iCentre: Teacher Resources: Science

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Databases relevant to Science Subjects

Most of the following databases are paid subscriptions. You will need usernames and passwords to access these. Click on the image below to access the usernames and passwords.

You can search each database individually or you can go through the OneSearch option. Click the Senior School One Search image below, to search all databases at the one time.

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Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary research database. It provides full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources.
Britannica
Britannica offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate encyclopedias.
EBSCO eBook High School Collection
This collection provides full-text e-books that align with their school’s curricula. It includes a selection of classic literary works, important historical documents and general reference materials.
Ebsco eBooks
EBSCO offers more than one million high-quality e-book titles and 100,000 audiobooks from more than 1,500 major academic publishers and University Presses from around the world.
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks is a platform that is a single source for eReference on virtually any subject.
Global Issues in Context
Global Issues In Context supports awareness and provides perspective on global issues, while tying together a wealth of authoritative content: empowering learners to critically analyse and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
Informit
Informit is the leading single source of journal articles, periodicals, books and policy papers written by experts and specialists in Australia. For off-site access you will need a login: follow the link at the top of this page to access our Usernames and Passwords.
IBISWorld
A team of dedicated expert analysts research economic, demographic and government data. They provide valuable up-to-date insights on Australia’s 750 industries, its top 2,000 companies and its key business environment indicators.
JStor
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources relevant to all subjects.
Newsbank
Access is provided via direct link. Click the Newsbank logo to be directed to our BYOD site, scoll down to Newsbank for direct link. "This fully searchable online resource offers the complete text of thousands of news articles, editorials, obituaries, classifieds and more from around the world. Coverage for most titles starts in the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s and continues through the present day. Includes influential news sources from every state and territory in Australia."
Web of Science
Web of Science delivers access to scholarly works across the Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Access is limited to on site unless you register for roaming access. Registration remains current for 6 months after which you must reregister.

Science Online Subscriptions

Online Subscriptions

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Usernames and passwords are available via the link in the first column of this guide.

Education Review
"Published since 1997, Education Review is Australia’s leading independent K–12 education print and digital content provider. [Their] widely respected journalists engage an audience of more than 80,000 educators every month, delivering over 35,000 leads a year in an industry worth about $84 billion per annum."
Education HQ
"EducationHQ is the central place to connect with, and contribute to, the wider education community. The platform provides an opportunity to publish articles, resources and more to [their] network ... "
Educational Leadership
"Since 1943, Educational Leadership has been a trusted source of evidence-based, peer-to-peer guidance and inspiration." This publication is US-based.

Science

We have subscriptions to the following websites and professional associations.

See your Head of Faculty for access details.

Resources

STEM Resources for the Classroom

STEM Resources
"If you're looking for some of the most engaging and informative STEM resources out there, look no further. The following list has over 40 of them for you to explore and try out with your curious students."
The Concord Consortium
"You want to help your students to learn more math and science. So do we. That’s why we’ve spent over 20 years using technology to bring science and math ideas alive.

The best part about it? Hundreds of our resources are free, research-based, and available for you to use today. As a non-profit organization, we’re committed to quality science and math. And we’re focused on showing the world how technology can lead to better learning."
Introducing Evolution
This is a Teacher site produced by the Smithsonian introducing Evolution and contains videos, text, interactives and student resources.
Citizen Sort
This site has a collection of science games, including a vast role-playing game to teach sustainability, environmentalism and general science, and a citizen science project to match wildlife in images to help real scientists.
Science Daily
Founded in 1995, Science Daily has been delivering breaking sciences news from over 20 years and draws more than 6 million monthly visitors, among them students, educators, and amateur aficionados from around the world. The special section, Evolution News, narrows the focus of the periodical's wide coverage to topics related to evolution, such as genetics, sexual selection, and biological diversity. Recent articles have examined a study about how dogs read human emotions, the common ancestor that predated both humans and neanderthals, and the random mutation that likely spurred the development of multicellular organisms, and many more. Readers will also find engaging videos, such as the profile of a lab that is studying how crickets jump in order to develop a better robot.
Assist
Search this site for resources for the teaching of Science. It specifically supports Science Teachers and Laboratory Assistants.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
"Access to historical maps, artwork, fossils, and documents may be a welcome addition to your teaching of historical guided inquiry, visual thinking skills, or animal adaptation. With a range of sources at hand, students can use creative thinking skills to construct knowledge via observation, organisation and annotation of resource collections."
Practical Biology
A collection of experiments that demonstrate biological concepts and processes.
Project Noah
"Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere."
NASA's Climate Kids Website
An interactive website which provides games, activities and resources related to climate change.
NASA's Climate Time Machine
Play with the Climate Time Machine. See back into the past and ahead to a possible future.
How much Arctic sea ice has melted just since satellites started observing around 30 years ago?
What parts of the world will be under water as sea level rises, inch by inch, foot by foot?
How much has the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide increased in the air just in the last few years?
How much has temperature risen around the world in just a little over 100 years?
BioEd Online
"BioEd Online, is an online educational resource for educators, students, and parents. BioEd Online utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects. Our goal is to provide useful, accurate, and current information and materials that build upon and enhance the skills and knowledge of science educators."
The Invisible War
Download this Graphic Novel which contains: 64 pages of the beautifully illustrated WWI story, combined with links to 44 pages of easy-to-read historically and scientifically accurate explanations.
Science Teaching Activities