Career Profile & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Working in Robotics & Engineering - Robotic Engineer EngineeringSTEMTechnology The Working In… series compiles a selection of fascinating STEM jobs in a multitude of fields. They are designed to highlight the variety... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Six easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife Physical SciencesSTEM Light pollution may be a global problem, but there are small things all of us can do to play our... Years 5 & 9
Article Please login to favourite this article. Shoes that stick and clothes that reveal Physical SciencesSTEMTechnology That may sound bad, but it actually isn’t. Discover how an understanding of Physics concepts such as friction, pressure and... Years 4 & 7
Professional Learning & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Best of... Specific Adaptations Biological SciencesSTEM Our best of series, published each week, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week:... Years 5
Article Please login to favourite this article. To climb, maybe robots need toes Biological SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesTechnology Researchers watch a gecko in action, studying their toes to help the design of robots. Lots of technology has mimicked... Years 4-5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Timor-Leste cave art could be a link to Australia’s first people Earth SciencesSTEM Weathered stencils of handprints made 65,000 years ago suggests some of the first people to Australia could have taken a... Years 4 & 8
Article & Video & Film Please login to favourite this article. Hubble turns 30 – The images that changed our view of the universe Mathematical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEMTechnology As the Hubble Space Telescope turns 30, astrophysicist Alan Duffy shares his favourite images and how they changed the way... Years 10-12
Article & Student Activity Please login to favourite this article. Glowing dolphins: The brilliance of bioluminescence off our coasts Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM Marine biologist Vanessa Pirotta was instrumental in filming dolphins swimming in bioluminescence for the first time – and the experience... Years 6, 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Planet that never was is still interesting Physical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Astronomers believe the suspected planet is a dust cloud caused by a cosmic collision. Use this article with students in... Years 5, 7 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. The big five mass extinctions Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM Biologists suspect we’re living through the sixth major mass extinction. Earth has witnessed five, when more than 75% of species... Years 4, 6 & 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus? Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM [PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article may since have been updated or refined.] The first stage may be to reduce... Years 8-9
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