Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Can maths pick a dinosaur's sex? Mathematical SciencesBiological SciencesSTEM Palaeontologists show a dinosaur’s sex can be more accurately estimated using a statistical model to analyse differences. This short article... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Turning buoyancy on its head EngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology French researchers have floated boats “upside down” on liquid. This article is well suited to year 7 and 10 Physics... Years 7 & 10-12
Article & Professional Learning Please login to favourite this article. Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers Mathematical SciencesSTEM Mathematics lecturer Daniel Mansfield tackles this challenging question, similar to those often asked to educators by their students (alongside “what’s... Years 7-12
Idea, Professional Learning, SCINEMA, Student Activity & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. SCINEMA: Putting Science in the Cinema STEMSTEM in Action Bring SCINEMA To Your Classroom or Livingroom SCINEMA is the largest international science film festival in the southern hemisphere, showcasing... Years F-12
Article, Career Profile, Professional Learning, Student Activity & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. STELR Career Profiles in STEM - Wind Energy Engineer Careers in STEMEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology These videos explore the work of Senior Mechanical Wind Energy Engineer, Rosemary Barnes and provide a step-by-step tutorial for students... Years 7-10
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. As if space wasn’t dangerous enough, bacteria become nastier in microgravity Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Research from space flight missions has found that bacteria seem to become more resistant to antibiotics and mutate quicker in... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How a scientific spat over how to name species turned into a big plus for nature Biological SciencesSTEM For years a battle has raged about the rules of taxonomy. Scientist vs scientist. Comparisons to Stalin. But a conclusion... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article & Career Profile Please login to favourite this article. Career Profile: Margaret Hamilton Careers in STEMSpace SciencesSTEM Margaret Hamilton helped land the Eagle and won many accolades, but wasn’t in the movies. Educate students about an inspiring... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. My talk with Jane Goodall: vegetarianism, animal welfare and the power of children’s advocacy Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Dame Jane Goodall and Professor of Animal Welfare, Clive Phillips, discuss unique human characteristics, societies’ moral obligations to animals, and... Years 4, 6-7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Tim Jarvis – Trees are more important now than ever before Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Trees are not only useful for mitigating carbon emissions, they play many critical roles. Yet we are not doing enough... Years 6-7 & 9-10
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
