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A collection of resources for all areas of Science including Chemistry, Biology and Physics. They cover all levels. There is coverage for Science Fairs, experiments, and lists for various Science strands. You should also check pages in Science that are not curriculum specific such as Climate Change, Environment, Animals, Earthquakes and Weather.

For secondary schooling there may also be resources available from the Science information among various Tertiary Subject pages.

This page looks at sites that have been developed in Australia, many with original resources.

The Second Page looks at sites and resources from countries other than Australia. Check carefully to be sure they conform to Australian requirements before use, e.g. spelling, Mathematical formatting, terminology, … .

Listed individual resources are suitable for teacher use with all education levels unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Australian Sites

• AccessNano
  ‘13 ready-to-use, versatile, web-based teaching modules, featuring PowerPoint presentations, experiments, activities, animations, links to interactive websites. Topics fit into current Australian curricula requirements, include teaching units for Years 7-11. Designed to introduce accessible and innovative science and technology into Australian secondary school classrooms.’
  Highly Recommended !
• Australian Academy of Science
  Information, resources. The Education page alone provides Nova : Science in the News, Primary Investigations, annotated list of science books for primary, back to basics which clarifies concepts and biographical information on Australian scientists.
  Primary
  A fabulous site !
• Australian Water Education Toolkit
  ‘Welcome to the Water Education Toolkit where you will find hundreds of water education resources. The Toolkit will assist teachers and schools across Australia to access national, state, territory, regional and urban water resources’. From Environment.gov.au.
• Board of Studies New South Wales Science Links
  Links on Simulations, Applications, Experiments, Physics Links, Chemistry Sites, New Science Sites, General Science Sites.
• Do-it-Yourself Science
  CSIRO. ‘Do-it-yourself’ activities in all areas of science, those to be done in the backyard, weblinks to further activities.
  Highly Recommended !
• Energy Safety Week
  ‘Helps New South Wales, Queensland, South Australian and Victorian primary and pre-primary students understand how energy works, keep safe while using gas and electricity in the kitchen and learn about being safe around LPG. Many ways to get involved.’ Material for secondary levels, solar and other renewable energy forms. Why not visit this site, or those below and access a range of ‘Free education resources’. Resources provided by Origin Energy [Australia’s number one green energy provider].

• Click-2-Teach
  ‘Resources for teachers, students on renewable energy.’
• Energy Safety Week
• Energy Savers
  ‘New teachers’ resource for upper primary students that helps bring issues on climate change and energy efficiency to life.’
• Home Energy Project
  ‘Free teacher resource with interactive classroom activities that shows students how easy it is to save energy and the environment.’ Secondary.
• Your Energy Efficient Home
  Home appliances, Energy Efficiency Calculator, tips, ask an expert, home energy tool, more.

• Flash Science
  Flash presentations covering simple science facts and actions. Some done by students.
• HP3K Analyst
  A collection of YouTube presentation in several areas done for a secondary teacher by her husband. These are in a mix of mostly Science but also other areas. Another collection in a different area is already listed.
• Kayahan
  By an Australian teacher. Study notes, formulae, unit topics, text reference pages, study skills, more for senior Physics.
• Life Changing Science
  Videos based on Radio National’s The Science Show. Previous year’s material is archived. Environment, health, space. You need Flash to view. Transcripts if required.
  Secondary
  Brilliant.
• Nanotechnology
  ‘Utility Fog : The Impacts of Molecular Manufacturing on Society’ site which provides the PDF workbook for a ‘workshop which explores the implications of molecular manufacturing nanotechnologies by examining ‘utility fog’, a mass of tiny foglets than can be worked with to create and manipulate objects.’ Also a site called Nanotechnology Matters, ‘a resource for teachers containing a number of nanotechology experiments’ Again, download this ebook as a PDF.
• Our Animals
  ‘Australian animals, their physical features, food, homes, environment, social groups. ABC Schools TV series for lower to middle primary school students.’
• Primary Science Teaching Resources
  ‘Simply select a topic from within one of the 4 main science domains to access lesson plans which can be downloaded as PDF files. Lessons are designed around a particular theme and may be used as individual experiments or where appropriate, as a sequence’. From Monash University.
• School Science Experiments
  University of Queensland. Text with some diagrams. Note the warning with some regarding school/parental permission
• Science in Victorian Departmental Schools
  Secondary
• Science on ABC3
  Watch various shows, episodes, clips, more. Select from the list offered. These include Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab Watch online.
• Scientists in Schools
  ‘Promotes science education in primary and secondary schools, helps to engage and motivate students in their learning of science, and broadens awareness of the types and variety of exciting careers available in the sciences.’ Sections for Scientists and Teachers.
• Sleek Geeks
  ‘Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Adam Spencer. They take to the ABC TV airwaves with a couple of other geeks, Yumi Stynes, Ruben Meerman and Dr Stephen Bosi to answer some fascinating scientific questions we encounter regularly in everyday life. Their mission is to reveal the surprising science that lies hidden in our homes, offices and backyards.’ Vodcasts of the shows, video extras, Extra Info.
• Spacetime - Astronomy Education
  ‘Space, Science & Educational Toys and Merchandise. The mobile planetarium and telescopes are a fantastic resource and especially suited to remote and regional students.’ Western Australia.
• The Lab
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Gateway to Science. News, features, games, screensavers, Dr. Karl, more.
• The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition
  ‘Encourages critical thinking and problem solving skills. Held annually, the competition challenges secondary students from Australian and International schools in Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. Questions written by teachers and scientists from around Australia.’
• Uniserve
  University of Sydney. All levels of science in schools, curriculum resources, additional resources, professional development [online tutorials], calendar of events, excursions & in-school visits, email lists for teachers.
  Resource Pages include the following.

• Biology Education Sites
• Chemistry Education Sites
• Earth Science Education Sites
• Multi-Discipline Education Sites
• Physics Education Sites
• Student Extension Programmes
  ‘Links to extension programmes and competitions [stages 4-6]’.
• Support Materials for Science Educators
  ‘Lesson plans, productivity tools on the web, resources for safe science teaching.’
• WebQuests developed by UniServe Science
  Webquests in many scientific areas. They include the following.

• Our Indigenous Garden
  ‘Indigenous Use of Native Plants’
• Australia’s Megafauna
• It’s Just a Theory
  ‘The task of the group as a whole is to outline what is meant by the Theory of Plate Tectonics, outline the development of the theory, provide evidence to support or reject the theory.’
• The Living Desert : Australian Wildlife Park

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