References and Resources
Science Links:
MOD (AU, Museum of Discovery) had an exhibition between 2019 and 2020 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.
Other useful links can be found here below.
- Tracking Australia’s recovery from a catastrophic summer
- Frequent extreme bushfires are our new reality
- How leaf shape and size can turn small flames into bushfires
- Global Mean Temperatures
- A visual guide to Australia’s Bushfire Crisis
- Response to Australia’s bushfires – climate change
- The bushfire royal commission – summary
- Links to multiple articles about Bushfires (a download file)
- How heatwaves and drought combine to produce the perfect firestorm
- As Perth’s suburbs burn, the rest of Australia watches and learns
Technology Links:
- How to use a breadboard when prototyping Arduino circuits
https://www.losant.com/blog/how-to-use-a-breadboard - What is 3D printing and where is it used?
https://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing - Free online CAD program with tutorials
https://www.tinkercad.com
- Example of commercial water sensors/detectors
- Website of commercial company that provides flood barriers
- Severe flooding in NSW – December 2020
- Flood Control – Wikipedia article
Books That Might Be Useful
Engineering Ideas:
- The engineering design process steps can be found here:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/engineering-design-process/engineering-design-process-steps - UniSA’s winning robotics team – Australian champions
- Egg collection in the Australian Egg Industry
- Egg production in Australia
Mathematics Links:
- Online Graphing and Calculator tool (GeoGebra)
- Excel hints and tips
- https://www.excel-easy.com/introduction/formulas-functions.html
- https://learn.filtered.com/blog/10-most-useful-microsoft-excel-tips
- https://support.office.com/en-us/excel
- https://au.pcmag.com/office-suites/24315/20-excel-tips-for-becoming-a-spreadsheet-pro
- Causes of Plant and Animal Agricultural Diseases (List 1)
- Causes of Plant and Animal Agricultural Diseases (List 2)
- Plant pests and diseases
- Animal pests and diseases
- Wikipedia – Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease
- Wikipedia – Exponential Growth
- The Mathematics of Diseases
- Calculate the spread of disease
- Epidemic Calculator
- Exponential Spread
- Modelling Exponential Functions
- How fast does a virus spread?
- COVID-19 example of exponential growth due to an affliction impacting on a population.