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Resources for students of Stage 6 Earth and Environmental Science
The following table indicates some of the textbooks published to support the Earth and Environmental Science course. The information was provided by publishers and was current at March 2007.
| Publisher | Text |
|---|---|
| Pascal Press | Excel E&ES (Preliminary and HSC) |
| Cambridge University Press | Earth and Environmental Science. The HSC Course Tom Hubble, Iain Imlay-Gillespie, Christopher Huxley A text for HSC course. (Separate text for Preliminary course.) |
| Pascal Press | Excel Senior High School Earth and Environmental Science |
| Science Press | Spotlight Earth and Environmental Science: HSC Heffernan, David et al A single text for Preliminary and HSC |
Useful web sites
- The Earth and Environmental Science section
of the UniServe Science.
- UniServe
Science
, a site maintained by Sydney University, seeks to enhance the quality of
university and school science teaching by maintaining and disseminating information
on up-to-date and innovative materials for use throughout Australia. The site
also publishes reviews, criticism and ideas related to teaching and learning
materials for science. It is a great starting point if you or your students
are seeking information on syllabus content. The site has recommended module-specific
links.
Bibliography
Australian Academy of Science. Fixing the foundations: the role of soil science in solving Australia's crisis in land and water management. 1999 (The report of a symposium organised by the Australian Academy of Science held on 11-12 November 1999.)
Australian Academy of Science. 1990, Environmental Science. Australian
Academy of Science, Canberra.
Australian Academy of Science. 1990, Environmental Science Teachers Guide.
Australian Academy of Science, Canberra.
Archer, M., et al. 1991, Riversleigh - The story of animals in the ancient rainforest of inland Australia. Reed Books.
Berra, T.M. 1998, A Natural History of Australia. UNSW Press.
Branagan, D. and Packham, G. 2000, Field Geology of New South Wales 2000. Revised edition. NSW Department of Mineral Resources.
Bunn, D. J. 1990, Physics for a modern world, Jacaranda Press.
(Excellent plate of stellar spectrum on p 472)
Clark, I.F. and Cook, B.J. 1990, Geological Science, Perspectives of the Earth. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra.
Cull, R. and Heffernan, D. A. 1998, People, Science and Society, Longman
Cheshire Melbourne.
(A good section on stellar evolution astronomy, p 210-217)
Dolgoff, A. 1998, Essentials of Physical Geology. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Flannery,T., et. al. 1994, The future eaters: An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people. Reed New Holland.
Gould, S.J. 1993, The book of Life. Ebury Hutchinson, London.
Laidler, G. 1985, Environmental Chemistry: An Australian Perspective. Longman Cheshire.
Mignone, J. et al. 1996, Resources – working for the right balance. Department of Primary Industry and Resources, South Australia. (A Multi-media kit)
New Scientist, May 20, 1995. “Inside Science No. 81: The Geological Time Scale” (Useful for Module 9.3)
New Scientist, December 11, 1999. “Inside Science no. 126: Mass Extinctions”. (Useful for Module 9.3)
NSW Department of , Minerals and Petroleum Project Maps of New South Wales,
(Broadsheet map)
Available online
NSW Department of Primary Industries 1997, Layers of Time: The Blue Mountains and their Geology. (Booklet)
Simpson, A., Winchester-Seeto, T. and Mathieson, D. 2000, Teaching Palaeontology Down-Under 2000, a handbook of resources for teaching Earth and Environmental Sciences. Macquarie University.
Scheibner, E. 1999, The Geological Evolution of New South Wales - A brief review. NSW Department of Mineral Resources. (Booklet)
Scheibner, E. and Basden, H. 1998, Geology of New South Wales, Volume 2: Geological Evolution. NSW Department of Mineral Resources.
Scheibner, E. and Basden, H. 1996, Geology of New South Wales, Volume 1: Structural framework. NSW Department of Mineral Resources.
Skinner, B.J., et al. 1998, The blue planet: An introduction to Earth system science, John Wiley and Sons.
University of New South Wales Earth Science Teachers Reference Group 1998, Teachers notes: Blue Mountains Field Guide (A teaching resource for secondary science), NSW Department of Mineral Resources. (Folder)
University of NSW, School of Geology 1999, Earth and Environmental Science: Teaching an Integrated Science Subject, Workshop Volume, 2-4 December, University of NSW.
White, Mary E, 1998, The Greening of Gondwana, 3rd Edition, Kangaroo Press.
White, Mary E. 1997, Listen... Our Land is Crying: Australia's Environment: Problems & Solutions, Kangaroo Press.
White, Mary E. 1994, After the greening: the browning of Australia, Kangaroo Press.
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