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25.01.2022 Wurdi Youang Have you heard of the Wurdi Youang? This stone structure located in Wathaurong country, is older than stone hedge or the Egyptian pyramids and is known as the world’s first observatory. This structure is over 10,000 years old, and helps provide information to the moon cycles, the winter and the summer equinox. #NAIDOC2020 #IndigenousScience #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe... Virtual Tour Ecolinc is located on Wadawurrung land. This year you can take a virtual tour of some culturally significant sites to celebrate NAIDOC week. Did you learn something new? #NAIDOC2020 #IndigenousScience #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe Budj Bim eel traps In 2019, the Gunditjamara people were finally able to get the Budj Bum eel traps to be World Heritage Listed. This site is the first to be listed solely for its Aboriginal cultural significance. The Bumj Bum eel traps are 6,600 years old, and a sophisticated aquaculture system which allows the sustainable and efficient hunting of eels in this area. Budj Bum provides evidence of intelligent engineering, farming and sustainable practices existing in Australia for thousands of years. https://wec2019.org.au//budj-bim-6000-year-old-aboriginal/ #NAIDOC2020 #IndigenousScience #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

24.01.2022 Ecolinc provides a range of free video conferences that students can access from home or from school. Teachers will need to register their class and our STEMlinc coordinator will send out simple instructions for students to connect in from home. Please go to the following website to register. We successfully ran numerous classes during the last lockdown while students were at home. https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/stem-linc-events/

23.01.2022 More video classes today. Slimy Science for Myrniong PS and Animal Lifecycles for Winters Flat PS. Here is Ranger Nicole and her critter friends teaching all about lifecycles.

23.01.2022 Exciting news from our friends at Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary https://fb.watch/1QhjU8Qno7/

23.01.2022 We have some very exciting news to share with you all Tomorrow night at 6pm well be launching a live stream of our much-loved Penguin Parade. Fans from acro...ss the world will be able to tune in on either our Facebook page or YouTube channel and ask our Rangers questions in real-time. This free 30-minute stream will run nightly from tomorrow. You can watch on your phone, laptop or even stream to your TV to see Phillip Islands Little Penguins swim from the ocean and waddle home to their burrows. This is believed to be the worlds first live stream of a natural wildlife event at a regular time, with expert commentary - so its certainly one you wont want to miss! #LivePenguinTV

22.01.2022 Great news for year 11 Chemistry teachers and students. Our very popular year 11 water quality program has just gone up online. You and your students can now access the whole program using the following link https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au Our Ecolinc education officer, David Tait, will take your students through all of the experiments and give access to all of the results so that they can be analysed by your students.

22.01.2022 Lots of bonking going on in the Ecolinc wetland....in more ways than one

21.01.2022 Last video class for term 3 starting in half an hour. We had Gilson College, Spensley Primary School and Pakenham Springs Primary schools all learning about First Peoples Science from Tidda Tash today. Looks like the local reptile population are getting ready to move into the wetland for the school holidays. Found this lovely guy sunning outside. Have a great break everyone, you deserve it

21.01.2022 Looking forward to running our new Accuris Instaview Mygel Electrophoresis systems in our year 11 DNA barcoding programs hopefully in the near future. Fun having a play with them today and working out the new protocol.

21.01.2022 Just incase you missed it

18.01.2022 https://theconversation.com/a-rare-discovery-we-found-the-s

17.01.2022 Nice to be back out in the field with students. Year 12s from Geelong investigating Environmental water flow at Pyrites Creek.

17.01.2022 Welcome back to yet another term of change. Ecolinc would like to make sure all of our schools realise that we are in rural Bacchus Marsh which is not subject to the 6 week lockdown. Although we cant accept any schools from within the lock down areas, we are going ahead with all bookings for those schools not presently locked down. For all our other schools dont forget as you return to home online learning that we have lots of video conference classes to offer you and your students. Please go to the following link to book a lesson. These can be catered for students logging in from home or groups of students in the one classroom. Well done everyone, you are doing an amazing job. Hopefully we can support you all one way or another. https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/stem-linc-events/

16.01.2022 Last week we had Martin from Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary back to work with students from Hamilton College, Gilson College and Riverwalk Primary school. Martin had these three beautiful birds with him and students got a close up look at these amazing creatures. Our video classes will continue next term so go to our website and book your classes in quickly before they are all filled up.

15.01.2022 Ecolinc visitors, a pair of White Faced Herons. Our Diprotodon is enjoying the company after weeks with no students

15.01.2022 Another great series from the team that brought us War on Waste https://www.facebook.com/ABCEducationAU/videos/616209125683394

14.01.2022 Today starts a busy few weeks of video conferencing. Santas elves, Anthony and Ainsley and their trusty producers, Jo, Amy and Carolanne, will be delivering our Santa science shows to over 900 students from around the state. Grade F-2 will be designing Santa a new sleigh, grades 3-4 will be learning all about the science of sugar in Santas sweet shop and grades 5-6 will be learning how to build an electric circuit so they can make some fabulous light-up Xmas cards.

14.01.2022 Did you know Indigenous people have been practising science for thousands of years? Join Tidda Tash as she demonstrates the many ways indigenous people used biology chemistry and physics to learn about the land on which they lived and how this knowledge has been passed on. Hear how we can also use this knowledge in modern day science and how much we still have to learn about sustainability and looking after our environment. Go to our webpage for booking details for term 4

14.01.2022 This is a very disturbing report but unfortunately many people who are interested in VVP grasslands wont be surprised. The question is where to from now?

13.01.2022 This year the theme of World Environment Day 2020 is Celebrate Biodiversity. With 1 million species facing extinction, there has never been a more important time to focus on biodiversity.

13.01.2022 Another busy day at Ecolinc with 150 students from Oakleigh Park Primary School learning about Earthworm Superheroes with Ainsley and another 50 students from Mentone Park Primary school working with Reef HQ in QLD and learning about our beautiful marine turtles and what dangers they face.

13.01.2022 Looking forward to being able to take classes back to the beautiful Serendip Sanctuary soon https://www.youtube.com/watch

11.01.2022 Its Threatened Species Day a day for us to reflect on our species at risk of extinction and to consider what we need to do to protect our unique plants and a...nimals into the future. Thats why Im really pleased that, on this day, the Australian Government has announced its commitment to develop a new ten-year Threatened Species Strategy to protect Australias threatened species. Our native species face significant challenges with many threats working together to drive decline, including invasive pests and weeds, habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as climate change and disasters, such as the 2019-20 bushfires. The new Strategy will deliver practical on-ground action and the development of new tools and technologies to help address these pressures and build the resilience of our threatened species. The new Strategy will build on the model of the current Strategy. The Strategy will include a ten-year vision to 2030 and it will be underpinned by five-year Action Plans which will establish targets, steps and timelines. Launched in 2015, the current Strategy was Australias first nationwide Threatened Species Strategy. It was new, bold and ambitious. It included explicit and measurable targets to tackle feral cats, improve recovery practices and improve the trajectories of 20 mammals, 20 birds and 30 plants by 2020 (you can read more about how were tracking against those targets here: https://www.environment.gov.au//threatened-species-strateg). The targets in the current Strategy conclude this year, and my team is working on a final report which will present a robust and evidence-based analysis of progress against these targets. Threatened Species Day is also about reflecting on collective efforts around Australia to help protect and recover our threatened species, including by conservation organisations, researchers and the community right across Australia to help protect our precious native wildlife. The resilience, dedication and expertise of these groups and individuals is remarkable. The development of the new Strategy will be informed by consultation with individuals and organisations across the country. Starting in October, I look forward to hearing about what you would like to see in a new Threatened Species Strategy. To learn more you can visit: bit.ly/333qeZ4 : Dr Sally Box on Kangaroo Island following the devastating 2019-20 bushfires (top) Threatened Species Strategy: 2015 2020 (bottom left) Gilberts Potoroo one of 20 mammals targeted for recovery under the current Threatened Species Strategy (bottom right)

10.01.2022 Once upon a time, on a humble blackthorn shrub in central NSW, a colony of ants carefully looked after a butterflys babies. They protected the little butterfly... larvae in their ant nests during the day and every night took them to the plant to feed safely in the dark. Sounds like the beginning of an animated kids movie, but this actually happens! The Bathurst Copper Butterfly has a complex and mutually beneficial relationship with its attendant ant species, where the ants care for the butterflys offspring in return for access to a sugary dew that is secreted from the larvaes backs. The Bathurst Copper Butterfly is one of Australias rarest butterflies and is currently featured in Australia Posts Wildlife Recovery stamp series because a significant portion of its known range was impacted by last summers devastating bushfires. Its a fascinating species you can learn more about by clicking the link below. In the meantime, keep an eye out for these iridescent flutterers near blackthorn bushes if you live in the NSW Central Tablelands, or stuck to an envelope if you live somewhere else! https://australiapostcollectables.com.au//wildlife-recover

10.01.2022 Thanks VVP for the link to our Grasslands App. https://victorianvolcanicplainscmn.wordpress.com//grassl/

09.01.2022 Tidda Tash spent today working with Middle Park PS looking at solids liquids and gases and making slime and bath bombs. Three more classes tomorrow. These video classes are available to book on our website. So much fun.

08.01.2022 Anthony Fernando might be worth looking at for Green Chemistry

07.01.2022 Classes from Hamilton College, Bullarto, Bunninyong, Wendouree, Deepdene, Balmoral, Sebastopol, Creswick, Maldon and Avoka all working with Ainsley and Anthony elves on the science of sugar today. YUM

07.01.2022 Great news for year 11 Biology classes. During these covid lockdowns we have produced video classes and activities of our very popular DNA barcoding year 11 program which can be accessed by schools during 2020. Students can access via th following link https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au

06.01.2022 Ranger Nicole and her friends have been working with 5 classes from Thomas Chirnside PS and one class from Kaniva College on our Who eats Who program looking at a food web from our Ecolinc Wetland.

06.01.2022 Our set up is getting more elaborate. 3 lots of video lessons today with 7 classes from Oakleigh South PS joining Prof Noahlot and his fantastic beasts.

06.01.2022 We also have many online courses ready to go at all year levels. Please go to the following link to see our online courses. Specifically for year 11 and 12 Biology and Chemistry teachers we have recorded our very popular HPLC and GMO programs for you to use due to the fact that you will be unable to bring your students to the centre https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/

06.01.2022 Enjoy National Science week everyone :) https://www.scienceweek.net.au

05.01.2022 Look out for these, great idea :)

04.01.2022 A busy week at Ecolinc this week with multiple classes from Black Hills, Dimboola, Grovedale West, Waubra and Brunswick Nth all participating in our new Dinosaurs of Australia video classes. Hope you all enjoyed learning about our unique dinosaurs from long ago.

04.01.2022 Looking for isolation activities? We have you covered. Download our free ocean conservation themed colouring-in book below.

04.01.2022 Did you know that the use of opera house nets has been banned in all Victorian waters, public and private, since 1 July 2019? They were banned as they can cause... the drowning of air-breathing wildlife, such as native water rats (rakali), platypus and turtles. Unfortunately, two nets were found a few days ago by Bruce Boddington of NatureWest at Doherty's Drain, at Leakes Road, in Tarneit. Help us to keep these traps out of Melbourne's waterways by report illegal fishing activities to the Victorian Fisheries Authority on 133 474. Platypus Douglas Gimsey Opera house net Bruce Boddington

03.01.2022 We are all going to miss Alice who is off to a new home tomorrow, although we won't all miss her flying onto our heads when she wants attention. Its been lovely sharing our staffroom with her over the last few weeks.

03.01.2022 Students attending our year 9/10 'Be a DNA detective" program. Lots of classes over the last few weeks.

03.01.2022 Fantastic work going on here.

02.01.2022 "Metamorphosis" by Harry Warne.

02.01.2022 Exciting times ahead

01.01.2022 How amazing to be able to work with Chelsea PS in Victoria in the morning and then St Albans PS in China in the afternoon. Thanks Martin from Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary for more fascinating sessions on your beautiful birds.

01.01.2022 Tidda Tash had another fun day making slime and investigating solids, liquids and gases with Winters Flat Primary School and Maldon primary school. To book any of our video lessons while your students are in lockdown go to https://learnonline.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/stem-linc-events/