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Evolution of Australian Biota - Museum in a Box, books, specimens, teacher's notes and more from Australian Museum
Crustal plates and continental drift
It's Just a Theory - an Internet WebQuest produced by UniServe Science on the Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Great Continental Drift Mystery - from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - full lecture notes
Gondwana and continental drift: if we'd only been there to see . . - from Dinosaur Dreaming, Monash University
Plate Tectonics , and Evidence for Plate Tectonics - from the Online Journey Through Astronomy, The University of Tennessee
When the Earth Moves - Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics - from Beyond Discovery, The National Academy of Sciences; 10-page summary
All About Plate Tectonics: Earth's Plates and Continental Drift - from Enchanted Learning - colourful page with good figures/images
The Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics - from United States Geological Survey. Also downloadable as a pdf (3.75 MB)
Dispersal of Gondwanaland - from Leeds University - outline maps show position of continents at different times. Use Print Screen key to capture images.
Plate Tectonics: Earth Like a Puzzle - from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (simple introduction to plate tectonics), with further links, e.g. Putting the puzzle together
Plate tectonics animations - from Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley
Gondwana species and the megafauna
Salient Features in the Geological History of Australia with Special Reference to Changes of Climate - from Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's Megafauna - a WebQuest produced by UniServe Science on Australia's megafauna and possible causes for its extinction
Stephen Wroe: Popular articles - an archive of popular articles on Australian animals, written by Stephen Wroe. Articles are available to download in pdf format
Fossil Sites of Australia - from The Australian Museum, with links on this page under "Fossil Sites of Australia" to Riversleigh, Murgon, Bluff Downs, Lightning Ridge and Naracoorte fossil locations
Monotremata: Fossil Record - from Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley; article about the oldest fossil monotremes which come from the Lightning Ridge opal fields in NSW
Common Fossils of the Sydney Basin - information from The Australian Museum
Australia's Fossil Past - from Australian Culture and Recreation Portal
Australia's animals not so isolated - from ABC Online, News in Science (1999), covering presenations from the 9th Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution, Paleontology and Systematics (CAVEPS), 1999.
New dinosaur species named after Qantas - news story (1999), ABC Online - details of a previously unknown, and probably warm-blooded, dinosaur found on the Victorian coast in south-eastern Australia
Victoria's Fossils - from Museum Victoria
The rise of the modern flora and fauna - from Museum Victoria
Coal Resources - a pdf lecture presentation (76 KB), includes location and environment of Australian coal and peat resources, from University of Melboure
Australia's extinct animals - from Australian Museum
The Australian Megafauna - from Museum Victoria
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Australian species and the ecosystem
State Library of NSW HSC Resources - The Platypus - this page has 5 links to HSC pages for "platypus"
Platypus Fact Sheet - from Australian Museum
Kangaroos - from the Virtual Zoo at exZOOberance
Huxley-Wilberforce debate
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) - one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. From the Museum of Paleontology, The University of California Berkeley
Wilberforce and Huxley: A Legendary Encounter - from Oxford University - an account of the confrontation between Huxkey and Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, who attempted to pour scorn on Darwin's Origin of Species
The Huxley File - from Clark University - index of links to essays, letters drawings by T H Huxley
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Meiosis and mitosis
The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial - The Biology Project, The University of Arizona
Mitosis Animations
Animal Cell Mitosis - from Cells Alive!
Mitosis - animation needing Shockwave - from California State University
Mitosis animation from About.com - from About Biology
Mitosis: Labeled Diagram and explanations - from Access Excellence
Mitosis World - from University of North Carolina, including movies but beware lengthy download time
Mitosis - in onion root tip cells -from the Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery, Florida State University
Interactive Mitosis Tutorial - from San Diego State University - needs Shockwave plugin
Comparison of Meiosis and Mitosis - from Access Excellence
CELL DIVISION: BINARY FISSION AND MITOSIS - from Estrella Mountain Community College - excellent notes well illustrated
Australian biota and biodiversity
Reproductive adaptations of Australian Flora
What is an Australian Plant? - from Australian National Botanic Gardens- describes six common australian plant families
Reproduction of Native Australian Plants - from Australian Society for Growing Australian Plants
Spreading the Genes - from Australian Society for Growing Australian Plants
Plant Reproductive Ecology - Dr Glenda Vaughton's personal home page (at UNE) with details of some of her research into the reproductive adaptations of Australian flora
Desert Refuge - from Life and Adaptation to Water, SA Museum Online, includes Emu Bush select Plague Rat from pull-down menu
A Few Proven Magnets - from Australian Society for Growing Australian Plants - A few Australian native plants have proven to have a magnetic attraction for birds, butterflies and bees
Blowing In The Wind Seeds & Fruits Dispersed By Wind - from Wayne's World, Palomar College
Needlebushes - Hakea - includes details of pollinators and seed dispersal, from Protea Atlas Project, South Africa
Silky Oaks - Grevillia - includes details of pollinators and seed dispersal, from Protea Atlas Project, South Africa
Banksia - includes details of pollinators and seed dispersal, from Protea Atlas Project, South Africa
Reproductive adaptations of Australian Fauna
Marsupial Mammals - from The Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley
Metatheria - from University of Michigan - overview of Metatherian mammals, also known as marsupials
The Placental Mammal and Reproduction - from The Earth Life Web
Changes in distribution and abundance of species and the environment in Australia over millions of years
The Dangerous Dream of a Great Australia - from the Lab, ABC, an interview with Tim Flannery, who argues the need to understand the basic ecological limitations of Australia
Biodiversity
Australian Biodiversity - from Environment Australia
Biodiversity - from Department for Environment and Heritage, SA
Biodiversity - from CSIRO
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Adaptations that assist plants and animals to cope with variations in temp and water
Life and Adaptation to Water - (Virtual exhibition, South Australian Museum) includes adaptation to lack of water in an Australian desert.
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