Science Reviews

Science Web Site Reviews

Subject: Science     ID: 2176
Title: Anatomy of the Heart
Description: Although the author spent many years in medical training to become a cardiologist, the basic heart anatomy that he presents here is the foundation for everything that he learnt. At this web site you can assemble a heart and look at the circulation process in an interesting hands-on, experiential way, which provides a good working knowledge of how the body’s most vital organ is organised and operates.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 5-12   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2177
Title: Angry Red Planet
Description: When you volunteered to help oversee the simulated spaceflight to Mars, everyone warned you that the job would be boring. That was before the oxygen started getting low and . . . . In this excellent science mystery story students will work their way through some challenging chemistry and space science.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 5-9   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2178
Title: BioInteractive
Description: Bio-interactive is a virtual bacterial identification lab and also hosts an excellent collection of animations highlighting interaction of bacteria with blood cells. The site also has available some excellent video clips of science news and science lectures. The Virtual Museum allows students to click and pan through virtual exhibits of microbes, cardiology and the senses. This is an extensive and impressive site.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 9-12   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2184
Title: Biology4Kids: Plants
Description: If you are not a microbe and you are not an animal, chances are you are a plant! This website introduces plants, their common features, how they survive and carry out photosynthesisasl as wide range of varieties that exists around the world. There are sections here dealing with the reproduction, the xylem and phloem vessels and the different classifications of plants.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 0-10   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2175
Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Description: When a teacher recently commented that they could run their entire science programme from this web site I was somewhat dubious but now having visited the site and seen its potential, I am still dubious about the whole science programme but you could certainly teach a fairly large part of it from here! This programme has a huge following and for good reason
Rating: ******
Level:  part science, part fiction and very intriguing. Check out a case to get an idea of the potential of this as a context for teaching many of your science topics.   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2179
Title: FermiLabyrinth
Description: The famous Fermi laboratories and research facility provides an introduction to high-speed particle collisions via this excellently presented web site. With topics such as "Warp Speed", "Ghost Bustin’", Code Crackin’", and "Law and Order", this high-tech facility brings down to ground level the concepts and ideas behind high-speed particle physics in a manner that is both entertaining and highly educational.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 9-12   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2185
Title: River of Venom
Description: They set up the lab deep in the Amazon rainforest. They wanted to make killer bees less deadly. What they didn't want was to start a rampage. A scientist at the brink of death. A researcher in agony with hundreds of bee stings. And you're stuck in the middle. Can you find the way out? Test your scientific sleuthing in the "River of Venom", an excellent science mystery story.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-10   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2180
Title: The Adventures of Echo the Bat
Description: In this science adventure students can follow Echo on his adventure to his winter hibernaculum and learn all about remote sensing and the use of false colour satellite images to help them find Echo. They will also discover the electromagnetic spectrum and how to use it to see things that are sometimes invisible to our own eyes.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-10   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2181
Title: The Blackout Syndrome
Description: A mother rushes to the hospital. Her child is bleeding uncontrollably from the eyes hands and mouth. Where did this mysterious disease come from? What is it? How can it be stopped? This is an excellent science mystery for students to solve and, along the way, learn all about the transmission of micro-organisms that may cause disease.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 6-11   On the web

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Subject: Science     ID: 2186
Title: The Image
Description: The focus of this web site is on images of minerals and gemstones. The Mineral Gallery presents photographs of 172 different minerals via 866 photos. The Gemstone Gallery contains data on 20 different gems and minerals and includes 150 photographs. There's also background information on digital photography, and a bibliography dealing with minerals and gemstones. A collector's item.
Rating: ******
Level: Ideal for year levels 4-9   On the web

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