Chapter 9
http://www.melbournewater.com.au
CD-ROM: The Home Water Investigator
The Melbourne Water website links to other useful websites. Information includes where our water comes from, storm water drains, the water cycle and how to save water. The CD-ROM available from Melbourne Water is a valuable resource.
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au
The Environment Protection Authority (Victoria) site provides a lot of useful information about protecting and managing our waterways.
http://www.waterwatch.org.au
The Waterwatch Australia site offers opportunities to join and contribute data to this national, community water quality monitoring network, and to access case studies and fact sheets.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au
The Department of Sustainability and Environment site contains useful information about water resources.
http://www.csiro.au
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) site contains information about up-to-date research on our waterways.
http://www.howstuffworks.com
This site contains comprehensive details on how just about anything works.
http://www.bom.gov.au
The Bureau of Meteorology site has information on water resources. It also has a hotlink to he World Water Council.
http://www.unesco.org/water
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website contains images and information about water supplies around the world.
http://www.bubblemania.com.au
These energetic performers have students and teachers spell-bound with their bubbles tricks.
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The video The Incredible Life of Slime Moulds will have your students absolutely fascinated. Live cultures of these moulds can be purchased for growing in the laboratory. Stereomicroscopes and digital time-lapse photography equipment is also available.
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