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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
Past Decade Set To Be Warmest On Record
09 Dec 2009
The article provides an overview of high temperatures over the last decade in Australia and some other countries. An Australian scientist discusses the influence of El Nino on temperatures in Australia.
National Curriculum Year 9
Green Roofs
20 May 2010
Scientists from the University of Melbourne and CSIRO are working on a collaborative project investigating a more efficient approach to air conditioning urban buildings by placing cooling plants on the roof. The program provides a very relevant context for students to able to apply their scientific...
National Curriculum Year 9
Fingerprints
28 May 2009
Fingerprints have been used by police for over 100 years to catch criminals. Dr Paul Willis reports on how advances in science are improving the expensive and dangerous practice of revealing fingerprints on paper. Students from the University of Technology Sydney were given the task of finding a...
National Curriculum Year 6
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
Argo Floats
26 Feb 2009
This first program in a series of two investigates Australia's involvement in a collaborative global project in which 3000 Argo floats (submersible robots) are deployed around the world's oceans. These robots use remote sensors to collect data that helps scientists understand processes deep below...
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
Hotter Than Hot
04 Mar 2010
Bernie Hobbs explores the question 'what is heat?' and the difference between hot and cold. The graphics of particles in motion enhance the explanations provided.
National Curriculum Year 10
Drought Culprit
28 May 2009
For many years scientists have used the La Nina and El Nino effects in the Southern and Pacific oceans to predict when drought breaking rains will come, but now they have a different explanation. The program investigates whether differential heating of the Indian ocean might be the cause of the...
National Curriculum Year 10
What is geothermal energy?
02 Oct 2008
What is geothermal energy? How can it be used to heat a school or generate electricity? Geothermal energy is defined, its sources identified and its current and future use through hot rock technology outlined. Useful information for a discussion on renewable sources of energy.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 7 and 8
