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Megafauna
20 May 2010
Reporter Dr Paul Willis visits Cuddie Springs, a rich fossil site in North Western NSW. The site is unique in that it provides a slice through time (about 900,000 years of prehistory). Dr Judith Field from Sydney University has been working this site for 20 years. The local Aboriginal community has...
National Curriculum Year 10
Future Of The Moon
16 Jul 2009
Scientists eagerly wait for astronauts to return to the Moon because they think Moon rocks may hold clues about the beginnings of life on Earth. The Moon has witnessed most of Earth's history and has vital clues about the beginning of life on Earth. These are recorded in the Moon's many...
National Curriculum Year 10
Conversations: Tracy Chevalier
06 Apr 2010
Author Tracy Chevalier explains how Mary Anning inspired her latest book called Remarkable Creatures. Mary Anning was an unlikely fossil collector and self-taught palaeontoloist who lived at a time [first half of the 19th century] when people thought the Earth was 6000 yrs old and had no way, at...
National Curriculum Year 10
Metamorphic Rocks
18 Feb 2010
Bernie Hobbs presents a simple and well illustrated explanation of how metamorphic rocks are formed including a simulation of the process at ANSTO.
National Curriculum Year 10
Water found on the Moon
03 Oct 2009
Scientists have confirmed the presence of water on the moon. Rather than occurring in rivers or lakes, water is found sparsely mixed amongst rocks. It's suggested the water came from comets, or the combination of incoming protons with oxygen. Jonathan Nally described the latest experiments where...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 7 and 8
