
  • How Deadly Science is changing the lives of Aboriginal students
    Career Profile & Article

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    How Deadly Science is changing the lives of Aboriginal students

    STEMAboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesCareers in STEM

    The theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week – which runs from 27 May to 3 June, with events around...

    Years F-12
  • The science of the sausage sizzle
    Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource

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    The science of the sausage sizzle

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM

    What’s actually in the sausage and bread you buy? And are there scientifically safer ways to cook it? Apply students’...

    Years 5-10
  • Genetic discovery may help scientists reverse hearing loss
    Student Activity & Video & Film

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    Genetic discovery may help scientists reverse hearing loss

    Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Listen up: study in mouse model provides insight into the development of crucial sensory hair cells. This resource can be...

    Years 8-12
  • Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine
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    Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM

    American researchers have used long-established technology to create a COVID vaccine that’s easy to make and store; clinical trials are...

    Years 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Sticky Business
    Student Activity, Article & Teacher Resource

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    COSMOS Magazine: Sticky Business

    Chemical SciencesBiological SciencesSTEM

    Ever wondered why some things are sticky and others aren’t? Applied mathematician SOPHIE CALABRETTO explains the chemical attraction of garlic...

    Years 5 & 8-10
  • How cochlear implants work…and when they don’t
    Student Activity & Video & Film

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    How cochlear implants work…and when they don’t

    Biological SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Today, February 25th is International Cochlear Implant Day. The celebration is all in memory of the first cochlear implant in...

    Years 8-9
  • COSMOS Magazine: Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste
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    COSMOS Magazine: Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste

    Chemical SciencesSTEM

    What goes into the pea-sized splotch of brush-additive paste with which (most of us) start and end each day? Ellen...

    Years 5 & 8-10

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