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Science - General

Australian Museum Online - home

The Australian Museum's site which has some interesting exhibitions, eg one on spiders, a search and discover section which leads to links to pamphlets, links to Lizard Isand Research Station and indigenous peoples.

EdNA.edu.au/.- Education Network Australia

Animals and their Welfare
Australia's Endangered Species
Australian Animals and Birds

ENC Online

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse is a general science education site that provides links, top sites, lesson activities, and science ideas for teachers and students.

Kidsweb

Information on a range of science related topics can be made through links to this site eg. Physics has the Fermi Lab and the Aurora Page; Chemistry has links to the Periodic Table; and there are also Biology and Astronomy links.

 

New Scientist Planet Science

On-line version of the New Scientist Magazine.

NOVA-Science in the News

Nova has been judged the best science site in the 1997 Australian Internet Awards. Information and learning activities are located under subject headings:biology, chemistry, environment, geology, health and physics. The site features topical and relevant science issues.

SciCentral

Resources for students in a range of science areas including: Biology, health, physics, chemistry, earth and space sciences, engineering science, and women and minorities in science.

 

 

 

 

 

Access Excellence

An American site with very stimulating material for biology students. The Mystery Spot is a particularly interesting use of the WWW for student investigation. This site includes science up-dates, issues and ethics, useful science sites, classroom experiments and collaborative projects.

 

Dragonfly

A regularly changing on-line magazine. It has pages about Webs of Life, Animal Communication, Ice and Snow, Flight, and Trees as well as a glossary.

S C O R E Science - Kids Corner

Links to a number of stimulating science sites for junior high school students.

Yahoo! - Science

Links to a large number of science topics.

Biology - General

 

Age Education SurfSite

Resources from the Internet for Biology students doing the Victorian Certificate of Education from the Age newspaper.

Kimball's Biology Pages

A biology page which has numerous links which can be accessed alphabetically. Each term has a definition and links to a mini essay about the topic.

NOVA-Biology

The Nova site which has links to many issues in Biology. It is updated regularly and is an excellent resource for students' research

Animals

 

Animal Information Database

This site contains links to information about animals, related careers and useful teaching activities.

 

 

Net Vet/Electronic Zoo Animal Information Archives Home Page

An enormous site about all kinds of animals and issues related to them.

You will need time to browse the information.

Animal Adaptation Web Adventure
The Adaptation of Desert Animals to Their Environment - Some Examples
Deserts
Evolution and Adaptation
How cactus survive in the desert

Birds

 

Mammals

 

Conservation

 

AMNH: Expedition Base Camp: Endangered!

The American Museum of Natural History has information on endangered animals, endangered habitats, the causes of endangerment, human population size and its effects and what can be done about the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment

 

Environmental Organization WebDirectory!

Searchable database of links to environment related information. Sites are listed under useful headings for ease in searching.