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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 Urchins 'Bulldozing' Tasmanian Reef
08 Dec 2009
This article presents a report from a team of Australian scientists, which describes the impact on the (Tasmanian) reefs of the interaction between climate change and the decline in the number of lobster predators due to overfishing.
National Curriculum Year 8
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
Catalyst: Weedy Seadragons
10 Sep 2009
The program details a research project about one of the most visually striking animals in the sea, the Weedy Seadragon. It lives in the waters off southern Australia and very little is known about it. The program describes how this long term project is being carried out, why it is important and...
National Curriculum Year 7
Trawl Team
20 May 2010
Reporter Mark Horstman follows the research expedition of a team of scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division to the Southern Ocean to discover the mysterious benthic [sea floor living] creatures that live under up to two kilometres of water. Information is provided about the technology...
National Curriculum Year 8
Southern Ocean Sentinel
29 Apr 2010
The Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica is a thermostat regulating the Earth's current climate. Scientists believe that it can be a sentinel, an early warning system, of climate tipping points to come. Tiny plankton and massive currents hold the clues to how rapidly the Southern...
National Curriculum Year 9
Dr Craig Venter
27 May 2010
Dr Graham Phillips interviews Dr J Craig Venter just before he announced the first successful synthesis of a self-replicating bacterium. This process involved manufacturing a genome from scratch and then transferring it into a living bacterial cell. These custom-built organisms have the potential...
National Curriculum Year 10
Astronomers Find Earth-Like 'Waterworld'
17 Dec 2009
The article reports on the discovery of a planet outside our solar system that appears to be composed of three fourths water. This is an important find in the search of planets similar to Earth that might sustain life. The planet is too hot to sustain life as we know it but may have an atmosphere.
National Curriculum Year 10
Salinity Mythbusters
29 Mar 2010
The announcer describes briefly the situation of ground water salinity and then describes a theory in explanation put forward by a scientist. The announcer goes on to provide a counter theory put forward by another scientist . The announcer then interviews a practitioner and they discuss the...
National Curriculum Year 10
Researchers Develop Desal On A Chip
22 Mar 2010
The story describes the invention of a nanotechnology-sized device to purify water. The device uses the idea that charged particles experience a force in an electric field. Salt [which produces electrically charged particles when dissolved in water] and other unwanted particles, like cells, viruses...
National Curriculum Year 8
