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Channel country
28 Aug 2008
Over ten years ago Cooper Creek escaped large-scale irrigation when scientists and graziers banded together to protest the plan. But has time and more research borne out that decision? This case study provides a useful contrast to the irrigation developed in the Ord River.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Food bowl to dustbowl?
14 Aug 2008
The Murray-Darling Basin grows more than one fifth of all the food produced in Australia, but how will it respond to dwindling water supplies? The complex political, economic, scientific and legal issues associated with the management of this vital area.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Pipe dreams
21 Aug 2008
The Ord River has long been touted as a possible northern food bowl. But nearly four decades after the irrigation scheme was created, why has it failed to live up to expectations? This case study shows how the impacts of human activities including irrigation on the envrionment and agriculture...
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
How epigenetics is changing our fight with disease
01 Oct 2009
Sequencing the human genome was supposed to answer our questions about the genetic origins of disease but the burgeoning science of epigenetics is telling us it's a whole lot more complicated. A ideal resource for students researching the changing methods of dealing with disease. Changes to genes,...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Spare parts
31 Aug 2009
A bionic eye, a new heart grown in the lab, spinal implants that will help quadriplegics walk again... The article deals with the historical and future development of our use of implants including the bionic ear and eye. Research into tissue regeneration and bionic regeneration is outlined.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Kooaaa! It's a kookaburra!
14 Oct 2009
Springtime is no laughing matter for kookaburra chicks as they fight for survival in the family nest.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Rainforest fruit power
30 Apr 2009
An excellent text that discusses human potential use rainforest fruit-bearing plants and the need to maintain biodiversity. Many biotic interactions that effect reproduction and dispersal are described. Issues about using seed banks to try to maintain biodiversity are discussed.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 9 and 10
Quintessential Australian Snakes
28 Jan 2009
Sections of this text serve as excellent models of information reports. A wide variety of Australian snakes are described including adaptations, feeding and breeding. A resource for the deconstruction of the appropriate use of scientific terminology in texts.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 7 and 8
Orchids: nature's sexy sirens
25 Sep 2008
Excellent resource for students researching adaptations for pollination in Australian plants. Provides many interesting examples of the interdependence of plants, fungi and animals.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
