Art

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Avalon Art Studio: Ideas for Teachers  http://www.avalon-arts.com/studio/ideas.html

Teachers of art will find an excellent collection of "art recipes" 3D arts, instruction, printmaking, painting, watercolour, paper art, projects as well as a section on "non-messy art".  If you are looking to brighten up your art program then you will find excellent ideas and support material here. IsIdeal for Teachers  RRRRR

Lens Culture: Photography & Shared Territories  http://www.lensculture.com/

If you are teaching photography at any level this web site is an absolute gem.  Brilliant photography, excellent commentary and suggestions as well as a fantastic series of photographic exhibitions.  If you are looking to motivate and inspire then you come to the right place.

Pablo Picasso: Online Project  http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/tour/home.html

This web site provides an excellent time line based tour through his artistic works beginning in 1889 and working through to the end of his career each representative painting comes with its biographical and background information. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Asian Arts  http://www.asianart.com/

This online journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia provides an excellent window into both the historical and the contemporary arts of Asia.  There are links through to the numerous Asian arts associations as well as an excellent collection of exhibitions, articles and galleries. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Objects From India  http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/objectsfromind/Default.htm

Although this web site is not designed specifically as an art web site and it contains an excellent collection of images and background information on objects associated with India and as such reform a wonderful resource for those teachers wishing to do an arts unit of work based around Indian culture.  Ideal for year levels 0-10 RRRR

Take Great Pictures  http://www.takegreatpictures.com/

If you are a student doing photography or a teacher preparing photography units of work and this web site will provide you with a fantastic collection of resources and background information.  As well as profiles of the well-known photographers were also tips and comments from celebrity photographers, advice on digital photography, technology advice, featured photographic collections, monthly stories and inspirational articles . . . .  This really is a wonderfully well resourced to photography web site. Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRRR

Appearing Guide to Art/World history  http://www.grossmont.k12.ca.us/mcdowell/guide/arthistory.html

An important part of historical inquiry is understanding the culture that existed during an era being studied.  Art historians have long argued that artists and the art they create are as much a reflection of the times as any political, economic, or intellectual movement or development.  The series of lectures available from here are designed to get some cultural depth and bredth to world history through the use of historical art. Ideal for year levels 11-12 RRR

Leonardo's Workshop  http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/leonardo/index.html

Dr N. Ventor, scientist-Extraordinaire and inventor of the time machine, is also a big fan of Leonardo da Vinci.  To thank you and your friend Carmine Chameleon for testing her time machine, she is showing you her collection of Leonardo's works.  Suddenly the portrait being discussed disappears and the adventure begins.  Another excellent art adventure. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

What is Colour?  http://webexhibits.org/colorart/color.html

Colour is a perception, just like taste.  Let us consider an analogy with food . . . .  So begins an excellent introduction into the concept of watercolour actually years and how we perceive it and interpret it.  Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRRR

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The Book Adventure   http://www.bookadventure.com

Book Adventure is a free reading motivation program for children in the years 0 to 12.  The database has over 6000 recommended titles available and readers can take multiple-choice quizzes on the books that they have read. Ideal for year all levels RRRR

Maurice Shadbolt: Writer

Maurice Shadbolt was a prolific New Zealand writer and playwright who wrote about the New Zealand lifestyle in engaging and blunt manner which brought him both fame and and criticism. This web site details his works and his life. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRR

Book BackChat  http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/bookchat

This is a wonderfully simple but effective concept.  Books are briefly reviewed online and then students have the opportunity to chat about them, review them and recommend them.  Excellently presented and provides a more informed review of books from those that count; the young readers.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

WikiNews  http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page

Two obtain are a truly international news service is quite difficult on the Internet and this initiative looks to focus on just that but using a very different journalistic base: everyone!  The mission of the site is to create a diverse community where anyone can independently report the news on a wide variety of current events.  Students can contribute to this news service and have been journalistic sounds broadcast to the rest of the world.  This is an excellent opportunity for students to have their writing published and highlight local news in a manner that would appeal to an international readership.  Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRRRR

Listen & Write   http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm

This web site contains an excellent collection of fund, interactive online experiences which include meeting the rapper Beattie B and come to terms with rhythmic, rhyming raps as well as joining Saurus and write wonderful wonder words that makes your poems come alive, as well as writing sizzling similes with the terrible twins Like and As As, and not forgetting Wordz R Wilde showing you have to writing freestyle and print out your own poem. Excellent fun and a wonderful set of resources. Ideal for year levels 3-7 RRRRR

The English & Media Centre http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/

The English & Media Centre provides a wide range of resources and support for teachers of English language and media studies.  This UK based resource web site provides a wide range of resources dealing with every aspect of English and media studies including extracts from novels, narratives, writing starters and stimulators, online courses, and plenty of free samples.  Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Film Education  http://www.filmeducation.org/

If you are teacher or a student of media studies and have a reasonable "film" component then you will find the resources applied here at this web site very useful indeed.  There is a wide range of online study guides dealing with specific films (lots of them), generic study guides dealing with topics such as animation, cinema senses, Bollywood, classroom classics.  There is also an excellent collection of film industry and education links as well as resources they can be purchased (UK based). Ideal for year levels 3-12 RRRRR

Literacy Time  http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=1523

The Literacy Time web site supports teachers in the use of ICT to develop literacy in the early years. There are wide range of articles available here which focus primarily on the use of information communication technologies in the teaching and encouragement of literacy development as well as a lesson ideas bank and links to wide range identified useful resources, software and publications. Ideal for teachers RRRR

General & Professional Development

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Google: Advanced Scholar Search  http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search

If you are doing some research on a particular topic, either for your own personal Professional Development or searching for background research reports for senior students then using this tool will provide you with an excellent and a far more specific collection of search results.  Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Cognitive Neuroscience Society: http://www.cogneurosociety.org/

The cognitive neuroscience society are attending to build bridges between the scientific discoveries that are finally opening our understanding of the brain and possibly the mind and the education fraternity so that they can take full advantage of the new knowledge that is being generated through the use of fMRI technology and other associated tools.  There is also next in set of links to another neuroscience sites that have educational interest. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Technology and the Future of Education  http://home.att.bet/~nickols/future.htm

"The shelf life of many areas of knowledge is already extremely short and growing ever shorter."  This and another metaphors make this brief but insightful paper a worthy read.  Although named the surgery education it lays out some very important changes that are happening in the core business of Education in the first two pages provide an excellent summary of where we are presently at and where we could be heading.  Ideal for teachers  RRRR

The Year of the Digital Campus  http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/articleprintversion.cfm?aid=5153

Learning is no longer the pervade on just the local school and 2005 is predicted to be the year when digital resources and even digitally based teaching programs will enter into a new era of acceptance.  This brief article looks at this transition and some of the rationale for its impending rise to prominence. Ideal for teachers RRRRR

Cognitive Neuroscience: Implications for Education? http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/ocnef/CWSE_26_1_02lores.pdf!

Research into the functioning of the human brain, it agreed during the past decade, has greatly enhanced our understanding of cognitive behaviours which are fundamental education: learning, memory, intelligence and emotion.  However . . . . . much of our understanding of cognitive development and application is based on 1960s and 1970s knowledge and this was often qualitative in its nature and not always accurate.  This paper looks at encouraging the application of our contemporary knowledge in the neurosciences to education and how we can better teach and encourage greater understanding in the classroom.  An excellent paper and one all teachers should read.  Ideal for teachers  RRRRR+

The Digital Disconnect: A Widening Gap Between Internet Savvy Students & Their Schools  http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=67

this is a quality to study of the attitudes and behaviours of Internet using public medal in high school students in the United States.  There behaviours within school are compared and contrasted to their behaviours in their own personal lives in regard to the use of the Internet and how they carry out research and invoke their own learning systems.  This is an excellent and frightening study, and the issues that it raises, if not addressed are going to cause considerable friction between schools and the society that they serve. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Towards a New Golden Age In American Education  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/2004/plan.pdf

This extremely optimistic report looks at the potential for the transformation of American Education given the impact of Internet and the requirements for lifelong learning.  The report is interesting at many different levels and provides some frightening statistics by the same time ignoring some other social barriers that may impede this rather optimistic view of the future of American Education.  Still a very worthwhile read. Ideal for teachers RRRR

Purportal  http://www.purportal.com/

The amount of information on the Internet that takes the form of scams, hoaxes, frauds and urban legends is considerable and sorting out the wheat from the chaff is quite a difficult task. This web site brings together five of the largest databases the deal with scams, hoaxes, frauds and urban legends and allows you to search them at the one location.  If you are dealing with critical literacy then you will find the excellent resources through the use of this search engine. Ideal for all year levels  RRRRR

Information & Communication Technology

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Answers.com http://www.answers.com  

This is brilliant; finally a companion site to Google that makes searching so much more relevant for students.  In effect answers.com is a superb encyclopaedia which gives you quick facts, background information, definitions, encyclopaedia articles and links to relevant articles.  This was originally a subscription based service and it is now three and makes use of over 100 referenced resources.  For many students answers.com is a far more relevant resource than Google, but this advice may take some time to filter through.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR+

US Department of Education: National Education Technology Plan  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/index.html

"Toward a new golden age in American Education: how the Internet, the law and today's students are revolutionising expectations". This impressive title is backed up by an equally impressive report examining the status of educational technology, how it will be impact and improve academic achievements and the report finishes with seven recommendations for further improvements.  According to the report, the technology that is so dramatically changed the world outside our schools is now starting to permeate the teaching and learning environment within them; and not before time!  Ideal for teachers RRRRR

Colour Number Calculator (hexadecimal colour values) http://www.houseof3d.com/pete/applets/tools/colors 

You can use this simple Java applets to compare colour is quickly and easily.  This is a next in tool for designing web pages as you can set the foreground and background colours to your tastes and then read the hexadecimal values. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

The  Omni-Browser  http://www.omnibrowser.com/

Omni provides a shell around Internet Explorer providing it with new functions, beautiful "skins", and customised sounds.  It also includes and browsing, of a blocking and the ability to search major engines from inside the program. This is an excellent way of customising Internet Explorer and provide you with your own individual browser personality. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

How to Make the Most of Google  http://www.sreetips.com/google.html

This web site focuses on the things you didn't know that Google does very well!  Google is much more than a simple search engine it also has the capacity to provide streaming new services, translation services, a downloadable toolbar, you can carry out targeted searches for pictures, music, news . . .  Google also has the capacity to search for research papers and much more.  This web site will introduce you to how to make the most of this research tool. Ideal for year levels 3-12 RRRRR

3D Text Maker  http://www.3dtextmaker.com/

If you are looking to embed some three-dimensional text in your web site or intranet then you can create the text here using a wide range of fonts and animations to make your text really stand out.  Simple and easy to use as well as being FREE.  Ideal for all year levels RRRR

The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap Between Internet Savvy Students & their Schools  http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=67

Using the Internet is the norm for today's youth.  Due in large part to high profile and sometimes controversial Education technology public policy initiatives, it is conventional wisdom that much of this use occurs in schools.  While the Internet savvy students may rely on the Internet to help them do their homework it would appear that the Internet does not make up a large part of the resource used by schools.  This report investigates the barriers and the "disconnect" that is growing between school life student life. Ideal for teachers RRRRR

Foreign Languages (LOTE)

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Beag Air Bheag (little by little) http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/index.shtml

Welcome to an excellent site dealing with learning Scottish Gaelic. The Flash animations provide a wonderful vehicle for teaching yourself or your students this unbelievable language!  The site is well produced and 20 lessons that are provided staircase introductory Gaelic learners through to being able to pronounce and present basic phrases and language syntax.  Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRRR

Primary Spanish : Hoy es el 09 de enero de 2005 http://www.bbc.schools/primaryspanish/

The earlier we can introduce second languages to students the better, the research is quite clear on this and this web site introduces primary school students to the Spanish language in a format and style that is very appealing.  An excellent resource for the classroom or primary students who would like to get on and learn a second language in a fun and relevant environment.  Ideal for year levels 3-7 RRRRR

Online Chinese Tools  http://www.mandarintools.com/

This is an excellent collection of resources and learning tools for those students looking to develop their understanding of Mandarin Chinese.  Tools here include everything from flashcards, to dictionaries, images, software, pinyin converters, as well as an excellent section dealing with Chinese culture. Ideal for year levels 3-12 RRRR

Multimedia Chinese http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragonwise_main/index.html

Students of the Chinese language will find year an excellent collection of multimedia resources including flashcards, children's stories, translation exercises, cultural resources and much more. Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRR

Oggi e Domani  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/modlang/carasi/site/pageone.html

If you are teaching or learning the Italian language then this web site has an excellent collection of interactive lessons doing with a wide range of themes such as family, computers, news and of course food!  Ideal for year levels 7-11 RRRR

Basic Spanish for the Virtual Student  http://www.ilovelanguages.com/archive/bsvs/spanish.html

Movie themes and other general context here introducing students to the Spanish language.  Students and teachers will find here an excellent collection of over 50 learning modules covering pronunciation, nouns, observes, adjectives, adverts, pronouns and other themes.  Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRR

Spanish News & Media  http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/countries/spain/news_and_media/

When studying any language one of the best resources are resources written or produced in the country where the language originated in for this reason newspapers and other media created in the country of origin are very powerful resources and tools.  This Yahoo category of Spanish news media is next in starting point for teachers of the Spanish language.  Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Classical Greek Unicode  http://members.aol.com/AtticGreek/

A free keyboard to type classic Greek in any Unicode application, such as notepad or Microsoft Word is available from here.  This will allow you to type and edit ancient Greek easily, with the full polytonic character set.  This is a considerable improvements on the traditional ANSI schemes that classical Greek and other non-Latin alphabets.  Ideal for teachers  RRRR

French Language Course Pages  http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/

Jacques Leon is your instructor for this basic French online course.  The intention of the course is to allow students understand the written French (newspapers, articles, magazines, signs on the road etc) and to write a letter to a French friend or correspondent.  There are presently 10 online lessons available. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRR

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Measurement  http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/measurement/index.html

"Measurement" explores procedures for measuring and students and learn about standard units in the metric and customary systems, the relationship among units, and the approximate nature of measurement.  You will also examine how measurement can illuminate mathematical concepts such as irrational numbers, properties of circles, and area and volume formulas. Ideal for year levels 3-9 RRR

The Mathematics in the Movies Page  http://world.std.com/~reinhold/dir/mathmovies.html

Many subjects use short videocassettes to demonstrate particular points, concepts and issues and mathematics should be no exception.  This web page has a list of movies which have a mathematical interest in them.  Each of the movies is listed with the particular application that is highlighted in the movie.  An excellent addition to mathematics teacher's repertoire of teaching resources.   Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Animated Tangrams  http://www.tygh.co.uk/tan/tan.htm

In this excellent Flash animation students can play around with this collection of shapes in order to tell stories.  The manipulation of shapes in order to make complex objects assists students in developing spatial skills and the capacity for manipulating objects in their mind.  This is an excellent and very clever online activity. Ideal for year levels 3-8 RRRRR

Studying Polyhedra   http://mathforum.org/alejandre/applet.polyhedra.html

A polyhedra and is a three-dimensional solid whose faces a polygons joined at the edges.  A polyhedra and is said to be regular beef beats faces are made up of regular polygons.  In this excellent animated web site students can design and investigate the number of faces, edges and vertices each particular polygon has. You can change the colour, speed of rotation and model time in order to observe each polygon. Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRR

One Million Mathematics Worksheets  http://www.free.thebigbus.com/free/resources/maths/frames.htm

Yes: one million free mathematics worksheets can be constructed using 10 plates available here online.  By setting the variables to meet your requirements you can create an endless source of practice worksheets for use in the classroom.  Be careful though, worksheets such as these need to be used quite specifically rather than fill-in activities on a Friday afternoon.  Ideal for year levels 0-10 RR

Animated Tessellated Tiling  http://www.tygh.co.uk/tiles/index.htm

Using three different tiles students can create an endless collection of unique patterns.  If you are studying tessellations or tiling and this web site will present an excellent animation of all possible outcomes when these three different tiles are combined in different ways. Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRRR

Mathematical Resources for Teachers  http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/teachingresources/

The United Kingdom Primary National Strategy produces the range of resources to support teachers in the classroom.  At this site you will find background teaching resources for the topics area, grouping and remainders after division.  The resources include animations, computer programs, student worksheets and background knowledge. Ideal for year levels 2-7 RRRRR

The Mathematical Sciences Digital Library  http://www.mathdl.org/

The amount and the quality of resource available here for teachers of mathematics is absolutely stunning.  There is a wide range of articles, units of work (mathematics and integrated), Digital Learning Objects, animations, software and teacher support information available from this site. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR+

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Anamorphosis http://www.anamorphosis.com/

Anamorphosis is the process that underpins film production where the emotions and settings are described using little black characters on a white background.  Essentially it is the very first stage of the storyboarding process.  Scenes, characters and situations emerge, at the very beginning, through the interplay of words.  Every moviemaking adventure begins on a computer screen with one of the loneliness steps in the process: scripting.  This web site details the process and how it takes place. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Their History of Silent Night & the 12 Days of Christmas  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/advent/carols/index.shtml

These two most well-known Christmas carols have intriguing background history which is often completely unknown by the millions who sing these songs each Christmas.  Fascinating and well worth introducing to students. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

Song Facts  http://www.songfacts.com/

If you are looking for the lyrics of the particular song or try to understand the hidden meaning embedded in the particular song, who wrote the song, the background to its writing or any other associated trivia in this web site will provide you with an excellent resource and a wonderful collection of anecdotal information on almost any song you can imagine.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

i-Tunes  http://www.apple.com/itunes/

The phenomena of the apple i-Pod portable hard drive music technology and the equally popular i-Tunes music download site has fundamentally changed how we select and listen to music.  Both these technologies have huge applications in the classroom and this web site provides it was some insights as well as thousands of songs you can download at very reasonable rates.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Napster: Music on the Web  http://www.napster.com/

Napster was a "underground" software that spawned a whole new "file sharing" culture throughout the world with people swapping music files in particular, breaking copyright and causing mayhem in the music industry.  Napster has re-emerged in its legal form and you can download music files from this web site legally there is a fairly large component of free music available as well as the "pay to listen” music.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

The Music Teachers Resource Site  http://www.mtrs.co.uk

The Music Teachers Resource site is a subscription site but it also contains a wonderful collection of free resources including equipment and instrument reviews, teaching resources, vocal and instrumental rounds, listening projects and tests, loops for improvisation, tips for music teachers and a teacher’s guide to world music. Ideal for teachers RRRR

The Music Box  http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/musicbox/

the music box is an excellent interactive animation introducing young students to the world of music through interactive puzzles and games which encourage them to get a "feel" for music.  Ideal for year levels 0-3 RRRR

Alfies Introduction to Music  http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Music/music_1.asp

This web site presents a range of musical with the web sites a lesson plans that are suitable for introducing very young students to musical concepts and ideas as well as an engaging in producing music, recognising musical instruments and singing along to simple songs.  Ideal for year levels 0-3 RRRRR

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Hyper-Physics Concepts  http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

Teachers of physics will find excellent conceptual mapping outline of the development of Physics Concepts available from this site.  There is a concept man featured topics mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, condensed matter, nuclear physics, quantum physics, astrophysics, relativity, sound and hearing, light and vision as well as electricity and magnetism.  The man links to Concepts as well as example problems and focused applications.  An excellent teacher and student resource.  Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

Alternative Energy Resources: Resource Review  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2005/january05/alternateenergy.htm

With the rising price of energy, the reduced amount of resource available and the unstable political environment there has been renewed interest in alternative forms of energy and this web site provides an excellent list of Web based resources to each of the possible contenders weather and the coal, hydrogen power, solar, wind . . . . Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRRR

The Sense of Smell Institute  http://www.senseofsmell.org/

This is an excellent web site dealing with the olfactory senses and our dependence on them.  Not only has the sense of smell and Nobel prizes status but this web site provides a fantastic introduction to how we smell and how we process and differentiate between the numerous different smells we encounter each day.  You can do the "Smell 101" course from as well as have a laugh or two by looking at some fun facts to do with smell. Ideal for year levels 4-11 RRRRR

Genes  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/genes/

An excellent web site from the BBC which provides an excellent background resource for anyone investigating genetics, genetically modified food, cloning, the science of DNA replication, the use of DNA testing in forensic science as well as how our genetic material can be modified and how humans adapt to the ever-changing environment. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRRR

The Heart: An Online Exploration  http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

At this web site you can discover the complexities of the heart, its development and structure via an interactive online exploration.  In an average lifetime heart beats more than 2.5 billion times, without ever pausing to rest (hopefully). Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRR

How Does Your Body Move?  http://www.bonesandharry.co.uk/

This interactive journey identifies the bones that make up the human skeleton and explains how they work.  By moving your way through the haunted house you learn just how your body is able to move using the amazing human skeleton and muscle system.  As well as being able to do this online you can also download the web site onto your hard drive for permanent record.  Ideal for year levels 2-9 RRRR

See & Sky: The Splendours of the Sea & the Wonders of the Universe http://www.seasky.org/

"Sea and Sky" introduces you to an exploration of the last great frontiers; the depths of the ocean and the distant galaxies and stars that we see as new twinkles of light on the night sky.  Amazingly we know more about the latter than the former and the focus of this web site is to introduce students to how little we know about either and to inspire them to take up the challenge of building our understanding.  Ideal for year levels 0-10 RRRRR 

How Things Fly  http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal109/gal109.html

I have to confess that even though I understand the physics of why planes get off the ground I still find it staggering that they ever actually manage it.  This web site takes on the task of not just explaining the physics of flight but also answering the numerous questions that are associated with flight and flying.  Ideal for year levels 3-10 RRRR

School Science Clips  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/science_10_11.html

This web site contains six excellent animations that bring to life specific scientific concepts for students.  This collection here deals with interdependence and adaptation, microorganisms, reversible and irreversible changes, forces in anction, how we see things, and changing circuits.  These are excellent animations that deal with quite complex concepts covering biology, chemistry and physics themes. Ideal for year levels 4-7 RRRR

School Science Clips  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/science_8_9.html

This web site contains six excellent animations that bring to life specific scientific concepts for students.  This collection here deals with moving and growing, and that sense, keeping warm, science and liquids, circuits and conductors, and friction.  These are excellent animations that deal with quite complex concepts covering biology, chemistry and physics themes. Ideal for year levels 3-6 RRRR

School Science Clips  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/science_7_8.html

This web site contains six excellent animations that bring to life specific scientific concepts for students.  This collection here deals seek and beating, helping plants grow well, rocks and soils, characteristics of materials, magnets and springs, and light and shadows.  These are excellent animations that deal with quite complex concepts covering biology, chemistry and physics themes. Ideal for year levels 2-5 RRRR

School Science Clips  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/science_5_6.html

This web site contains six excellent animations that bring to life specific scientific concepts for students.  This collection here deals ourselves, growing plants, sorting and using materials, light and dark, pushes and pulls, and sound and hearing.  These are excellent animations that deal with quite complex concepts covering biology, chemistry and physics themes. Ideal for year levels 0-4 RRRR

Tim’s Spider Corner  http://www.timeart.be/Npaginas/spidercorner.html

Arachnophobia or a much lesser version of it, affects a large percentage of the human population and there is really no basis to this fear whatsoever as the number of poisonous spiders that are aggressive is very, very small. This excellent spider page deals with the growth in the life cycle of the spider, their specific features, the nomenclature of spider names, links to other spider pages, spider movies, anatomy and plenty of facts and figures and also some treatment suggestions should you actually be attacked!  Ideal for year levels 0-10 RRRRR

Welcome to Mars http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/

Two rovers roaming the surface of Mars have finally found proof that this planet was once awash in water and the indications of this are considerable. This web site which complements the television programme of the same name provides an excellent background to the essential nature of water to life as well as detailing the background to the development and deploying of the Rover mission, as well as some excellent photographs of the Martian surface and an insight into the robotics used in order to achieve this technological mission. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRR

The Elegant Universe (String Theory)  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/

One of the key goals of science has been to develop a theory of everything which is based on a single and simple concept.  This has been a daunting task but slowly and surely "string theory" is beginning to look like it may be able to deliver such a theory.  This web site deals with string theory and presents a reasonably non-scientific introduction and then develops the concept to provide an excellent introduction for students on this overarching theory. Ideal for year levels 11-12 RRRRR

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BBC Country Profiles  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/

This excellent service delivers a full profile of the country nominated providing an instant guide to history, politics and economic background.  If you want summary information on any country or Territory in the world than this is an excellent service to make use of.  Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRRRR

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great  http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/main.html

By the time he was 30, Alexander the third of Macedon had created an empire the likes of which the world has seldom ever seen.  This is the accompanying web site for the television series of the same name and a provides a wonderful insights into the man who was Alexander the Great as well as how he managed to build such a vast empire in such a short period of time.  Ideal for year levels 5-11 RRRR

Afghanistan Unveiled  http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/afghanistanunveiled/

This is the associated web site that supports the film of the same name.  The web site provides a next in background on the role of women in Afghanistan and how things have changed since the expulsion of the Taliban.  The web site is as much and insights to the emotional status of the country as it is an insight to the geography and the state of the politics in this region. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

National Geographic Explorer  http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/

This excellent student magazine is available online and deals with a wide range of articles that are of particular interest to younger geographers.  Magazine itself is available to be purchased and it is an excellent resource for the social studies program in any school and at any level. Ideal for year levels 2-12 RRRRR

The Digital Himalayas  http://www.digitalhimalaya.com

The Digital Himalayas project focus is to develop a digital collection for multimedia anthropologist's who are looking for background information and resources on the Himalayan region.  This is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to study this reminds an enchanting region of the world.  The site is regularly updated and has a wide range of resources available to both teachers and students. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

Monarchies of Europe  http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm

Quite often the world gets more than enough information on the English monarchy via women's magazines et all. However this web site and deals with not only the British royal family but also the Danish, Swedish, Russian, Romanian, Yugoslavian, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, French, Belgium, Norwegian, Greek, Bulgarian . . . . . .  This is an excellent resource for any student investigating the monarchy of any particular country and also any teachers looking for resources that will contribute to the understanding of present political infrastructures of these countries. Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRR

Libya Online  http://www.libyaonline.com

This web site began in 1997 and now provides an excellent insight into day-to-day life in Libya.  Most people around the world impression of Libya is based on the character Colonel Gaddafi wears this web site provides an excellent gallery of pictures showing the staggering historical significance of this country, it is emerging status is a modern and sophisticated state with sections dealing on literature, the arts, music, sports, competing, tourism, business . . . .  A fascinating and intriguing country. Ideal for year levels 4-12  RRRR

Pearl Harbour 7 December 1941  http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour was one of the great defining moments in American and possibly the world's history.  A single carefully planned and well executed stroke removed the United States battleship force as the possible threat to the Japanese empires southward expansion.  Suddenly America was brought in the Second World War.  This is an excellent Department of the Navy background web site to the day of the raid and the subsequent events that followed.  Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRR

Women in World History  http://www.womeninworldhistory.com

This unique site is full of information and resources to help students learn about the role of women in global history.  Students will find their biographies of women rulers, heroes and influential woman from selected here is, background historical essays, book reviews, historical mysteries which feature women who solve crimes as well as an excellent collection of links to web sites dealing with women who shaped the world both in the past and present. Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRR

Education for a Sustainable Future  http://csf.concord.org/edf/index.php

Teaching students about "Sustainable Futures" has become very popular in the last 5-10 years and for very good reasons.  In the 1960s and 1970s there was a big push to conserve our resources and use them wisely as there were fears that most of our petroleum, iron, copper and critical resources would be fully exploited before the 21st century arrived.  This false alarm has led to complacency amongst many of the adults who heard these dire predictions are students 30-40 years ago.  If teachers are interested in teaching for a sustainable future than alpine excellent collection of resources available here.  Ideal for teachers RRRR

10 X 10: Words & Pictures that Define the Time  http://www.tenbyten.org/

10 by 10 is an interactive expiration of the words and pictures that define the time.  The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of the world.  Every hour, 10 x 10 collects the hundred words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time.  This is an excellent prompt for discussion on world news in classrooms to see how many of the 100 items can be identified.  This is an excellent resource with numerous applications. Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRRR

Firearms & Violence  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091241/html/

This is a critical review from the committee on law and justice which investigates the somewhat inevitable connectivity between the purchase of firearms and the potential for violence.  This online book looks at patterns of firearm related violence, data on firearms ownership and violence, the use of firearms for self defence and many other issues associated with the right of individual to hold of firearm.  An excellent online resource for anyone looking at this contentious issue.  Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

The History Cooperative  http://www.historycooperative.org

The History Cooperative is pioneering non-profit humanities resource offering top-level online history scholarship.  Besides full text the site also contains collateral contents, including multimedia elements that could not be reproduced in the print versions of some articles.  The site is focused primarily on United States history that does have an excellent section entitled “World History Connected”. Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

The Bayeux Tapestry: The Battle of Hastings 1066  http://www.hastings.1066.com/baythumb.shtml

The Bayeux tapestry provides a pictorial history of the events leading up to and following the Battle of Hastings in 1066.  King Harold the second was about to go to war with  Duke William of Normandy and for the last time England would be conquered by foreign power.  If you are studying this period of history then be information encapsulated within the tapestry images are well worth including in your discussions and research. Ideal for year levels 9-11 RRRR

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Hypersonic Flight  http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43-main.html

Ballooning, gliding, powered flight, jet flight . . . . . Scramjets.  The evolution of the plane is quickly taking its next step.  This site details the development of the X-43A hypersonic scramjet, a jet that is being flown successfully at Mach 9.8 (9.8 times the speed of sound), well over 7000 mph!  The technology of the engine is remarkably simple but flying anything at that speed is anything but simple.

The Potato Then & Now http://collections.ic.gc.ca/potato/

When the potato first arrived in Europe people were very suspicious of it.  Some thought it would cause gas, leprosy or bring disease!  The modern potato however is a much improved version of what first arrived hundreds of years ago from South America.  This web site deals with the history of the potato as well as a review of modern contemporary science and technology in potato production. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Harvard Design Magazine   http://www.gs.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/

Harvard design Magazine aims provide a forum for thoughtful and articulate practitioners, journalists and academics, primarily from architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design and planning.  Selected articles are available online as well as some articles which are available only online. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRR

Three Mile Island: The Inside Story  http://americanhistory.si.edu/tmi/index.htm

America's worst nuclear accidents occurred on March 28 1979.  Unbeknown to anyone, half the fuel melted in one of two nuclear reactors on three mile Island and large quantities and radioactivity leaked from the reactor but fortunately most of it was contained.  The accidents centre shockwave around the world and 25 years on this almost unthinkable accident is still on the minds of many people who live close to nuclear reactor.  This web site provides a "history in the news" display of the accident and what followed.  Ideal for year levels 5-11 RRR

Copper-Hewitt: National Design Museum (US)  http://ndm.si.edu

If you are looking for design inspiration, ideas, history, exhibitions, collections . . . .  then this web site will provide an excellent insight into the design process.  There are also some design games available here was students to engage in. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRR

YBE2004 Houses of the Future  http://www.housesofthefuture.com.au

YBE2004 houses of the future is this showcase events for the "Year of the Built Environment".  This Australian initiative challenges our thoughts on what a house could or should be; on how it could or should be built, and what it could or should be built from.  The six houses form part of the new generation of prefabricated dwellings emerging around the globe. The houses are a response to growing consumer demand for homes of a modern, environmentally sensitive and of high-quality.  This is an excellent resource for any project will research looking and sustainability and/or design. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

The History & the Impact of Technology  http://www.teachersdomain.org/9-12/sci/engin/design/subtopic_history.html

After registering for this web site (free), teachers are able to access a fantastic collection of Digital Learning Object resources including HTML documents, flash animations and QuickTime videos. Topics of wide-ranging and equality the resource is extremely high.  Everything here from fusion technology, geodesic domes, global warming, lines, roadsigns, skyscrapers . . . . Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRRR

Applying the Design Process  http://www.teachersdomain.org/9-12/sci/engin/design/subtopic_aprocess.html

After registering for this web site (free), teachers are able to access a fantastic collection of Digital Learning Object resources including HTML documents, flash animations and QuickTime videos. Topics of wide-ranging and equality the resource is extremely high.  Everything here from Stealth air plane technology, anatomy of a firework, building bridges, getting to the moon, what is the design process . . . .. . Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRRRR