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Biology and geology of bushfires. members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/fireweek.htm |
Natural
Disasters units for Grade 6. A hotlinks page on this subject on the school's website. http://www.alfredtonps.vic.edu.au/disasters.htm |
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Emergency Management Australia school's site www.ema.gov.au/ |
Also try the Bureau of Meteorology website - education section. There is a search engine function and it has info on Cyclone Thelma and how to survive a cyclone. http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/learnact.htm |
| Try Michael Thompson's Australian Storm Chase Diary: http://ozthunder.com/chase/chase.html |
These webquests have a number of links that are useful: All are Stage 3 Modules Bushfires www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/ Disaster2 Natural Disaster |
| Natural Disasters My Site |
Check out our weather links page at http://www.geebungss.qld.edu.au/links4.htm for extreme weather. |
| Tropical Cyclones
- A web page on
Australia's tropical cyclone high risk areas. members.ozemail.com.au/~michaelt/cyc.htm |
Emergency Management Australia http://www.ema.gov.au/index2.html |
| Our Own Bureau Of Meterology. Check to see what is coming and recent severe weather. http://www.bom.gov.au/ |
And another of Michael's pages on all
aspects of Australian weather: http://ozthunder.com/ |
| Australian Petroleum Education Resources and
Information URL: http://www.aip.com.au/education |
Adaption to fire - Australian http://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/fire/ecol/firecol.htm Recent Australian Bushfires:- Victorian Fires - http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/ Victorian CFA - http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/cfa_main.htm |
| CSIRO Marine Research for Australia URL: http://www.marine.csiro.au Category: Changing Earth CSIRO Marine Research is helping Australians understand its oceans by conducting research in the sustainable use of Australia's marine resources, the oceans role in climate and effective conservation |
Southern Ocean and Global Climate URL: http://www.science.org.au/nova/018/018key.htm Category: Earth, Sky & People Changing Earth. Research shows that the Southern Ocean is crucial to the world's climate system. This web site is part of the Australian Academy of Science's Nova Online education programme. |
| Earthquakes URL: www.ema.gov.au/ Category: Changing Earth Emergency Management Australia's earthquakes page explains earthquakes, looks at Australian earthquakes, the Newcastle earthquake and contains an earthquake epicentre map. Also comprehensive advice. |
Newcastle Earthquake URL: http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/library/eqdb/earthq.htm Category: Changing Earth Newcastle City Council has produced information about the Newcastle Earthquake, which includes articles about the event, building damage, brief facts on the event, photographs, and links to other site... |
| The science of ozone depletion URL: www.epa.gov/ozone/science/science.html Category: Changing Earth Ozone depletion is the result of a complex set of circumstances and chemistry. This page has links to articles that give overviews or broad information, shorter pieces that focus on specific aspects..... |
Feral Animals Of Australia www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/2693/feral.html http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/animaust.htm |
By Wayne Roy
March 2002
First Revision May 2002
Second Revision Dec 2002
Update March 2004
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