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ScienceOnline is an interactive resource for students and teachers of science.
The site provides access to a range of activities related to the New Zealand science curriculum for Years 9-11. Both Astronomy and Earth Science have been included as well as the core science areas of Physics, Chemistry and Biology. There are interactive notes and diagrams, self-marking tests, and useful links to other science websites. The site is completely up to date with NCEA requirements at Year 11 with details of achievement standards linked to topics in each of the five subject areas.
ScienceOnline has been developed by Peter Biggs, former science teacher and author of the Blue Science Book, and Sandy McGivern, science teacher, who manages the site.
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For a full list of topics in ScienceOnline, Click here
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The Living World - Biology for Junior Science
Looking at aspects of the living world for Junior Science students - divided into the three topics of Living Things, Plants and the Human Body.
Living Things: Take a look at the building blocks of Biology - classification, microscopes, genetics, adaptations and food chains.
Living things
Classification
Adaptations
Food chains
Cells
Microscopes
Genetic variation
Chromosomes and genes
The World of Plants: Begin an in-depth look into the plant world by finding out more about how plants live.
The importance of plants
Plant structure
Photosynthesis and respiration
Plant life cycle
Germination
Pollination
Fertilisation
Seed dispersal
Asexual reproduction
Monocotyledons and dicotyledons
The Human Body: Find out more about important parts of your body, including your heart, your ears, and your digestive system, to name a few.
The heart
The lungs
Parts of blood
Blood vessels
The eye
The ear
The teeth
Food Identification
Parts of food
Digestive Pathway
Breaking food down
The excretory system
Female reproductive organs
Male reproductive organs
Fertilisation to birth
Puberty
The Physical World - Physics for Junior Science
Looking at aspects of the physical world for Junior Science students - divided into the five topics of Energy, Electricity, Light, Motion and Forces.
Energy: Without energy, our world wouldn't function. Find out more about the different types of energy and how we can change them to our advantage.
Introduction to energy
Energy changes
Measuring energy
Power
Energy and us
Electricity: Once only found in lightening strikes, now it's hard to live without. Discover the ins and outs of electricity.
Electricity Introduction
Conductors & insulators
Cells and batteries
Parts of a circuit
Series vs parallel
Electrical safety
Motion: Take a closer look at speed and acceleration and how to calculate them.
Speed
Showing speed on a graph
Acceleration
Forces: Find out more about forces in the world around us.
Friction forces
Introduction to forces
Measuring forces
The Material World - Chemistry for Junior Science
Looking at aspects of the material world for Junior Science students - divided into the five topics of Making Changes, About Atoms, About Metals, Acids and Bases, and Air and Burning.
Making Changes: Take an in-depth look at the substances around us, elements, compounds and mixtures, and the ways we can alter them - state changes and separating mixtures.
States of matter
Physical and chemical changes
Compounds and mixtures
Separating mixtures
About Atoms: Discover what makes everything tick, the building blocks of the universe - atoms and how they form ions and compounds.
What is an atom?
The Periodic Table
Ions
Ionic compounds
About Metals: One of the most important group of substances we use - find out more about metals and their properties.
The properties of metals
Uses of metals
Acids and Bases: Beverage or cleaner? Find out about acids like the one found in Coca Cola, and their opposites, the bases.
Acids
Bases
The pH scale
Acid reactions
Air and Burning: Hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide - discover why these gases are important to us.
Gases
Burning
Planet Earth and Beyond - Geology and Astronomy for Junior Science
Looking at aspects of our planet and the universe beyond for Junior Science students - divided into Earth Science and Space Science topics.
Earth Science: Discover what makes our planet look as it does - volcanoes, earthquakes, erosion and how rocks are formed.
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
The rock cycle
Soil
Weathering and erosion
Space Science: Planets, stars, tides, eclipses - look into what's going on around us in space.
Inside the solar system
Day and night
Seasons
The Moon
Tides
Eclipses
Asteroids, meteors and comets
Constellations & galaxies
Life of a star
Star differences
The Living World - Biology for Senior Science
Looking at the living world in more detail - focusing on Genetics and Microorganisms (Science 1.3)
Micro-organisms: Take a closer look into bacteria, viruses and fungi.
Fungi
Viruses
Defence against disease
Controlling microbes
AIDS
Uses of micro-organisms
The carbon-oxygen cycle
The nitrogen cycle
Microbes
Bacteria
Genetics: From cell division to Punnett squares to cloning - find out the importance of understanding Genetics.
Cells
Chromosomes
Mitosis
Meiosis
Differences between mitosis and meiosis
Variation in living things
Genetics
Gene charts
Sex determination in humans
Genetic Technology
Chromosomes and DNA
The Material World - Chemistry for Senior Science
Looking at the material world in more detail - focusing on Atomic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Reactions (Science 1.4)
Atomic Chemistry: The building blocks to the world around us - understanding how atoms "behave".
Atoms
The elements
Location of electrons
Ions
Formulae of ionic compounds
Chemical Reactions: Chemical reactions change the substances you have into the substances you want. Here the focus is on acids, bases and metal reactions, as well as how to change the rate of a reaction.
Rates of reactions
Metals and their reactions
Rusting iron
Acids and bases
Neutralisating acids and bases
Organic Chemistry: This organic chemistry section introduces you to alkanes, alkenes and alcohols.
Organic carbon compounds
Alkanes
Alkenes
Alcohols
Planet Earth - Geology for Senior Science
Looking at the Planet Earth in more detail - focusing on Plate Tectonics and the world of Rocks (Science 1.5)
Rocks: Find out more about the different types of rocks and their properties, plus a look at fossils.
Rocks and the rock cycle
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
The minerals in rocks
Identifying a rock
Fossils
Fossil gallery
The erosion of rock
Plate Tectonics: Our ever-changing planet - find out about the forces that shape the Earth.
Structure of the Earth
Plate tectonics
NZ geological history
NZ geology today
NZ volcanoes
NZ earthquakes
Looking at layers
Beyond Planet Earth - Astronomy for Senior Science
Looking at things beyond our planet in more detail - focusing on events in our solar system and the motion of objects in space (Science 1.7)
Planet Earth
Earth's position in space
Day and night
The four seasons
Effects of the Moon
The phases of the Moon
Lunar eclipses
Solar eclipses
Tides
Beyond our Planet
The Sun and the planets
The night sky
Exploring space
Commonly asked questions
The Physical World - Physics for Senior Science
Looking at the physical world in more detail - focusing on Electricity, Heat, Forces and Motion (Science 1.6)
Motion: Taking a look at speed, acceleration and what their graphs can tell us.
Motion and speed
Motion and acceleration
Motion graphs
Forces: Force, weight, work, energy and power.
Forces
Force and acceleration
Work and energy
Power
Heat: An outline of the differences between conduction, convection and radiation.
Heat
Electricity: Different types of circuits and their effect on current, voltage, resistance and power.
Electric current
Circuit symbols
Electric circuits
Current and voltage
Resistance & conductivity
Calculating resistance
Types of resistors
Electrical power
Household electricity
Practical investigations (Achievement Standard 1.1)
How to design, carry out and write up an experiment for Achievement Standard 1.1 (all topics).
Practical investigations Introduction
Planning your Experiment
Carrying out your experiment and processing your results
Writing a Report
Research project (Achievement Standard 1.2)
How to plan and carry out a research assignment for Achievement Standard 1.2 (all topics).
About this achievement standard
Beginning a research project
Referencing your Sources
Linking your Concepts
Introduction to the lab
An introduction to the lab with Lab Safety Rules, a guide to some common pieces of equipment and instructions on how to use a bunsen burner.
Lab safety
Common Lab Equipment
Using a Bunsen Burner
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