August - December 2005 selection
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.	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

 

July - September 2004 selection

Simply Science An Australian school-based site for K-6 and middle school science teaching.

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.

April - June 2004 selection

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.

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

January - March 2004 selection
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	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.

August - December 2003 selection
Datalogger experiments. School science experiments using dataloggers. Downloadable MS-word files	Promoting literacy and understanding of science. A UK site for scienc e teaching and learning.

March - July 2003 selection
Science Education Links by ScienceIQ.com A selection of science education links for school children, teachers and parents. IT Learning Materials. A varied collection of Education Ressources by Teach-nology, including Best of the Web for Teachers, a web portal for Educators.	Microbes Info: The Microbiology Portal. An internet gateway portal designed to bring useful and interesting microbiology informational resources to all interested. Microbes.info is a firm starting point for finding information concerning Microbiology. Google Science Lesson plans: The Google Web Directory has a searchable Science Lesson plans category.

June - August 2002 selection

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."

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.

March - May 2002 selection
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.	Space.com. News, resources etc about space. Membership (free) includes email accounts and regular email/html bulletins on space news and events.

October - December 2001 selection

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.

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.

August - September 2001 selection

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.

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.

June - July 2001 selection

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. . 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: Earth Zone Drought & fire Earthquakes Environment Volcanoes Research News Zone Snapshots Space Zone Asteroids Comets & meteors Hubble Mars Moon Space missions Solar system Tech News Zone The Edge (new ideas in Sci & Tech) Weather Zone El Nino Global warming Tornadoes

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: Hitchikers' Guide to the Hubble Hubblesite Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Space Telescope 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.

April - May 2001 selection

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.

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.