WebQuests developed by UniServe Science

Stages 4 & 5

Living Desert WebQuest - an Internet activity for Science Week 2006

Our Indigenous Garden - an Internet activity that investigates native plants that were used by the Australian Aborigines for food, medicine and food hunting and gathering and to design a garden that displays some of these plants.

Biology

It's Just a Theory - an Internet activity investigating the Theory of Plate Tectonics and the role of various geoscientific professions in providing evidence to support it, for Stage 6 Biology: Evolution of Australian Biota, Stage 6: Earth and Environmental Science: Dynamic Earth and Stage 5: Theory of plate tectonics (Page 28)

Australia's Megafauna - an Internet activity investigating the unique Australian megafauna and possible causes for its extinction, for Stage 6 Biology: Evolution of Australian Biota, Stage 6: Earth and Environmental Science: Environments Through Time and Stage 5: Theory of evolution by natural selection (Page 27)

'Black Smokers' WebQuest - a WebQuest on the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

A Scrapbook on 'Black Smokers' - a multimedia scrapbook on the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

Hunt for 'Black Smokers' - an Internet hunt for information about the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

Earth and Environmental Science

Oz Volcanoes - a WebQuest which explores recent volcanic activity in Australia and what caused it

Australian Landforms - a WebQuest which explores some of Australia's unique landforms and what caused them

It's Just a Theory - an Internet activity investigating the Theory of Plate Tectonics and the role of various geoscientific professions in providing evidence to support it, for Stage 6 Biology: Evolution of Australian Biota, Stage 6: Earth and Environmental Science: Dynamic Earth and Stage 5: Theory of plate tectonics (Page 28)

Australia's Megafauna - an Internet activity investigating the unique Australian megafauna and possible causes for its extinction, for Stage 6 Biology: Evolution of Australian Biota, Stage 6: Earth and Environmental Science: Environments Through Time and Stage 5: Theory of evolution by natural selection (Page 27)

'Black Smokers' WebQuest - a WebQuest on the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

A Scrapbook on 'Black Smokers' - a multimedia scrapbook on the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

Hunt for 'Black Smokers' - an Internet hunt for information about the geology and ecology of hydrothermal vents and their significance as a possible clue to the origin of life on Earth

Physics

Semiconductors and Modern Living - a WebQuest on semiconductivity for Stage 6 Physics: From Ideas to Implementation

Superconductivity - a WebQuest on superconductivity for Stage 6 Physics: From Ideas to Implementation

Hunt for Space Communication - a web-based hunt for information about the problems associated with travel and communication in space, for Stage 6 Physics: Space

Space Travel and Communication - a WebQuest investigating the problems associated with travel and communication in space, for Stage 6 Physics: Space

National Science Week

States Emblems WebQuests - a WebQuest for each state of Australia looking at possible fossil, gemstone and mineral or rock emblems for each state of Australia

Living Desert WebQuest - a WebQuest developed for National Science Week 2006, Theme - Australia: Our Dry Continent

Managing Australia's Biodiversity - a WebQuest on Biodiversity for National Science Week, 2001

The Science of Bushfires - a WebQuest created for Science Week 2002, that explores the science behind bushfires: ecology, remote sensing, firestick farming, climate and weather and research into the nature of fires

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