Science
- National Geographic - Science
- Questacon study resources links to help with school assignments
- Extreme Science
- Australian Museum Online
- CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club helps people have fun exploring science
- Scope science is fun!
- Scribbly Gum science activities for kids
- Using the Internet in Science teaching provides heaps of curriculum focussed science & technology links for primary students covering Ecosystems, Transport, Living Things, Weather & Energy
- UniServe Links - University of Sydney - science links for secondary student covering Natural Disasters, Global Warming & Genetic Engineering and more, including HSC Material
Astronomy
- Kennedy Space Centre space shuttle information - you can follow a space shuttle countdown as it happens
- NASA , for students, is a huge site, update daily, with fantastic information and pictures
- Nine Planets gives a detailed overview of the history, mythology and current knowledge of each of the planets in our solar system
- Star Child good children’s site for astronomy and space travel
- Stephen Hawking’s Universe is a fascinating site that clearly explains cosmological concepts
- Windows to the Universe innovative site with lots of information about our solar system
Biology
- Biology Mad for those studying A level biology
- Bio Ed Online provides access to biology teacher resources from Baylor College of Medicine
Earth sciences
- Basic Seismology information from the Seismic Research Centre which includes earthquakes in Australia
- Earth Sciences Australia is a good site for students covering many areas - rocks and minerals, geology, palaeontology, weather
- Fossils provides a large range of information about fossils from the Australian museum
- Ozfossils is an interesting site about Australian fossils
- Geoscience Australia: tsunamis gives facts about tsunamis
- Tsunami is an interesting site on the physics of tsunamis
- Volcano World is a site devoted to the volcanoes of our world
- Why the Earth shakes provides a good explanation of how and why earthquakes occur
- Savage Earth explains the science behind volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis
- Inside the Earth
Plants
- Australian National Botanic Gardens has lots of good info about growing, studying and promoting Australia’s flora.
- Botanical.com is an on-line version of a “A Modern Herbal”
Weather
- Bureau of Meteorology weather information for Australia
- Tracking El Nino provides interesting information on this weather phenomenon
- World Climate has typical weather for 10,000 cities around the world