Madame Marie Curie was the first ever to win two Nobel Prizes. Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911

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Sir Howard Florey - Won the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on penicillin

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Won the 1960 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on organ transplantation.











 

The Earth & Its Surroundings

Houston Chronicle - A Newspaper of All Things Space Related
SPACE.com - If your doing a unit on Space drop in here for a look. 
The Sky - Good Space Introductory Site
NASA for Kids - Need I type more?
Sky Maps - Print out a map of the evening sky
Heavens Above - Find out when the International Space Station and
many other satellites are passing over your head and where to look for them.

Your Weight on other Planets - Type in your weight on Earth and see how
much you would weigh on each the planets in the Solar System.

The Nine Planets
- Lots of Information on the Objects in the Solar System.

The Mars Odyessy - Check out how the latest mission to Mars is going.
The Space Shuttle
- Current Mission Live 
Southern Skies
- A Sydney Planetarium that visits schools
Earth & Sky
- Daily Audio and Info
NASA Image Exchange - Search for Space Pictures
Satellite Tracking
- View Current Satellite Locations
Latest Hubble Images - what has the Hubble been looking at?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Hubble
Cassini: Voyage to Saturn - Where is it Now? 

Galileo Home Page - What is it Doing Now? 
Bradford -Robotic -Telescope
International Space Station
Jonathan's Space Report
-What's Going this Week
Mars Global Surveyor - Check out What is Happening on Mars NOW! 
Welcome to Mars

Mars Pathfinder Mission
NASA Spacelink
Planetary Photojournal
Space Calendar (JPL)
SEDS- Students for the Exploration & Development of Space 
Views of the Solar System
Galaxy Guide
Mir Space Station
Explorezone: Earth, space, weather news and reference
SATSCAPE
- download this free satellite tracking program to see what's
going on above and around you.

Sir John Carew Eccles - 1963 Nobel Prize for Medicine - Brain Physiology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 1975 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Sir John Warcup Cornforth for his work on steriod synthesis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity

The Atoms Family - Good General Site on Electricity
Electricity- interactive site to learn how electric circuits work in
everyday appliances

"Electricity" Misconceptions Spread By K-6 Textbooks
Theatre of Electricity
 
Children's Science
Dragonfly- An Amazing Science Site
Eco-Explorer - fun and informative site for environment friendly living,
esspeciallly designed for stage 2 students
Mad Science
Beakman's World - a wonderful science presenter with heaps of cool activities.

Floating & Sinking - Buoyancy 

Animals and Other Living Things
Endangered Species
The Sea - Great Site For Yr3 Unit
Under the Microscope Gallery
plantcare.com - How to Care for Indoor and Outdoor Plants

Become a Butterfly Expert here!

ABC TV's Our Australian Animals - goes with the TV show.
Kid's Planet - Thinking of Writing about Animals. Check this out! 

Science Teacher Stuff

Science Teaching...the best of it!
Minnetonka School District Science Center
The Myth of the Scientific MethodCyber Junk! Anti-Science!

Meteorology A to Z - Weather Explanations & Experiments - A little Techo
Off to a Flying Start
- Sailing, Sinking Soaring Science

Benjamin Franklin as A Scientist

Science Magazine - Lots of general interest stuff for those into Science
Kidport
- A simple site with lots of interesting Science

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