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Year 5

Year 5

  • Baby dugongs bounce back
    Article

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    Baby dugongs bounce back

    Biological SciencesSTEM

    Baby dugongs are back, baby! Use this short article about rising Dugong numbers in Australian waters with Biology students in...

    Years 4-7
  • Nuyina has arrived in Tasmania!
    Student Activity & Article

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    Nuyina has arrived in Tasmania!

    STEMAntarctic ScienceEngineeringTechnology

    Australians are excited as their newest icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, arrives home in Hobart. Download the accompanying fun student activities to...

    Years F-10
  • EXPLAINER: How do radio telescopes work?
    Video & Film & Explainer

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    EXPLAINER: How do radio telescopes work?

    EngineeringPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Astronomers have different ways of watching the universe, including optical telescopes like Hubble and radio telescopes like the SKA. But...

    Years 5, 7 & 9-10
  • How many stars are there in space?
    Article & Video & Film

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    How many stars are there in space?

    Space SciencesSTEM

    Exactly how many stars are in space? – MeeSong. Astronomer Brian Jackson answers a student’s question about the number of...

    Years 5 & 10
  • Meet Kanyini, South Australia’s first satellite
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    Meet Kanyini, South Australia’s first satellite

    Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Students capture the spirit of South Australia’s great space adventure. Learn about the first satellite to be sent to space...

    Years 5, 7 & 10
  • The Caretakers
    SCINEMA, Student Activity & Video & Film

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    The Caretakers

    Biological SciencesSTEM

    A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small yet mighty creatures who keep the world...

    Years 2-5
  • Phenomena – Episode 4: Light
    SCINEMA, Student Activity & Video & Film

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    Phenomena - Episode 4: Light

    Physical SciencesSTEM

    Light illuminates the universe in colour. Through macro photography, the structure of a soap bubble reveals the colours of the...

    Years 5
  • COSMOS Magazine: A short history of light
    Article, Student Activity & Teacher Resource

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Seeing science differently
    Career Profile, SCINEMA & Video & Film

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    Seeing science differently

    Careers in STEMSTEM

    We spoke to David Attenborough producer and Multi-award winner Dr Chadden Hunter to find out why science films are so...

    Years 1-12

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