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Engineering clean rivers

Video Engineering clean rivers

TLF ID M021121

Figuring out how to clean up contaminated rivers is a big challenge. It's also tricky to work out where the most contaminated parts of a river system are and whether its fish are safe to eat. Watch this video and learn how engineering has helped to solve these problems. Why do you think engineers looked to the bottom of the food chain for help to develop a solution? What is the polyethylene sampler able to do? How? Can you think of other problems that have been solved by engineering inspired by nature?

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Educational details

Year level

7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Technologies Engineering Tools Pollution Food chains Design Values (Psychology) Rivers Ecosystems Fishes Materials Problem solving Symbiosis Fibres (Materials) Food webs Environmental impact Enterprise (Behaviour) STEM
Learning area
  • Science
  • Technologies
  • Design and Technologies

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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
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  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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