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Black coral

  • TLF-IDM008759

This is a colour underwater photograph of black coral. The coral is a light green colour with a black tree-like skeleton. Some small fish are swimming nearby. (Classification - Phylum: Cnidaria; Class: Anthozoa; Order: Antipatheria.)

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Fungi: how they grow

  • TLF-IDM015633

If a mushroom is not a plant, what is it? Discover a group of living things that are neither animals nor plants. Explore the mysterious world of fungi and find out the conditions that they need before they can grow.

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Marine ecosystems

  • TLF-IDR11815

This is a collection of 25 digital curriculum resources about the flow of energy and matter in marine ecosystems. The collection comprises 19 images and 6 videos. Images allow students to identify a range of marine producers and consumers and to construct food webs. Some resources show the results of human activity on some ...

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Teaching ideas: ecosystems

  • TLF-IDR12039

This collection, containing 26 digital curriculum resources, allows students to explore aspects of the flow of energy and matter in ecosystems. The resources comprise teaching sequences, units, worksheets, videos, podcasts and a card game. A variety of contexts is provided to allow students to investigate relationships ...

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Banks' brown butterfly

  • TLF-IDM002141

This is an information sheet on Banks' brown butterfly ('Heteronympha banksii') with description, distribution, habitat, host plant and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

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Bright copper butterfly

  • TLF-IDM002142

This is an information sheet on the bright copper butterfly ('Paralucia aurifer') with description, distribution, habitat, host plant and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

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Cabbage white butterfly

  • TLF-IDM002143

This is an information sheet on the cabbage white butterfly ('Pieris rapae') with description, distribution, habitat, host plant and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

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Eltham copper butterfly

  • TLF-IDM002144

This is an information sheet on the Eltham copper butterfly ('Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida') with description, distribution, habitat, host plants and images. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

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Caddis flies

  • TLF-IDM002145

This is an information sheet on caddis flies (Order Trichoptera) with a description, details of their habitat and general biology. The information sheet is available as a PDF for download.

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Mayflies

  • TLF-IDM002148

This is an information sheet on mayflies, Order Ephemeroptera, with description, habitat and general biology.

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Victoria's huntsman spiders

  • TLF-IDM002157

This is an information sheet on the three types of huntsman spiders found in Victoria. It contains descriptions, information on habitat and biology, and images.

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Victorian funnel-web spider

  • TLF-IDM002158

This is an information sheet on the Victorian funnel-web spider ('Hadronyche modesta').

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Red-back spider

  • TLF-IDM002159

This is an information sheet on the red-back spider ('Latrodectus hasseltii').

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White-tailed spider

  • TLF-IDM002160

This is an information sheet on the white-tailed spider ('Lampona cylindrata').

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Melbourne trapdoor spider

  • TLF-IDM002162

This is an information sheet on the Melbourne trapdoor spider ('Stanwellia').

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Giant Gippsland earthworm

  • TLF-IDM002163

This is an information sheet on the giant Gippsland earthworm ('Megascolides australis').

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Common bottlenose dolphins, 'Tursiops truncatus'

  • TLF-IDM008761

This is a colour photograph of a small pod of common bottlenose dolphins ('Tursiops truncatus') swimming in the ocean. This photograph was taken in Fiordland, New Zealand, where a specialised group of common bottlenose dolphins live within the fiords. (Classification - Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Cetartiodactyla; ...

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Measuring photosynthesis

  • TLF-IDM008763

This is a colour underwater photograph of marine scientist Candida Savage using a scientific instrument known as the diving-PAM. The diving-PAM is being used to measure photosynthesis in corals in Fiji. Candida Savage is wearing full diving clothing and equipment including mask, wetsuit and oxygen tanks.

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Marine trophic pyramid

  • TLF-IDM008770

This image displays a type of diagram known as a trophic (or ecological) pyramid. This example depicts the organisms and the matter and energy flows in a typical marine ecosystem. The diagram shows six levels of organisms from primary producers through to the top carnivores, arranged in a pyramid. Also represented is the ...

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New Zealand's marine environment

  • TLF-IDM008889

This is a colour video clip of a marine scientist, Dr Candida Savage, discussing the large variety of different habitats within New Zealand's marine environment. Dr Savage is a teacher and researcher at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

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