Science

Australian Scientific Research & Achievements

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation - Visit this web site and learn more about CSIRO's work which brings teams together from different scientific fields to find solutions to major problems facing Australia

Bright Sparc - Online information on over 2500 Australian scientists from the 18th century to the present as well as detailed accounts of Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage.

Australian Academy of Science - a topic list of new scientific developments that bring changes in the community

Innovations that have shaped Australia and the world - from Science and technology Museum in canberra

Back to Basics : Science Topics for Students

The sites listed below provide an excellent introduction to several basic science concepts for students. You can visit the links in sequence or use the annotations to select those that contain information most relevant to your interests; information compiled by Australian Academy of Science

Atoms & Molecules

DNA and Genes

Electromagnetic Radiation

Energy

The Immune System

The Solar System

The Structure of the Earth

Weather and Climate

For those who want more

First Science - a very informative page with lots of pictures, multimedia and interactive elements to explain a range of subjects, from Space station, Volcanoes and Storms to Telescopes, Mars and Aircraft. This site will gaurantee to keep you busy

The Why File - a website for the inquisitive mind

What's that Stuff? - find information about the history, the chemical composition and other useful information about products like lipstick, self tanners, cement, ink, paper, lycra or chocolate

Dr Karl - full of interesting scientific information, a homework section with scientific talk-back queries answered

How Stuff Works - good information for assignment, find out how things are made, you can search different categories of technology applied in our daily life, eg. mobile phones, engines, TV, etc

The Physics Classroom - self-paced tutorials

Links to Chemistry Websites - for high school students from School of Chemical Sciences, UNSW

Home Experiments - Chemistry demonstrations and experiments from the University of Wisconsin

Teaching Resources for Schools - Curriculum resources for NSW schools from UniServe Science, The University of Sydney

Internet Links - Science - from Sydney Grammar School

Science Online - from Learning Material Production, OTEN