Websites

• Uniserve science website ¹ has extensive resources for science and technology teaching.

• Assessment for Learning² -an assessment task suitable for stage 2 on energy. Because it is assessment for learning it contains worksheets for students about types of energy.

• More information and how to teach about developing a useful (and testable) hypothesis³.

• CSIRO website⁴ has information about their research. Follow links to resources for teachers such as a way to subscribe to science by email⁵ or Do-it-yourself science⁶.

• Student Research Project⁷ for stage 5, but some parts are of use for MyScience.

• Trackstar⁸ has information about the scientific method, running a science fair and .

• A resource that suits the draft Australian Curriculum year 5 (electricity) and year 6 (sustainable energy transformations) is called Electrocity⁹ (even though it comes from New Zealand)

Books that are good for background science knowledge

Hollins, M. & Whitby, V. (2005). Progression in primary science (2nd ed.). London: David Fulton

Devereaux, J. (2007). Science for primary and early years: Developing subject knowledge (2nd ed.). London: Paul Chapman Publishing.

Skamp, K. (Ed.). (2007). Teaching primary science constructively (3rd ed.). Sydney: Thompson.

Wenham, M. (2005). Understanding Primary Science (2nd ed.). London: Paul Chapman Publishing.