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                                                                                    Science as a Human Endeavour
Through science, humans seek to improve their understanding and explanations of the natural world. Science involves the construction of explanations based on evidence and science knowledge can be changed as new evidence becomes available.


Future Morph
This website is designed to show you just some of the amazing and unexpected places that studying science, technology, engineering and maths can take you. Think of this as your basecamp, your launchpad, the door is open come on in and explore.
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Wonderopolis
Children are always wondering ....who, what when, where, why, how. Create, Laugh, Imagine, Explore, Learn, Smile, Grow, with some of the explanations on this website
Learning is happening everywhere, all the time! Wonderopolis has  bottled a little bit of that learning in each Wonder of the Day
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Keep up with Emerging Technologies at Gizmag and Subscribe to Gizmag 
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                    Keep up with Emerging Technologies at  Futurity Today
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The World Science Festival is a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. The Foundation’s mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

Research your favourite scientist then make yourself a Science as a Human Endeavour e- book
Read a story written and illustrated collaboratively by year four students at Rostrata Primary School and brilliantly guided by their teacher Mrs Bernadine Blechynden.  It's about two Western Australian scientists, Professor Barry Marshall and Professor Robin Warren. They invented a medication for stomach ulcers, saving billions of lives. Their story is remarkable and so they won The Nobel Prize for Medicine 2005.


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"Swallowing Germs" by Bernadine Blechynden
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What's an Engineer?
Published on May 26, 2015
You've heard of Engineers, I'm sure. But, what are Engineers? Well, it turns out that they're all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat work! Want to be one? Well, join Sabrina in this episode of Crash Course Kids where she talks about what they do and why they do it!

Using Lasers to Create Super-hydrophobic Materials
Published on Jan 20, 2015
Scientists at the University of Rochester have used lasers to transform metals into extremely water repellent, or super-hydrophobic, materials without the need for temporary coatings. 

The future application for this new scientific process will be important.


Bottle Rescue in Chile "Installing bottle lights for a rural family"
Using simple scientific ideas to solve problems!
How does it work? The bleach keeps the water from turning green, and the water refracts sunlight.
Statistics say 1.6 billion people ― a quarter of the global population ― live without electricity. This luminous eco idea can bring a smile to them like Miguel did to the family in the Andes.

The latest solar cooker 
 Reduce your carbon footprint using SolSource                                                                  
A team of engineers, designers, and scientists have invented a new solar barbecue and are set to market it world wide. 
Science as a Human Endeavour  - all year levels
Year 10 (ACSHE230) Year 9 (ACSHE228)  Year 8  (ACSHE136) Year 7  (ACSHE223) Year 6  (ACSHE099) - Year 5  (ACSHE083) Year 4 (ACSHE062) Year 3 (ACSHE051) Year 2 (ACSHE035) Year 1 (ACSHE022) Foundation (ACSHE013)

Eating food cooked on the SolSource is an educational experience all students should have.

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Right - Catlin Powers COO of One Earth Designs
http://www.oneearthdesigns.com/ talks about  the development of SolSource 
June 10,  2013


Science as a human endeavour - Model helicopter guided by power of thought
A team of bio medical engineers at the University of Minnesota have developed the next stage of a mind controlled vehicle. Using science and engineering they hope to develop future technologies for people with disabilities. Watch as the model helicopter is steered through an obstacle course using brainwaves.Published on Jun 5, 2013
http://www.nature.com/news/toy-helico...