http://www.win.co.nz/bioweb/cell.html has sections on cell structure and function and includes many ideas for practical experiences. For this section, there is a potential reading exercise on the function of cell organelles. There is also a small section on cell history with a flow chart drawn.
http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio has a range of images about cell organelles
http://www.win.co.nz/bioweb/cell.html Investigate this site for appropriate practical experiences on: osmosis, diffusion, effect of surface area/volume ratio on the rate and extent of diffusion
http://www.sciences.demon.co.uk/wbbrowna.htm text on the contributions of Robert Brown to Biology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/hooke.html - information on Robert Hooke, his discoveries on cells and contribution to cell theory with a short biography
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University of California - Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ento.psu.edu/home/courses/397A/anatomy.htmlhas a comparison table of anatomical structures of humans and insects

8.4 Life on Earth

http://www.australianwildlife.com.au/features/riversleigh.htm
Australian Museum
The Story of the Naracoorte Caves
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/McKinney.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/BarBar.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/bittersprings.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/cyanofr.html
WASTE DIGESTER DESIGN
http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/html/wollemi.html

8.5 Evolution of Australian Biota

Australian fossil localities – Riversleigh, Murgon, Lighting Ridge, Naracoorte.Australian Museum site
http://acn.net.au/articles/1998/07/fossils.htm Australia’s fossil past
http://acn.net.au/articles/1999/04/science.htm Information on Australian scientists.
http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR21.3/Orr.html Review of Dennett, "Darwin’s Dangerous Idea". Adaptationism.
http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs-mustread.html Excellent articles on all aspects of evolution
http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/Debate/CEP_Gould.html A criticism of Gould’s anti-adaptionist attitude
http://www.discovery.com/ Discovery Channel online
http://www.csu.edu.au/education Charles Sturt University education virtual library
Environment Australia – biodiversity, evolution of flora and fauna
http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/dinodream/faq/faqgond.htm Q & A about Gondwana, the evidence , evolution of animals
http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm Palaeo maps – world maps for various times in the past
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-the-species-6%20th%20-edition/chapter-12.html - text of the book
www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle - text of the book
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Chemistry

8.2 - The Chemical Earth

http://pdg.lbl.gov/particleadventure/index.html - The particle adventure
Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry - This U.S.Geological Survey site shows how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to: determine the age of the Earth; show that an extraterrestrial body collided with the Earth; predict volcanic eruptions; observe atmospheric change over millions of years; and document damage by acid rain and pollution of the Earth's surface.
Chemicool - Periodic Table - A comprehensive periodic table
http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/aii-home.htm- chemical earth
http://www.cas.org/- site of 17 million different compounds
http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/- useful for separation of minerals
http://www.crystalmaker.com/- 3D simulations for Mac access only
Separation - CSR sugar
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8.3: Metals

http://www.webelements.com/
http://www.nswmin.com.au/
http://www.uic.com.au/
http://www.agso.gov.au/education/factsheet
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8.4 Water

http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/beach/beachupd.aspThis web site has daily readings of forecast temperature, water temperature readings as well as ocean pollution information
http://globe.fsl.noaa.gov/fsl/welcome.htmlThe Globe program is an international system where schools and groups across the world are providing data on many physical factors in the environment. With easy prompts, students can find surface water temperatures for many locations in and out of Australia
CCD Thermograph Project This project gathers water temperature data for studies on El Nino and global climate change. Four sites have been established around Catalina and three marine thermographs have been placed at different depths at each site with temperature data recorded hourly.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/page3.html This is a chemistry tutorial on the chemistry of water, describes the polarity of water and its cause; the solution of water-soluble substances, acids and bases and the ionisation of water
http://www.okstate.edu/jgelder/bondpage6.html This website has contains a laboratory activity about physical properties and chemical bonding in solids. It has both a student and teacher version and takes the students through a practical activity, with safety issues discussed. Demonstrations and some history included within this site.
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/salt.html starts with the question –how do cold-blooded animals survive sub-freezing water temperatures. The 4-page site discusses salt concentrations in cold water, identifies and describes the range of organisms found in Antarctic waters and includes an experiment to "see how the sea freezes". Although this deals with Antarctic conditions, the site is US based and the text will need slight adjustment to be useful in NSW
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8.5 Energy

Australian Institute of Petroleum site.
Australian Natural Gas Industry homepage. This site includes maps of existing fields and major gas pipelines. It also has information on the uses of natural gas.
Mineral Council of Australia T his has a fact sheet on Coal from the Minerals Council of Australia. It contains information about location, processing and uses of both black and brown coal.
http://www.csiro.au/ - has information about the different areas of research including "Minerals and Energy". This section has information about their projects in this area and some biographical information about the scientists who undertake the research. There are also resumes for the scientists as well as email addresses for them and links to people who can help with general enquiries in this area.
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/vchemlib/mol/mol.html - has 3-D models of some simple fuels that can be manipulated by the student.
http://www2.gasou.edu/chemdept/general/molecule/index.htm - has 3-D molecules for methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and others. It also has explanations of the structures and shapes as well as tutorials and a quiz.
http://www.science.org.au/nova/024/024key.htm- is all about Buckyballs. It contains information, activities, further reading, useful sites and a glossary of terms associated with buckyballs
http://engn.anu.edu.au/solar/solarth/res/cat.html - compares the use of iron and ruthenium catalysts for ammonia synthesis
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Earth and Environmental Science

8.2 Planet Earth and its Environment

http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/ees/- This website provide a comprehensive list of links to other sites by subsection of the module. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
http://www.seti.org./education/Welcome.html- Voyages Through Time - this is a standards-based curriculum development project for an integrated one-year high school science course centered on the unifying theme of evolution.
Earth Science Australia (follow the links - Awareness education/Education/Education for Secondary and High School)
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mghslib/w_sites/mghshome.html- Web site for Macarthur Girls High School. A great list of web links for all areas of science including Earth Science, Environmental Science, and Astronomy and Space.
http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/crswr/millerurey.html- Course notes describing the Urey-Miller experiment, Gary Anderson, BSC
http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/courses/EEB105/lectures/Origins_of_Life/origins.html- Lecture notes from an experimental non-majors biology class taught in 1995 by Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona.
http://www.aao.gov.au/- The site of the Anglo-Australian Observatory
http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/drmtime1.htm
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8.3 The Local Environment

http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/95/28.htm-gives a glossary of terms
http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_home.asp- gives contact numbers/web sites for many local councils
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/
Lane Cove River Catchment Management Committee Sydney, Australia
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/97/intro
Biodiversity
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8.4 Water Issues

http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/willandr.html- A listing and explanation of the World Heritage features of the Willandra Lakes System
CSIRO Land and Water - current issues
Saltwatch - contains information and data, which is an environmental monitoring program being carried out in Victoria.
http://www.irrigation.org.au/ - The official site of the Irrigation Association of Australia - has information on drip irrigation
http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/index.html - The Home Page of the NSW Dept of Land and Water Conservation
http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/water/wr/factsheets.htm - Contains summaries of water management policies of NSW government (In PDF format)
http://www.northnet.com.au/~bellbtwm/treat.html - the treatment of wastewater using duckweed http://www.csiro.au/format.asp?id=/contact/education.xml this site has excellent information for students on collecting material for assignments. Has links to other CSIRO sites
http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/ is the home page of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Information on Lake Mungo climatic changes will be available through this site soon.
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8.5: Dynamic Earth

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/evidence.html - has evidence for plate tectonics.
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html - has major plates of the world.
The Geological Society
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/planet.html - This Dynamic Earth document in pdf format showing the Earth's physiographic features, the current movements of its major tectonic plates, and the locations of its volcanoes, earthquakes, and impact craters. This can be accessed online at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/
http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.Lithosphere/.Earthquake.cuf/ - is a utility for plotting the positions of earthquakes
http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.Lithosphere/.Volcano.cuf/ - is a mapper for volcanoes
http://www.scotese.com/ - is the site of the Palaeomap Project with a number of plate animations are information about teaching resources
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html - has animations of plate tectonic animations together with history and mechanism pages.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/plate_activities.html - has some teaching resources on plate tectonics suitable for senior students
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html - is Volcano World and has links to most active volcanoes
http://imager.ldeo.columbia.edu/ridgembs/ne_pac/html/home.html - has data on mid ocean ridges
http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html - has information on global topography
Plate tectonics
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FORM VI

Biology

UniServe Science -Biology - Stage 6 (University of Sydney)

9.2 Maintaining a Balance

http://www.emu.usyd.edu.au wide range of electron micrographs
http://www.ento.psu.edu/home/courses/397A/anatomy.html comparison of insects and humans http://www.arcbs.redcross.org.au/ blood donations, bloodtypes, blood products and much more.
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9.3 Blue Print of Life

Meiosis Tutorial - This exercise is designed to help you understand the events that occur in process of meiosis, which takes place to produce our gametes.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna - DNA Workshop
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC/
http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/trans.htm
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html - The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections - US Food and Drug Administration
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/MillHillEssays/1997/cloning.htm - Cloning by Rosa Beddington - National Institute for Medical Research (Mill Hill Essays)
http://www.biozone.com.au/ - Biozone
http://biodiv.wri.org/ - Biodiversity
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/biology/ - Biology
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/biology/institutes/1997/evolutio/ - Embryology as Evidence of Evolution
http://angelfire.com/bc/donorinsemination/ - DI (Donor Insemination)
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~tjf/tmf_tgms.html - What is a Transgenic Mouse?
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Chemistry

UniServe Science - Chemistry -Stage 6 (University of Sydney)

9.2 The Identification & Production of Materials

http://www.uic.com.au/nip26.htm- Radioisotopes in medicine
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/radioactivity.html - The discovery of radioactivity : The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
- Isotopes & Radioisotopes from Nature, Nuclear Reactors & Cyclotrons for use …
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/floor2.htm - information about various polymers
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/floor4.htm - How polymers are made
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/floor1.htm - The Uses We Make of Polymers
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/pe.htm - All About Polythene
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/vinyl.htm- All About Most of the Polymers in the Syllabus
http://www.repp.org/articles/static/1/988040477_6.html- All about biomass
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9.3 The Acidic Environment

http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/- NSW Environment Protection Agency
http://www.environment.gov.au/ - Australian Environment Resources Acid Rain http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/- NSW Environment Protection Agency
http://www.environment.gov.au/- Environment Australia.Environment Australia. Dept of Environment and Heritage
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9.4 Chemical Monitoring and Management

Haber Process (including crossword) http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/funstuff/xword/haber.htm
History of Haber Process, uses, practical for the laboratory, Le Chatelier’s Principle
Alcohol content in wine and medicine http://www.partyman.se/sg-hydrometer_alcohol.htm
Air pollutants (good examples) http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/envirom/princairpol.htm
Ozone Depletion (general source) http://www.sciam.com/
Animations of ozone molecules being broken down and lots of information in the lecture notes
http://www.meto.umd.edu/~owen/METO123/OZHOLE/lecture.html
http://www.meto.umd.edu/~owen/METO123/OZHOLE/matchanim.html
Effects of UV Radiation on Biological Molecules http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/summer95/impacts.html
http://www.csiro.au/
Alternatives to CFC’s information and quiz http://www.mp-docker.demon.co.uk/environmental_chemistry/index.html
Water quality, general introduction, how it is measured http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/envirom/waterqual.htm
Water quality of Rapid Creek, Darwin NT (case study)
http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/dlpe/care/waterwatch/regions/darwin/reports/rc/report.htm
Water treatment systems
http://www.wateronline.com//content/IndustrySearch/Results.asp?text=water+treatment&ATC~C=001+S=002+R=001+L=a
Citric acid in orange juice
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_CH095 (evidence that citric acid in the most abundant acid in orange juice)
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Earth & Environmental Science

UniServe Science - Earth And Environmental Science -Stage 6 (University of Sydney)

9.2 Tectonic Impacts

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/prediction of volcanoes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/tectonic activity
http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/926/slrtecto.html - Tectonic Plate Motion
http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/pangea.shtml - The Formation of Pangaea: The Making of a Supercontinent by Donald L. Blanchard
http://webspinners.com/dlblanc/tectonic/ptABCs.shtml - An Introduction to The ABC's of Plate Tectonics by Donald L. Blanchard
http://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html - plate positions and movements
http://www.platetectonics.com/
NASA Planetary Geology
Earthquakes
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9.3 Environments Through Time

Australian Museum - the extinction of megafauna
The Geological Time Scale
Association for Science Education
http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/ - Department of Mineral Resources New South Wales
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/camb.html - The Cambrian Period
http://imperial.park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/ordcause.html - Speculated Causes of the Ordovician Extinction - Glaciation and Sea-Level Lowering Hypothesis
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/introduction.html - What is a Bolide
http://www.fsnielsen.com/tln/timeline.htm - origin and age of earth

CD ROM - World Book Encyclopedia - ‘Extinction’
http://www.austmus.gov.au/biodiversity/ - Australian Museum
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Geography and climate
http://www.environment.gov.au/bg/wildlife/index.html - WILDLIFE AUSTRALIA
http://www.science.org.au/nova/010/010key.htm - Australia's threatened species
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Physics

UniServe Science - Physics -Stage 6 (University of Sydney)
UNSW - School of Physics

9.2 Space

NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
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9.3 Motors and Generators

Energy Australia
New Scientist Magazine
University of NSW This site has a good explanation of the fundamentals of the induction motor.
Columbia University Health Education Program Power Lines-Radiation Very good – it talks about radiation effects from high voltage power lines near one’s home and cellular tower radiation.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre Excellent explanation on the motion of energetic ions and electrons through space is strongly constrained by the local magnetic field.
University of Oulu, Finland Space Physics - Very good site produced by Space physics department on the radiation belts and their importance primarily because of the harmful effects of high energy particle radiation for man and electronics
University of Michigan Excellent information along with graphics on radiation belts
NASA History Office - This site provides information on James A. Van Allen, the American astrophysicist who first predicted the radiation belts.
Space Daily - This site has latest news on the radiation belt
Encyclopedia of free energy - This site has information on the worlds’ simplest electric motor
How Electric Motors Work - Excellent information on how electric motors work
Loudspeaker Principle This site contains information on the motor principle used in making a loudspeaker
The motor principle - Excellent information on the principle of an electric motor
The loudspeaker - Excellent information on the principle of an electric motor used in the construction of a loudspeaker
Electromagnetism: The Motor Principle - Excellent site on how to build small electric motors in the classroom as an activity
Principle of a galvanometer - Excellent information on the principle of an electric motor used in the construction of a galvanometer
COOKPOWER NZ LTD - Induction Cooktop Specialists Good site for students to log on for information on principle and benefit of induction cooktops

General information sites

Sydney University http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/teach_res/mteach/mt93/w93teachers.htm Teaching program on Motors and Generators put together by masters students
University of NSW http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html notes from a lecturer on motors AC & DC
University of NSW http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/hsc/ site for HSC and Prelim phys notes

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General Interest - Science Links

Topics include: Astronomy | Physics | Weather | Biology

ASAPWeb - History of Australian science and technology
Australian Environment On-Line
CSIRO Australia - Home Page
National Center for Science Education
National Science Teachers Association Home Page
New Scientist magazine
The Royal Society
Chemsoc - the Chemistry Societies network - a brand new site for chemists and the home of the international chemistry societies' electronic network. The site provides interesting features and useful services for the chemistry community. The information you find has been made available by various national chemistry societies for dissemination on a single site. Currently around 30 such societies are providing varying levels of information on chemsoc.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Anglo-Australian Observatory - Find out about this World Class facility and view images they have taken.
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
The Galileo Project, Homepage -The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time.
Mars Fact Sheet
Mars Pathfinder Mission - Home Page
Images from NASA of the solar system
The NASA Homepage

Physics

Atomcool Home Page
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine - Department of Physics
The laws list
Nobel Laureates in Physics
Particle adventure- The Particle Adventure is an award-winning site that introduces the theory of fundamental particles and forces, called the Standard Model. It also explores the experimental evidence and the reasons physicists want to go beyond this theory.
Welcome to The Institute of Physics

Weather

Bureau of Meteorology Search

Biology

The biology project
Cosmic ancestry: the modern version of panspermia
CMM image gallery
DNA from the beginning - the basics of genetics are explained at this site using text, animations, images and video interviews.
Genetics Australia - this site can help students and teachers keep up-to-date with the rapid advances in technology related to animal reproduction
The Heart: an online exploration
Molecular Biology & Genetics
The Museum of Human Disease
Plant Cell Biology, Lund University
Remnants - Remnants is an exercise designed to teach you about the kinds of land use and environmental variables that impact on birds in Australia's temperate woodlands. The program is not detailed enough to apply to any specific area, but the rules that determine your final score are based on fact.
Virtual Creatures of Stanford University
Cells Alive

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