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Giant Squid dissection at Melbourne Museum
Image: Paul McCoy Source: DPI Victoria What has three hearts, blue blood and a brain shaped like a doughnut? A giant squid that’s what! On Thursday 17th July, an immature female specimen, weighing...
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Be a Virtual Surgeon with the Interactive Human Body!
Screen capture That science powerhouse, National Geographic, has an amazing interactive human body for you to discover. Drag the organs into the body to place them into the correct position, or hover...
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End of year visit to Melbourne Aquarium
This is an egg case from a Port Jackson shark, photographed at the Melbourne Aquarium. Eight students from Hawkesdale College had the oppportunity to visit the aquarium when we attended the...
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How are penguins adapting to climate change?
Image Source We don’t know yet, but Jean Pennycook is working in Antarctica to find out! She is a Californian scientist and teacher, living in a tent on Ross Island and researching how penguins are...
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Animations for Biology students and teachers
Screen capture from EduAnim I was collecting some resources for my year 11 Biology class when I came across this great new site, eduAnim. The Centre for Scientific Visualization (CSV), produces...
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Year 8 Science – Reproduction
Photo Source Year 8 students are continuing to learn about the Human Body Systems in Science this week. We have looked at the male and female reproductive systems and tried out the National Geographic...
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Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
After all the rain in August and September, our creeks are flowing and the water tanks are full. There are sun-dews popping up all over the embankments near the dam and the water is teeming with life....
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“The Strange and Wonderful World of Ants”– App for iPad
This image is a screenshot from the fascinating iPad app “Strange and Wonderful World of Ants” by Amos Latteier with drawings by Melinda Matson. When the call went out from @ktenkely on Twitter for...
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