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AccessScience
- The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online. Contains heaps of info. Click the "Student Centre" study guides, then click on your subject.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
Marshall Cavendish Science Reference Center
- This database contains six encyclopedias providing researchers with thousands of articles and hundreds of images, all relating to science topics.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
New Book of Popular Science
- Science for school students, plus Science in the News for Schools: resource for school projects: includes articles on science, technology, and medical topics, from Grolier Online.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
Biotechnology Learning Hub
- Meet people from the biotechnology sector, see did you know facts, view videos, images and images.
Biowiz
- Featuring the latest NZ biotechnology innovation and knowledge
Building big
- Explores large structures and what it takes to build them.
Digital Conversations
- Features video conversations with some cool guests including Richard Taylor, folks from Te Papa, TV producers etc. The selected discussion topics cover a wide variety of curriculum areas: English, theatre and drama, poetry, music, science, biology, robotics and cybernetics, environmental issues, motivation and goal setting, work life balance, Māori weaponry, and a journey of discovery to learn about the stories and resources available within Te Ara, the new online encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Future In Tech
- Everything you need to know about how to get a career in technology, engineering or science
Great buildings collection
- This website has information on buildings and architects from around the world and throughout history. The site has 3D models, photographic images, architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and links to other related Internet resources.
History of Technological Innovation in New Zealand
- This site shows that New Zealand has a history of successful technological innovation and is also useful for information about current innovations.
How Stuff Works
- Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works, or what gears do, or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? A great place to learn how things work in the world around you. Good for science projects.
Jason Project
- This website introduces students to elements of spacecraft design through adapting a spacecraft to tackle a space mission.
Technology in 1900
- This section of the Way Back US History for Kids website includes features on early automobiles, the first telephone operators, and the coming together of music and pictures. Has predictions for the next century that were made in 1900.
UN Data
- Search data from the United Nations - economics, population, environment, trade, energy and more.
X-rays and lasers in medicine
- Guide to finding resources in Christchurch City Libraries on x-rays and lasers in medicine.