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General

• ABC Science
• Catalyst
• BBC Science
• Australian Academy of Science
• CSIRO

Topics in the Life Sciences

These are broken down into core topics, followed by a variety of themes.

Cell Biology

Nature Education: Cell biology

Ecosystems and Biodiversity

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• National History Museum
• Australian Ecosystems (AE)

Human Evolution

• Australian Museum: Human Evolution
• Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History - Introduction to Human Evolution

Human Genetics

• University of Utah - Health Sciences - Tour of Basic Genetics

Biotechnology

• The Human Genome Research Institute

Climate

• Australian Government: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Adapting to a changing climate
• Australian Government: Department of the Environment - Climate change
• PNAS - Climate change effects on agriculture: Economic responses to biophysical shocks

Plant production

• Plant health Australia
• Science Learning: Plant reproduction

Animal production

• Australian Government: Biosecurity inspection and quarantine - Includes links to a variety of topics including animal pests and diseases
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations - Animal production

Impacts of production on natural ecosystems

• Australian Government: Department of the Environment - Biodiversity Home Page
• Australian Government: Our natural environment
• Bush Heritage Australia: Land clearing & its impacts
• Cool Australia: Pollution is everywhere

Biotechnology

• Australian Government: National pest & disease outbreaks
• CSIRO - Genetic modification

Environmental theme

• National Geographic - Freshwater 101: Aquatic ecosystems
• National Research Infrastructure Australia: TERN - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Population dynamics

• United Nations - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP): Population dynamics

Human activities (Australian context)

• Australian Geographic: Australian endangered species list

Biotechnology

• Scitable by Nature Education - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

The Nature of Matter

• PBS Learning Media: Particulate nature of matter

Cellular processes

• BBC Bitesize: Photosynthesis

Chemical reactions for life

• BBC Bitesize: Enzymes and digestion

Biotechnology

• The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) - Resources for schools: Making human insulin
• Biofuels Association of Australia

Marine studies

• The Encyclopedia of Earth: Marine biodiversity

Materials Input/Output

• MarineBio: The Deep sea
• MarineBio: The Structures and adaptations to Marine Living
• National Ocean Service: What is nutrient pollution?

Multicellular organisms

• Australian Marine Conservation Society: Tasmania's Marine Parks

Ecosystem dynamics

• National Geographic: Marine food chains and biodiversity
• Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management: The Nutrient Cycle
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Climate change impacts on the marine environment

Biotechnology

• CSIRO: Breeding better salmon