Art

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The Museum of Depressionist Art  http://dearauntnettie.com/museum/

Warning: don't take this too seriously. In a bizarre attempt to put the town of Redbone on the international art world map the Mumbletoasts decided to specialise in the art of the Depressionist school, which most other museums rejected as being too miserable, dejected and hopeless to warrant being  on a wall! Certainly worth a look, especially if you are having a bad day.  Ideal for year levels 9-11RRR

The Tate Gallery  http://www.tate.org.uk/

The Tate Modern Art Gallery is probably the premier Gallery of its type in the world.  The online presentation is representative of the resources, exhibits and features that this gallery in London hosts and presents.  Excellent resources and teaching material here.  Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRRR

World Myths & Legends in Art  http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/

Myths are stories that explain why the world is the way it is and all cultures have them in some form or another.  Throughout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form.  Sometimes these works of art are the only surviving record of what particular cultures believed and valued.  This site investigates, compares and contrasts the way in which cultures depict myths and Legends.

Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

The Red Studio  http://redstudio.moma.org/

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) explores issues and questions via themes about modern art and today's working artists.  The topics that are discussed include what is or isn't art and what does it take for someone to become an architect, artist or filmmaker.  Some excellent interviews and motivating material for senior art students. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

The Portrait Detectives  http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/portraits/

A portrait isn't just a pretty picture of a famous or wealthy person.  It is a treasure trove of clues and ideas.  It can tell us who a person is, how they lived in what they thought about themselves.  It can even tell us about the painter and their life.  Using paintings, this web site shows you how to find and interpret these clues.

Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRR

Matisse For Kids   http://artbma.org/education/matisse_kids_frame.html

In this excellent Flash animation you will meet Raoudi, Henri Matisse's schnauzer (dog) and he will guide you through an online exploration of the beloved 20th-century masters’ bold and bright paintings.  Along the way you will earn props and  patterns and then use these to create your own Matisse inspired art work.

Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRRR

Seeing!   http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/about/introduction.html

Seeing is subjective and each of us sees the world differently.  Seeing is also active and our eyes and brains construct the world that we see.  As well as this, seeing is interpreting light which carries information into our eyes. In the end seeing is more about  what we expect to see rather than is what is actually in front of us.  This website presents an excellent look into how we see the world about us on how our minds interpret this so differently.  Ideal for year levels 5-11 RRRRR

Destination: Modern Art  http://www.moma.org/destination/

This site is designed for young children as an introduction to the Museum of Modern Art and modern art in general. Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRRR

English Language

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Science Fiction & Fantasy Research Database http://lib-oldweb.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd/

This is a fantastic resource site if you are looking at reading or teaching science fiction and/or fantasy novels.  With over 60,000 historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy or horror stories available from here there is bound to be something of interest here. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRR

The Centre for Media Literacy  http://www.medialit.org/

Media literacy is now becoming a focal point for almost any school that is seriously trying to prepare students to be capable 21^st-century learners.  Teaching media literacy is in essence teaching critical thinking as applied to a wide variety of media.  This web site is a wide range of resource reports about the importance of media literacy and why it should be taught at all levels of all schools.

Ideal for teachers RRRRR

The Online Journalism Review (OJR) http://www.ojr.org/

The Online Journalism Review has been a premier site keeping an eye on the standard of journalism around the world.  The review also investigates the varying range of media through which journalism is being expressed.  The range of different technologies that are now employed to communicate ideas and to report on events around the world has increased dramatically. With that, there has been a focus on the values and ethics as applied to journalism. Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRRR

Abiator’s Interactive English Cloze Activities   http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lcz/lczindex.html

Students will find here an excellent collection of cloze activities which deal with practising the use of pronouns, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, verbs, and parts of speech.  The author of the site has used an excellent collection of Aesops fables in order to practice these skills. Ideal for year levels 4-8 RRRR

Wants Read Hot http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/readhot/index.html

Read Hot is a site where students can find out what other young adults are reading and enjoying (or not!) and then share their reading with others.  The site invites you to suggest titles that will be enjoyed by young people over the age of 13 years.  Come here and discover what other people are reading. Ideal for year levels 7-9 RRRRR

Banjo Paterson  http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0408/feature1/index.html

Banjo Paterson is a celebrated Australian poet and is best known for the writing of the alternative Australian anthem "Waltzing Matilda".  This National Geographic feature presents an excellent background to the work of Banjo Paterson, and in particular of Waltzing Matilda, as well as some excellent photographs dealing with the topics that Waltzing Matilda focuses on.  Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRR

The First International Collection of Tongue Twisters  http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/index.htm

This is the largest collection of tongue twisters in the world featuring a global collection of tongue twisters from a wide variety of over 90 countries.  This international fascination with tongue twisters can be practised with tongue twisters from such diverse locations such as Mongolia, Telugu, Ukraine, Latvia, China, Azerbaijani . . .

Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRRRR

I Know That: Language  http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts

Students will find here a wide range of puzzles, word searches, word matches and word builders along with an excellent collection of activities including "alien word mine", "supernova sentence puzzles", "rocket word" and "punctuation pinball".  Ideal for year levels 3-8 RRRR

International children's Digital Library  http://www.icdlbooks.org/

The International Children's Digital Library contains 531 online books which you can access from the site.  The books are truly international, with the latest collections added including books from Serbia, the Philippines, Kenya and Iran. Ideal for year levels 0-9 RRRRR

General & Professional Development

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Wisconsin Centre for Education Research  http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/

The Wisconsin Centre for Education Research is one of the leading education research centres in United States and you'll find here a wide range of reports, publications and resources.  If you are looking for data on almost any aspect of education you'll find some references here. Ideal for teachers  RRRR

Media Literacy in all Our Schools  http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article631.html

We are awash in media and yet the literacy of our young people has not managed to meet the new challenges that this media rich world is throwing up.  In a recent survey, 68 percent of children under two years old were spending an average of two hours per day in front of the screen in one form or another.  Media literacy is now an absolute priority in our schools.  This paper addresses this need in a positive manner and the site would be an ideal article to link to the school web site or sent home is a handout for parents to read.

Ideal for teachers RRRR

Streaming Futures: Choosing a Career   http://www.kidzonline.com/StreamingFutures/

Streaming Futures is a free web-based show dedicated to helping teenagers choose a career path suitable to their talents and abilities.  The site contains over 90 streaming video interviews with career professionals from a wide range of different industries including Law, politics, journalism, Hollywood, business/marketing, art, technology, music, entertainment, and education, science, sports and finance.  Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRRR

Epstein’s Six Types of Parent Involvement  http://www.ssta.sk.ca/partnership/ytpes/types.htm URL not working

Parents can contribute to the academic success of their child in a variety of ways.  In a broad sense, parents can be divided into three categories; home supporters who support teachers but do not see themselves as partners, visitors who are rarely seen, and partners who are at school almost everyday.  This web site expands these three simple categories into six categories and allows teachers to develop a profile of the type of parents and consequently the level of support they can expect from their community.  Ideal for teachers  RRR

The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy  http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

The Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy contains a huge number of articles by philosophers from around the world.  The encyclopaedia adds regular updates and contains a wide range of articles dealing with almost every aspect of philosophy.  If you are a teacher or  a learner in this area, then the resources here will be very well appreciated. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

A Web Search Based on Dewey Numbers  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick/dewey.html

Kids Click has been a very well used search engine containing web sites for children and if you are a dedicated librarian "sort of person" you can search sites via Dewey Numbers here. Ideal for year levels 0-10 RRRR

The Fin, Fur & Feathers Bureau of Investigation (FFFBI)  http://www.fffbi.com/

This site is an excellent collection of units of work based around critical thinking skills.  The units of work conduct entertaining investigations with backdrops from contemporary culture.  Agents engaged by the site quickly learn the goals of the Fin, Fur & Feather Bureau of Investigation.  This will involve developing a wide range of research skills and being able to manage information, process it and synthesise a wide variety of ideas into a single understanding.  The themes so are involve the arts, finance and science.

Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRRR

Health & Wellbeing

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Athens 2004: The Olympics http://www.athens2004.com/

This is the official web site of the official host nation - Greece.  If you are looking for either athletic performances, the history of the Olympics, schedules, or even places to stay then you will find what you want here. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRR

Carbohydrates!  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

In the early days of the food pyramid, carbohydrates dominated our view of a healthy diet whereas now we are more focused on the different types of carbohydrates and their effect on the body.  This site focuses on carbohydrates and categorises them into other high-low glycaemic carbohydrates. The importance of these ratings is emphasised on the site. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Pickleball!  http://cbmsonline.org:8080/PE_Health/pickleballsg.htm

Pickleball may not be one of the world's most well-known games but if you wish to introduce it in your school then you can find all the requirements, including rules and United States Pickleball association membership rules! Ideal for year levels 6-10 RR

Insects, disease, & history  http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/historybug

This is a site devoted to understanding the effect of disease on world history.  In particular, this site focuses on disease carried by insects and how these diseases have changed the course of history.  Wars have been won and lost more often because of tiny fleas and mites than through the strategies and weapons of the combatants.  Excellent insight. Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRR

The Olympic Games Collection   http://lii.org/search/file/olympics

If you are looking for information on almost any aspect of the Olympic Games whether historical, modern, particular athletes, regions, or the issues such as drugs and doping then you'll find it here at this collection of links. Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRR

BBC Sports: Olympics  http://news.bbcco.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004

The coverage of the Olympics is always a major feature for the 17 days which the sportsfest lasts every four years.  At this site you will find the background news behind the successes and disappointments that are inevitable when there can only be one gold medal winner in each event. Ideal for all year levels RRRR

The Olympics: An Historic Proposal  http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/TCampbell/

In 1776 BC the ancient Greeks began a tradition that lasted for over 1100 years.  They stopped all wars and each city-state sent their best athletes to the plain at Olympia to compete for the honour of Zeus at the Olympic Games.  Your task in this Webquest will be to create a proposal for the events of the 2004 Olympic Games based on historical roots of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece.  Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRRR

Back Pain & Spine Health  http://www.spine-health.com/

This web site provides in-depth information to help patients understand, prevent and seek appropriate treatment for back pain and neck pain.  The site is written and reviewed by leading spine physicians. Not only is this site helpful in regards to back pain but it also provides excellent information on the physiology of the spine.

 Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRR

Information & Communication Technology

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No More Logins  http://bugmenot.mozdev.org/

Are you tired of having to fill in endless forms asking for your e-mail address and a host of personal information that has no possible connection to the site you're attempting to look at other than to send you a constant stream of spam mail for the next 20 years.  At this site they have solved the problem with standard logins to over 18,000 web sites ensuring that your inbox that resembles your rubbish bin. Ideal for year all levels RRRRR

Searching the Internet  http://searchingtheinternet.blogspot.com

An excellent White Paper is available here for download dealing with how to search the Internet effectively along with online streaming video tutorials.  These are both excellent resources which can be used to teach/learn about how to search the Internet effectively using the most effective tools.  Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRR

Ipipi SMS  http://www.ipipi.com/

Using this free SMS text messaging service you can contact international friends around the world in over 200 countries.  Even send text messages from either computer or your cellphone. Ideal for all year levels RR

Registry Mechanic for Windows http://www.winguides.com/regmech/

The registry in your Windows operating system is one of the most sensitive parts of your computer system.  Playing around here can cause endless grief with programs not running, blue screens appearing and sudden crashes of programs.  This excellent piece of software costs $US29.95 but is an excellent tool for cleaning up your registry safely and securely ensuring a smooth and efficient operating system.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Pal Talk   http://www.paltalk.com/

Pal Talk is marketed as the next generation Instant Messenger which allows you to not only text your friends but also send video clips and broadcast audio at the same time.  In effect this piece of free software is an introductory videoconferencing suite.  There are limitations, with video only rated at a few frames a second, although you can upgrade to 10 frames a second by paying a fee.  Ideal for all year levels RRR

Fresh Download  http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html

Fresh Download is an easy-to-use download manager which allows you to manage downloads of freeware, and shareware, MP3 music and  picture collection files.  It also allows you to resume and pause downloads, run multiple connections, schedule downloads . . . .  and all for free. Ideal for all year levels RRR

Windows Service Pack 2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

With no new Windows platform due for some years, this service pack at over 80 Mb is really an interim new operating system.  There are a wide range of improvements and upgrades within this release.  Those without broadband internet access may prefer to order the CD from their regional Microsoft supplier /office. Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRRR

BraveNET Tools http://www.bravenet.com/

If you have a web site that you manage or have created, then the tools that you can find at this web site will be a blessing. You can download from here a wide collection of free tools which you can add to your site such as guest books, message forums, polls, chat, template galleries, web journals, calendars, cartoons . . . . Ideal for all year levels RRRR

Foreign Languages (LOTE)

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Japanese Language Learning Tools on the Web  http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/language.html

Teachers of Japanese will find an excellent collection of bookmarks here of web sites suited to the teaching of Japanese in the classroom.  The list includes dictionaries, grammar practice sessions, Japanese culture and general Japanese language web sites. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Talk German  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/talk/

A lively introduction to the language in 10 short parts.  Chinese online topics with audio, video and quizzes.  Topics include greeting people and saying your name, talking about yourself, talking about what you do, buying food, asking for directions, ordering a meal, buying train tickets. . . . . Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRRR

BOF: GCSE French  http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/haberg/index.htm

This introduction to the British GCSE French programme includes everyday activities, personal and social life, the world around us, the world of work and the international world.  An excellent collection of introductory tutorials for those with a basic understanding of French.  Ideal for year levels 8-10 RRR

CMJ Japanese Grammar Online  http://mercury.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/webcmj/

This program is designed to help Japanese language students review basic Japanese grammar.  It covers grammar points taught in elementary Japanese language courses and you can answer the questions in neither Hiragana, Kanji or a combination of both.  There's also information here on how to set up the computer to use both these scripted languages. Ideal for year levels 6-10 RRRRR

The French Language: Going to the Cinema  http://www.btinternet.com/~s.glover/ageingrat/index.htm

This is an excellent collection of French exercises to support the theme of going to the Cinema.

 Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Understanding Written Japanese  http://members.aol.com/joyo96/index96.html

According to the site, this is the world's most popular web site devoted to learning written Japanese. This web site’s author has created a resource which combines etymology WHAT is this word?, calligraphy, and memory aids in order to teach students a better appreciation of the written Japanese language. Ideal for year levels 6-12 RRRRR

Dictation Quizzes for Japanese Speech  http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/

The resources for learners of Japanese that are available at this web site include quizzes using Java applets that allow users to hear spoken sentences, words, syllables, special morae and accent.  The pronunciation here is very professional and clear and provide students with a good voice to learn from.  The quizzes are set up at six different levels and the site contains considerable options for setting up your language, the dictation you wish to select and the level you wish to operate at.  Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Electronic Translators  http://www.travlang.com/tlstore/511aus/

We do not normally recommend web sites that sell resources but these handheld dictionaries and translation software for PDAs are advancing how we teach languages considerably and unless you have a reasonable ICT background, then you may not be aware of the opportunities that these tools present.  You can get here the software for the dictionaries of almost any language you can possibly imagine. Ideal for year levels 5-12 RR

Vocabulary Training Exercises  http://www.vokabel.com

Students of either English, German, French or Spanish can make good use of these grammar exercises that are available from this site.  As well as grammar exercises there are also thematic topics.  Ideal for year levels 8-11 RR

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Clocks  http://javascript.internet.com/clocks/

You can find here a host of different clocks which you can download for students to read.  There are both digital and analogue clocks for students to learn to read and tell the time. Ideal for year levels 0-5 RRRR

Explorations in Mathematics  http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,,NAV2,00.html

In this series of online activities students can discover the role of mathematics in everything from global warming to finding a way around the earth while away at sea, balancing levers and even colouring maps to define states without colours merging with each other. Ideal for year levels 5-8 RR

I Know That!  Mathematical Educational Games  http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Math

Leon will introduce students to the mathematics movies, arithmetic workshop, math dojo, math stories, geometry workshop, dam jammer shapes, real-world geometry and a fractions workshop.  These animated and well presented mathematics units are very engaging and are well structured. Ideal for year levels 2-8 RRRR

Create Your Own Interactive Mathematics Games  http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/techno/games.htm

This web site allows you to both design and create your own online games and then contribute them to the database of games that you can access at no charge. The tools here are easy-to-use and this is an excellent exercise.  Students can create new games and have them added to this web site and then have their peers try them out.  There is also an excellent collection of over 100 mathematical games that other students have created that are available here. Ideal for year levels 2-7RRRR

The Event Inventor  http://www.kyes-world.com/

Students and teachers will find here a range of applied mathematical activities where mathematical concepts form a key element in the ability to carry out an investigation.  The activities range from using Pythagoras to simple arithmetic and algebra. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRR

Exploring Mars  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9706/pathfinf\der/interact/orbit.html FAULTY URL

It is your mathematical job to put Pathfinder on Mars.  But before you press the launch button, consider this: how do you pick the right launch date so Earth and Mars line up just right?  And how will you have the correct velocity required to escape earth's gravitational pull? Some excellent applied mathematics.

Ideal for year levels 8-10 RRRR

Create a Venn Diagram  http://www.venndiagram.com/venn01.html

By selecting a particular category of Venn diagram, using a collection of data that you insert and a very clever online program you can then view the Venn diagram you have created.  This is an excellent way of showing the changes in shared/common features/numbers/characteristics . . . Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRRR

Create a Graph  http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/

Graphs and charts are great because they communicate a large amount of information visually.  For this reason, graphs are often used in newspapers, magazines and businesses around the world.  Other times, graphs or charts help impress people by getting the point across quickly and visually.  Here you will find four different graphs and charts for you to consider.  You can also investigate graphs as they can be applied in probability applications.  Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRRRR

BasketMath Interactive  http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/toc.htm

This interactive application of basic mathematical skills provide students with plenty of practice in a fun environment.  Ideal for year levels 2-9 RR

Music & Performance Arts

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The Internet Movie Machine  http://www.16colour.com/ FAULTY URL

Increasingly we are seeing some of the highest grossing films at the box office having, if not all, a significant amount of animation included within the film.  Animation is one of the growth industries at the moment and this web site will introduce you to an online animation machine which will let you experiment with turning your fixed images into moving lif-like animations (maybe not initially but when you get good enough they will).

Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Fleeting Glimpse  http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse

Fleeting Glimpse presents some excellent juggling routines and “string figure” applications which can be used in practising performance when the focus is on the presentation, expression and innovative application as opposed to requiring high levels of skill.  Some excellent applications here.

Ideal for year levels 4-9 RRR

This Day in Music History   http://datadragon.com/day/

Each day you receive a selection of famous musicians and composers birthdays as well as anniversaries or opening nights of Broadway shows and plays, a historical look at which songs were in charts on this day in the past. Ideal for all year levels RR

Cartoonster: Online Animation  http://www.kidzdom.com

These free online tutorials help teach you, step-by-step, how to draw and animate - the easy and fun way!  The site even reveals some shortcuts and animators secrets along the way.  This excellently presented tutorial on animation is highly interactive and presents information in a very structured and logical manner. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Ludwig van Beethoven  http://www.geocities.com/paris/3486/beetfi.html

Here students can listen to some midi presentations of some of Beethoven's more famous pieces including the Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise. Simple but useful. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RR

The Composer Timeline  http://www.edinboro.edu/cwis/music/Cordell/timeline.html

Quite often it is difficult to put composers into some form of chronological order in our minds as often the images/photographs can confuse our sense of when they actually lived. This timeline of famous composers begins in the twelfth century and moves through to the 20th century.  Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRR

A Glossary of Popular Music Terms  http://www.austinsymphony.org/music/

This is an excellent collection of popular music terms organised alphabetically.  The list is very extensive and provides an excellent resource for music students. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

ELAC Theatrepedia  http://www.perspicacity.com/elactheatre/library/

Theatrepedia provides an extensive encyclopaedia of theatre online at no charge.  This encyclopaedia can be fully searched for information that is organised by playwright, author, title or text and as well as sections highlighting theatre people, terms and characters.  There are also sections on writing plays, acting, directing and stagecraft as well as online newsgroups available from here and a special section on the Greek theatre.

Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRRRR