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Peruvian Mummy
22 Apr 2010
The program is about a mysterious mummy located in the Macleay Museum at Sydney University and the efforts of a team of scientists to work out where it came from and how it got there. Details of the project including fieldwork and laboratory investigations are included
National Curriculum Year 8
Otto Nordenskjold
29 Apr 2010
Early Antarctic explorer Otto Nordenskjold is one of the most significant pioneers of Antarctic research though he has received little recognition for his work. His expedition from 1901 to 1904 collected a remarkable range of fossils and performed meteorological studies. He was interested in...
National Curriculum Year 8
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
Catalyst: Grand Daddy Fish
10 Sep 2009
The program is a report about recent fossil finds that are the earliest examples of separate males and females in vertebrates and show copulation and internal fertilization as we know it today. This discovery helps complete some gaps in our understanding of the evolution of reproduction in...
National Curriculum Year 8
Amber Gives Clues To Origin Of Flowers
05 Oct 2009
This article describes the work of an Australian scientist in analysing the chemistry of fossilised resin. The resin was found to contain chemicals suggestive of angiosperms or flowering plants but was dated from the Cretaceous period before angiosperms had evolved. These findings suggest further...
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
Catalyst: Carbon Country Update
08 Oct 2009
The program looks at how Aboriginal rangers in West Arnhem land are using a scientific approach to pioneer a carbon trading project. It is the first of its kind in the world. The program details earlier research into how savannah burning contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and raises the...
National Curriculum Year 9
Dinosaur Extinction Caused By Asteroid Study
05 Mar 2010
The story describes how evidence from fossils, geology and studies of atmospheric chemistry is used by a group of 41 scientists to support one of two competing hypotheses about what caused the mass extinction 65m yrs ago of 70percent of known species on Earth [including almost all of the dinosaurs]...
National Curriculum Year 10
Energy eaters
08 Nov 2007
A wide range of questions and answers about ways to save energy or reduce our carbon footprint. These texts provide resources that include a range of opinions on some issues and some good explanatory tests and appropriate use of scientific terminology.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
When did life begin?
17 Sep 2009
An excellent resource for students who are evaluating the impact of the fossil record including fossil stromatolites on ideas about the history of life on Earth.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
