Additional Resources

 

Alternative Strategies for Science Teaching and Assessment (stages 1 - 6) - links to information and examples of teaching strategies for use in constructivist classrooms

Data Logging (stages 1 - 6) - lesson plans and experiment ideas for using data loggers in the classroom

Datalogging Seismograph for Your Science Laboratory - instruction for the building and setup of a real datalogging seismograph

Earthquests - Earthquests (WebQuests which use GoogleEarth) developed by UniServe Science

Faces of Science (stages 4 - 5) - interviews with practising scientists illustrating pathways to employment (careers)

ICT for Teaching Science - illustrated Posters from Australian Science Innovations Inc. Lablinks, UNE

Interactive Whiteboards - links to resources, lesson plans and activity ideas for using interactive whiteboards in the classroom

Movies in the Science Classroom - general release movies to stimulate scientific discussion

Multimedia Sites - links to multimedia rich sites with NSW syllabus references

National Science Week - resources prepared by UniServe Science for National Science Week

Online scientific publications (stage 6) - links to recent articles on scientific research

Promoting science as a career (stages 4 - 6) - links to challenge the stereotyping of science careers

Science in the Media (stages 4 - 6) - links to recent articles on scientific research

Support Materials for Science Educators - collection of links for Science Lesson Plans, Teacher Productivity Tools and Resources for Safe Science Teaching

Teaching about Reliability and Validity (stage 6) - links to web based resources that explain reliability and validity

Timelines - examples of science timelines on the Web and resources for the construction of paper-based and interactive timelines

Waves of the Future - webcasts from the recent International Science School, topics include Radiation Physics and the Treatmeant of Cancer, Telecommunications - Here and Now and Telecommunications - The Future

WebQuests developed by UniServe Science (stages 4 - 6 ) - includes Biodiversity, Plate Tectonics, Extinction of the Megafauna and the Science of Bushfires

WebSheets developed by UniServe Science (stages 4 - 5 ) - including Science Mystery - the Fairy Circles of Namibia, Convention on Biological Diversity

Working as a Scientist (stages 1 - 6) - links to online activities or applications that can be downloaded from the Web that allow students the experience of working as a scientist

Working Together for the Environment (stages 1 - 6) - procedures for cooperative environmental studies programmes

Other sites not specific to NSW syllabuses - collections of links to sites that specialise in educational material for the sciences:

Biology education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Chemistry education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Earth Science education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Environmental Science education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Multi-discipline education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Physics education sites (stages 4 - 6)

Student Extension Programmes - links to extension programmes and competitions (stages 4 - 6)

 

 

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