What's New

2012

November

• Australian Curriculum Links: Science are now available for the Outback Mobs learning module.
  

October

• Outback Mobs, the latest learning module, invites you into the history of, and the challenges for, sustaining the pastoral industry in Australia's tropical savannas.

June

• The book chapter, Challenging Opportunities: Integrating ICT in School Science Education, in Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research - Moving Forward, explains the rationale, research and resources in this website.

May

• A collaborative discussion paper focusing on school engagement with tropical science is available in Publications.

April

• The Australian Curriculum:Science links are now available for Savanna Walkabout module in Curriculum Links.
• A detailed life cycle of termites diagram is now available in the Savanna Walkabout Learning Plan.

2011

May

• Publications is an archive of useful downloadable information that includes many articles written by or with researchers.  It includes Savanna Links and Tropical Topics and publications focusing on primary industries.

2010 

July

• Bookshelf lists useful books and provides articles related to the Burning Issues module.

2009 

December

•  Talk About a Walkabout: Pathways and Potholes Using ICT in Science Education is a research paper explaining the affordances of ICT for science education that have been integral to this website.
  

November  

• Quolls Make Comeback is an update on the successful island ark translocation (as featured in Join the Researchers - Savanna Walkabout).
• Online Learning is a short article about this website and how it's incorporated in various educational settings.  

October

          Many resources are new including a section on mammal decline. The Teach Savannas section includes the articles:

• Fire Brings Back Country (gives details and updates on traditional burning practices as featured in Outback Cinema - Burning Issues module);

• North's Environmental Future (discusses future challenges for savanna biodiversity as outlined in Savanna Treasures - Savanna Walkabout).

January

• Burning Issues Teaching Guide has been updated with extra teaching and learning resources including videos, articles and graphics.

2008

September

• Bookshelf provides a summary of key references and narratives addressing issues raised and Indigenous perspectives in Savanna Walkabout.

August

• Learning Plan - the second stage of Burning Issues Teaching Guide - is available with a large range of supporting resources.
• Community Links provides a range of other organisations and resources in relation to the Savanna Walkabout module.

July

• Teaching Guide (first stage) is now available for the Burning Issues module.
• Savanna People is an interesting new section in Savanna Windows that looks at the diversity of people who live and work in the savannas.
  

May

• Burning Issues is the second learner-centred module that focuses on how and why fire needs to be managed sustainably in northern Australia.

January

• Explore why Australian savannas have such a unique range of flora and fauna due to Prehistory.
• Find out about Biosecurity and the threats and opportunities it poses for northern Australia.

2007

October

• TRARC (Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition) Data Entry Spreadsheets.

August

• Savanna Windows: includes a detailed section about Frogs — their types, diversity and threats.

July

• The tool — Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition (TRARC) — is now available to assess the condition of riparian (rivers and creeks) areas.

May

•  Waterways and Wetlands as well as Sea Country are new topics available in Savanna Windows.
  

April

• Full transcripts of video interviews for each researcher in Meet the Researchers.
• Full Dataset of the cane-toad invasion is available for Join the Researchers.
  

March

• CD version of  Savanna Walkabout learning module distributed to all government and non-government schools in the Northern Territory. Savanna Walkabout CD copies.
  

February

• EnviroNorth website and Savanna Walkabout launched.