The following statement was formally adopted by the 23rd General Assembly of IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) in Atlanta, March 20, 1999.

Importance of Physics to Society

Famous Physics Nobel laureates connected with Australia

• William Lawrence Bragg and William Henry Bragg (Father and son)
• Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
• Brian P. Schmidt

Physics Data and Resources

• Web Elements (Periodic Table)
• Physlink
• IOP Spark
  
• The Net Advance of Physics (MIT)
• PACS numbering scheme (APS)

Physics Institutions

• University Physics Departments in Australia and New Zealand
• Physics Research Institutions in Australia and New Zealand
• Physics Societies Around the World

Student Competitions

• Sydney University School of Physics – “Build Something” competition
• University of Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge
• YSA Science Challenge
  • Science Calendar

In-service Courses

• NSW High School Physics Teachers Inservice Course for Science Years 7 – 10.

School Science syllabus’

• The new NSW 7 – 10 Science syllabus (Draft)
• The Board of Studies.
• NSW Department of Education and Training.

HSC Information (NSW)

• The latest Board of Studies HSC Syllabus (pdf file).
  • More details available here.
• Universities Admissions Centre [NSW & ACT] Pty. Ltd.
• HSC Resources page (UNSW)

Science Equipment

• Science Online Australia’s first dedicated Science industry online community. Lab equipment and consumerables for laboratories.
• Schoolzone – the UK.s No. 1 Education Site.
• Getting it to Work – a manual for high school science teachers to provide basic instructions for teachers to help them in setting up difficult demonstrations and laboratory equipment. Previously available online as a PDF file.

Conferences and Exhibitions

• Innovative Approaches to Teaching Science conference sponsored by CUTSD.

Societies and Associations

• Sydney University Physics Education Research Group (SUPER)
• Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA)
• Australian Science Teachers Association
• American Association of Physics Teachers.
• National Science Teachers Association (USA).
• Mathematics and Science Expert Panels (USA).
• Science Literacy for a Changing Future run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, USA).

Lecture Demonstration Resources

• PIRA Homepage Physics Instructional Resource Association. Includes a database of recommended demonstrations for physics courses.
• NCSU Physics Demoroom Keith Warren’s page at North Carolina State University.
• Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility University of Maryland.

Teaching Resources

• Education Guides
  
• PedagoNet is a learning resources search engine. Find and post immediately your resources there.
• ABC Science
• Educational Science Games
  
• Smile Program Physics Index
  
• Physics Demonstrations bu Julien C. Sprott.
• Science in the News Australian Academy of Science.
• Science Gems
• Exploratorium. A science Museum in San Francisco.
• Science Hobbyist including a good list of science myths.
• Teach-nology physics links.
• Energy and Electricity Units -maths and meaning

Alternative Teaching Strategies

• Modelling workshops
• CPU project (Constructing Physics Understanding)
• TiP (Theory into Practice) Database. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.
• Teaching attitude survey

Software

• Fourier Synthesis
• FFT analyser

Books

• Physics 2000, Physics as it enters a New Millennium. Prepared by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (464k PDF file).
• Review of Middle School Physical Science Texts (2000).

Education Centres

• CSIRO Science Education Centres (CSIROSECs).
• The Helix is the magazine of CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club.
• Science for School Students, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney.

Overseas Employment

• Teacher Search