The ABC has partnered with National Science Week for content all this week across ABC iview and ABC TV, ABC Family and ABC Entertains, radio, digital and social.
TV Highlights include:
Secret Lives of Our Urban Birds: Perth
Tuesday 13 August at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
Dr. Ann Jones is on her latest birding adventure, this time across Perth. Uncovering the secrets of majestic wedge-tailed eagles to splendid fairy wrens, she learns why people are passionate about their charismatic birds.
Expedition with Steve Backshall Season 2
Tuesday 13 August at 9pm on ABC Family and ABC iview.
Explorer and naturalist Steve Backshall explores some of the most remote locations on earth, venturing into the unknown, to discover fresh insights that could help to secure a future for the world’s wildlife.
BTN Classroom Science Week Special
Tuesday 13 August at 10am on ABC Entertains.
Exploring the theme “Species Survival”, BTN will feature stories about the diversity of life on Earth and how that diversity came to be, as well as threats facing plants and animals and how people are working to save them. It will also feature biographies of famous naturalists, read by BTN’s Rookie Reporters.
Astronomy of Australia’s First Nations People
Tuesday 13 August at 10.55am on ABC Entertains and ABC iview.
Tens of thousands of years ago, First Nations Australians looked up at pristine dark skies and formed a complex understanding of what the stars could tell humans about the land. This program explores the astronomical traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, whose observations may be the first forms of astronomy conducted worldwide.
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