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Voyage To The Planets
13 May 2010
This Australian documentary series of six episodes draws on the most up-to-date information we have about the solar system, its constituent planets and other objects encountered between the planets. The story is presented largely as a travelogue but it includes narration by actual scientists, video...
National Curriculum Year 5
Sea ice loss key to Arctic warming, study
29 Apr 2010
The story reports the conclusion made by two Australian scientists, Dr James Screen and Dr Ian Simmonds from the University of Melbourne, that the cause of the faster than expected temperature rises in the region are caused by the decline in sea ice. They explain this as due to the positive...
National Curriculum Year 10
Toxic Crops
06 May 2010
The program investigates recent research which shows that as carbon dioxide levels increase in the atmosphere some of the food crops will respond by becoming less nutritious and produce more toxins. Explanations for this response are presented by examining changes to photosynthesis under these...
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Lidar
08 Apr 2010
The program shows research being carried out in the atmosphere more than 50 kilometres above Antarctica by Australian scientists. Using new technology, the LIDAR which is similar to radar but uses light pulses rather than radio waves, they are observing how, paradoxically, as greenhouse emissions...
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Coal Gas
22 Oct 2009
The program provides information about two new technologies being used to unlock energy from coal; underground coal gasification (UCG) and coal seam gas (CSG). These reduce the risks from mining the coal and then burning it. The technologies are being applied to coal seams in Queensland that are...
National Curriculum Year 9
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
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
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
What is biochar?
04 Mar 2009
What is biochar? And could it be used by Australian farmers to sequester carbon, save water and fertilisers, and increase soil microbial life? This article discusses the potential of biochar to counter some of the human impacts to ecosystems and the environment including increased emissions of...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Wee, water and weighty wind
01 Oct 2009
Why do we get an urge to wee when we hear the sound of running water? How did water come to be on Earth? And do you lose weight when you pass wind? Questions are posed and discussed but not always are definitive answers provided but many variables identified. Listeners ring in with their ideas.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
