General Resources
In addition to the curriculum resources UniServe Science has amassed many general resources to assist science and mathematics teachers at all levels.
These include everything from Webquests to strategies and ideas of how to integrate technology.
Select from the list below to browse through the reources and gain ideas you can use in your classroom.
- Strategies for Science Teaching and Assessment (stages 1 - 6) - links to information and examples of teaching strategies for use in constructivist classrooms
- Data Logging (stages 1 - 6) - lesson plans and experiment ideas for using data loggers in the classroom
- Datalogging Seismograph for Your Science Laboratory - instruction for the building and setup of a real datalogging seismograph
- Earthquests - Earthquests are WebQuests which use GoogleEarth. This selection have been developed by UniServe Science
- Faces of Science (stages 4 - 5) - interviews with practising scientists illustrating pathways to employment (careers)
- ICT for Teaching Science - illustrated Posters from Australian Science Innovations Inc. Lablinks, UNE, showing how to use various pieces of equipment
- Interactive Whiteboards - links to resources, lesson plans and activity ideas for using interactive whiteboards in the classroom
- Movies in the Science Classroom - general release movies to stimulate scientific discussion
- Multimedia Sites - links to multimedia rich sites with NSW syllabus references
- National Science Week - resources prepared by UniServe Science for National Science Week
- Online scientific publications (stage 6) - links to recent articles on scientific research
- Promoting science as a career (stages 4 - 6) - links to challenge the stereotyping of science careers
- Support Materials for Science Educators - collection of links for Science Lesson Plans, Teacher Productivity Tools and Resources for Safe Science Teaching
- Teaching about Reliability and Validity (stage 6) - links to web based resources that explain reliability and validity
- Timelines - examples of science timelines on the Web and resources for the construction of paper-based and interactive timelines
- Waves of the Future - webcasts from the International Science School held at the University of Sydney, topics include Radiation Physics and the Treatmeant of Cancer, Telecommunications - Here and Now and Telecommunications - The Future
- WebQuests developed by UniServe Science (stages 4 - 6 ) - includes Biodiversity, Plate Tectonics, Extinction of the Megafauna and the Science of Bushfires
- WebSheets developed by UniServe Science (stages 4 - 5 ) - including Science Mystery - the Fairy Circles of Namibia, Convention on Biological Diversity
- Using digital photgraphy in the science classroom - including good techniques, classroom ideas, competitions
- Working as a Scientist (stages 3 - 6) - links to online activities or applications that can be downloaded from the Web that allow students the experience of working as a scientist
- Working Together for the Environment (stages 1 - 6) - procedures for cooperative environmental studies programmes
- Working with Real Data - ideas for and sources of real data for classroom investigations
Other sites not specific to NSW syllabuses - collections of links to sites that specialise in educational material for the sciences:_
- Biology education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Chemistry education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Earth Science education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Environmental Science education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Multi-discipline education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Physics education sites (stages 4 - 6)
- Student Extension Programmes - links to extension programmes and competitions (stages 4 - 6)