What's New

2010 

July

• Bookshelf lists useful books and provides articles related to the Burning Issues module.

2009 

December

•  Talk About a Walkabout: Pathways and Potholes Using ICT in Science Education is a research paper explaining the affordances of ICT for science education that have been integral to this website.
  

November  

• Quolls Make Comeback is an update on the successful island ark translocation (as featured in Join the Researchers - Savanna Walkabout).
• Online Learning is a short article about this website and how it's incorporated in various educational settings.  

October

          Many resources are new including a section on mammal decline. The Teach Savannas section includes the articles:

• Fire Brings Back Country (gives details and updates on traditional burning practices as featured in Outback Cinema - Burning Issues module);

• North's Environmental Future (discusses future challenges for savanna biodiversity as outlined in Savanna Treasures - Savanna Walkabout).

January

• Burning Issues Teaching Guide has been updated with extra teaching and learning resources including videos, articles and graphics.

2008

September

• Bookshelf provides a summary of key references and narratives addressing issues raised and Indigenous perspectives in Savanna Walkabout.

August

• Learning Plan - the second stage of Burning Issues Teaching Guide - is available with a large range of supporting resources.
• Community Links provides a range of other organisations and resources in relation to the Savanna Walkabout module.

July

• Teaching Guide (first stage) is now available for the Burning Issues module.
• Savanna People is an interesting new section in Savanna Windows that looks at the diversity of people who live and work in the savannas.
  

May

• Burning Issues is the second learner-centred module that focuses on how and why fire needs to be managed sustainably in northern Australia.

January

• Explore why Australian savannas have such a unique range of flora and fauna due to Prehistory.
• Find out about Biosecurity and the threats and opportunities it poses for northern Australia.

2007

October

• TRARC (Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition) Data Entry Spreadsheets.

August

• Savanna Windows: includes a detailed section about Frogs — their types, diversity and threats.

July

• The tool — Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition (TRARC) — is now available to assess the condition of riparian (rivers and creeks) areas.

May

•  Waterways and Wetlands as well as Sea Country are new topics available in Savanna Windows.
  

April

• Full transcripts of video interviews for each researcher in Meet the Researchers.
• Full Dataset of the cane-toad invasion is available for Join the Researchers.
  

March

• CD version of  Savanna Walkabout learning module distributed to all government and non-government schools in the Northern Territory. Savanna Walkabout CD copies.
  

February

• EnviroNorth website and Savanna Walkabout launched.