Take on Technology

Save to playlist

Share video

Create Clip

Report this video

Worm Farms

Season 1 | Episode 9 | ABC Me | March 30, 2015

Design and technologies

1-2

Can we stop wasting food scraps, have a green thumb and keep worms happy and healthy all at the same time? This program shows that the answer is clearly "yes"! One of nature's perfect ecosystems is explored in this program as children set about building the ideal worm farm.

Report this video

Save to playlist

Videos in series

See all in series

15:18 | Design and technologies

Take on Technology

Season 1 | Episode 11 | ABC Me

The same basic rule applies to building a cubby as building a house - measure it three times, build it once. This program explores the use of measurement when designing something, and touches briefly on the concept of building to a scale. We visit an architect's office and see the role of computers in modern building design.

Years 1-2

14:46 | Design and technologies

Take on Technology

Season 1 | Episode 10 | ABC Me

How do you design a meal that meets certain criteria? This program looks at the role recipes, ingredients, utensils and culinary flair all play when it comes to preparing food. We follow the methodical steps taken to make a chocolate cake and demonstrate the correct use of cooking utensils.

Years 1-2

15:36 | Design and technologies

Take on Technology

Season 1 | Episode 5 | ABC Me

How do you design a toy for a baby? And what sort of toy would appeal to a child who can't see very well? While Flyn embarks on a mission to make a new toy for a bored, bed-bound Dodly, we explore some criteria for designing toys for certain users.

Years 1-2

Design and technologies related videos

See all design and technologies related videos

44:11 | Design and technologies

Inside Incredible Machines

Season 1 | Episode 5 | National Geographic

Watch as a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy - the biggest cargo plane ever - is stripped down, overhauled and rebuilt for the US military.

Years 7-12

6:54 | Design and technologies

The invention of X-ray crystallography

Season 1 | Episode 8 | The History Channel

Four Australian inventions that transformed how we see the world around us, and what we know about it. William and Lawrence Bragg invented X-ray crystallography to reveal the atomic structure of crystals. Milutin Stoilovic and colleagues at the Australian National University worked with Federal Police to create a forensic lamp, the Polilight, which could detect latent finger prints. Charles Tait created the world's first feature film with the help of his family, and William Beech invented the periscope rifle in the trenches of Gallipoli.

Years 7-12

9:45 | Design and technologies

The invention of the Polilight

Season 1 | Episode 8 | The History Channel

Four Australian inventions that transformed how we see the world around us, and what we know about it. William and Lawrence Bragg invented X-ray crystallography to reveal the atomic structure of crystals. Milutin Stoilovic and colleagues at the Australian National University worked with Federal Police to create a forensic lamp, the Polilight, which could detect latent finger prints. Charles Tait created the world's first feature film with the help of his family, and William Beech invented the periscope rifle in the trenches of Gallipoli.

Years 7-12

Loading...