Resources

  • MadScientist1 has a library of resources for a wide range of science topics.

  • Bad Science2 which explains many common science misconceptions.

  • Access Excellence has links to Science News for Kids3.

  • Helping your child learn science4 contains archived information from the US government, it has links and a great range of useful activities.

  • CATALyST contains some resources called Conundrums5 to help students develop logical thinking skills.

  • ABC Science6 has a wide range of resources that provide scientific information that is topical and interesting.

  • Bernie’s Basics7

  • The ABC site8 and ABC Resources9 have a wide range of subject resources

  • BBC10 produce a range of resources that can be searched using topics and age.

  • CSIRO Crest Awards11 provide support for students and teachers participating in open-ended investigations in both science and technology.

  • An online quiz12 for students to answer questions about their interests and hobbies so that a range of investigation topics are suggested. Alternatively students can view the extensive lists of investigations students have conducted at each of the levels of the awards.

  • Tryscience13 is a website with lots of experiments that each has a “what’s going on” section that relates the activity to the ideas of science. It also has a “PowerUp” game that teaches about energy conservation and reduction of carbon emissions.

  • Trackstar14-information about science and science fair ideas. There are Q&A and research that gives even more links to a wide range of science topics.

  • Science zone15.

  • Tutorials from Monash University16 for help with background research. This link gives a that are used when planning science investigations.

Links

  1. http://www.madsci.org/libs/libs.html
  2. http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html
  3. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/interest/id/3/topic/Science_News_For_Kids
  4. http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/Basics.html
  5. http://catalyst.latech.edu/conundrums/
  6. http://www.abc.net.au/science/
  7. http://www.abc.net.au/science/contact/?genre=basics
  8. http://www.abceducation.net.au/
  9. http://www.abc.net.au/learn/
  10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/keystage_2/topics/science.shtml
  11. http://www.csiro.au/resources/CrestAwards.html
  12. http://www.csiro.au/education/crestquiz/start.html
  13. http://www.tryscience.org/
  14. http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=010791794b89940a64d44a0008995b1f&number=356710&password
  15. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/
  16. http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/www/www03.htm