GENERAL SCIENCE

 

LIFE SCIENCES

Science Playwiths – contains lots of simple science experiments; how to conduct an science project; plus a timeline of Australian inventions and discoveries

 The Great Plant Escape – fantastic site which demonstrates the way plants work.

 

The Lighthouse Diamond Thief – a fun webquest which explorers the scientific method

 

Animals of the World – an interactive game which tests your knowledge of animals

 

 Bizarre Stuff you can make in the Kitchen

 

Electronic Zoo – a database of animal resources

 

Science Explorer – contains lots of fun science experiments

 

Water Science for Schools – all you need to know about water

 

 

Welcome to Sandlot Science – contains amazing optical and other illusions

 

ASTRONOMY

Questacon – site of the National Science and Technology Centre

 

Your Weight on other Worlds – you can find out how much you might weigh if you lived on another planet.

 

The Energy story – an easy to follow site about energy in all its many forms.

 

Zoom Astronomy – easy to use site for information about space and everything!

 

HUMAN ANATOMY

Nine Planets – heaps of stuff about the planets of the Solar System.

 

How the Body Works – an introduction to human body systems

 

NASA – NASA’s portal to all things to do with space exploration

 

Look Inside the Human Body – a visual guide to human anatomy

 

Amazing Space – information about space, the universe and everything.

 

Yuckiest Site on the Internet – cool site for information on unmentionable science subjects e.g. boogers, farts, pimples…..

 

Starchild – website about all things to do with astonomy.

 

SCIENTISTS/INVENTORS

The Space Place – NASA’s site about the universe

 

Then and Now Technology – inventions and discoveries that have changed the way we live

 

Solar Views – a gallery of pictures of the universe

 

100 Innovative Australian Inventors – biographies of Australian inventors

 

 How Things Fly – an introduction to flight

 

A Science Odyssey – contains information about scientists and scientific discovery.

 

 

 

    October 2004