Have you ever been amazed at a firefly or inspired by a sunset? Are you fascinated by rainbows and awed…
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Hugly Koala
Dry forest and woodland fauna have a wide diversity, and rainfall is frequent in good seasons. Wildlife in these areas…
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Weather Maps
Weather maps use colours, numbers, symbols and lines to show us what the weather is, or is predicted to be,…
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Are Galaxies Symmetrical?
This week for the 40 week math challenge we were contemplating rotational symmetry. I love to look around in our…
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Stars
Over the Easter break we enjoyed a trip to the Bendigo Planetarium, it is part of the Science and Technology…
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Playing with Tangrams
A simple puzzle with more than 6000 solutions, challenging enough for an expert and simple enough for a child, tactile…
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Aquatic Plants – Pond
“Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a coolabah tree And he sang as he…
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Fish
Dive into the ocean with me and let’s swim amongst the schools of fish. We’ll encounter beautiful fish, ugly fish,…
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Floods
The current floods Australia is experiencing gave us a learning opportunity to understand how floods occur, how we can prepare…
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Volcanoes
“On Saturday 15 January, at 5:10pm local time, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano erupted in a blast 600 times…
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The Answer to Nature-Deficit Disorder? All You Need Is Backyard Fun!
by Emily Graham When family life gets busy, it’s easy to let outdoor time become something of an afterthought. But…
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