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Cloud seeding

Video Cloud seeding

TLF ID M016406

This nine and a half minute video segment from Catalyst describes how researchers from Monash University have hard evidence that cloud seeding can produce good amounts of extra rainfall. Data collected over a long period of time has give hope to scientists and environmentalists who are trying to reduce the impacts of droughts in some areas of Australia.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This valuable resource addresses Sustainability, a cross curriculum priority of the Australian Curriculum for science students in years 7 to 10 as well as aspects of Science as a Human Endeavour and various science understandings, especially related to water and the water cycle.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Atmosphere Environmental management Medicine Weather control Values (Psychology) Ethics Carbon cycle Water cycle Ecosystems Data analysis Photosynthesis Climate change Cooperation Symbiosis Innovation Evidence Scientific inquiry Oceans Food webs Environmental impact Evaluation Social influence Test validity Discovery (Observations) Paradigms Peer review Interdisciplinary research Cellular respiration
Learning area
  • Science

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: ABC - Catalyst
  • Organization: ABC - Catalyst
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: ABC - Catalyst
  • Organization: ABC - Catalyst
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Video
Rights
  • © 2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation.