The enhanced greenhouse effect, toxic algal blooms, air pollution, threatened species, ozone depletion, rabbit calicivirus. The Australian Academy of Science believes that it is important for environmental issues to be publicised, but at the same time students, teachers and the public need sufficient scientific background to make reasoned judgements about the issues. For each Nova topic, the Academy provides authoritative and balanced background information, a glossary of relevant terms, further reading from resources readily available in school and public libraries, links to a few carefully-selected Web sites, and activities that teachers can use in their classrooms or that students can undertake independently. Teachers and scientists are also encouraged to suggest new activities for the site. There are about 20 topics available on Nova , and a new topic is added every two weeks.
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Both students and teachers have commented on Nova s value. The links you provided were all for reputable sites, and provided me with a wealth of recent and useful information. One of the younger teachers on my staff is teaching a module on biotechnology in the Science for Life course. We ran an Internet session with her class and through Nova found excellent materials for use by the students. We also found very useful resources on malaria.