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A selection of web addresses covering Can we; should we? concepts for teachers and pupils.

Chester Zoo homepage.
http://www.demon.co.uk/chesterzoo/

Sites with links to many zoo sites.
http://www.where-can-i-find.com/zoos.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/weblinks/categories/zoos1.jsp

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/portal/zoozoo.htm

http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/science/biology/zoology/zoos/

Sites focusing on zoo conservation work.
http://www.zoowatch.freeserve.co.uk/conserve.htm

http://www.cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk/just4fun/faq.htm

This is the Health and Safety Executive. You'll find free leaflets and information on all aspects of safety in the lab, including risk assessment.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/

Fascinating detail on all the techniques scientists use to solve real crimes.
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/index.html

A classic horrific image of a 'spontaneous human combustion' victim.
http://www.forteantimes.com/gallery/shc.shtml

A site on spontaneous human combustion speculating on theories.
http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/articles/ga00003.shtml

Another spontaneous human combustion site, which describes 'real-life' cases.
http://www.alternativescience.com/spontaneous-human-combustion-cases.htm

Report on QED programme debunking spontaneous human combustion with the 'wick effect'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_158000/158853.stm

Food chain sites
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic4.html

http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/epb97/forest/azfoodcw.htm

http://www.sambal.co.uk/ecology.html

Movie and quiz showing the relationship between webs and chains
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/foodchains/index.weml

The flow of energy in a simple food chain
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/4e.html

Turn your class into a food chain
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/bio/projects/foodchan.html

Choose a habitat and find out who eats what
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/foodchains.html

The QCA schemes of work contain a large number of science and citizenship website references for teachers and pupils. You can view the schemes of work at:

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes

and in the Citizenship section of this website.

Association for Science Education (ASE)
http://www.ase.org.uk

Science Year site to keep you up-to-date with what's going on.
http://www.scienceyear.com

The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA), a Science Year partner, are running events throughout Science Year.
http://www.the-BA.net

On-line visitor guide to science centres and attractions around the UK.
http://www.scienceworlds.co.uk/home.asp

ASE SciShop media gallery of images for you to use.
http://www.ase.org.uk/cgi-bin/imagefoliopro/imageFolio.cgi

Many resources for pupils aged 11 - 13, provided by Sambal the cat!
http://www.sambal.co.uk/

An A-Z directory for web links.
http://www.teachersweb.co.uk/intro.html

Teacher resources based on the Guardian archive including weekly topical lessons.
http://www.learn.co.uk

Advice and resources for using ICT in the science classroom, including how to create and manage a school website.
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?temid=98

Resources, a weekly newsletter, links and a teacher forum from TagTeacherNet.
http://www.tagteacher.net

Pupils can search for information through a wide-ranging database of topics.
http://www.kapili.com/index.html

A free information service, with scientists who provide explanations through a searchable database or in response to questions that pupils send in. Home of Scienceline.
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk

An on-line publication that gives pupils the opportunity to publish work they have done.
http://www.sci-journal.org

'Mad Scientist Network' provides answers to email questions.
http://www.madsci.org

  • Does your school have a resources website you'd like others to visit?
  • Have you discovered a great site you think other teachers should see?

We want to enhance this list on the Science Year and ASE websites during the year, so if you would like to recommend a website please send a brief email description to the ASE Science Year team.

 

INFORMATION

These websites are all good sources of information and you could build them into interactive worksheets like those at Schoolscience.

Science Year should be about encouraging the sharing of good resources that work. If you have any resources that you have developed and are happy to share why not do this on the ASE website at www.scishop.org

Some of these web addresses link directly to specific pages. They were correct at our time of press but could have changed in the meantime. If that is the case, using the front section of the url address may link you to the main site.

Wondering what they can do for your school? This list gives you contact details for a large number of learned bodies and professional organisations that support education.

 

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