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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: 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
Coal Gas
22 Oct 2009
For decades, scientists have worked to develop technologies that can unlock the energy from coal while reducing the risks of digging it up and burning it. Now entirely new industries are booming as they tap into coal seams either too gassy or too deep to be mined by conventional methods. But at...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
World's deltas subsiding, says study
21 Sep 2009
Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught between sinking land and rising seas, according to a new study.A very good example of an explanatory test dealing with examples of the impacts of human activity including mining and damming of rivers. Deals...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Scientists find signs of water on the Moon
24 Sep 2009
Three separate missions examining the Moon have found clear evidence of water, apparently concentrated at the poles and possibly formed by the solar wind. A useful resource for chemistry students commencing the study of water and its importance to life in particular.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
