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Year 8

Year 8

  • Knowing Volcanoes
    Article

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    Knowing Volcanoes

    Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEMTechnology

    The 2019 White Island disaster was a horrific — but growingly rare — tragedy. Professor Jocelyn McPhie explains the volcano...

    Years 4-6 & 8
  • How modelling helped our COVID response
    Article & Video & Film

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    How modelling helped our COVID response

    Biological SciencesMathematical SciencesSTEM

    Modelling is a term that is well known by scientists but has only recently been making headlines. So what does...

    Years 8-10
  • How does a virus stop?
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    How does a virus stop?

    Biological SciencesSTEM

    How does a virus stop? — Angela Gaganis, Year 1. This article is written for Year 1 students however it...

    Years 1 & 8
  • Making a Connection to Culture
    Article, Podcast & Professional Learning

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    Making a Connection to Culture

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesMathematical SciencesSTEM

    Maths is universal and was, is and always will be important to understand in every society, even when it may...

    Years 7-10
  • CSIRO Career Profile: Meet our Indigenous researchers – Marlee Hutton (Marine Scientist)
    Article, Career Profile & Citizen Science

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    CSIRO Career Profile: Meet our Indigenous researchers - Marlee Hutton (Marine Scientist)

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesCareers in STEMChemical SciencesEarth SciencesMarine SciencesSTEM

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures COSMOS Education honour and value the scientific knowledge and contributions of First...

    Years 4, 6-8 & 10
  • Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories
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    Magic, culture and stalactites: how Aboriginal perspectives are transforming archaeological histories

    Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander Histories & CulturesBiological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM

    To honour Australia’s history, from 18 to 26 January, Education – RiAus will be exclusively publishing content by and about...

    Years 7-10
  • COSMOS MAGAZINE: A Short History of Atoms
    Article, Student Activity & Teacher Resource

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    COSMOS MAGAZINE: A Short History of Atoms

    Chemical SciencesHistory of STEMPhysical SciencesSTEM in Action

    In the centuries since the discovery of the famously uncuttable atom, scientists and philosophers alike have delved deeply into its...

    Years 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Live Fast, Die Last
    Article & Student Activity

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    COSMOS Magazine: Live Fast, Die Last

    Biological SciencesSTEM

    In complete defiance of one of nature’s most fundamental laws, a species of tiny, frenetic bat is living 10 times...

    Years 2-3, 5 & 7-8
  • COSMOS Magazine: A Touching Display
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    COSMOS Magazine: A Touching Display

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Today’s interactive screens may seem like magic, but as Lee Constable explains, the tech is decades old and based on...

    Years 6 & 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Head in the Clouds
    Article & Student Activity

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    COSMOS Magazine: Head in the Clouds

    Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    You’ve heard of cloud nine – but what about clouds one through 10? Looking to the heavens, weather presenter and...

    Years 3-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: The Internet of Temporary Things
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    COSMOS Magazine: The Internet of Temporary Things

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Cash in your silicone chips – paper and plastic are about to make a comeback. As sensors fill the world...

    Years 6 & 8-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Windows to the Stars
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    COSMOS Magazine: Windows to the Stars

    Chemical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology

    For seven decades, the world worked to map the heavens – a massive endeavour that ran from the 19th century...

    Years 4-10

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