[JnrSci4Schools] Term 2 update: indigenous science, experiment, resource, upcoming events

[UniServe Science]

Dear Science Teachers

Welcome back for term 2

We have upgraded our Stage 4 & 5 Resources

Many of the existing pages have been updated to 
better reflect the syllabus and to ensure 
currency of links.  A new page on Nanotechnology is under development.

We have added a new resource to the Stage 4 & 5 
section of the web site.  These resources support 
the Embedding of Indigenous Science into the 
curriculum.  The resources cover Meteorology and 
the Seasons, Astronomy and Cosmology, Use of 
natural Resources, Weapons and Musical 
Instruments and Noise makers.  The resources can 
be found at 
<http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage4_5/indigenousscience.html>http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage4_5/indigenousscience.html
Feedback welcome
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For up-to-date science: Check out this web site

The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of 
physicians and researchers from Cambridge 
University who use radio, live lectures, and the 
Internet to strip science down to its bare 
essentials, and promote it to the general public. 
Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme, 
The Naked Scientists, reaches a potential 
audience of 6 million listeners across the east 
of England, and also has an international following on the web.

<http://www.thenakedscientists.com/>http://www.thenakedscientists.com/


An experiment for your keen students to try at home
Crystals on a piece of wool
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/crystals-on-a-piece-of-wool/
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 From the NOVA web site, Australian Academy of Science

Sounding out the secrets of the sea
<http://www.science.org.au/nova/102/102key.htm>http://www.science.org.au/nova/102/102key.htm
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  Upcoming lecture

Please Explain!

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
The University of Sydney
5:30pm for 5:45pm – 6:45pm

Dr Karl is at it again! At ‘Please Explain,’ Dr 
Karl will take you on another thoroughly 
entertaining exploration of the world around us. 
Do diamonds really last forever? Is a yawn a 
silent scream for air? Do you have to be dying to 
have a near-death experience? Find out at this 
Sydney Science Forum! Come and hear some amazing 
stories from the world of science, and at the end 
of the lecture, ask your own weird and wacky 
questions – Dr Karl will be ready to explain!

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STANSW 5th Annual K-8 "Science and Technology" Conference 2008

27th June, will commence at the IMAX Theatre then 
move to the Powerhouse Museum and finish with 
wine and cheese on the harbour with Lessons Afloat.
http://www.stansw.asn.au/

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24th July, 2008
Australian National Chemistry Week
<http://www.raci.org.au/national/events/chemistryweek.html>http://www.raci.org.au/national/events/chemistryweek.html

The 2008 Australian National Chemistry Quiz

<http://www.raci.org.au/national/events/nationalchemistryquiz.html>http://www.raci.org.au/national/events/nationalchemistryquiz.html
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Regards

Kaye
Kaye Placing
Educational Technologist, UniServe Science - Science Clearinghouse
Carslaw Building (F07), The University of Sydney, NSW    2006

BioSciCH at mail.usyd.edu.au
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/
Tel: +61 2 9351 2960    Fax: +61 2 9351 2175
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