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• TLF-IDM021769
• Learning areasGeography; Science
• Year levels 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
• Updated30/04/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This resource highlights fifteen natural ecosystems found in New South Wales. Each resource has been designed for students investigating ecosystem types in NSW, providing a greater understanding of their location, function, how they are impacted by human activity and how schools and communities can work to protect them. ...

• TLF-IDM008897
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
• Updated29/10/2021

This is a colour video clip in which marine ecologist Dr Candida Savage of the University of Otago in New Zealand talks about her work, what led her to it and why she enjoys doing it. She explains how her research involves a variety of experiences, requiring creativity and collaboration with other scientists in many different ...

• TLF-IDM016350
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 9; 10
• Updated14/10/2024
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This resource supports students to assess how the knowledge and cultural practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is being used to conserve and manage sustainable ecosystems and a sustainable future. Numerous short videos and links provide a rich variety of case studies. A task, including marking guidelines ...

• TLF-IDM016345
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 9; 10
• Updated30/04/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This five and a half minute video segment from Catalyst discusses the potential to manage controlled burning in Arnhem that reduces frequency of wildfires to provide other benefits. The potential to turn this into economic benefits from carbon trading is explored and the science investigations that will first be essential.

• TLF-IDM008887
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 7
• Updated09/04/2025
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This is a colour video clip of marine scientist Stephen Wing, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, discussing the role cockles ('Austrovenus stutchburyi') play in marine food webs in New Zealand. (Classification - Phylum: Mollusca; Class: Bivalvia; Order: Veneroida; Family Veneridae.)

• TLF-IDM008883
• Learning areasScience; Humanities and Social Sciences; Geography 7-10; Geography
• Year levels 7; 9; 10
• Updated29/04/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This is a colour video clip of marine scientist Associate Professor Abby Smith discussing the role bryozoans play in marine ecosystems. The clip shows Abby Smith, a teacher and researcher at the University of Otago, New Zealand, being interviewed. The clip also shows underwater photos of bryozoans, fish and corals.

• TLF-IDM015800
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 9
• Updated30/04/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

Elliot challenges Ruben Meerman, the Surfing Scientist, to do an experiment that involves explosions, pretty colours and lollies! Watch this clip to see what he comes up with. You might also learn something about chemical reactions and the stored energy in food.

• TLF-IDM016705
• Learning areasScience
• Year levels 9; 10
• Updated25/10/2023
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This 7 minute video segment from Catalyst describes how a unique deposit of beautiful crystals containing a high quantity of uranium in a safe form has been found in country Victoria. It is hoped that it may provide clues for the long term storage of nuclear waste.

• TLF-IDA002816
• Learning areasScience; Humanities and Social Sciences; Geography
• Year levels 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
• Updated29/04/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This learning activity is the second part of a sequence of 5 individual learning activities focused on creating a wildlife habitat. The order of these learning activities are: research, vision, design, planting and monitoring and care. OUTCOMES for this learning activity are for children to: create a vision of what their ...

• TLF-IDM025105
• Learning areasGeography; Science
• Year levels 4; 5; 6
• Updated14/08/2024
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

What do you know of the Great Australian Bight? Learn about some of the unique wildlife that lives here. What makes it such a good habitat for these marine animals? What are some potential threats facing this pristine environment?