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Southern Ocean Sentinel
29 Apr 2010
The Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica is a thermostat regulating the Earth's current climate. Scientists believe that it can be a sentinel, an early warning system, of climate tipping points to come. Tiny plankton and massive currents hold the clues to how rapidly the Southern...
National Curriculum Year 9
Charcot-Marie-Tooth [Cmt] Disease
28 May 2010
Dr Maryanne Demasi reports on a research project at the Children's Hospital where a new treatment for a genetic neurological disorder, CMT disease, is being trialed. This project has developed from a research finding in France where mice with the disease responded to treatment with ascorbic acid...
National Curriculum Year 9
Fire, Flood And Acid Mud: The Flood Pulse
01 May 2008
Professor Richard Kingsford shows the effect of the flood pulse down the Paroo River, and discusses the effect of regulating the river flows on other parts of the Murray-Darling Basin, eg on bird life and trees.
National Curriculum Year 9
Catchment detox MB2903
13 Jun 2010
An interactive game where students can change the activities carried out on areas of land so that after 100 years they have a healthy economy and a healthy environment. Students make decisions about economic and environmental issues relating to water status, income and expenditure, production and...
National Curriculum Year 10
Fire, Flood And Acid Mud: Acid Mud
01 May 2008
A range of Australian scientists explain the effects on wetlands of regulating the natural highs and lows of the Murray River water flow, resulting in acid sulfate soils. One wetland has a pH equivalent to that of a car battery. It outlines the chemistry involved - formation of sulfuric acid,...
National Curriculum Year 7
Bubble 07
11 Jun 2010
Episode 21. Two espionage characters are investigating the contents of a new soft drink suspected of being a secret weapon. Useful video is provided by the demonstration by a scientist of the action of an acid on a carbonate and by the discussion of the energy provided by the sugar in soft drinks.
National Curriculum Year 8
Last Chance For The Murray-Darling Say Scientists
23 Nov 2009
A presentation by an environment reporter on the issue of lack of water in the Murray-Darling River system as raised by a number of scientists in a report to the Federal Government. A number of the scientists also present their view of the situation.
National Curriculum Year 10
DIY pH Indicator
09 Nov 2007
The natural pH indicator present in red cabbage leaves can be extracted following these explicit and clear directions. This indicator solution changes colour from bright pink to vibrant blue when mixed with acids or bases. Background scientific information about pH scales and acids and bases is...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Chemicals on the Great Barrier Reef
29 Aug 2009
This program deals with a range of human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef. Herbicides from land runoff have been traced to algae and sea grasses in river mouths and coastal zones along the Great Barrier Reef. Effects include retardation of photosynthesis and growth of corals. Other pressures on...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Ladder of life mysteries amaze
21 Oct 2009
A useful resource that could be used in combination with the In-Depth Science Feature- How epigenetics is changing our fight with disease (1/10/09). A resource to help students outline ways in which the environment may affect the expression of a gene.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
