Friday, 27 October 2017

Reason to train

Podcasting while you walk is great rehabilitation training. It improves  1.Skills 2. Confidence. 3. Meta-cognition. The talk covers Rommel vs Morshead, and a casual conversation with a Glenbrookian.


Wednesday, 25 October 2017

An Australian Classroom - kahoot!

Listen to a scientist on the outside looking in on an Australian classroom. Brimming with potential, certainly if we can get a move on in the lab and get our act together.


Monday, 23 October 2017

index

This is an audio overview of podcasts posted before this date.

The heart in the womb

Ever wondered about the cable that plugged you into Mum while you were inside her "tummy"?Engineers could not help noticing a central tube with twin smaller tubes spiraling around the outside. What is going on!

River of life

Don't get stuck up the tree of life, raft through history down the river of evolution. Discover how the hardy first primitive life survives the deadly newcomers and triumphs in the Frankenstein complex cells that went from ponds and ultimately in the form of humans to the moon.

Friday, 20 October 2017

Eyes on the prize

Ready or not Australia is pushing ahead with 40 % professional grade research in High School to fuel our STEM resurgence.  It sounds like a plan. Let't go!

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Earth podcast 2

Why the sad face, Lu?

Some say ANSTO, Australia's medical and research nuclear reactor is giving out Periodic Tables with lutetium in the wrong position.  This children's fantasy book imagines a world where the Chief Scientist work with the Element Kids to solve problems and help children discover science.


Sunday, 15 October 2017

Earth Podcast


Travel to the centre of a planet made of play dough. Find out that far from being liquid below the crust, the play dough like rock sweats the iconic molten lava.