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    Ways to Teach Force and Motion

    This website provides fun and engaging ideas for teaching force and motion to young learners. The website contains activity ideas,…

  • Publication Date: October, 2022
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
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    Agrifoods Portal

    This online resource looks at the future of food. The resource is a portal hosted by PrimeZone to support the…

  • Publication Date: August, 2021
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Science resources that include First Nations people’s perspective

    This online resource helps you include First Nations perspectives in your teaching. The resources on the site are developed by…

  • Publication Date: August, 2021
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • CLE: ‘What is a Connected Learning Experience (CLE)’ video

    This video describes what a Connected Learning Experience is. Kate Dilger, Science Assist Teacher Support Officer, explains what a Connected…

  • Publication Date: November, 2020
  • Type of Resource: Video/animation
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    Word Puzzle Maker

    This online resource allows teachers to create word puzzles. The resource is free to use and allows teachers to test…

  • Publication Date: September, 2020
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Pushes and Pulls

    This online teaching resource helps teach young students about forces. The resource discusses students' understandings of forces and motion (i.e.…

  • Publication Date: August, 2016
  • Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation
  • Investigating Compost

    This online resource illustrates teaching practice using the concepts involved with compost. The resource is provided for teachers of younger…

  • Publication Date: March, 2016
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Practical science for younger learners

    This online resource demonstrates various learning programs for teaching the practical aspects of chemistry to younger students. The web page…

  • Publication Date: March, 2016
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

    This online resource looks at human involvement in the Greenhouse Effect.The resource provides information suitable for Year 9 and 10…

  • Publication Date: February, 2016
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Size of the Universe

    This online resource investigates the scale of the universe. The resource is an interactive that will help students understand the…

  • Publication Date: February, 2016
  • Type of Resource: Interactive/Simulation
  • The Future of Plastics

    This online resource looks at plastics and their future use in Australia. The resource provides information on the current status…

  • Publication Date: July, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Climate Change and Coral Bleaching

    This online resource examines the bleaching of coral due to climate change. The website provides detailed information on the role…

  • Publication Date: July, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Earthquakes

    This online resource investigates fault lines and earthquakes. The resource has been developed by Geoscience Australia specifically for use in…

  • Publication Date: March, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Solar System and Space Exploration – NASA

    This online resource allows students to explore the Solar System. Students can engage with images, videos and podcasts to explore…

  • Publication Date: March, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Weathering, erosion, landforms and regolith

    This online resource looks at the geomorphology of Australia. The resource is a PDF that was developed by the AGSO…

  • Publication Date: March, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • CSIRO ScienceImage

    This online resource is a source of science-related images. CSIRO ScienceImage is an online image library specialising in science and…

  • Publication Date: February, 2015
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Radioactive Decay: a sweet simulation of a half-life

    This online resource looks into the concept of radioactive decay. The resource is a lesson that uses M&Ms or Skittles…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Allotropes of Carbon

    This online resource looks at different allotropes of carbon. The resource details a lesson to compare the molecular structure of…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
  • Popcorn – an analogy for radioactive decay

    This article provides an analogy for radioactive decay. It features snippets from a teacher who discusses how he uses popcorn…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • The Chemistry of Haircare

    The resource provides a range of activities to do with some key chemical concepts relating to hair care, shampoos and…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Earthquakes lesson plans

    This online resource investigates earthquakes. The resource details a series of 11 full lesson plans and activities to explore and…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Activities for radiation risks and uses

    This online resource deals with teaching about radiation safely in schools. The resource has 27 sections on many aspects of…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Frogs of the Adelaide Mt Lofty Region

    This online resource looks at frogs and their habitat. The resource is an educational web page that concentrates on the…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Old Bernie’s Pond

    This interactive simulation introduces the concepts of habitat management. The resource is a Scootle interactive that teaches students how people's…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Interactive/Simulation
  • Cacti and Succulents

    This online video looks at how living things adapt to their environment. The resource is a 5-minute video produced by…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Bringing it to Life Tool (Teacher pedagogy)

    This online resource helps develop a teacher's overall pedagogy. The resource, The BitL tool – Bringing it to life tool,…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Newton car

    This online resource investigates Newton’s second law of motion. The resource is a downloadable student practical activity that focuses on…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Energy efficiency and renewable energy booklet

    This online resource investigates energy efficiency and renewable energy. The resource is a downloadable activity booklet aimed at about the…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Build an Earthquake Proof Structure

    This online resource investigates the implications of earthquakes. The resource gives details for a student activity building and testing a…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Voyager Video

    This video is about the Voyager space probes, their locations and future goals as of June 2013. From the ABC…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Muscle fibre video

    This online resource is about artificial muscle fibres. This short video from the ABC television show Catalyst shows how scientists…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
  • Turbulence video

    This online resource looks at laminar flow across an aircraft's wing. The resource looks into the effect of turbulence and…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
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    Gravity video

    This online resource looks at the effect of mass on gravity. The resource is a short video from the ABC…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
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    Leaning Tower Video – Gravity Investigation with Air Resistance

    This online resource investigates the gravity tower at Gingin near Perth. The resource is a video from the ABC television…

  • Publication Date: August, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
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    Proving the invisible exists activities

    This online resource demonstrates the size of atoms and the way they move. The resource details three simple experiments and…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation
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    Flame colours – a demonstration

    This online resource looks at the emission spectra of various cations. The first resource is a web page that details…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Lesson Plan
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    The Naked Scientists – Combustion Reactions

    These online resources show various aspects of combustion reactions. The four links show the reactions and give explanations for the…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation
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    Acids and bases

    This online resource is a web page that gives basic information on acids and bases including how to make litmus…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation
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    Magnets and Electrical Current

    This online resource explores electromagnetism. The resource covers bar magnets, magnetic poles and magnetic fields. It also explores the types…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Weblink
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    Electrical Current and Voltage

    This online resource explores electricity and electric circuits. The resource covers electricity, electrical circuits, circuit diagrams and how the electrical…

  • Publication Date: July, 2014
  • Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation
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