Flood! Fire Famine! References and Resources

Science Links:

MOD (UniSA, Museum of Discovery) 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.   

https://mod.org.au/exhibits/julia/?tab=discover-more

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:

• Arduino program download
• Learning Arduino home page
• Arduino Glossary

• Books that might be useful 
•   Arduino Workshop 
•  Exploring Arduino

• 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

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:

• More Sample Spreadsheets will be added soon.
  • Sick Kittens Sample Spreadsheet 

• 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg  

Referencing Information:

• SACE Guidelines for referencing