Educational

This online resource looks at human involvement in the Greenhouse Effect.

The resource provides information suitable for Year 9 and 10 students on the role of the Earth's Greenhouse Effect and the impact of human activities in enhancing the effect.

The web page provides a range of historical data sets for average global temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. It also provides information about the range of greenhouse gases and examines the use of climate modelling in determining the causes and impacts of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect.

This online resource looks at the consequence of rising sea levels.

The resource is a web page that focuses on the specific problems facing the Pacific island nation of Kirabati.

The web page provides a teacher's guide and resources that focus on teaching students how to use their knowledge and understanding of scientific principles to evaluate evidence and make value judgements based on scientific data about the causes and impacts of rising sea levels.

This online resource investigates the advantages and disadvantages of vaccination.

The resource gives details on an activity that investigates the advantages and disadvantages of vaccination against Ebola.

The downloadable resources include a step-by-step teacher guide to examining the evidence and a PowerPoint presentation containing student worksheets.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U01 (Year 9)

This online resource focuses on climate change and its effects.

The resource gives details for a sequence of two lessons that focus on potential effects of climate change.

Students examine scientific evidence using an inquiry approach.

The package includes 2 lesson plans and a teacher guide.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U04 (Year 10)

This downloadable resource helps teach younger students about the physical world.

The resource outlines a number of practical activities and challenges designed to support and engage Foundation to Year 2 students when exploring the physical world.

This inquiry-based teaching resource guide provides advice and ideas on how to engage and challenge the thinking of students.

It also outlines a range of practical tasks on dealing with motion, magnetism, sound, light and simple machines.

This online resource examines issues concerning biodegradable plastic bags.

The resource details a student activity where students examine biodegradable plastic bags as a possible alternative to ordinary plastic bags.

The EU has approved tough new measures to slash the use of plastic bags. New targets were implemented to force each country to reduce plastic bag use by 80% before 2019.

This online teaching introduces younger students to movement and motion.

The resource details ways of engaging and supporting Foundation Year students when learning about the concepts of movement and motion.

This inquiry-based unit provides advice on conducting investigations into moving toys, ways of moving and body parts that move.

It includes 7 lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that support its implementation.

This unit of work introduces younger students to the concept of forces.

The resource details ways of engaging younger students when learning about forces by investigating moving toys, floating and sinking, air and flight.

It provides advice and details activities designed to involve students in investigating how a push or a pull moves an object.

It includes 8 lesson plans, student worksheets and other resources that will support its implementation.

New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)

This online resource looks at the speed at which objects fall.

By close observation of falling objects, students will see that it is the amount of air resistance, not the weight of an object, that determines how quickly an object falls.

A downloadable worksheet is available for students to record their results and answer questions.

Plenty of background information is provided for teachers to make this a very thorough lesson.

Answers to questions posed to students are given throughout the lesson plan in brackets.

This online resource investigates the concept of escape velocity.

The resource provides a lesson plan for investigating the effect of gravity between two objects as well as exploring the concept of escape velocity.

Students will be able to see that when the velocity of a spacecraft becomes too great for gravity to hold it in orbit, it will escape orbit and travel away from the planet.

The site includes worksheets that allow students to record their results and answer questions.