This online resource gives a step-by-step guide of a sheep’s heart dissection.
The resource shows labelled pictures illustrating each step and a good description of the key structures of the heart.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U01 (Year 8), AC9S8U02 (Year 8)
This online resource describes how photovoltaic cells work.
A video describes how the photovoltaic effect works in the doped semiconductors used to generate electricity in solar panels.
This resource would be good for advanced students or for teacher background information.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U06 (Year 9)
This online resource looks at the way human hearing works.
The resource is a video clip (1:37 mins) that explains how ears hear sound. It also includes a basic hearing test that shows how hearing ability degenerates with age and explains why.
This resource is well suited as a remote learning or homework task with students set the task of watching the video and determining if their hearing is appropriate for their age.
This online resource covers the many types of renewable and non-renewable energy.
The website allows students to read about the many different types of renewable and non-renewable energy in simple but effective language.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U05 (Year 8)
This video shows how a battery works.
The TED-EX video explains how a battery turns chemical potential energy into a flow of electrons in a wire that makes a light bulb glow.
This short animation could be useful when introducing electrical circuits, or as part of a web quest on electricity.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S6U03 (Year 6), AC9S8U05 (Year 8), AC9S9U04 (Year 9), AC9S9U05 (Year 9)
This online resource has been created to support the teaching of earth science in Australian schools.
The Earth Science Western Australia (ESWA) website is easy to use and the PDF resources are free to download. They include full lesson plans, teacher support notes, answers, activities and links to other great ESS resources.
This online resource looks at plate tectonics.
The resource is a Youtube video where the presenter shows 5 ways to model the layers of the earth, how tectonic plates move across the Earth’s surface, and the types of boundaries that exist between the plates.
Included are a number of small demonstrations that cover all aspects of the above and teachers can handpick the activities which best suit their class and integrate these into their course.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U03 (Year 8)
This online resource explores the structure of an atom.
The resource allows students to build an atom by dragging protons, electrons and neutrons to appropriate places on screen.
Students are advised if the atom they create is neutral, an ion or unstable. There is also an opportunity for students to complete a game version of this activity.
The active component of this resource can be downloaded or embedded into a web page.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U06 (Year 9)
This online resource explains terms associated with genetic inheritance.
The terms covered by this resource include: inheritance, phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, gametes, and alleles. They also detail the process of sex determination.
The information is concise and is a good introduction or revision for students.
The students can also do a quiz at the end to test their understanding.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U01 (Year 10)
This online resource investigates Newton's second law of motion.
The resource is an interactive web page that focuses on the concept of Newton’s second law and the link between mass, acceleration and net force.
Interactive quizzes enable students to immediately practice what they learn. Further, 'Check Your Understanding' problems appear at the bottom of the page for students to try.
It also has links to Student Extras and Teacher’s Guides and links to follow-on tutorials are also provided.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
