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From blinking lights to hydro stations: engineering the code for success

With the STEM Professionals in Schools program, Robbie Bell finds unique ways to show students how engineering is part of their daily lives.

From blinking lights to hydro stations: engineering the code for success

With the STEM Professionals in Schools program, Robbie Bell finds unique ways to show students how engineering is part of their daily lives.

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The flies of March are upon us

There are about 400 species of March fly in Australia. Some of these feed on flower nectar and pollen but the majority prefer a helping of blood.

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Beached as! All you need to know about your local beach critters

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From blinking lights to hydro stations: engineering the code for success

With the STEM Professionals in Schools program, Robbie Bell finds unique ways to show students how engineering is part of their daily lives.

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[Music plays and an image appears of a large expanse of ocean with rolling waves and then the image changes to show a view looking down on the ocean and the camera pans over and text appears: It’s one of the world’s longest nearshore reef systems]

[Image changes to show tropical fish swimming over a coral reef and text appears: In 2015, BHP and CSIRO created the Ningaloo Outlook program]

[Image changes to show an aerial view of a diver swimming around the reef and text appears: Together, BHP and CSIRO have invested a further $7 million to extend Ningaloo Outlook five more years,]

[Image changes to show a turtle swimming around over the reef and text appears: … to advance our understanding of this beautiful underwater ecosystem]

[Image changes to show a close view of a diver making notes on an underwater tablet while moving over the reef and text appears: For Ningaloo Outlook, CSIRO scientists work with community members to learn more about the reef and its marine life]

[Image changes to show two males placing the Starbug equipment into a swimming pool and then images flash through of children in a classroom, listening to the teacher, and displaying pictures]

[Images move through of a female holding a turtle, an aerial view looking down on a turtle swimming through the water, and then a close view of a whale shark and text appears: So far we have followed the round-trip migrations of green turtles and whale sharks]

[Image changes to show stripy tropical fish swimming and feeding on the reef and then the image changes to show a view looking down on the Starbug moving over the reef and text appears: We also found Ningaloo Reef is one of the cleanest reefs in the world]

[Images move through of myriads of tropic fish swimming over the reef and text appears: And have used new technology to map parts of Ningaloo never explored before]

[Image changes to show a large school of tuna swimming]

[Image changes to show the CSIRO and BHP logos on a white screen]

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