Find a variety of media and links to resources on the Internet that you can use for your Science Club.
Movies for everybody…
The sky is no limit to Themebelihle High School learners from from Khayelitsha. Watch them launching their rockets. MPEG – 25 MB.
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to launch rockets, check Langa High School learners doing it with plastic bottles and water. (MPEG, 76 MB)
… and for educators.
Why (and how) should you found a science club?
Material for teachers
Example of a Science Club Constitution
Some Useful Links
www.scienceclub.org | Great international resource for science clubs
www.scienceinafrica.co.za | online science magazine
www.saasta.ac.za |South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement.
www.saip.org.za |South African Institute of Physics
www.trac.sun.ac.za |Very cool outreach programme promoting science, engineering and technology to schools
www.howstuffworks.com |General science and tech ‘know-it-all’ site with great, simple explanations
www.solarengineering.co.za |3 Guys in durbs installed PV or anaerobic digesters to power rural high school. Installed internet and learning channel
www.sustainablesettlement.co.za| Site run by CSIR for developers and people interested in developing sustainable villages
journeytoforever.org |NGO – Have to read it to believe it. Lots of info on how to make homemade biodiesel, solar box cookers, etc. A WEALTH of info and best site i’ve found on rural upliftment using simple, back to basics technology that can work
www.scifest.org.za |Annual science festival in South Africa
www.experilab.co.za |Innovative science packs in chemistry, physics and electronics. Fly rockets, launch balloons, build a steam car, light bulbs in series, make a motion detector…
www.mysciencesecrets.com |DIY tested projects in Science and Technology. Lots of projects to be added to this site.
www.exploratorium.edu |Brilliant site with lots of ideas and explanations for science experiments. Highly recommended for budding scientists both young and old.
www.questacon.edu.au |Exploratorium/Science Centres programme in Australia