Science Weblinks

Student Research and Activities

Our Animals

Information is presented in simple paragrphs with accompaning photographs. Animal groups are organised into In the Air, On the ground, and In the Water. There are printable worksheets for each catergory and an excellent dictionary. Word meaning are written in siple sentences suitable to support descriptive repot writing.

Kidcyber

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/

Kidcyber provides relevant information to support Science units of work under the headings: People and Places, Australia, Planet Earth, Sports, Technology and Inventions, Animals. Topic information builds from simple sentences to complex paragraphs. Additional web links are provided at the bottom of each page, as well as links to other Kidcyber pages. Kidcyber is particularly useful when using the Interactive whiteboard to locate and highlight keywords and facts.

Bugwise

http://www.bugwise.net.au/

This Australian Museum developed site provides clear information about invertebrates. The invertebrate guide provides excellent photos and labelled sketch of both often seen and secretive invertebrates.

National Geographic

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

This website is of great value to students looking for information on animals, the environment, science and people and places. Search each section alphabetically. Each animal page has information, photos, a map and fast facts. Environment pages have photos, information and articles about a range of environmental matters.

Teachers

Board of Studies Science and Technology Units

http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/go/science-and-technology

Get Smart

Interactive whiteborad activites that can be used on individual computers. Activities are organised in stages and are simple to download and complete.

Saint John Vianney's Catholic Primary School

This website provides detailed information on a variety of areas as covered in the NSW DET Science and Technology Curriculum. Each topic is accompanied by an extensive list of Weblinks. Webquests provide alternative options to research projects. Topics include Environment; Farms and Framing; Food and Health; Human Body, Inventions and Inventors; Lifecycles; Solar System, Wet and Dry Environmnets, Simple Machines; Natural Disasters.

Teaching Ideas: Science

This UK developed site offers ideas, worksheets, templates and content support for the teaching of science.

BBC Schools- Science Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/science_5_6.shtml

This site offers a range of great science activites with clear explanations, images and diagrams. The acticvites are organised into age brackets. Teachers should consult the school scope and sequence for activities relevant to science units of work. The activities are equally valuable for student learning with when used with an Interactive whiteboard or individual workstation.

Country Areas Program- Research Modules

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/bbcap_intro.html

Learning tasks are set up for students to research a range Science topics across each of the stages. A clear outline of each task is provided along with appropriate websites. Tasks also may include presentation details and assesment criteria.

Country Areas Program- Curriculum Links

http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/curriculum_links/hsie_links.htm

Links to  websites to support Science units of work across all stages. Websites range from information, interactive and teaching resources. Use this site in conjuction with the CAP Research Modules site.

Lake Monmorah Public School

http://www.lakemunmorah.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/

This public school created web site offers both information and learning activities to support the Science Syllabus. There are four main areas which to access content according to stages: Cloze, Research Tasks, Treasure Hunts and Theme pages. Although there maybe some repetion in units presented the material provides for every aspect of teaching and learning i.e. printable cloze passages, additional web links for further research and online reasearch tasks.

Inter-Lace- Topic Weblinks

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/weblinks.htm

Weblinks and activities specifically designed to support the NSW DET Science and Technology syllabus. Topics are arranged alphabetically rather than by stages. Each topic offers information and activities as well as additional weblinks for further research. Developed by a retired Teacher Librarian this site is kept up to date and relevant to current events and issues.

Primary Connections

http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/index.htm

Primary Connections is a Federal Govt. innitative designed to link literacy and science. Science units of work are presented and linked with factual and narrative texts. Indigenous links and printable resouce sheets hep to make this a valuable resources for teaching science.

Primary School

http://www.primaryschool.com.au/science.php

This website lists Science and Technology topics in stages. Topics are furthered linked to wesbites, software, texts, teacher resource, videos and lessons.

Jackie's resources for Teaching and Learning

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/

This comprehensive website provides links to KLA related topics in the area of Science. Topic related websites are organised under sub-headings. It may take some time to select the most suitable website, however each site is related to the topic and appropriate for student use.