February - June 2007
selection
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- Understanding diseases NSW Stage 6 Biology resource site :
workshops/excursions at Sydney University.
- Teachers in the loop. A collection of resources for schools
K-12.
- WWW Chemistry Guide. WWW Chemistry Guide - a comprehensive collection of annotated links for chemists and researchers involved in organic, biochemical, computational, medicinal and/or other chemistry research.
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- Lesson Plans Page.com. An extensive collection of lesson
plans for schools.
- World Science net. Latest news in the world of Science..
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August - December 2005
selection
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- Build a Solar System. Automatically calculates the values
for scaling planetary sizes and distances.
- LiveScience.com. Current news in Science, with specific
sections for Anumal World, Human Biology, Forces of Nature,
Environment, Technology, Science of Fiction and the History of Science.
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- The Exploring Science site. Information, on-line activities, and
discussion forums for children, teachers, parents, pre-service
teachers, teacher educators, and educational researchers. Our basic
emphasis is to promote teaching and learning through inquiry,
problem-solving, and project-based approaches and to encourage
meaningful, relevant, and complex learning
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July - September 2004
selection
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- Simply Science An Australian school-based site for
K-6 and middle school science teaching.
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- Color Matters. Explore: The concept of color can be
approached from several disciplines: physiology, psychology,
philosophy, and art. This web site provides some starting points for an
exploration of color . Use a powerful Search engine for fast results .
Interact:The Color Matters web site also gives you the opportunity to
speakup about color. Take the Global Color Survey, help decide the
official color of our new millennium, and visit the bulletin board.
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April - June 2004 selection
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- The Globe Program. GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary
school-based education and science program. For Students, GLOBE
provides the opportunity to learn by:
- Taking
scientifically valid measurements in the fields of atmosphere,
hydrology, soils, and land cover/phenology - depending upon their local
curricula
- Reporting their
data through the Internet
- Creating maps
and graphs on the free interactive Web site to analyze data sets
- Collaborating
with scientists and other GLOBE students around the world
For Teachers, GLOBE
provides assistance through:
- Training at
professional development workshops
- Teacher's Guide,
"how-to" videos, and other materials
- Continuing
support from a Help Desk, scientists, and partners
- Contact with
other teachers, students, and scientists worldwide.
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- Science and the City" This site includes more than 800
listings on events, lectures and activities related to science in New
York. Although it's main emphasis is on events in NYC, it also include
U.S. TV and radio programs in science and potentail resources for
science teachers
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January - March 2004
selection
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- Lenntech Periodic Table. The periodic table of elementsin
which each element contains a link to a page that explains its chemical
properties, and its health effects and environmental effects
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- Argo: A broad-scale global array of
temperature/salinity profiling floats, known as Argo, is planned as a
major component of the ocean observing system. For environmental
scientists and secondary teachers in environmental science.
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June - August 2002 selection
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- The Flying Turtle. A general Science and Technology site:
Discover how the same basic principles influence and control how things
work in nature, living organisms, and human technology. Your
exploration through these pages will be guided by creative, clearly
written, and thoroughly researched articles with plenty of great
pictures."
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- Scientopica: Science Directory. SCIENTOPICA is a conduit to the
scientific information available on the world wide web. Created by
scientists for scientists of all types and ages, Scientopica serves
this valuable role to the scientific community through such services
as;
- Science Specific
Searching of the WWW; a comprehensive and dynamic vertical search tool
created to increase the efficiency of information acquisition by
increasing the relevency of results.
- News; real-time
updated science news culled from myriad online sources and delivered in
topic specific categories
- Marketplaces; a
collection of industry specific supplier directories designed to
empower the consumer with product and company information.
- Forums; a community
discussion venue where the expertise and questions of the Scientopica
community are displayed.
- Calendar of Science;
search for events by type, date, location, and topic with this powerful
calendar tool.
- Resources; a
collection of links, carefully chosen by the Scientopica staff, to the
best science resources that the www has to offer.
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March - May 2002 selection
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- This week in science. US radio program and resource site for science news.
- Science NetLinks. A comprehensive AAAS (American
Assocaition for the Advancement of Science) site containing internet
resources for science teaching. Organised as "Lessons", "Resources" and
"Benchmarks" for science teaching.
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- Space.com.
News, resources etc about space. Membership (free) includes email
accounts and regular email/html bulletins on space news and events.
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October - December 2001
selection
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- SSEP: Student Science Enrichment Program. An on-line resource for enhancing
student interest in Science. The Student Science Enrichment Program
provides creative science enrichment activities for students in the 6th
through 12th grades. Students who participate in these hands-on
projects experience authentic science.
- Waterwatch Australia. The Waterwatch network is made up of
individuals, community groups and school groups who undertake a variety
of biological & habitat assessments and physical & chemical
tests to build up a picture of the health of their waterways and
catchments.
- Scirus. the powerful Internet search which
distinguishes itself from existing search engines by concentrating on
scientific content only and by searching both Web and membership
sources. It enables scientists, students and anyone searching for
scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university
sites, and find reports and articles in a clutter-free, user-friendly
and efficient manner.
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- NerdScience.com: The Non-Nerd;s Guide
to Science. Teacher's
resources and topics in science for teachers, students and science fans.
- Azoos.Com - Science Category. A search engine which has a Science
directory. Categories include the 4 sciences plus other like Forensics,
Anthropology and Astronomy.
- Case Studies in Science. A collection of case studies used to
contextualise and guide the study of science.
- New UNESCO Sourcebook for Science
Teaching. An on-liner version of an out-of-print
classic guide for science teachers produced by UNSECO.
- froguts.com utilizes high interactivity to dissect
a frog. It is probably the most realistic simulation of dissection on
the web, and comes with online assessment and downloadable tools such
as dissectable model frogs made from printable pdf files.
- National Mole Day Foundation. October 23 each year is national mole
day - in American dateology its 10/23 (get it?) - and there are school
and undergraduate level Chemistry activities at the site on the themes
of The Mole.
- California Science Standards. A database of content standards for
K-12 Science. Useful as a guide to appropriate outcomes for 7 - 12
science lessons.
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August - September 2001
selection
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- High school science webquests. A collection of sites aimed at high
school science students. Includes science discipline webquests as well
as one on Problem-solving, Constructivism in science education, Assessment rubrics etc.
- Sport Science. The Exploratorium site focussing on
scientific principles underlying popular (American) sports , including
skate-boarding, cycling, baseball, ice hockey.
- The Nobel e-Museum. Site for the Nobel Prizes - includes
information on the prizes, Nobel laureates and related student
activities.
- Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan's on-line
encyclopaedia, virtual museum, and science learning tool.
- ARKive. The world's electronic archive of
photographs, moving images and sounds of endangered species and
habitats.
- Kaplili.com. A science for (middle school aged)
children site covering basic ideas in biology, physics, chemistry,
geography/earth science and astronomy.
- Genetic Science Learning Center. A Genetics learning site for
teachers, students and the public produced by the University of Utah
with information and activities on basic genetics, genetic disorders,
genetics in society, and a Thematic Units' collection of activities and
research.
- TeaAch-nology. An extensive web portal for
educators, TeAch-nology.com offers access to lesson plans, printable
worksheets, over 150,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational
games,teaching / technology tips, advice from expert teachers, current
education news, teacher downloads, teacher finance help, web quests,
and teacher resources.
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- Dictionary of School Chemistry
Experiments. More than
just Chemistry resources at this University of Queensland site. Among
the UNESCO resources linked here is an on-line version of the classic
(out-of-print) New UNESCO Sourcebook for Science
Teaching.
- Delights of Chemistry (Leeds Uni
Chemistry demonstrations on-line). On-line undergraduate chemistry demonstrations and recipes
for same.
- Wright Center for Science Education. Science education resources from
Tufts University "dedicated to the creation and sharing of novel
instructional techniques and interdisciplinary resources for
pre-college teachers".
- The solar system in pictures. With middle school children as its
audience, this website has over 50 web pages with over 200 spectacular
pictures. It has 2 purposes: To give a pictorial overview of the solar
sytem and to quiz children about these pictures. After each page there
are some review questions about the pictures on that page. There are
also 15 picture quizzes with 75 questions.
- Writing Chemical formulas (valency
cards). A set of OHP
and printed masters of cards for constructing formulas from anin-cation
combinations.
- Digital Librarian. A reference site: "a librarian's
choice of the best of the Web".
- Microbe Zoo. The goal of the Microbe Zoo is to
help students from 7 to 107 to learn about microbial ecology, the study
of microbes in the environment.
- Timeline of Biology. An historical timeline (from the book
Timelines of Science).
- The Hutchinson Family Encyclopedia. On-line reference e-book.
- The Virtual Body. A virtual tour of the differetn parts
of the human body.
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June - July 2001 selection
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- The International Boiling Point Project. An on-line project in science
processes and experimentation: "The purpose of this project is to
discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation,
volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on
boiling point. Anyone can participate in this year's project. All you
have to do is boil a bit of water, record a bit of information, and
send it along to us to include in the database of results. Then,
students can analyze all of the data to reach an answer to the
question: What causes a pot of water to boil? "
- Teachers.Net. Gateway to teaching resources on the
net including resources, teachers webrings, chat rooms etc.
- Australian Teachers.Net. Australian version of the above.
- Software and
internet tools for science teachers:
- Puzzlemaker: Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation
tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized
word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build
your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around
holidays and classroom topics.
- HotPotatoes: The Hot Potatoes suite includes six
applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice,
short-answer,jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and
gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
- Quia: Quia! is a site that allows you to
create and play educational games on-line. Games include matching,
concentration, flashcards, word search, hangman, jumbled words, pop-ups
game,challenge board (like jeopardy) and multiple choice quizzes (basic
type).
- ABScott Educational software. Australian-produced software packages
(largely text-based) for year 7 - 12 science students.
- Building Block Chemistry: Chlorine
brings chemistry to life.
Resources, activities and teaching ideas for introducing chemical
principles based on study of chlorine.
- Origins Education Forum: The central node for the education
and outreach program of the Origins theme of NASA's Office of Space
Science.
- EduSpace. The Hubble Space Telescope Science
Institute's Office of Public Outreach Education Group site for
astronomy and space science education for grades K-12 , including Amazing Space,
Origins Education Forum, Education Projects, and Education Resources .
- Exploring the material world modules. On-line activities in applied
chemistry (carbon, kevlar and environmental selenium).
- Globe II - Trace gases study. GLOBE Project funded effort through
the National Science Foundation committed to working with K-12 school
students in the collection of trace gases near our Earth's surface.
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and other CFC's are studied to
established trends in air pollution and climatology.
- Ask Yahoo: Science & Technology. Answers to common or unusual science
questions (including links to related sites).
- Bizarre Stuff. This site is a museum of classic home
science experiments, mainly from the 1930's-1960's.
- Views of the solar system. A multimedia adventure unfolding the
splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more:
includes the latest scientific information, the history of space
exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft and
an archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos.
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- Windows to the Universe. A graphics intensive fun and
different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.
- Imagine the universe. NASA astronomy site for secondary
school children (including teacher resources)
- Beyond Discovery. Beyond Discovery: The Path from
Research to Human Benefit is a series of articles that trace the
origins of important recent technological and medical advances.
- EXPLOREZONE.COM A comprehensive science current news
site including sections for:
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- Impact craters and their environmental
effects. This web site
will, over a period of several years, explore the environmental effects
ofimpact cratering and the biological consequences of those effects.
Ideas will be explored and explained as they appear in the scientific
literature so that students,teachers, and the general public can follow
the exploration of scientists as they try to unravel the secrets of
life, its origin, and evolution on Earth.
- Science On-line (OTEN). Part of the OTEN Learning Materials
Prodcutionproject for distance learning. This site links to on-line
learning resources for each of the NSW Science syllabuses.
- Science Playwiths. An eclectic collection of science
activities and resources compiled by Peter Macinnis, a prominent
Australian science educator. Included is the extended simulation game The Ugly Islands a "web site designed to encourage the
development of scientific thinking and creativity, using data that are
available somewhere on the site."
- Global Warming. American Environmental Protection
Authority site. (facts, figures, educational resources)
- Education Planet. Gateway to education resources
(including lesson plans).
- American Plastics Council Classroom. Resources and information for
teahcing about plastics, including link to TeachingPlastics.org a virtual plastics classroom.
- Global Environment Report. New Scientist special report and
recent articles.
- Hubble Space
Telescope sites:
- Yes I Can Science . A database of curriculum resources
for K-12 Science teachers (from Canada).
- Microbeworld. Project by the Microbial Literacy
Collaborative, including pdf booklet of activities.
- Empiricist: On-line Journal for High
School Science Research.
A resouce for student investigative work in science.
- DNA-o-gram Generator. Automatic email message generator
which enrypts a message as DNA code.
- Great Experiments on the Web. Experiments and hands-on activities
from the HOwstuffworks site.
- Java applets on Physics. Java applet displays of Physics laws
and phenomena.
- waycoolearning. Multimedia applets for learning
science, especially physics and space science (the applet can be
downloaded from the site)
- Biotechnology Australia - Education
Resources.
Biotechnology Australia is a collaboration of five Commonwealth
Government departments. The Biotechnology Australia web site is
customised to meet the needs of students and teachers, particularly in
providing material for school projects, or references to sources of
additional information. Includes The Biotechnology Revolution booklet a resource on biotechnology, for
secondary schools across Australia.
- Gene technology in Australia. A CSIRO site It aims to explain the
science of gene technology, describe what Australian scientists are
doing and covers some aspects of the public debate on gene technology.
- LESSON PLANS: EdInformatics Search
tools. Collection of
search engines for Science lesson plans.
- Creative Teaching Activities from the Wright Center for Science
Education at Tufts University (pdf files).
- Cosmic Evolution On-line movies and teaching materilas
for biological, chemical and cosmic evolution.
- Science Across the World. A site for schoolscience students to
discuss topics.
- EDinformatics Interactive library. Collection of java applets and other
interactvie science simulations.
- The Demo book. University and school chemistry
demonstrations (from the Chemistry Department of the Uni of Southern
California)
- Dive and Discover. An interactive distance learning Web
site designed to immerse you in the excitement of discovery and
exploration of the deep seafloor.
- 7 Stones in Science. Mathematical ideas in science
(interactive activities on doppler effect, planetary rotations, the
Bohr atom etc)
- Space-Based Astronomy . Activities for astronomy from
satelitte observations.
- Eyes on the sky, feet on the ground. On-line astronomy activities.
- PlanetArk. Environmental organisation. Includes
educational material(eg recycling) and search engine for news items on environmental issues.
- Home and Community (Ecocycle Victoria). Recycling information for home and
community.
- Science Q & A. Scientific questions and their
answers (from the New York Times).
- Nova Hot Science. On-line science activities and
interesting science Q & As for children (USA TV science documentary
website).
- The Gateway (GEM). The Gateway to Educational Materials
is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access
to thousands of educational resources found on various US federal,
state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
- Science, optics and you. Science, Optics and You is a science
curriculum package being developed for teachers, students, and parents.
It is part of the Molecular expressions site. The Activities in Optics are designed to promote the asking and
answering of questions related to light, color, and optics. The program
begins with basic information about lenses, shadows, prisms, and color,
leading up to the use of sophisticated instruments scientists use to
help them understand the world.
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April - May 2001 selection
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- 101Science.com. A science web directory and internet
science information, teaching and learning site.
- Center for Chemistry Education:
Terrific Science Web Lesson Exchange. A collection of downloadable
chemistry activities and lessons.
- Science Snacks. A collection of activities (from the
Exploratorium museum) " that teachers could make using common,
inexpensive, easily available materials. By using Snacks in their
classrooms, teachers can climb out of the textbooks and join their
students in discovering science for themselves".
- Spacekids. An interactive astronomy site for
children, including a Flash animated Virtual Space Tour.
- SEGway (Science Educatioon Gateway). The SEGway program, funded by NASA's
Office of Space Science, is a consortium of science museums, research
institutions and educators working together to present the latest space
science research for students, teachers, and the general public.
- SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). Astronomy site from the University of
Arizona. Includes The Nine Planets: Multimedia tour and a catalogue of astronomy pictures,
including The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope.
- BrainPop. BrainPOP is loaded with a mix of
education and animation created for children. With the tricks of Flash
animation, kids can play games and watch short movies that explain a
variety of subjects. Get help with homework, experiment with Bob the
ex-lab rat, or learn about stuff in science, health, or tech of all
kinds. Movies galore present information that's both friendly and
easily understood. Quizzes ask interesting questions while the movies
load up.
- The status and quality of teaching and
learning of science in Australian schools. DETYA 2001 report on science teaching in Australia and
proposals for reform.
- EdNA. Education Network of Australia,
houses and links to thousands of resources in Australia and overseas. From the "Browse" section, go to the "School Education / Online Resource
Centre / Science" section for science-specific resources or to " School
Education / Teaching for Specific Groups of Students /" for issues like
gifted and talented and special education, gender, ESL, aboriginal
issues etc.
- Cracking the code/Live long and
prosper/The man-made man
From new techniques that can eliminate disease at the very outset of
life, to practical means for ensuring a healthy old age, this website
is based on a three-part INNOVATION television series that features the
latest in ground-breaking biomedical treatments and research.
- Biography.com. A site which has short biographies of
famous people, including scientists.
- Marine Discovery Centre Bondi. Located in the Bondi Pavilion the MDC
will be a powerfully interactive combination of an aquarium, a museum
and an educational video game arcade - a multi-sensory total-immersion
experience achieving conservation through entertainment and education
- Gene almanac. The DNA Learning Center of Cold
Spring Harbour Laboratory site for education abour genes.
- Cascade Reservior Restoration Project . A
problem-based learning project in high school biology.
- Heavens above. An astronomy site dedicated to "
provide you with all the information you need to observe satellites,
the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle, the dazzlingly
bright flares from Iridium satellites as well as a wealth of other
spaceflight and astronomical information."
- Science junction. A cybercommunity for science
students, teachers and others which aims to be a center for teaching,
learning and integrating science into our daily lives
- InfoGrid Science Educational Resources. A collectionof science education
links by Infogrid Search Engine.
- Calendar Zone A comprehensive collection of links to
websites about calendars. The history of the calendar, including
meanings of names for days and months are found at the Calendar History site.
- CSU's Biological Sciences Webserver . Consolidates existing WWW Biological
Science teaching and research resources, including multimedia resources
for the teaching of biology.
- Geology Lab On-line. A project to develop Web-based lab
activities that enhance the learning and teaching of Geology and other
Earth and Environmental Science topics for introductory College and
High School courses.
- The Virtual Cell. a collection of still images, texts
and movies covering the structure and functioning of a typical plant
cell.
- IMSE:Instructional Materials in Science
Education. A collection
of resources, software, tutorials, listservers and other internet links
for science education.
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- Physics Humour on the Web. The funny side of Physics - textbook
errors, jokes, songs etc.
- ExploreScience Multimedia Activities. A collection of Shockwave™ Activities
which create real-time correlations between scientific theories and
applications that help students visualize, experiment, and interact
with many of the major concepts in science."
- h2g2 Guide to Science, Technology and
Medicine. h2g2 is the
Earth Edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! run by the BBC.
This section has entries on artificial life, earth sciences, physics,
chemistry, biology inventions, psychology, weapons and computers.
- Thinkquest. A global network of students,
teachers, parents and technologists dedicated to exploring
youth-centered learning on the Net.ThinkQuest is an online community
where young people learn, teach, mentor, discover, research and grow
through ThinkQuest programs. It has a searchable Library of Entries (websites designed
by participants).
- Science Netklinks. A comprehensive homepage for K-12
science educators operated by the AAAS (American Association for the
Advancement of Science). Search their library of reviewed websites and
lessons by selecting a science Benchmark topic.
- Center for Science Education. Site developed by the Uni of
California (Berkeley) Space Science Laboratories to develop innovative
programs that adapt space science research discoveries for broad
audiences and provide easy and equitable access to space science
resources.
- BioChemLinks is a portal to biology, biochemistry,
and chemistry educational resources.
- The Biology Project. An on-line interactive resource for
undergraduate biology - problem sets and tutorials, activities, and WWW
resources in biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, human
biology, immunology, genetics, and molecular biology
- The tree of life. A project containing information
about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and
characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the
evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other.
- CONASTA. The annual Conference ofthe
Australian Science Teachers Association.
- ChemSpy.com. ChemSpy.com makes the most important
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering related www-Databases readily
accessible for Professionals, Scientists and Students. ChemSpy.com
helps you to:
- find chemistry
related terms, definitions, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations.
- search forms for
finding MSDS/safety data, scientific publications in over 20.000
different journals, physical data of chemical compounds, worldwide
patents and spectral data.
- Virtual frog dissection kit. As the name suggests, an internet
alternative to actual dissection.
- The Interactive frog dissection. Another virtual dissection.
- Virtual creatures. "Students will be able to explore,
visualize, touch, and change these creatures in ways that are
impossible with real laboratory animals. Students will be able to learn
about biology, physics mathematics biomechanics, and biochemistry in a
rich multidisciplinary learning environment"
- Hello Dolly - a webquest. A web-based investigation of cloning.
- Conceiving a clone. A site which considers ethical
concerns, and the historical and scientific facts as well. Included are
a timeline, biographies, technical explanations of cloning an
biotechnology processes, animations of various techniques, information
on the possible future uses of cloning, as well as views of people and
organizations on both sides of the cloning debate, and a science lab,
where you can perform your own cloning experiment.
- xrefer. An internet search engine of
encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from
the world's leading publishers including :
- A Dictionary of
Biology, OUP
- A Dictionary of
Earth Sciences, OUP
- A Dictionary of
Geography, OUP
- A Dictionary of
Science, OUP
- A Dictionary of
Scientists, OUP
- The New Penguin
Dictionary of Science
- The Penguin
Dictionary of Psychology.
- Curriculum Exchange Tips: Teaching
Ideas and Practices
(Education Queensland site for teaching resources)
- SOFWeb. Victorian Education Department site
which has extensive links and resources for teaching and learning (eg
Curriculum resources such as Sample Science Programs, Science resources and Teacher Resources - Science)
- Glenbrook South Physics Homepage. A school physics teaching and
learning site. Includes the Multimedia Physics Studio, the Shockwave Physics Studio and other infromative pages of notes,
problems etc for high school Physics.
- The Heart: An on-line Exploration. A virtual tour of the heart.
- IMSE Selected Science shareware and
freeware. Software for
science T & L.
- Treasure Troves of Science. A searchable reference site for
science topics catalogued as: astronomy, biography, chemistry, physics,
mayhematics, music and life science.
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