References and Resources
Science Links
MOD. (Museum Adelaide) had an exhibition last year called Seven Siblings of the Future. One of the siblings Julia had an environmental focus and there are links at the online exhibition that might be of use.
Blogs and Webpages
BBC. (2020, February 1). Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis.
Zaglas, W. [Host]. (2020, February 17). Part 1 – Climate change. [Audio Podcast]. In Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020. Campus Review.
Batsakis, A., Hasham, N., & Mountain, W. (2020, July 13). Summer bushfires: how are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped their recovery. The Conversation.
Bowman, D. (2020, October 30). The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change. Now we need politics to follow. The Conversation.
da Silva, G. (2020, November 6). Frequent extreme bushfires are our new reality. We need to learn how to live with smoke-filled air. The Conversation.
Burton, J., Filkov, A., & Cawson, J. (2020, December 17). How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires. The Conversation.
Papari, J. R., Sharples, J., & Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. (2021, January 29). How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm. The Conversation.
Fontaine, J. & Walden, L. (2021, February 5). As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns. The Conversation.
Lindsey, R. & Dahlman, L. (2025, May 29). Climate Change: Global temperature. Climate.gov.
Technology Links
Useful books
YouTube videos, Blogs and Webpages
Cannaday, B. (2016, November 5). How to use a breadboard. Losant.
Hearn, P. (2020, January 29). The 5 Best Smart Flood Sensors. Online Tech Tips.
ABC News. (2020, December 15). NSW severe wet weather continues for fifth day as people in Tweed, Northern Rivers told to evacuate.
What is 3D printing and where is it used?
Free online CAD program with tutorials
Website of commercial company that provides flood barriers
Flood Control – Wikipedia article
Engineering Ideas
Engineering design process steps
Egg collection in the Australian Egg Industry
Mathematics Links
Tools
Online Graphing and Calculator tool (GeoGebra)
Excel
Formulas and Functions in Excel
Mathematics of Infectious Disease
Wikipedia – Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease
Wikipedia – Exponential Growth
Calculate the spread of disease
Keeling, M. (2001, March 1). The Mathematics of Diseases. Plus.
Stevens, H. (2020, March 14). Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”. Washington Post.
Allain, R. (2020, March 20). How Fast Does a Virus Spread? Let’s Do the Math. Wired.
Romano, A., Sotis, C., Dominioni, G., & Guidi, S. (2020, May 19). The public do not understand logarithmic graphs used to portray COVID-19. The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Gibbons, K., Karp, K. S., & Dillon, F. (2015). Epidemics, Exponential Functions, and Modeling. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 21(2), 90-97.