School Science Lessons
Interesting Websites
2012-02-09
Please send comments to: J.Elfick@uq.edu.au
Table of contents
Part 1. Agriculture and soil
Part 2. Astronomy, space sciences
Part 3. Biology, biotechnology
Part 16.1 Chemical suppliers
(commercial websites)
Part 4. Chemistry teaching
Part 5. Science syllabuses, curriculum
Part 6. Education, in-service training, laboratory
technician training
Part 7. Environmental studies, sustainability
Part 7a. Excursions
Part 16.2 Equipment and software
(commercial websites)
Part 8. Food and nutrition, cooking
Part 16.4 Garden supplies, gardening
Part 9. Geology, earth sciences
Part 10. Health and nutrition, the human body
Part 11. Mathematics and computers
Part 12. Meteorology, weather, climate
Part
12a Meteorology, weather, climate (Romanian language version)
Part 13. Physics teaching
Part 14. Popular science, science fairs, science
for kids
Part 15. Primary science
Part 16a Prof Bunsen (commercial
website)
Part 16.3 Publishers (commercial
websites)
Part 17. Science, scientific, science jobs
Part 18. Safety, Laboratory safety
Part 20. Technology education, materials science,
miscellaneous
Part 1. Agriculture
and soil
Animal
care, Animal care and protection, ethics, [for teachers], Queensland
Government, Australia
Animal care, Australian Veterinary
Association
Animal care, Biosecurity Queensland,
animal welfare, primary school children
Animal care, CCAC, Canadian Council
on Animal Care
Animal care, Help an
animal smile, Queensland Government
Animal care, RSPCA, Queensland
Anuml care, WOAW
Animal health, World Organization
for Animal Health
Banana, Secretariat of
the Pacific Community
Banana Project (This website)
Breadfruit,
Tropical fruits, Daley's Nursery, Queensland, Australia
Breadfruit Project (This website)
Cassava Project (This website)
Cattle,
Better Pastures for the Tropics and Subtropics, Ian Partridge, Tropical Grassland
Society of Australia Inc
Cattle Project (This
website)
Chicken Project
Chickens, Australian poultry,
CRC
Chickens, Australian Chicken
Meat Federation Inc.
Chickens,
Breeds, Australia
Chickens,
Egg information, Public Health, Western Australian Government
Chickens, Hatchery, Wagner's
Poultry Hatchery, Victoria, Australia
Chilli Project (This
website)
Cocoa, World Cocoa
Foundation, Encouraging sustainable, responsible cocoa growing
Cocoa Project (This website)
Coconut Project (This
website)
Coconuts,
ACIAR publications
Coconuts Nature Pacific Products, Banaban Virgin Coconut Oil, Roasted Coconut Chips, Banaba Island and Fiji
Coconuts, "Cocobella", coconut
products, coconut water, sports drinks
Coconuts,
Coconut Australia, Internet-based discussion group, Australia
Coconuts, Coconut opening, "Cocosplit"
Coconuts,
Coconut storage and selection, coconut recipes
Coconuts,
Farm and Forestry Production and Marketing Profile for Coconuts, Mike Foale
and Hugh Harries
Coconuts, Research
Center, Bruce Fife, USA
Coconuts, Secretariat
of the Pacific Community
Coconuts, "The
coconut odyssey, the bounteous possibilities of the tree of life", Foale,
Mike A., ACIAR, Canberra
DAFF, Department of Agriculture
and Fisheries, Australia
DPI, Department of
Primary Industries, Queensland
DPI, Department of Primary
Industries, Victoria, Australia
Education, National Association
of Agricultural education, Australia
Food security, CABI
Forestry,
Evergreen Agriculture
Forestry, World Agroforestry
Centre
Duck Project (This website)
Ducks,
Raising ducks, University of Minnesota, USA
Fruit California Rare Fruit Growers
Fruit trees Birdwood
Nursery, Australia
Fruit trees Daley's Fruit
Tree Nursery, Australia
Garden Garden supplies, gardening
Ginger Factory, Australia
Goat Project, (This website)
Harvest Plus, Breeding crops
for better nutrition
Honey, The Story of Honey in
Australia, Kondinin Group
Insect pests Pest Net, information
on plant protection
International, Global Crop Diversity
Trust
Macadamia nuts, MnM's
Nuthouse, California, USA
Organic farming Green Journey
Papaya, Tropical
fruits, Daley's Nursery, Queensland, Australia
Papaya,
Papaya pests, Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Papaya Project, (Australia:
Pawpaw), (This website)
Pests and diseases, Descriptions
of plant viruses, Rothamstead Experimental Station, UK
Pests and diseases, "Good
bugs", The Association of Beneficial Arthropod Producers, [insects beneficial
to garden plants]
Pests
and diseases, Papaya pests, Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Pig Project, (This website)
Pineapple Project, (This
website)
Plant and food research,
New Zealand
QAAFI, Queensland Alliance
for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland
School gardening,
AgAware Learning Modules, Queensland, Australia
School gardening, Agriculture
Educators, National Association of Agricultural Educators, Australia
School
gardening, Edible Botany, Texas A & M University, USA
School gardening,
Food gardens, (This website)
School gardening,
Stephanie Alexander, kitchen garden, Australia
Soil, Australian Society of Soil
Science
Soil, CPSS, Certified Professional
Soil Scientist Accreditation
Soil, Inoculo Laboratories,
Soil pH kits, Australia
Soil,
Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Soil, UMS, Environmental monitoring
systems, Germany
Soil, NRCS, National Soil Survey
Center, USA
Soil, National Cooperative Soil
Survey, USDA, Soil classification, USA
Soil, Soils, (This website)
Soil, "WaterSavr",
contains chemical monomers to control evaporation, commercial product
Soil, World Soils Survey,
USA
Sweet potato Project
Taro, Secretariat of
the Pacific Community
Taro Project
Tomato, Dwarf Tomato
Project, Australia
Tomato growing Tomatoville,
USA
Treecrops, New Zealand Tree
Crops Association
Weeds, Weeds in Australia
Wormfarming
Yam, Secretariat of the
Pacific Community
Yam Project, (This website)
Part 2. Astronomy, space sciences
Aerospaceweb, (aviation,
space travel, aerospace technology)
Asteroids
AstroEd, [Astronomy education
resources] University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Astronomy
news
Astronomy Today
Astronomy WA, Western Australia
Astronomy and Space Science Community
Australia Telescope Outreach and Education http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/
Australian
astronomy
Bad Astronomy,
[Myths and misconceptions in astronomy] Sonoma State University, California,
USA
Brisbane Astronomical Society,
Australia
CELESTRON, for skywatchers,
Australia
CERES, NASA Center for educational
resources, USA
Emu Dreaming, Australian Aboriginal
Astronomy, Prof Ray Norris
Hubble Space Telescope
Kid's Astronomy, [Useful
astronomy dictionary, maths games] Utah, USA
Mars, NASA
Mars Society, Australia
Moon
Moon illusion
NASA, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, USA
Nightsky, Paul Floyd's
Astronomy and Space News Website, Queensland, Australia
Nine Planets, by Bill Arnett
Sky tonight,
Community organizations
Solar Views
Solar Dynamics Laboratory NASA
SpaceWeather, NASA, USA
Stellarium, Planetarium computer
program for Windows, Mac and Linux computers
Sundials on the internet
Transit
of Venus, 6 June 2012, paper presented by CraigRoberts and Matthew
Cooper, UNSW
The Sun
Windows to the Universe,
USA, [Space science and earth science, also Spanish version]
Part 3. Biology, biotechnology
Animal
care, Animal care and protection, ethics, [for teachers], Queensland
Government, Australia
Animal care, Australian Veterinary
Association
Animal care, Biosecurity Queensland,
animal welfare, primary school children
Animal care, CCAC, Canadian Council
on Animal Care
Animal care, Help an
animal smile, Queensland Government
Animal care, RSPCA, Queensland
Anuml care, WOAW
Animal health, World Organization for
Animal Health
Animals, Anatomy Arcade
(Ben Crossett, Glen Waverley Secondary College, Melbourne, Australia)
Animals,
Animal diversity, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, [Classification
of animals]
Animals, Bilby, Save
the Bilby fund, Australia
Birds, Bird observation and conservation,
Australia
Birds, Birds in Australia,
Bird Life International
Birds Australia
Biolinks,
University of Queensland
Animal care, CCAC, Canadian Council
on Animal Care
Animal
care and protection, ethics, [for teachers], Queensland Government,
Australia
Animal health, World Organization
for Animal Health
Animals,
Blood typing game
Animals, Cognitive
science, University of Queensland, Australia
Animals,
Penguin adaptation, Gulf of Maine Aquarium, USA
Animals, Smithsonian, National
Zoological Park
Biodiversity, Centre for
Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium
Biodiversity,
Conservation of Australia's biodiversity
Biodiversity, Council
of Australian Museum Directors
Biodiversity,
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and The Arts, Australia
Biology, American
Institute of Biological Sciences
Biology, Backyard buddies,
Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, Australia
Biology, Discoveries
in Natural History & Exploration, University of California, USA
Biology, Evolution, Understanding
evolution, University of California Museum of Palaeontology, USA
Biology, GBIF, Global
Diversity Information Facility
Biology,
Histotechnology Technical Methods, Alphabetical Protocol Index, University
of Nottingham
Biology,
Kimball's Biology Pages, by Dr. John W. Kimball, [Online biology textbook]
Biology, Tardigrades (Water
bears)
Biology, Wildlife Preservation
Society of Queensland
Bioscience, Action Bioscience
Biotechnology, Microbiology,
SGM, Society for General Microbiology, UK
Biotechnology, NCBE, National
Centre for Biotechnology Education, bacteria, yeasts, fermenters, University
of Reading, UK
Biotechnology, Techniques for studying
bacteria, [This website]
Evolution,
Frogs, Field guide to frog
groups of Australia
Fungi, Fungi Online, UK
Fungi,
Fungi and their kingdoms, ABRS
Fungi, Tom Volk's Fungi
Genetics, Active
Science, genes, DNA, heredity, [GlaxoSmithKline]
Genetics, DNA, Dolan DNA Learning
Center "DNA from the beginning" USA, [ Many articles including animation]
Insects, Butterfly House,
NSW, Australia
Insects, Entomology, University
of Queensland
Insects, Insectclopedia
Insects, Life Unseen,
[photographs of insects]
Insects,
Medical entomologist
Marine studies,
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
Marine studies, Marine Education
Society of Australasia
Marine studies, Ocean
Life Education, Australia
Marine studies, Wet Paper
Publications, Australia
Plants, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia
Plants, Botanical art,
Leonie Norton, Australia
Plants,
Botany Online, [German and English]
Plants, Families
of Flowering Plants, L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz
Plants, IPNI, International
Plant Name Index
Plants, Kew Gardens, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, UK
Plants, Kew Gardens,
Vascular Plant Families and Genera, UK
Plants, Palm seed
germination, Alan W. Meerow, University of Florida, IFAS Extension
Plants,
New York Botanical Garden, USA
Plants,
Plant classification, Concordance of Angiosperm Family Names, James L.
Reveal, The New York Botanical Gardens
Plants, Plant identification,
Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Plants,
Plant histology, Methods in plant histology
Plants,
Plant Names, database, University of Melbourne
Plants, Seed savers
Plants,
Supermarket Botany, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Plants,
Supermarket Botany, Teachers' Domain, USA, [FLASH, Interactive]
Plants, Supermarket
Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA, [Interactive]
Plants, TROPICOS, Missouri
Botanical Garden (plant database), USA
Plants, Understanding Plants,
(This website)
Plants, USDA, United
States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
(plant names)
Plants, Wollemi Pine, Australia
TechNyou, The Bio21 Molecular
Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne
Part 4. Chemistry teaching
American elements
Amino acids,
Peptide Guide, by Oleg Larin, (D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology
of Russia)
Biochemistry
of metabolism, University of Leeds, UK
Biochemistry
Teaching Resources, Barry Ganong's home page, Mansfield University,
USA
Chemistry, About chemistry,
Anne Marie Helmenstine, New York Times Company, USA
Chemistry, CAS, Chemical Abstracts
Service (See CAS-RN number) American Chemical Society, USA
Chemistry, Cavalcade
of Chemistry, Mr Guch, USA
Chemistry, CHEMnetBASE
Chemistry,
Chem 4 Kids
Chemistry, Chem
Guide, Helping you to understand chemistry, UK
Chemistry,
Chemical Compounds, Institut für Chemie, Germany, [English and German
languages]
Chemistry, Chemical Elements,
Yinon Bentor, USA, [Periodic table and many other topics]
Chemistry, Chemical Heritage,
Foundation American Chemical Society
Chemistry,
Chemistry comes alive!, [Organic and biochemistry, photographs and movies]
Chemistry, Chemistry Department,
University of British Columbia, Canada, [Tutorials - pH]
Chemistry, Chemistry in Wonderland,
[for kids], Japan Chemical Industry Association
Chemistry,
CHEMSOC, Learnet, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, [Many teaching resources]
Chemistry, Collective Chemistry,
Carnegie Mellon University, USA, [Online resources for teaching and learning
chemistry]
Chemistry, Combinatorial
chemistry, [New organic chemistry] Europe
Chemistry, CRC, Handbook of
Chemistry and Physics
Chemistry, Creative
chemistry, by Nigel Saunders, Harrogate Granby High School, UK
Chemistry, Curious Cook, Harold
McGee, cooking chemistry
Chemistry, Doc Brown's
Chemistry Clinic, USA
Chemistry, Element List
Chemistry,
General Chemistry Online, USA
Chemistry,
Green chemistry, for high schools
Chemistry, Home chemistry,
blog
Chemistry,
HSC Chemistry, NSW, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Chemistry,
Inorganic Chemistry - FAQs, USA, [Many references in text]
Chemistry, IUPAC, Projects, Publications,
Conferences
Chemistry, IUPAC, Nomenclature
of Organic Chemistry
Chemistry, IUPAC, Recommended
chemical names, UK
Chemistry, JCE, Journal
of Chemical Education
Chemistry,
Nuffield Advanced Chemistry
Chemistry,
Organic chemistry demonstrations, [English and German]
Chemistry,
RSC, Classic chemistry experiments
Chemistry,
RSC, Royal Society of Chemistry - Education
Chemistry, Salters
Chemistry Club, UK
Chemistry, Toxic chemicals
Chemistry, Chemistry at the
University of Queensland
Chemistry,
World of Chemistry, Eric Weisstein, USA
Chemistry,
Faces in the Molecular Sciences, Faces in Polymers, The Chemical Heritage
Foundation
Chemistry, PDP, Protein
Data Bank database
Periodic table, IUPAC, LennTech
Periodic
table, IUPAC, World Wide Web version prepared by G. P. Moss
Periodic table,
Videos
Periodic table, web elements
Polymer colloids, "Key Centre
for Polymer Colloids", Australia
Safety, Laboratory safety, (This
website)
Safety, MSDS, Material Safety
Data Sheets, commercial internet service
Safety, MSDS, Material Safety
Data Sheets, Where to find on the internet
Safety, Material
Safety Data Sheets for Commom Household Products
MSDS,
Material Data Safety Sheets, University of Queensland
School of Chemistry
and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
Sucrose, Sugar Knowledge International
Ltd., England
Water structure and
science, Martin Chaplin, UK
Part 5 Syllabuses, curriculum
Australian Curriculum
Science curriculum,
Queensland Studies Authority, Queensland Government
Science Curriculum, Queensland
9.0.0, Draft Physics syllabus, atomic
structure, nuclear structure and radioactivity, modern physics (Headings
only)
Part 6. Education, in-service training, laboratory
technician training
Annenberg Learner, USA
Australian Academy of Science
Australian
Academy of Science, Newsletters
Australian Curriculum,
2010-03-01
Australian Museum
ASI, Australian Science Innovations,
Australian Science Olympiads
ACARA, Australian
Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority
ACER, Australian Council
for Educational Research
Astarix mailing
list
Brisbane Botanic
Gardens
BrisScience, Public seminars
on science and technology, Brisbane
CSIROPEDIA
Cyberschool, University
of Queensland
Curriculum
supplements, University of Cambridge, UK
Dictionary, Your Dictionary
Education Queensland
Education review, [topical
education issues], Australia
EIDOS, [Education and social
research]
FAST, Formative assessment
in Science Teaching project
Google Scholar, [Academic research
index]
Homeschooling:
Curriculum and information, Ann Zeise, USA
Homeschooling: Design
your homeschooling, Australia
The IET Faraday, The Institution
of Engineering and Technology in England & Wales and Scotland
Medical Laboratory
Technician training, USA
MLS, Concept
Inventory, University of Queensland
MOSART
Misconceptions-Oriented Standards-Based Assessment Resources for Teachers,
Harvard University
MYSCHOOL
Ning, Social networking
Pirates
Treasure Mystery
Primary Connections,
Australia
QEST, Queensland Education Science
Technicians
Queensland Academies,
Creative Industry; Health Sciences; Science, Mathematics and Technology
Queensland Museum Education
Queensland Museum Talks
Queensland Resources Council
Queensland Studies Authority
QUT, Faculty of Science
and Technology
Real Audience, [See
Science-sational" by Year 5/6]
Research Cooperative
Risk Assessment, (commercial
website, for information only)
Royal Institute of Australia
Science
study, COSMOS, Where to study science in Australia
Slowmation, Student-generated
animation
Sony Explorascience
Museum
Southbank Institute of Technology
STAQ, Science Teachers' Association
of Queensland
Symbio, Scientific Operations
Officers and Lab Technicians Professional Development
UNAA,
United Nations, Australia
VETnetwork, Vocational Education
and Training Network Australia Inc.
WolframAlpha, the computational
knowledge engine
Zooniverse, Citizen Science,
Australia
Part 7. Environmental studies, sustainability
ACF Australian Conservation
Foundation
Biodiesel, USDA, USA
Brisbane City Council
Carbon footprint
calculator
Carbon Market Institute
Care Cop 16
CEEP, polyphosphates,
sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) in detergents
Climate change, AlertNet,
news and information on disasters, conflicts, climate change, Reuters
Climate change, Centre for Australian
Weather and Climate Research
Climate
change Climate Adaption for Water, Agriculture and Natural Resource
management
Climate change, Earthscan, Climate
change publisher
Climate change, Equal Climate,
Gender and climate change from a Nordic perspective
Climate change,
Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate, and Security, University of
Massachusetts
Climate change,Global Change
Institute, University of Queensland
Climate change, Global Knowledge for Global Change, Institute of Development Studies
Climate change, NAMA database,
Nationally Appropiate Mitigation Actions, International Climate Initiative
Climate change PROVIA
Climate
change, Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Climate change, UN and intergovernmental
activity addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Coal Seam Gas Political opposition in Australia
Development, ICTSD, International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development
Development, IISD, Institute for
Sustainable Development Policy and Practice
Development, SIDS, Small Island
Development States, Policy and Practice
Development SDC, Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation
Development, UNIDO, United Nations
Industrial Development Agency
Earth System Research Laboratory
Ezygreen
Ecology, Eco-organics
Ecology, The Ecology Centre,
University of Queensland, Australia
Ecology,
UNESCO, Ecological sciences for sustainable development
Ecotude, Changing
the ecological attitude of the school
Energy,
Energy story, Canada
Energy, Energy
savers pack for teachers, Origin Energy, Australia
Energy, Green Power,
Australia
Energy, Energy Australia
Energy, TFS Green, Energy brokers
and carbon credits experts
Environment, Australian
Government
Environment, Australian Science
Media Centre
Environment, Caloundra
Cruises Eco Explorer for Students
Environment, CRCCARE, CRC for Contamination
Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Australia
Environment, Dept. of the
Environment and Water Resources, Australia
Environment, Earth charter,
Australia
Environment, Earthscan, publishers
of climate change books, UK
Environment, Environmental
house plan, Australia
Environment, Environmental
Protection Agency, (EPA), Queensland, Australia
Environment, FIELD, Foundation
for International Environment Law and development
Environment, Gas drilling, Australia
Environment, Gas drilling, Get up!
(stop coal seam gas drilling)
Environment, Greenhouse gases,
Australia
Environment, ISR, Institute
for Sustainable resources, Australia
Environment, Queensland
Environment, UK
Biochar Research Centre, reducing and removing CO2 while improving
soils
Resources, World Resources Institute
Part 7a. Excursions
Excursion, Australia Zoo,
Australia
Excursion,
Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Excursion, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary,
Australia
Excursion, Dreamworld, Whitewater
World, SkyPoint, Australia
Excursion, Morton
Island Adventures, Australia
Excursion, Thunderbird
Park, "thunder eggs", Tambourine Mountain, Queensland
Excursion, NCETP, National Capital
Educational Tourism Project
Excursion,
Northern Territory, Australia
Excursion, Underwater
World, Mooloolaba, Queensland
Excursion, Village Roadshow School
Excursions, Australia
Excursion, Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary,
Australia
Friends of the Earth
Global change Four
degrees, Australia
Global Change, GCIQ, Global Change
Institute, University of Queensland
Global Change, WBGU, German
Advisory Council on Global Change
Greenpeace Australia
Greening Australia
Grandkidzfuture
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
NRCS, North-South Center for
Sccial Sciences
Notes from the road,
Eric Gauger's amazing website of ecology, culture, geology and geography!
Ocean,
NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA, Lesson plans
Ocean, Countercurrents
Nature Challenge,
David Suzuki Foundation, Canada
OEAQ, Outdoor Educators Association
of Queensland
Queensland
Resource Council
Rainforest action network
Rainforest CRC
Recycling, Brisbane
City Council
River Symposium, 13th International
River Symposium, Perth, Australia 11-14 October, 2010
SIDS, Small island Developing
States Policy & Practice
Standards Australia
Sustainability,
DETA Strategic Plan for Environmental Sustainability, Queensland
Sustainability,
Environmental Education for Sustainability, Queensland Government
Sustainability,
ICLEI
Sustainability, IISD, International
Institute for Sustainable Development, (electronic clearing house for information
on international environment meetings)
Sustainablity,
Interactive Sustainability Analysis, (ISA), University of Sydney
Sustainability,
National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability, Australian Government
Sustainability, School
and community visits, Redland City Council, Queensland
Sustainability, Sustainable Development
of Small Islands Developing States
Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Policy and Practice, United Nations
The Forests Dialogue
Toxic chemicals, Environmental Working
Group
Toxic
chemicals, Eliminate Toxic Chemicals Campaign, Greenpeace International
Toxic chemicals, Green Guide,
National Geographic
Toxic chemicals, Green living, National
Resource Defence Council
Toxic chemicals, Detox Campaign,
World Wildlife Fund
Healthy Living
Toxic chemicals,
Toxicant and Disease Database, CHE
Toxic chemicals,
Environmental Health News
Toxic chemicals,
Human Biomonitoring project, European Union
Toxic chemicals, Chemical
management Plan, Canada
UN CC:Learn Climate Change Learning
Skills
Water, National Water
Week, Australia, 17 - 23 October, 2010
Water, Seqwater, Queensland
(Water learning centres visitor program)
Water, Water cycles,
USGS United States Geological Survey, USA, [Water cycles for schools]
Water, Water centre, International
Water Centre, Integrated water management
Water, WaterSecure, water
purification, Australia
Wildcare, Australia
Wilderness Society, Australia
WWF, World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Part 8. Food and nutrition
Food, Allergy facts, Australia
Food, Body
mass index, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), USA
Food, Cook Street, USA, [cooking
classes]
Food, CSR, sugar, Stevia
Food, Curious Cook, Harold
McGee
Food, Coeliac disease,
food intolerances, Queensland Coeliac Society, Australia
Food, Eat for Health
Food, Eating Ecologically
Food, Experimental
Cuisine, USA
Food,
Food intolerance, Network Allergy or food additive, Australia
Food, Food Reference,
Australia
Food, Food Science, National
Science teachers Association, USA
Food,
Green Barley Powder, spelt powder (Triticum spelt), Australia
Food, Green Journey
Food, HEIA, Home Economics
Institute of Australia Inc.
Food, Juliette's
Food Spot, Melbourne, Australia
Food, Khymos, [Molecular gastronomy
and the science of cooking]
Food, Nutrition
Source, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Food, Sacred Chef, Maleny, Queensland
Food,
Science of cooking, USA
Food, Serious eats, [Food blog
for sharing recipes]
Food, Queensland
Bushfood
Food The Red Spoon Company,
[Molecular gastronomy ingredients, tools and information]
Wine
terminology, Webbuzz Wines
Part 9. Geology, earth sciences
AGU, American Geophysical Union
Australian Coal Association
British Geological
Survey, UK, [Topics for schools]
Geoscience Australia, (has a wide
range of national mapping and geology resources available online)
Google Earth
Oceans, Oceania Project
Oceans, Clean Oceans Foundation,
Victoria, Australia
Minerals, Australian
Atlas of Minerals Resources, Mines and Processing Centres
Minerals,
Key to Minerals, Suzanne Golding, University of Queensland
Minerals, Minerals-n-more,
mineral specimens, gems
Minerals, Rocks
and minerals, [Commercial suppliers and glossary of terms] USA
One Geology, British Geological
Survey (BGS)
Opals, Lightning Ridge Opal Mines
Queensland
Resources Council
Show me geology,
USA
Slate, (commercial website)
UNPh35 Rocks and minerals, [This
website]
Uranium SA, Australia
USGS, United States Geological
Survey, USA
Part 10. Health and nutrition, the human body
AAD, American Academy of Dermatology,
USA
Alcohol, Drink Wise, Australia
Allergy, Allergybuddy,
Australia
Ambulance, Queensland
Ambulance Service
Anatomy, Anatomy Arcade
(Ben Crossett, Glen Waverley Secondary College, Melbourne, Australia)
Anatomy, Bones and joints
Anatomy,
Histotechnology, University of Nottingham
Anatomy, Human
body, BBC, UK
Anatomy, Queensland Brain Institute,
Australia
Arthritis, Arthritis
Australia
Cancer, Cancer Council, Australia
Cancer, National Breast Cancer
Foundation, Australia
CDC, Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, USA
Contraceptives,
What contraceptives suit you, Australia
Corrosion Doctors, Corrosion
and human health
CPRC, Cancer prevention
Research Centre, University of Queensland
Dental health,
"Supertooth" glass model teaching aid
Dental Health Week, Australia
Doctor Secrets
Drugs, Agency
for toxic substances and disease registry
Drugs, [This website]
Drugs, Drugs information online
Drugs, ACDE, American Council for
Drug Education
Drugs, The Good Drug
guide
Drugs, National Drug
Intelligence Center, USA
Drugs,
Petrol sniffing
Emedicine, What's New in Medicine,
["Instant access to the minds of science"]
Fire risk, University of Queensland
First Aid, Queensland First
Aid, training, supplies
Fertility, Billings LIFE,
Leaders in Fertility Education
Fertility,
Get pregnant Now
Fertility, Women's
Health Matters
Fertility, What
contraceptive are you? Starting birth control
Food, Additives alert
Food, Olive leaf extract
Genetics Home Reference, Understanding
Genetics Conditions
Health, Better Health,
Victorian Government, Australia
Health, Health and Ageing, Department
of Health and Ageing, Australian Government
Health, Health insite,
Australian Government
Health, Health-e-Profile (online
health assessment)
Health, Kids' health
Health, Male Reproductive
Health, Andrology Australia
Health, Medicine wise
Health, Mission hospitals
Health, National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Disease, (NIAID, National Institute of Health,
USA
Health,
National Institute of Health, (NIH), USA, high school curriculum
Health, Queensland Academy of Health
Sciences
Health, Queensland Department
of Health
Heart, American Heart Association
Heart, Heart
Foundation - Jump Rope for Heart, Australia
HIV / AIDS, The Body, The Complete
HIV / AIDS Resource
Med+DBase, management for large
GP practices, occupational health departments, and consultants in private
practice
Medical
entomologist
Medical entomology, University
of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Australia
Medlineplus, USA
Meningococcal diseases
myDr, Australia, [Top medical
information website for Australians]
NOVA Science
Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
Nutrition, Harvest Plus, Breeding
crops for better nutrition
Pharmacy education, University
of Queensland
Q-Pharm Pty Limited, Australia
(Participate in medical research)
Sexed, Having
sex for the first time
Sexed, Sex education
for children, aged 10 to 12, Latrobe University, Australia, [Needs Flash
6]
Sexed, Sexuality education, [This website]
Sexed, Sexual health, Contraception,
HIV/AIDS, [This website]
Sexed, Sexual violence in
Africa
Smoking,
Anatomy of a cigarette, by Lexi Krock, NOVA Online, [Some parts require
Flash]
Smoking, Tobacco education
Stem cells
Sun, Sun protection, Hats that children
would want to wear
Sun, Sun Smart,
UV Alert, Your daily guide to Sun Protection, Australia
Swine
Flu, N1H1, World Health Organization
Teeth, Supertooth
Travel doctor, Queensland
Toxic chemicals
WHO, World Health Organization
Workplace, Health and Safety,
Queensland Government
Workplace, Safework,
Australia
Youth, Act for Youth, (adolescent
psychology)
Youth, Kid's Helpline
Youth, Parenting a Teenager
Youth, Your skin, [sponsored
by Clearasil]
Part 11. Mathematics and computers
Chart Gizmo, creation of pie,
bar, line, scatterplot, time series graphs and diagrams
Easy Calculation
Easy Unit Converter,
International Unit Converter
Fun with maths, Australia
Infinity, The
cool maths zone, University of Queensland, Australia
Maths Daily, [Mathematics encyclopaedia
and lessons]
Mathsonline
Mathematics, Have fun with
maths, Australia, [Commercial website]
Mathematics, Lexia,
Symphony Math, Australia, [Commercial website]
Metric Conversions
Unit conversion
http://www.unitconversion.org/
Wolfrom Math World
Queensland Association of Mathematics
Teachers
World Math Day
Part 12. Meteorology, weather, climate
AMOS, Australian Meteorological
and Oceanographic Society
Australian Telescope Outreach
and Education
BOM, Bureau of Meteorology,
Australia
BOM,
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (for teachers and students)
"Learn
about meteorology"
Beaufort
wind scale, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Geoscience, Australian Government
UNPh 37 Weather Experiments, [This website]
Weather damage,
storms and flooding, Brisbane City Council
Weather Wiz Kids,
Meteorologist Crystal Wicker, USA
Part 13. Physics teaching
Amusement
Park Physics, Annenberg Media, USA
BIPM, Bureau Internationale de Poids
et Mesures (including SI)
Boomerangs,
+ Plus magazine, University of Cambridge, UK, [Many articles]
Colour
and wavelength, NASA
Conversion tables
CRC, Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics
Diffraction
grating
Energex, Australia
Energy pricing, Queensland
Energy matters Carl Ahlers
Energy quest, Energy and
temperature scales, California, USA
Explore
Einstein
Fear of physics
Fuel cells
Gases, EU Compressed
Gas Cylinder colour codes
Geiger Radioactivity, protection
from radiation and geiger counters
Glenbrook
South Physics, [home page]
Hovercraft, Universal
Hovercraft
Kilogram,
BIPM, France, [in English]
Ladder problems,
[mainly mathematics]
Mad Lab, [Simple electronics]
Nuenergy, Solar energy, Australia
Physics WorldInstitute
of Physics
Nuclear Science in Society Australian,
Nuclear Science and technology organization, Australia
Photography, Open
Photographic Society
Oscilloscope,
Wikipedia, USA
PAIN, University of Queensland
Physics Students' Society
Perceptions,
USA, [Many articles and chat about physics teaching, e.g. Coriolis effect]
Physics Demo Troupe, [Demonstrations
of physics experiments by students] University of Queensland, Australia
Physics demonstrations,
Idaho State University, [Also, see website addresses of demonstrations
from other USA universities]
Physics demonstrations,
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Physics lecture demonstration
manual
Physics demonstrations,
Learning and teaching resources, Joe Wolfe, UNSW
Physics Department, School
of Physical Sciences, University of Queensland
Physics Org, Physics news
Physics, University of
Maryland, Department of Physics, USA, [Physics demonstrations]
Physics World
Rainbows, National Centre
for Atmospheric Research, USA
Science resources
- Secondary, UK
(SI), The International System
of Units, BIPM Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, [in English]
Space Peace
Time & Date
Calendar
World of Physics,
Eric Weisstein
Zona Land, [Physics
and mathematics, excellent for waves]
Part 14. Popular science, science for kids
All the Web, [Search engine,
index provided by Yahoo!, search for "School science lessons"]
Answers, [Free online dictionary]
Arthur Website, [for kids]
Artificial Intelligence, 20 Questions,
Artificial intelligence project
ATSE, Australian Academy of Technology,
Science and Engineering
Australian Museum
BBC Science
quiz, [What kind of a thinker are you?]
Biozone, Biozone Learning Media
Australia
Education
Place, [Search engine], Science Fair Handbook, USA
Educators Reference Book, Information
Institute of Syracuse, [2000+ lesson plans, ERIC]
ExperiMENTALS,
Tricks, jokes and experiments, Australia
Exploratorium,
hands-on museum of science, San Francisco, USA
Fresh science, Stories
of discovery, Australia
Free patents online,
all the inventions of mankind,
Great Plant Hunt, UK
Harvard
Natural science Lecture Demonstrations
Headstart,
The Courier Mail, Brisbane
How stuff works
Kids'
science experiments
Kitchen
Scientists - A Guide To Home Science Experiments [Many experiments
that can be done at home]
Lab Notes, Australian
Broadcasting Commission Online Education Site, Australia
Lawrence Hall of Science,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Active Robots
Madlab, UK
Mad Scientist Network,
Washington University Medical School, USA
Nation Master, [Statistics
about everything, including use of chemicals in foods]
New Scientist, UK
NOAA,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA, Lesson plans
National Library of
Australia, Australia
NEO K-12 (free educational videos,
lessons, games, quizzes and puzzles)
Netsteps,
Alberta Canada teachers
OECD,
Pisa survey
Open University and BBC,
UK
Climate
change, ABC
PartSelect,
Just For Fun, "Taking science from the lab to the kitchen"
PetQNA, Questions and answers about
pets
Prof Bunsen, [science experiment
novelties, commercial website]
Queensland Museum,
Southbank
Queensland
Natural Resource Management, Australia
Reachout, Michigan
University, USA
Research Australia
Schoolzone, [Huge collection
of education resources]
Science Alert
Science Daily
Science Toy Maker
Siemens, Science Experience,
hands-on science experience, Australia
Scientific American
Scientists in schools,
Australia
Scope TV, Channel 10, Australia
The Research Cooperative,
Australia
Teaching
and Learning Resources, Diane Hawkins, UK
Tools of science, University
of Queensland
Try Science, USA, [Experiments
for children in Chinese, English, French, Italian, Spanish]
Union College, Schenectady,
New York, USA
VisLab, University of Queensland
Water devining and dowsing
Wikipedia, The
Free Encyclopedia
Wildlife Protection Society,
Queensland
Wikipedia, [Free multi-lingual
encyclopaedia]
Part 15. Primary science
Primary Connections,
Australian Academy of Science
Primary
Teaching and Learning Resources, Diane Hawkins, UK, [Ideas for primary
teachers]
Primary lessons, [This
website]
Part 17 Science, scientific,
science fairs
Science jobs, Demo Troupe [Science
demonstration training, University of Queensland]
Science jobs, Careers
online [Australian positions]
Science jobs, Nature
Publishing Group, USA
Science jobs, "What next
for year 12 students?" [Government]
Science, 10 big questions, University of Adelaide
Science, 101 Science
Science, ABC Science
Features, Australia
Science, AllExperts,
Science
Science, American Association for
the Advancement of Science
Science, Australian Academy
of Science
Science, Australian Marine Science
Association
Science, ASE, Association for
Science Education, UK
Science, ASTA, Australian Science
Teachers Association, Australia
Science, Backyard Science, [for
kids]
Science,
Bad Science Pennsylvania State University, USA, ["The gas tried to escape."]
Science,
Cool science, USA, ["Science is fun!"]
Science,
Essential Secondary Science Assessment (ESSA) tests for Year 8 students,
from NSW, Australia
Science, Frank Potter's Science
Gems, Los Alamos, USA
Science, Free Science
Science, Fun with Science,
USA, [Mainly geophysics, in 8 languages!]
Science, Hunkins Experiments
Science, Hypography Science
Forums
Science, IBM, "Try
Science"
Science, Learning Science
Science, National Science Teachers
Association, Australia
Science, National Science
Week, Australia
Science,
New Scientist Magazine
Science, Newton -Ask A Scientist,
USA
Science, Popular Science Magazine
Science, Prismatic Sciences
Science, Science Network,
Western Australia
Science, Science Events,
Queensland Government, Australia
Science,
Sciecse, General secondary science
Science, Sciencealert,
Australasia science news articles
Science, Science and development
network, SCIDEVNET
Science, Science and Technology
Daily Review, SCITECHDAILY, Turbopress, New Zealand
Science,
Science clips, BBC, UK, [for kids]
Science, Science,
All Science Fair Projects
Science,
Science Fair Projects and Experiments, Julian Trubin, USA
Science, Science in Public
Science, Science in the
News, NOVA, Australian Academy of Science, Australia
Science, ScienceIQ, online science
quiz for school teams
Science, Science Listing
Science,
Jokes and Science, Julian Rubin
Science,
Science News, Adelaide University Library, Australia
Science, Science
on the shelves, York University, UK
Science, Science
Post Cards, New Zealand
Science,
Science resources - Secondary, UK
Science, Scitech, Western Australia
Science, Science Teachers'
Association of Queensland
Science,
Science World
Science, Scientific American
Science,
Scientific American, In the classroom series
Science, Scientists
in schools project, Australia
Science, Scientrific Pty
Ltd, dataloggers, spectrometers, radiation meters (Geiger counters)
Science,
Simply Science
Science, Live Science, USA
Science,
Surfing scientist, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australia
Science,
The Teachers Page, "Try Science"
Science, Web Science Research
Institute, co-director Tim Berners-Lee
Science, Young Scientists Journal,
UK
Part 18. Safety,
Laboratory safety
ARPANSA, Australian Radiation
Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Aspects of Science
Management, Education Queensland, (under construction)
Community Safety, Quensland
Fire and Rescue Service
Electrical hazards, Physics Dictionary,
[This website]
Electrical
safety
Emergency Management,
prepare for natural disasters, Queensland
Gases, EU Compressed
Gas Cylinder colour codes
Household products
database, USA
Laboratory safety, [This website]
Laboratory, Gases,
EU Compressed Gas Cylinder colour codes
Laboratory, Philip Harris
Education, UK, Chemicals, laboratory equipment, experiments
Laboratory, SSERC, Scottish Schools
Equipment Research Centre, laboratory assistants' website
Laboratory, The Laboratory
Safety Institute, USA
Mercury
spills, Managing Small Mercury Spills
Occupational Health
and Safety, Laboratory, University of Queensland
Queensland Ambulance Service
Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
Queensland First Aid
Safety equipment
Safety,
Aspects of Science management: A Reference Management for Schools, Queensland
Department of Education and Training
Safety,
Chemicals and Hazardous Substances
Safety, Department
of Education and Training, Creating Healthier Workplaces
Safety,
Health and safety, Queensland Department of Education and Training
Safety,
SCM-PR-002 School Excursions
Topic 3, Laboratory safety (this
website)
Part 20. Technology
education, materials science, miscellaneous
Anglicare
Anglicord
National Martime Museum, Cornwall, England
Open Photographic Society, UK
Palm Beach Pictures
Photography, Interesting photography
Research, Research connect (connections
between researchers)
Spanish games
Spanish games Ben10
TechNyou, The Bio21 Molecular
Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne
The string, online social networking, University of New South Wales
MJ Law Practice, Conveyancing,
leasing, Brisbane
VizPoets, Human bodies and their
uses