Science Education Professional Learning Websites

These websites offer professional learning resources for science educators:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - an international non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing science around the world. The web site provides information about its programs; membership and membership activities; the AAAS journal Science; as well as links to many other scientific newsletters, books and reports.

Australian Academy of Science (AAS) - produces NOVA, an educational website for schools, reference books, works on the history of science in Australia and a variety of reports and conference proceedings. The Academy also publishes the Primary Connections, a program that focuses on the teaching and learning of science through literacy, and conducts associated professional learning.

Australian Science Innovations – ASI provides teachers and students throughout the nation with opportunities to enhance their scientific knowledge, understanding and skill, through the delivery of a range of programs.

Deakin University - provides activities grouped in order of increasing sophistication within major conceptual areas of science. They provide a bank of activities that can be readily clustered into learning sequences, and discuss the science conceptual knowledge and strategies for supporting student learning in each topic area. Student misconceptions are also identified.

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace relations (DEEWR) - provides links to science and innovation information, including reports, grant announcements, cooperative research centres, policy issues and reviews, programmes and funding, science agencies and committees and other science education-related links.

Science Teacher's Association of Victoria (STAV) - STAV provides leadership, support services, programs and resources for science education. The web site provides information on resources for teachers, including trial exams and handbooks and student awards and events. This program is offered through the Strategic Partnerships Program (Professional Learning programs).