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I write regularly for Pearson’s educational magazines. Teacher’s notes can be downloaded from Pearson’s website here.

Poultry Paradise.

Chickens free range at East Bentleigh Primary School

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2011

 

From One Extreme to the Other.

Friends skyping from UK to Australia

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2010

 

Frightful Festivals

Spooky festivals around the world.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2010

 

Follow The Water.

The search for life on Mars.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2010

 

Australia in Film.

Iconic Australian movies.

Challenge Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2010

 

D is for Dinosaur.

Interview with artist/illustrator, Andrew Plant.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2009

 

Big Ideas About Little Things.

Interview with nanotechnologist Dr Stephanie Lacour.

Challenge Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2008

Vet Kids.

Tips on animal care from some vet kids.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2008

A Visit To The Dentist.

What happens at a dental checkup.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2008

Why the Mouse Sank the Boat.

Floating and Sinking, looking at Pamela Allen’s book ‘Who Sank The Boat.’

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2008

Teachers notes

I Ate A Dinosaur.

Fossil fuels and the carbon cycle

Challenge Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2008

You + Me = Us.

A look at how a school celebrates Harmony Day.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2008

Why is the sky blue?.

Why the sky appears blue and sunsets are red.

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2008

Beating The Blues.

Children talk about what makes them feel better when they’re sad.

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2008

Suitcase Stories.

Stories from the Immigration Museum, Melbourne

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 4, 2007

Good Vibrations.

Interview with Dr Ra Inta about his work with termites.

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 4, 2007

Nature's Gifts.

Unusual trees of Australia and New Zealand

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2007

Summer Volunteers

A pictorial story on work that goes on behind the scenes in a CFA fire station

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2007

My Trip to the Red Centre.

A pictorial journey through central Australia

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2007

What is Green?

How we see colours: a conversation between shirts in a washing machine.

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 4, 2006

Teachers notes

Make and Do: Green Slime

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 4, 2006

Photo story...how to make green slime using pva glue and borax

Singing Sisters

Challenge Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 3, 2006

Article on four sisters in the Australian Girl's Choir.

Drawing Dinosaurs

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2006

Article examines the work of Peter Trussler, an artist who makes reconstructions of dinosaurs utilising his training as a zoologist.

Viking Magic With Anna Ciddor

Explore Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 2, 2006

Interview with Australian author Anna Ciddor.

Earth Houses

Comet Magazine, Pearson Ed: Edition 1, 2006

Interview with Tracey Toohey. Tracey explains how materials other than bricks can be used to build houses, particularly mud brick, rammed earth and stone.

Teachers notes

Crime Solving with DNA

Challenge Magazine, Pearson Ed Edition 4, 2005

Article explaining how DNA evidence is used to solve crime

 

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