Resources

Here you will find additional information for students and teachers.  The following links contain ASTA resources, from student and teacher projects through to external website links and ASTA journals and publications.

Further Information

  • Teaching Science
    Teaching Science is the flagship journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association.

  • Bush Blitz Teacher Resource Booklet

  • National Science Week Resources
    In this section you will find additional supporting resources for past ASTA National Science Week teacher resource books. You will also find order forms for the resource books.

  • 'Charles Darwin - A Voyage of Discovery' teacher resource book

  • SPECTRA
    SPECTRA stands for Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities. It is a national program organised by the Australian Science Teachers Association.

  • Footprints

  • Backyard Science
    The Backyard Science: Primary Teaching Resource (DVD-ROM), a high-quality interactive teaching and learning resource for non-specialist science educators, is based on the acclaimed Backyard Science television series (Beyond Distribution, Australia).

  • ABC Teachers' Resource Pilot

  • ASTArix
    ASTArix is an email list for Australian science educators, provided and administered by the Australian Science Teachers Association(ASTA). ASTArix has been set up to provide a means of rapid communication and professional interaction between Science teachers and educators across Australia. It also serves as a means of communication from ASTA to the Science education community. One email address will allow communication with all members of the list. ASTA encourages the use of ASTArix as a discussion medium of benefit to all Science teachers and educators at all levels.

  • Window to the Universe
    Window to the Universe A resource for teachers of students in Years 9 - 10.

  • Professional Standards for Teachers

  • Teacher Earth Science Education Programme
    The Teacher Earth Science Education Programme (TESEP) is a professional development series of eight workshops for science teachers of years 7-10.

  • Website Advertising
    Online banner advertising is now becoming a major source of exposure for educational organisations. ASTA can now offer website advertising on our home page.

  • Bayer Periodic Tables
    ASTA currently has a number of FREE copies of the Bayer Periodic Table that was distributed in the Spring edition of Teaching Science for 2007.

  • CONASTA Resources

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