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@http://www.writingfun.com/a This website explains text types through examples showing text structures, grammatical features and publishing ideas. @http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/interactive%20english.htm List of websites for English || @http://instructify.com/2009/07/23/five-great-tools-for-math-teachers/?=twitter Five great websites for Maths Teachers Maths Kit Math Interactive Maths Class Mr Vizzas Class @http://www.mathsonline.com.au/ @http://www.khanacademy.org/ Maths videos @http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ This website explains maths terms in simple language. @http://www.edutechintegration.com/2010/10/math-resources.html List of interesting Maths websites. @http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/4/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=1574 Geogebra assistance with creating dynamic activities. || @http://members.optuszoo.com.au/c.mckay61/der/index.html @http://www.freshney.org/education/index.htm Downloadable Periodic Table @http://www.tryscience.org/home.html MyScience @http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/arp/ Angry Red Planet challenge @http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html Virtual Labs @http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html This website introduces plants, their common features, how they survive [] With topics such as "Warp Speed", "Ghost Bustin’", Code Crackin’", and "Law and Order", this high-tech facility brings down to ground level the concepts and ideas behind high-speed particle physics in a manner that is both entertaining and highly educational. @http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/rov/ Test your scientific sleuthing in the "River of Venom", an excellent science mystery story.  @http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/echohome.html In this science adventure students can follow Echo on his adventure to his winter hibernaculum and learn all about remote sensing and the use of false colour satellite images to help them find Echo. @http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/tbs/ A mother rushes to the hospital. Her child is bleeding uncontrollably from the eyes hands and mouth. Where did this mysterious disease come from? What is it? How can it be stopped? @http://www.theimage.com/ The focus of this web site is on images of minerals and gemstones. @http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/index.html This is a unit of work for students looking at the ice age without getting confused with the dinosaurs. @http://yucky.discovery.com/body/ Well set out and if you are trying yet again to teach body systems and you want a new slant then this site could provide it for you. @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html Here you can discover about dinosaurs, check out information sheets on over one hundred different dinosaurs. @http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/index.php Here you can learn all about the parts of an atom, the table of elements, put your own questions to the experts and take a virtual tour of the laboratory. @http://www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=4 Using shockwave animations this website has an excellent collection of presentations on everything from why planes fly through to the basics of flight. @http://www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=9 This has a collection of interactive shockwave activities dealing with topics such as undersea volcanoes, continental drift, underwater geography, ocean life and naming of the oceans. @http://home.comcast.net/~sharov/3d/3dinsect.html The site provides teachers with three-dimensional images of a variety of insects. @http://www.absorblearning.com/ Online resources for Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Electronics @http://www.edheads.org/ Interactive simulations and activities to help explain topics in science || **General ** @http://www.abc.net.au/health/ contains a wealth of information about a wide range of health issues @http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Young_People HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health. @http://www.ama.com.au/policy/child-youth-health The Australian Medical Association represents the registered medical practitioners (doctors) and medical students of Australia. On this site they have published information about youth health issues @http://www.cyh.com/SubDefault.aspx?p=159 The Children, Youth and Women's Health Service (CYWHS) promotes the health, well-being and development of children. @http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/PAM/PAM.html Poke a muscle - learn the location of the muscles in the body. **Self and Relationships ** **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bullying. No way! ** is developed and managed by all Australian education authorities for use by Australia's Government, Catholic and Independent school communities. www.bullyingnoway.com.au **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Racism No Way. ** Various lesson ideas and fact sheets are provided here. Teachers can also submit their own lesson ideas or participate in a moderated teachers' forum.@http://www.racismnoway.com.au/ The NSW Department of Education and Training in co-operation with the Board of Studies and the University of Technology, Sydney has developed a new website, [|**//Making Multicultural Australia//**]. The website brings together resources from the internationally recognised triple CD-ROM package of the same name and new resources and activities to support the implementation of NSW syllabuses. The web site provides a range of resources that could easily be incorporated into teaching and learning activities which inform students about Australia's cultural diversity and promote community harmony. @http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/activities/ @http://www.about-face.org/ About-face promotes positive self-esteem for girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism. @http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/academy/default.stm BBC sport academy – click on the sport you would like to know more about, then click on the skills link to find videos and information about improving your skills. @http://www.bam.gov/ There's a wide range of interactive activities to support the health and science curriculum. Students can take quizzes to check out their fitness personality, create an activity calendar, become a disease detective and learn how to become fit for life. @http://ahealthyme.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=c0a17ee7-2798-4d59-b6b4-743fc6002965 At this online health and fitness website you can find an encyclopaedic approach to almost every aspect of health and well-being. @http://library.thinkquest.org/12153/ This web site deals with all aspects of physical well being. Topics include diet, exercise, teen issues, attitude and some computer-generated fitness testing. || @http://www.artsalive.ca/en/ Information on Performing Arts @http://www.tonisant.com/aitg/ Applied and interactive theatre guide @http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/03/120-art-resources-for-your-iwb/ Weblinks for Creative Arts @http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html The artist's toolkit @http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html Art History resources @http://www.artmagick.com/ V irtual Art Gallery displaying paintings from art movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries @http://bomomo.com/ Create abstract artworks @http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/music/ Music IWB links and resources @http://www.cartoonster.com/ A website that gives easy to use instructions on creating animations Google Art Project @http://www.googleartproject.com/ This website allows teachers and students into a range of art galleries around the world to view aspects of their collection. Students can virtually move around the museum’s galleries, zooming closer on works of art and navigating through interactive floor plans where they can learn more about the museum and explore. Artwork view lets students view the art at high-resolution, expanding the information panel lets students read more about the art, and find more art by the same artist. || @http://www.comcare.gov.au/virtual_workplaces/virtual_office A space to learn about Occupational Health and Safety in the office. @http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1934259,00.html Best inventions of 2002 @http://www.adcracker.com/index.htm <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Students learn to write a brief, create a brand and position the product. @http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm The Smith College Museum has placed online an excellent collection of technologies @http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/animation.html <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This site allows students to investigate the building booms and busts that have had the effect on Manhattan that we observe today @http://www.field-trips.org/sci/bake/index.htm <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This website investigates the history as well as the principles, tools and techniques of bread making. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/ <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This web site explores the process of creating large structures and what it takes to build them @http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?treetopwalk <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">At this site students are provided with instruction on how to build and test a model of a rainforest canopy walkway. @http://www.cadstd.com/ A CAD package (‘lite’ version is free) suitable for both Microsoft and Linux operating systems @http://www.chronicle-future.co.uk/ <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This is where you can get tomorrow's news today. You can select the year and you would like to know all about from the year 2000 to the year 2049. @http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/ <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">If you have ever wondered how things are made-products such as sweets, cars, airplanes, bottles. . . - or if you have been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection moulding, then this web site will provide a fascinating insight into these processes @http://www.howstuffworks.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This site provides wonderful cut away drawings and explanations for car engines, gas turbine engines, diesel engines, two-stroke engines, steam engines, rocket engines, electric motors, television, VCR's, cell phones, GPS systems, the radio, compact discs, tape-recorder, chess computers, telephones, refrigerator, pendulum clock, smoke detector, a thermometer, toilets, tyre pressure gauge, batteries, microwave, the aeroplane, hydraulic machines,. . . .. @http://www.innovated.gov.au/Innovated/html/i01.asp <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">This Australian funded website encourages students to start thinking about innovation and intellectual property from a young age. Teachers will find a number of resources for a wide range of students, including lesson plans, case studies and for Australia @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/ <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">At this website students are encouraged to reflect on the technologies that they use in their everyday life. The activity lets them go back through the century to find out when everyday items first appeared in homes and who facilitated their invention || @http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ Resources for a variety of languages @http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/ Great resource for any LOTE teacher. || History @http://www.hsie.com.au/ A website that lists many useful resources and links for the NSW DET curriculum and also two teachers blogs sites. @http://aso.gov.au/education/ Film clips @http://www.abc.net.au/tv/makingaustralia/ The Making of Modern Australia is a cross-platform people's history of postwar Australia. @http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.home&language_id=1 Egypt resource. @http://www.notjustanameonawall.com/ A History webquest researching a soldier in WW1 @http://www.anzacbattlefields.com/ Panoramic pictures of the battlefiels of WW1 Geography @http://geographypages.co.uk/proj.html https://yr10geography.wikispaces.com/ A year 10 Geography wiki @http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/index/AU This website can be used to compare living standards between Australia and other countries ||
 * = English = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/english/links/index.htm a huge range of weblinks for English
 * = Mathematics = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/mathematics/links/index.htma huge range of weblinks for Maths
 * = Science = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/science/links/index.htm a huge range of weblinks for Science
 * = PD/H/PE = || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">@http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/pdhpe/links/index.htm ** a huge range of educational PD/H/PE links
 * = Creative Arts = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/creative/links/index.htm a huge range of weblinks for Creative Arts
 * = TAS = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/technology/links/index.htm a huge range of resources for TAS
 * = LOTE = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/languages/links/index.htma huge range of weblinks for a variety of Languages
 * = HSIE = || @http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/digital_rev/hsie/links/index.htm a huge range of learning links for the subject area of HSIE