Curriculum Resources

• Queensland
  • Science Key Learning Area Queensland Studies Authority site which includes PDF files of the Years 1-10 Science Curriculum Syllabus and support materials (also held at R 375 QUE)
  • Science Key Learning Area Education Queensland site
• New South Wales
  • Science and Technology: K-6 Syllabus
  • Science 7-10 Syllabus
  • Science and Technology, K-6 Curriculum support from the Science Unit
  • Science Years 7-12 Curriculum support from the Science Unit
• Primary Investigations Resource to accompany the books at C 372.35044 PRI

Organisations / Associations

• Australian Academy of Science
• Australian Science Teachers' Association
• CSIRO
• STAQ: Science Teachers' Association of Queensland
• STANSW: Science Teachers Association of New South Wales
• STAV: Science Teachers' Association of Victoria
• International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Association for Science Education (UK)
  "Teachers helping teachers to teach science". Includes links to other science sites.
• National Science Teachers Association (US)

General Resources

• ABC Science websites
  • Spark: Weird Science
  • The Lab ABC's gateway to online science
• ASTA National Professional Standards
• Science Resource Links Selected for the QSA science pages
• Back to Basics The sites listed provide an excellent introduction to several basic science concepts
• Good Science Books for Children An annotated list of select titles linked to the Primary Investigations site
• Nova: Science in the News Australian Academy of Science resource
  • Nova Topic List
• Science Education WWW Links
  Site developed as a resource for students in secondary Science teacher education at the University of Sydney.
• Science in Schools Projects are developed and implemented by the Department of Education, Employment and Training and the Victorian Board of Studies. The goals of the project are listed here.
• Spotlight on Science
  Funding Science education in Queensland aims "to increase the numbers of school students studying science and to attract and retain skilled science teachers."
• Review of Science Education Literature and Reports
  A Research Report prepared for the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs in 2001 which investigated the status and quality of teaching and learning of science in Australian primary and secondary schools.
• AAAS Project 2061
  Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is dedicated to improving science literacy for all K-12 students. Look at the What's New and Parents pages for news related to science education.
• ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education
• TERC ...hands on math and science learning

Teaching Resources

• Lesson Plans

  Australia

• Australia Advances
  Series of short video stories from CSIRO showing Australian achievements in science and technology
• Australian Ecosystems
• Back to Basics
  Australian Academy of Science page which lists sites that provide an introduction to basic science concepts
• Bright SPARCS Biographical information about 3000 Australian scientists.
• Coral Reef Resources
• CSIRO homepage
  • CSIRO Education
  • CSIRO Enquiries - Useful resources for Primary Students
  • CSIRO Enquiries - Useful resources for Secondary Students
• UQL Cyberschool: Science Online science resources selected by Cyberschool staff
• Science Activities: Playwiths and Projects
• Teaching Science in the Primary Years
  This website is part of a set of multimedia resources designed to support the teaching of science in the early childhood and primary school years. It was developed by staff at QUT.

  Overseas

• Earth & Sky Resources to accompany a U.S. radio series
• HowStuffWorks Express Great resource for teachers and students on how things works
• Science Education Gateway Earth and space science curricula and resources for classroom use from a collaboration of NASA scientists, science museums, and K-12 educators
• Science & Nature BBC web site. See also BBC Schools sites:
  • Primary ages 4-11
  • Secondary ages 11-16
  • Teachers
• The Science Spot Activities, lessons and worksheets in a number of science areas
• ScienceWeb U.K.site for primary teachers includes ideas, project packs and links to professional scientists and research programmes around the world.
• SciLinks [Word format] Links provided in Science & Children to selected web resources on science topics
• WISE Web-based Inquiry Science Environment

Electronic Journals and Newsletters

• Australasian Science Information about the print jounal held at 500 P108, also some fulltext articles.
• Current Science on ProQuest 1996+ - magazine dedicated to science for children grades 6-10
  • Current Science Homepage
• Double Helix Official science club of CSIRO Education, home of:
  • The Helix Homepage of the magazine at TSV 500 P110
  • Scientriffic Homepage of the magazine at TSV and CNS Curriculum 500 P111
• ECOS
  Homepage provides contents and PDF version fulltext. Also available on InfoTrac and in print.
• Electronic Journal of Science Education
• Exploratorium Magazine Online
• International Journal of Science Education Available to JCU staff and students only.
• Journal of Research in Science Teaching via Wiley InterScience. Full text available 1997+. Also in print at TSV 507.2 P1.
• New Scientist Planet Science
• ScI-Journal On-line journal for school science students
• Science Access to online articles via InfoTrac Expanded Academic. Available to JCU staff and students only.
• Science Class Subscribe to the free NSTA Newsletter, received monthly via email - see the bottom right of their homepage
• ScienceDaily Online magazine and Web portal devoted to science, technology, and medicine. A good resource for science teachers at all levels.
• Science Education via Wiley InterScience. Full text available 1997+. Also in print at TSV 507 P5.
• ScienceWeek: A Weekly Digest of the News of Science. Requires yearly subscription of US$10
• Sky and Telescope Web version of a popular astronomy magazine
• Universe in the Classroom Teachers' newsletter from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• The Why Files: Science behind the news
  
• Wildlife Australia Information about the magazine at MPER 639.90994 P1

Education Resources

 

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