Tertiary Catalogue

This program takes the viewer on a journey into real-world forensic science and helps to debunk the TV stereotypes. Find out what forensic scientists do on a day-to-day basis. What is the real role they play in solving crimes and other incidents? How diverse is a typical forensic scientist's job description? Do they do everything from gathering clues and examining all sorts of physical evidence to interviewing suspects and appearing in court, or does real forensic science require more of a specialist approach? Find out all the answers in this engaging program. Show Less

Biodiversity - why is it so crucial to our survival and the planets? Biodiversity makes up our many interrelated ecosystems and is something we must strive to sustain. This Australian made, curriculum-fit program explores what biodiversity is, with a focus on the long term effects in Australia. Key interviews from Victoria University lecturers, the Threatened Species Network Wildlife Fund and a Zoologist highlight the importance and necessity of biodiversity in Australia. This program also offers suggestions on what we can do to conserve biodiversity on a day-to-day basis, and gives a real world demonstration of such conservation in action, with the recovery and rebuilding of the natural habitats of the endangered helmeted honey-eater. Show Less

This programme takes the viewer on a journey into real-world forensic science and helps to debunk the TV stereotypes. Find out what forensic scientists do on a day-to-day basis. What is the real role they play in solving crimes and other incidents? How diverse is a typical forensic scientist's job description? Do they do everything from gathering clues and examining all sorts of physical evidence to interviewing suspects and appearing in court, or does real forensic science require more of a specialist approach? Find out all the answers in this engaging program. Show Less

In this resource, you learn a great deal about the depth to which chemistry explains every part and process related to the human body. As you know, chemistry often deals with small, almost invisible substances, and in this resource you will focus on the cell. You will also explore in detail how much our body is affected by the various sources of energy you eat, such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. As you will discover, your body and your health are not solely determined by how much you exercise and what you eat. Genetics, in the form of DNA, helps explain who you are and even who you may become, including the types of diseases you may inherit that have afflicted the people you are related to. Why are fats not all bad? Why should you not cut out carbohydrates completely, even when on a diet? How can a disease from your grandfather pass on to you? Show Less

This programme covers: * Electrons in clouds around atoms. * The electrons of halogens outer shell. * The electrons of alkali metal outer shell. * Carbon diamond and graphite share electrons. * Chlorine combining with the third row, a range of bonds. * Metallic bond * Ionic bond * Ionic solutions dissolving in water. Show Less

There are many diseases, both historical and still widespread today, that are related to the health of our bones. This video discusses rickets, spina bifida, scoliosis, osteoporosis and arthritis, explaining their causes and methods of treatment or prevention. Detailed animated graphics paired with clear definitions and examples makes this essential viewing for secondary students studying the human body. Show Less

With the aid of high quality graphics and animations, this programme covers three major categories of biological macromolecules: carbohydrates, lipids and the nucleic acids RNA and DNA. It clearly explains the structure and biological roles of each type of macromolecule and examines similarities and differences between them, using many biological examples. Show Less

As the world increasingly focuses on alternatives to the carbon-emitting fossil fuels that we have relied on for over a century, scientists are continually developing more efficient methods to collect the sun, as harnessing solar energy is becoming more and more viable. This programme is an excellent introduction to the principles behind solar energy collection and its various usages such as generating electricity, and for heating space and water. It covers what is solar energy; thermal and electrical uses of solar energy; and catches a glimpse of what the future might look like with current developments that are paving the way for a solar future. The programme provides an ideal background for students to research and examine further cutting edge case studies that demonstrate how powerful the potential is for everyday use of solar energy in homes, commerce and industry, and in vehicles. Show Less

Plants obtain energy through photosynthesis, and use respiration and enzymes in their metabolic processes. The three concepts below are clearly explained with excellent experiments and computer animation which shows what is happening visibly during the experiments and invisibly at the molecular level. Photosynthesis Respiration Enzymes Show Less

In 'Changes of State', we look at the differences between solids, liquids, and gases, as well as why things change state when they absorb or lose heat energy. We also look at the strange example of carbon dioxide, which doesn't follow the same rules that most other substances do! Show Less

What happens when you turn up the heat in an equilibrium? This video demonstrates how changing temperature affects reaction rates in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle. Students will observe the colour of a solution of cobaltous chloride at different temperatures. Footage of a real lab demonstration makes this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

What happens when you add more product to an equilibrium? This video demonstrates how an increase in products affects reaction rates in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle. Students will observe how the appearance of a solution of sodium chloride changes when products are added. Footage of a real lab demonstration makes this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

What happens when you add more reactant to an equilibrium? This video demonstrates how an increase in reactants affects reaction rates in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle. Students will observe how the colour of a solution of ferric thiocyanate changes when reactants are added. Footage of a real lab demonstration makes this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

What happens when you increase the pressure on an equilibrium? This video demonstrates how changing pressure affects reaction rates in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle. Students will observe the colour of a gaseous mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide under different pressure conditions. Footage of a real lab demonstration makes this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

What happens when you remove products from an equilibrium? This video demonstrates how a decrease in the amount of product affects reaction rates in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle. Students will observe how the appearance of a solution of zinc hydroxide changes when hydrochloric acid are added. Footage of a real lab demonstration makes this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

Using experiments, graphics and film this program explains the following topics for junior secondary science students. - Particle theory of matter - Changes of state - Latent heat - Expanding and contracting - States of matter all around us. Also available in this series: Separating Mixtures, Light and Sound, Magnetic Force, Food and Digestion Show Less

From charcoal to diamonds, carbon is essential to a multitude of products—and to life itself. This program illustrates the mechanics of the carbon cycle, explores some of the special properties of the ubiquitous element, and looks at the importance of carbon in the chemical makeup of all living things. Describing the best-known carbon allotropes, the program examines the characteristics and uses of charcoal, graphite, and diamond, including synthetic diamonds. Students witness an experiment showing that limestone contains carbon and are given important information on carbon dioxide and the molecules known as fullerenes. Show Less

Exploring the broad issue of urban light pollution through the work of four dedicated researchers, this programme reveals how and why each scientist chose their niche and turned it into a measurable research question. Middle and Senior-secondary students will find this programme insightful viewing before delving into their own STEM investigation. Show Less

The classification system is the arrangement of living things, categorised by their different characteristics - an organised understanding of the natural world we live in. Recently this system has been further refined using studies of DNA. In this programme, we discuss how the classification system is organised and how scientific names are arrived at. The dichotomous keys used by biologists to classify specimens are demonstrated and the five major groups of living things are explained. An entertaining programme that explains how observed characteristics of living things are used to establish a classification system. Show Less

Mark Newman and Gerald Levey are identical twins, separated at birth. They share the same genes, but were raised by different parents in different environments. In this investigative programme we examine studies of separated twins and adopted siblings are providing insight into the relative impact of genetic and environmental influences, and the extent to which variation among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes. Molecular geneticist Robert Plomin explains DNA studies which are pointing to the fact not one, or five, but hundreds of genes each contribute a small amount of the variance for any one trait. Show Less

Experiments come in many shapes and sizes, but they all have special considerations and constraints that need to be meticulously planned for before any field or lab work can begin. Ideal viewing before undertaking their own STEM investigation, viewers will re-join four scientists researching different angles of urban light pollution as they talk through the planning behind their experiments and the types of evidence they collected. Show Less

How is chemical equilibrium important for cellular respiration? This video explains how two competing equilibrium reactions involving haemoglobin are at work in the process of cellular respiration. Clear explanations of this life-or-death example of competing equilibria make this essential viewing for senior secondary chemistry students. Show Less

A solitary figure walks on the beach at dawn. Although he is alert to his surroundings, his sensory systems take in only a fraction of the energy that envelops him. That which does reach the receptor cells is captured and converted into signals that can be recognised by the central nervous system. The ultimate destination for these signals is the cerebral cortex. Tom Albright, Christof Koch, Gilles Laurent, and others examine the ways sensory receptors take in stimuli as well as how the brain processes and ultimately translates these signals into useful information. Show Less

Even the most well planned experiment means little if the evidence collected isn’t properly analysed. Following the progress of four scientists researching the problem of urban light pollution from four different angles, middle and senior secondary viewers will gain valuable information about the methods and technologies available for data analysis and how to avoid research bias. Show Less

Since its discovery in 1953, mankind has been increasingly fascinated with DNA, the genetic blueprint. From the selective breeding of plants and animals in agriculture through to the production of recombinant proteins for medical purposes, and more recently, the cloning of animals, science has investigated ways of manipulating the basic genetic code. This programme outlines the basic tools/techniques for manipulation of DNA, and how these are being used to ask fundamental questions about how genes work. From a more applied angle, we take a tour of the myriad ways these advances are being utilised in medicine, agriculture and the environment. Together with its applications, we discuss the range of ethical questions arising from genetic engineering and the manipulation of DNA to produce so called 'designer genes'. Show Less