| Department of Education and Science sites: | URL: |
| Department of Education and Science | http://www.education.ie |
| State Examinations Commission | http://www.examinations.ie |
| National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | http://www.ncca.ie |
| Scoilnet, the NCTE schools website | http://www.scoilnet.ie |
| Teacher Support Network sites: | URL: |
| Second Level Support Service - Physics and Chemistry | http://www.slss.ie/ |
| Biology Support Service | http://biology.slss.ie |
| Chemistry Support Service | http://chemistry.slss.ie/ |
| Physics Support Service | http://physics.slss.ie/ |
| Irish Science Teachers' Association - membership is open to all teachers of science | http://www.ista.ie/ |
| The Association for Science Education (UK) - membership is open to all teachers of science | http://www.ase.org.uk.ie/ |
| National Science Teachers Assocation (USA) - membership is open to all teachers of science | http://www.nsta.org/ |
| Resource sites: | URL: |
| Concept Cartoons offer excellent starting points for discussion and thinking | http://www.conceptcartoons.com/index_flash.html |
| Science Enhancement Programme - focuses on scientific enquiry and practical work, scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding, scientific research and developments | http://www.sep.org.uk/ |
| Drawing tool for both teachers and pupils | http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/words/diagram.htm |
| Puzzle makers | http://www.puzzlemaker.com |
| Crossword construction kit | http://www.crosswordkit.com/ |
| Wordsearch construction kit | http://www.wordsearchkit.com/download.htm |
| Hot Potatoes software - construct crosswords, wordsearches, cloze test, matching exercises | http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/ |
| Chemical Jigsaw Puzzle | http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/jigsaw.html |
| PhET - Physics Education Technology, interactive physics animations from the Unversity of Colorado | http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/index.html |
| Freezeray Interactive Science Resources | http://www.freezeray.com/home.htm |
| Biology Corner | www.biologycorner.com |
| BBC Schools site - human body interactive games | http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/ |
| Science photograph library - teachers can register, then download and use the images, as long as credit for source is given | http://www.sciencephoto.com |
| Science Smarties - a variety of assessments for each topic of the Junior Cert. syllabus, from a TeachNet Ireland site | http://www.teachnet.ie/mamond/2006 |
| Science, Technology and Society sites | URL: |
| Ingenious Ireland | http://www.ingeniousirelandonline.ie |
| The science behind the news | http://whyfiles.org/ |
| Science and technology in action | www.sciencetechnologyaction.com |
| Science trail at the science centre, Birr castle | www.birrcastle.com |
| General Interest sites: | URL: |
| Skoool.ie has a section on science | http://skoool.ie |
| How Stuff Works | http://www.howstuffworks.com/ |
| Natural History Museum of Ireland | http://www.museum.ie/naturalhistory/ |
| Explore materials science | http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/ |
| NASA Astrobiology Institute | http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/students/index.cfm |
| Schoolscience | http://www.schoolscience.co.uk |
| Exploratorium - interactive with many DIY experiments | http://www.exploratorium.edu/ |
| Timeline for events in science and mathematics | http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/science/sciehist.html |
| European Space Agency Human Spaceflight - teachers can request a free copy of the Education Kit aimed at students aged 12-15 | http://www.esa.int/export/esaHS/SEMT0IXLDMD_education_0.html |
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