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
Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. In Class With... Neil deGrasse Tyson Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Get access to the biggest STEM names and brightest minds with our In Class With… series. The legend of science... Years F-12
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
Article, Professional Learning & STEM Pack Please login to favourite this article. Changemakers turn words into action for gender equity STEMCareers in STEM “Acknowledging, understanding, and confronting biases and the inequalities is the way to move forward, it’s this which catalyses words into... Years 4-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. Mars is more seismically active than the Moon Space SciencesSTEM InSight has detected hundreds of earthquakes in just 10 months. This article is suited to years 6 and 9 students... Years 6 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Whisker-printing to identify individual lions - using mathematical modelling Asia & Australia's Engagement with AsiaBiological SciencesSTEMSustainabilityTechnology New technique better maps their numbers and density. Link the use of mathematical modelling with the understanding of ecosystems and... Years 4, 6-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Sugar ants love pee, and it might reduce greenhouse gas emissions Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Pee-loving ants that chomp down on urea could help prevent nitrous oxide release into the atmosphere. An interesting new way... Years 7 & 9-10
Article, Professional Learning & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. International Day of Women and Girls in Science Careers in STEMEngineeringSTEM On Tuesday 11th February 2020, the world celebrates the amazing contribution that women and girls have had to science. Watch,... Years 7-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. If we want to control greenhouse gases then we need to think ‘blue carbon’ Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Blue carbon ecosystems like seagrass and mangroves are a heavyweight in capturing carbon, but we’re losing them quickly. This interesting... Years 7 & 9-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. If we keep heading the way we’re going, the platypus is in big trouble Biological SciencesSTEM Development and drought are pushing the platypus, like many other native Australian species, on the path to extinction. Suitable for... Years 5-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak reaches Australia, here’s what we know Asia & Australia's Engagement with AsiaBiological SciencesSTEM [PLEASE NOTE: This is an article from the early stages of our understanding of Covid-19 and our knowledge and understanding... Years 8-9 & 11-12
