[JnrSci4Schools] Term 3 update

[UniServe Science]

Dear Stage 4 & 5 teachers

In our Term 1 email message, we told you about 
Teachers’ Domain, the web site developed by WGBH 
Educational Foundation, which contains multimedia 
resources from the various PBS educational 
activities and supported by background essays and 
discussion.  Another useful source for multimedia 
material is the Video Center at How Stuff 
Works.  The videos are from a range of sources 
such as NASA, Discovery Channel, Science Channel 
as well as some produced by Marshall Brain at How 
Stuff Works.  The collection of videos is 
extensive but vary greatly in content, quality 
and usefullness.  We have constructed a page to 
help identify those videos in the collection 
appropriate to the NSW syllabuses.  We would 
welcome your feedback on any of the videos you 
have integrated into your teaching.

Our page can be found at:
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/addres/hswvideocenter.html

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New page added to UniServe Science web site

Embedding Indigenous Science
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage4_5/indigenousscience.html

We have targeted six areas within the Stage 4 & 5 
Syllabus and identified resources to provide an 
indigenous perspective to the content.  The areas include
Astronomy, Meteorology and the seasons, Bush 
Tucker and Medicines, Ochres, Dyes and Utensils, 
Weapons, and Musical instruments and noise makers.

The page can be at:
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage4_5/indigenousscience.html
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National Science Week, 16-24 August
Planet Earth: Planet of Change

In 1994, a group of students from a primary 
school in Western Australia began a campaign to 
have the Gogo Fish fossils accepted as the State 
Fossil emblem of Western Australia.  They 
achieved their goal the following year when it 
was made official and in doing so learnt about 
fossils, the geology of their state and Australia.

Western Australia remains the only Australian 
state to have a fossil emblem. One state has a 
mineral emblem, while three states have gemstone emblems.  Can you name these?

We have created a series of WebQuests (one for 
each state and Northern Territory, to guide 
students into investigating possible emblems (fossil, gemstone and mineral).

Other WebQuests look at landforms on Australia and Australian Volcanoes.

They can be found at:
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/sciweek/2008/
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New topics at Nova, Science in the News, Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/nova/

Stormwater – helping to tackle Australia's water crisis
Bushfires spark extensive search for answers

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Education Resources available from the Geological Society of Australia

The Society has developed some fact sheets and 
quizzes on geological topics which can be found 
at their Geofacts and Activities for the 
Classroom web page at 
<http://www.gsa.org.au/resources/education.html>http://www.gsa.org.au/resources/education.html

Currently available fact sheets cover 
earthquakes, tsunamis, rocks, gold, iron, zinc and copper.

The Society is also giving teachers the 
opportunity to prepare similar resources on 
topics of their choice for inclusion on their web site.

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Find out about Australia’s own geothermal energy 
source – the Hot Fractured Rock (HFR) from the 
Geodynamics web site at 
<http://www.geodynamics.com.au/IRM/content/educationroom.html>http://www.geodynamics.com.au/IRM/content/educationroom.html

A teaching resources is available at
http://www.geodynamics.com.au/IRM/content/educationroom_studentshowcases.html

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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