Article Please login to favourite this article. New ‘law’ could inform glacier-flow models Antarctic ScienceEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology Equation designed to measure glacier movement over soft ground. This article and associated student activity is suited to students in... Years 4 & 6-7
Article Please login to favourite this article. ‘Wonderchicken’ fossil from the age of dinosaurs Biological SciencesEarth Sciences The “wonderchicken” find sheds light on the origin of modern birds and how they survived the last mass extinction. This... Years 4-8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Tiny bird-like dinosaur smallest ever found Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM A tiny bird-like fossil has been trapped in amber since the age of the dinosaurs. This interesting discovery could be... Years 1, 3-5, 7 & 10
Article & Professional Learning Please login to favourite this article. Who creates the world? Engineers! EngineeringBiological SciencesCareers in STEMChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM “This World Engineering Day thank an engineer, or talk to a young person about what engineers actually do, so we... Years 5-10
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
Article Please login to favourite this article. No, koalas aren’t functionally extinct Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Claims koalas have been made “functionally extinct” due to the recent bushfires is an exaggeration of their actual plight. This... Years 4-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Intense bushfires can create their own weather systems, making the conditions on the ground even more deadly. Useful topical resource... Years 4-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How mammals inherited the Earth Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Scientists map out first million years of life after the dinosaurs. This fascinating article would be well suited to students... Years 4, 6 & 8-10
Article & Career Profile Please login to favourite this article. Richard is a toxic pollution fighting hero Biological SciencesCareers in STEMEarth SciencesSTEMSustainability Richard Fuller is fighting to reduce toxic pollution around the world, improving the lives of millions of people. This career... Years 4, 6-7 & 9-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. How do scientists know evolution is real? Biological SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM The idea of evolution – that species change and evolve over time – is the foundation of biology. But how... Years 3-5, 7 & 9-12
Article Please login to favourite this article. A new ‘iron dragon’ pterosaur Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM A newly described species suggests that Aussie pterosaurs might have lived longer than we thought. Use both articles to show... Years 4-5 & 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Earliest life found in ancient Aussie rocks Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM The Pilbara’s famous stromatolites finally give up their secret. This fascinating discovery could be used with students studying Biological, Chemical... Years 4-5, 7-8 & 10