Art

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The Museum of Web Art: The Kids Wing  http://www.mowa.org/kids/kids_main.html

Modern art can be quite a mystery to even the most informed adults, so it is not surprising that young and budding artists rarely have a good grasp of the topic.  Students will find here an excellent introduction to modern art through guided introduction to this genre. Ideal for year levels 5-10RRRR

The Top 10 Online Art Museums for Kids  http://www.kidsart.com/topten.html

Here are the most visited American online art museums as voted by American students. You can also find here other top 10 art lists dealing with other themes and genres. Ideal for year levels 3-10RRR

The Berkeley Art Museum Online Guide for Kids http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/education/kidsguide/welcome/welcomekids.html DEAD LINK

Students will find here an excellent introduction to American art as well as art in general through the use of this interactive online guide.  As students make their way through the Virtual Museum they will study nine different exhibits and learn how to interrogate art works to discover the stories that lie behind them.
Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRR

Visual Elements & Principles http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/

In this online tutorial students will use the tools that artists use such as line, colour and balance to build their own works of art.  Investigate tints and shades, complimentary colours, warm and cool colours, natural and arbitrary colours as well as look at how artists achieve depth and perspective in their pictures.  The site also investigates symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, repetition and visual rhythm. Ideal for year levels 7-10 RRRRR

Art Games  http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/html/home.html

Art Games is an interactive web site designed to engage children in playful, interactive learning about works of art in the collection of the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.  The excellent approach used here is suitable for children from year 0-6 and students follow the guided instructions to understand that art is not just for experts. Ideal for year levels 0-6 RRRR

Scribbles: The Kids Art Site  http://www.scribbleskidsart.com/

Scribbles is a place for children of all ages where they are allowed to create art.  Here they can learn about different artists and their art works.  Children can do simple art projects and there are contests here they may enter.  This web site introduces students to working and producing artwork in an online environment. Ideal for year levels 2-7 RRRR

Seeking Elimination: Monastic Manuscripts 800-1200  http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/seeking/

From about 800 to 1200, monasteries functioned as the primary guardians of art and scholarship throughout Europe.  Although these religious institutions were physically secluded, they created luxurious manuscripts and beautiful art for the church and the most powerful political leaders of the day.  This web site highlights the impressive and highly detailed work of the monks.  Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

Van Goghs Letters  http://webexhibits.org/vangogh/

Van Gogh wrote a remarkably large number of letters covering all aspects of his life and his painting.  The letters here deal with his art, equipment, material and suppliers as well as his attitude to his family and friends, his feelings of ambition despair and loneliness . . . Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Art Optics http://webexhibits.org/hockneyoptics/

In this historical perspective the use of artistic optical devices over the past 600 years is examined.  There has been considerable argument as to whether these devices were used by accident or design and this is a fascinating insight into the use of these tools in early art works.  Ideal for year levels 11-12 RRRRR

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Strategies for Developing Higher Level Thinking   http://www.literacyconnections.com/Schiller~ns4.html

Teachers will find here an excellent collection of strategies for improving student reading comprehension through the use of a range of tools for developing higher level thinking.  Topics dealt with include making inferences, patterning/sequencing, drawing conclusions, comparing and contrasting, establishing cause and effect, predicting, brainstorming, inventing, composing and evaluating.  This is an excellent collection of notes dealing with teaching students thinking skills in the context of reading and comprehension. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRR

Hyper Hamlet  http://www.hyperhamlet.unibas.ch/

In this online Shakespearean play; Hamlet, students will find the text with hyperlinks to references where they can find commentaries on particular aspects of the play and its writing.  It is also possible for the user to add additional references.  This is an excellent resource for the teacher to provide appropriate background information for the student as well as for the serious student to make serious inquiry of the play.  Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRRRR

The Assembly on Computers in English  http://faculty.gvsu.edu/patterna/aceonline/

This National Council of Teachers of English Online Journal investigates the use of computers in teaching English language. Topics investigated  include online collaboration: mooing our way to success, five ways of looking at the computer-supported composition classroom, MUDs and MOOs: collaborative narrative play at work in the classroom Ideal for teachers RRR

Alphabet Organizer  http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/alphabet/

Alphabet Organizer has numerous applications for classroom instruction. Students have the option to enter one word, more than one word, or a word and related notes for each letter of the alphabet. Students can use the tool to create an alphabet book with words for each letter of the alphabet. The tool can also be used to have students brainstorm and discuss background knowledge on a topic they are beginning to study. Ideal for year levels 0-8 RRRR

Animal Inquiry  http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=20  

The Animal Inquiry interactive is a versatile tool that can enhance student inquiry in research for junior students. The graphic organizer invites students to explore four facets of animals [basic facts, animal babies, interaction with others, and habitats (shown at left)]; the possibilities for extensions or adaptations, moreover, make this a nice complement with inquiry-based projects. Ideal for year levels 0-4 RRRRR

Circle Plot Diagram  http://readwritethink.org/materials/circle-plot/

Introducing the concept of text structure to junior students is made easy—and fun!—through the use of the Circle Plot Diagram. The tool can be used as a prewriting graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure as well as a post-reading organizer used to explore the text structures in a book. Excellent Ideal for year levels 3-10 RRRRR

Comic Creator  http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html

The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on). The organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and props, as well as to compose related dialogue This versatile tool can be used by students from year 0 through to high school, for purposes ranging from learning to write dialogue to an in-depth study of a formerly neglected genre. Comic Creator Ideal for year levels 3-10 RRRRR

General & Professional Development

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Brain boost: The No-Search Search Engine  http://www.brainboost.com

Brain Boost is a question answering search engine designed specifically to answer questions, presented in plain English.  If students are seeking particular answers rather than studying themes or topics then this type of search engine would be very useful. Ideal for year levels 4-12 RRRRR

The ERIC Digests  http://www.ericdigests.org/

The Eric Education Digests are short 1000-1500 word reports dealing with a wide range of interest areas within education.  They cover teaching practices, learning, special education, homeschooling and many other areas.  You can search the database of almost 3000 digests from this location.  If you are doing research on any aspect of education you will find this resource of considerable worth. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning  http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp

Inquiry Learning is not a new technique but one that can be greatly assisted through the application of the information and communication technologies that are now available in most classrooms.  Asking questions is at the heart of the inquiry learning process and this web site goes through the process of creating an inquiry project, encouraging the collaborative approach, providing planning guides, suggesting teaching techniques as well as providing exemplar activities and projects.  Ideal for teachers  RRRR

Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation  http://pareonline.net/

This is an online journal, the focus of which is to provide access to  articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation and teacher practice.  The manuscripts vary in length between 2000-10000? words and are available and searchable from this location. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Educators Reference Desk  http://www.eduref.org/

The Educators Reference Desk brings together over 2000 lesson plans and 3000 reviewed online links where the main themes are counselling, education levels, education management, education technology, evaluation, family life, general education, librarianship, reference, specific populations, subjects and teaching. Ideal for teachers RRR

The ERIC Database  http://www.eric.ed.gov/

The Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) is the world's premier database of Gen Amnon general education literature.  The new Eric online system, released in September 2004 provides the general public with a demographic database of more than 1.1 million citations dating back to 1966.  There is also over 107,000 full text non-journal documents available at no cost. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR+

The OECD Education Statistics & Indicators  http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34515_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

The OECD education indicators provide teachers with rich and relevant, up-to-date array of measures on the functioning, development and impact of education: from early childhood through formal education to learning and training throughout life. Ideal for teachers  RRRR

Inquiry Learning  http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3

The inquiry page promotes the concept of inquiry learning through a simple inquiry learning model which is presented at the site.  There are excellent sections dealing with topics such as "assessing and evaluating inquiry based learning" as well as the excellent samples of inquiry based activities. Ideal for teachers RRRRR

Health & Wellbeing

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Your Gross & Cool Body  http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/index.html

In order to understand the tenor of the site the byline for it is "pimples, burps, farts and funnybones". Students love the language, the content and exercises that are represented at this web site.  We live in our bodies every day and there are some things about our bodies do that really do let us down sometimes!  Learn all about them here and everyone can have a good giggle!  Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Mending the Broken Heart   http://www.nasaexplores.com/show2_articlea.php?id=04-080

At the moment it is necessary for a surgeon to open up our bodies and fix organs when they stop carrying out all the duties they are supposed to.  This is not the future of medicine!  NASA has been experimenting for almost 30 years to grow complex structures just like the organs in our body using a device called a buyer reactor!  Catch up on the latest developments at this site. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRRR

The World's Healthiest Foods  http://www.whfoods.com/

In order to be healthy, a food does not necessarily have to taste terrible!  This web site focuses on showing people how you can eat in a much more healthy manner and enjoy the experience, as well as ensuring it is affordable and fits in well with the individual's personal needs and lifestyle. This is not a commercial approach but rather it is supported by a not-for-profit organisation.  Some excellent food and cooking ideas available from here. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Coffee: Beyond The Buzz  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/

Coffee has become the acceptable social drink of the 21st century; well at least for the first five years of this new millennium!  But where does coffee come from and what makes a good coffee?  This web site from the National Geographic Society provides a well researched background document that looks at the growing of coffee beans, their processing and distribution around the world.  Ideal for year levels 7-11 RRRRR

Healthy Start For Life: Online Courses  http://www.dieticians.ca/healthystart/content/courses/index.asp

This web site provides a range of courses for parents and caregivers presented in a PowerPoint format which can be downloaded and used by both the teacher and the parent/caregiver.  This is a great resource for schools to provide for parents.  The courses revolve around feeding preschoolers, the difficulty eater, menu planning and the active preschooler. Ideal for year levels 0-1 RRRRR

Dealing With Feelings http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/index.html

Confused, sad, mad or glad; regardless of how you feel and how these emotions affect you, you can find out more about them here and how you can deal with them. There are sections of work here dealing with cheating, home work, school violence, what to do when you don't like school, divorce, homesickness, running away, sibling rivalry . . .  This is an excellent site  that will be of huge value to students, students and parents/caregivers

College Drinking: Changing the Culture  http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/

Binge drinking and under-age drinking are becoming endemic in some regions and there is an international push to provide education and encourage better parental intervention in this area.  This web site provides teachers with background information, research, facts and links to material they will assist them in this task. Ideal for teachers  RRRR

GYMmedia http://www.gymmedia.com

If you are involved in gymnastics at any level then you will find the gymnastics news from around the world interesting.  Ideal for year levels 5-12RR

Information & Communication Technology

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V2 Learning by doing: CCNA  Textbook http://www.Lulu.com/learningbydoing

This is an excellent and free online book dealing with networking at how to manage networks successfully.  If you are looking for a one-stop shop for advice, support and "how to" stuff then this resource would be very near the top of the rankings.  Fully up-to-date and put together using the "open source" principle. Ideal for techniciansRRRR

Visual Ranking: Analysing &Evaluating Information http://www97.intel.com/Discover/WebTools/VisualRanking/VR_Strategies3/default.aspx

Making lists is easy; putting them in order can be more challenging.  Visual ranking is a collection of resources for ranking and comparing lists in the classroom.  Includes an intuitive online workspace where teachers and students can discuss and collaborate as they evaluate lists.  These resources are all available at no cost from any Internet connected computer. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRR

Fair Use Harbour http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/fairuse.htm

There is a lot of dispute about what you can and cannot copy, how you should reference, what you use and how much you can use when it comes to using the Internet.  The temptation and the simplicity of cutting and pasting has culminated in a copyright nightmare.  This web site deals with the copyright issue based on the concept of "fair use".  The topic looks at copying, making multiple copies, fair use of videos and other media in education settings and using Web based media for distance education purposes.  Simple, well laid out and based on a single principle. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Intranet Trends to Watch for http://line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=5913

Intranets have been around now for almost 10 years and they have improved significantly but there are many changes of late which have changed intranets significantly but what will the future bring?  This web site investigates significant trends that are beginning to appear.  Intranets are transitioning from information tools to knowledge management tools, from geek status to where everyone becomes an intranet publisher and where searching for the information you require has become intuitive! Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Google Desktop Searching  http://desktop.google.com/

This is not the Google search tool bar that you can download but rather a program that allows you to search the contents of your desktop computer quickly and efficiently.  The software will first do an audit of what files and material are on your machine and then when you are looking for a particular file, image or e-mail you can activate the Google search button and it will return to you your missing piece of data or file quickly and efficiently.  Ideal for year all levels RRRRR

Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/projects/computers/index.htm

This report challenges education standards and industry assertions that all teachers and children, from preschool up, should use computers in the classroom to develop technological literacy.  This expensive agenda ignores evidence that high-tech classrooms have done little if anything to improve student achievement, the report says.  This report should be read by everyone; but critically so.  There are elements of truth all the way through it and lessons to be learnt that are critical if we are to make the best of technology in the classroom. Ideal for teachers  RRRRR

Foreign Languages (LOTE)

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Chinese Calligraphy  http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/china/language/callig.htm

Chinese calligraphy is an art form which has developed over many centuries in China.  This unit introduces students to this ancient art through step-by-step instructions on writing Chinese characters.  This is an excellent collection of readings, discussions and exercises in developing an understanding and appreciation of Chinese calligraphy. Ideal for year levels 6-12RRRR

Literature Café (German)  http://www.literaturcafe.de/

This excellent web site hosts a wide range of resources and links dealing all aspects of literature in German e-books, newsletters, prose, news book reviews. Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR

Russian, French and Spanish language Tutor http://cyberyan.homeip.net/vova/old_homepage/rtutor.htm

This Java interactive site delivers a simple Russian, French and Spanish tutor service. A good basic language tool where you can hear phrases and then repeat them back. Simple but effective. Ideal for year levels 8-11 RRR

Mille faux amis en langue française  http://www.termisti.refer.org/faintro.htm

Divers ouvrages à vocation didactique présentent des listes de faux amis accompagnées de définitions. Nous en conseillons chaleureusement la lecture aux personnes qui s'interrogent sur la différence entre plusieurs mots proches, ce site n'étant en aucun cas destiné à répondre à leurs attentes. Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRR

Les Adjectifs  http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/interexercice/adjectifsexercice.htm

Insert the adjectives in parentheses into the sentences on the screen and you will be marked and can then proceed. Note that all the adjectives are given in masculine, singular form. It is important that students pay attention to the placement of the adjectives. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

ABC Spanish Newspaper http://www.abc.es/

This online daily Spanish newspaper provides an excellent resource for teachers and students of Spanish language. The beauty of using newspaper based material is that it is highly contextual and enables the nuances of language to be encouraged along with the formality that often forms the core of language teaching. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Hispanophone Studies Journal  http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/revistas.shtml

“This page contains 180 links to web sites of scholarly, academic and artistic journals, mostly in Spanish, which cover some aspect of language, culture or literature in Spain or the Spanish-speaking world. All the sites provide tables of contents for current and some back issues, article abstracts or full text, so that patrons may glean bibliographic information, determine the way a topic has been treated or read an article in a journal which might not otherwise be available locally.” Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRRR

Exercices Interactifs   http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/interexercice/inter2.htm

An excellent collection of interactive exercises introducing a range of grammatical concepts from verbs through to prepositions to adjectives. Interactives include filling in the blanks with the correct article through to replacing words with the correct grammar. Ideal for year levels 7-11 RRRRR

Foreign Language Rubrics http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/lang/rubrics/index.htm

This collection of rubrics have been developed to evaluate speaking and writing tasks. By providing students with rubrics before they prepare for a task, teachers communicate what a good performance looks like before they are evaluated.  Rubric topics include Interpersonal; Oral Presentation; Products, Practices & Perspectives; Integration of Culture; Brief Constructed Response with an emphasis on Spanish. Ideal for year levels 6-11 RRRRR

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Builder Ted  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/index.shtml  

The roof is leaking and Dougal the dog is getting wet! You need to fix the roof in order to keep Dougal dry.  In order fix the roof you will need to place the rungs of the ladder in the correct numerical order.  The aim of this game is to make sure that the roof is fixed and Dougal keeps dry. Ideal for year levels 0-1 RRRR

Math Mayhem http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp

Are you ready to put your mathematical skills to the ultimate challenge?  Here is your chance to compete head-to-head in this exciting, fast paced, multiplayer arena.  You can try out to become top of the table in addition, subtraction, modification or division.  Bring on the mayhem. Ideal for year levels 1-5 RRRRR

The Maths File: Game Show http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/index.shtml

Students can, with the aid of Hypatia and Pythagoras make use of these excellent animated games to build a good understanding of basic mathematical principles covering topics such as fractions, multiplication, division, number concept . . . . Excellent and extremely entertaining. Ideal for year levels 0-7 RRRRR

Historical Mathematical Monographs  http://historical.library.cornell.edu/math/

Teachers and students will find here an incredibly impressive library of historical mathematical monographs covering a wide range of historical books, treaties and papers that chronicle the development of modern mathematics.  Excellent background information and anecdotal material for the classroom. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

The Equation Match  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/equationmatch.html

In this introduction to variables and equations, students find matching pairs by working out the value of the unknown variable “x” in each of the equations.  The answers reveal a hidden picture. Ideal for year levels 5-8 RRRR

Mudd Math Fun Facts F⁴ http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/

As well as the random math fact banks that are released each month you can also search the archive of fact banks that cover the topics of algebra, calculus, geometry, number theory, probability and almost any other area of mathematics you can imagine. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRR

Planet Hop http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/planethop.html

While travelling through deep space you find yourself somewhat hungry and in order to get the food you want you'll need to find the coordinates of four planets, and then find the equation of the line which you have created.  Then you can eat. Ideal for year levels 5-8 RRRR

Mathematical Help: Exercises & Activities   http://www.syvum.com/math/

There is an extremely wide range of online activities, covering almost every possible area of mathematics at all possible levels, available from this site.  As well as covering the basic mathematical principles there is also a wide range of word problems, and quizzes and extensive background notes and support. This is an extremely useful resource for teachers and students at all levels. Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Curious Mathematics  http://www.curiousmath.com/

A large number of mathematical curiosities which appear quite bizarre are really based on logic and simple mathematical deduction.  This is an excellent and entertaining web site for students who have an interest in mathematics. Ideal for year levels 6-12RRRRR

Music & Performance Arts

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High School Tech Production  http://www.hstech.org/

Design and technical production for high school plays and theatre is exactly the same as it is in Broadway!  Just smaller.  This is an excellent web site with a wonderful collection of resources, especially if you're making use of some other high-tech equipment and special effects that are now possible, even with a modest budget.  There is an active discussion list as well as lots of how to’s and what not to do tips as well as some humour. Ideal for teachersRRRR

Music, Mind & Machine  http://sound.media.mit.edu/

The Music, Mind & Machine Group at the MIT media laboratory is developing new audio technologies for future interactive media applications.  This ranges from automatic senses of features in existing audio content to extremely compact representations of sound for efficient transmission control in a networked future!  If you want to keep up with the very latest in the audio world, then this is the place to come. Ideal for year levels 7-12 RRRRR

Space Age Pop  http://www.spaceagepop.com/

Teachers will be showing their age but students see it as funky retro!  Space age Pop music was all the rage not that long ago (depending on your age) and you can come here and find out who were the leading bands of the time and the incredible nonsensical lyrics that accompanied this music genre. Ideal for year levels ??? RRR

The Science of Music  http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/

What is music?  What is the difference between music and noise?  Can people tell the difference?  This web site investigates music and answers the age-old questions that you may not even ever have wanted to have an answer for!  This is an excellent site that takes a unique approach to teaching about the science of music. Ideal for year levels 5-10 RRRRR

Interactive Technology & Creative Music Education http://www.cs.tcd.ie/crite/projects/creative-music/index.html

So where do interactive technologies and the creation of music merge?  This would be one place where the technologists are looking at how they can increase the creativity of even the most musically challenged person.  There are three main projects highlighted here. Drum Steps: A software tool for percussion composition; Hyperscore: a music-software environment for composition development; and the Toy Symphony - where children can create their own music by just playing around. Ideal for year levels 5-12 RRRRR

Music Theory Online  http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/

This online journal of criticism, commentary, research and scholarship dealing with music theory is fully searchable and provides a wide range of articles dealing with almost every aspect of music imaginable. Ideal for year levels 10-12 RRR

Honky-Tonks, Hymns & the Blues http://www.honkytonks.org/

Syndicated on many radio stations this radio program has its online base for the program here. The program investigates American musical traditions examining the building blocks of America's (and consequently much of the world's) popular music and each of the programs are presented here with excellent background notes and supporting links. Ideal for year levels 8-12 RRRR

Creativity: Find It, Promote It! http://www.ncaction.org.uk/creativity/

This web site provides practical ideas on how to promote pupils’ creative thinking and behaviour.  At the heart of these materials are examples of pupils’ creativity across the UK national curriculum.  Excellent ideas for the teacher as well as motivation for the student.  Ideal for all year levels RRRRR

Science

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DNA From The Beginning  http://dnaftb.org/

In this excellent animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and hereditary you will find a huge collection of resources dealing with the main themes of genetics, molecules of genetics and genetic organisation and control.  The degree of sophistication, excellent online graphics and animation makes this web site a must see for all students studying genetics as well as teachers who are teaching this in their classrooms.  Brilliant Ideal for year levels 9-12 RRRRR.

North American Mammals  http://web4.si.edu/mna/

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History presents an excellent collection of information on North American mammals at this location.  You can click on a map of North America to find mammals native that to that specific region, you can search by species name, search an excellent Flash animation to discover the family tree of a particular mammal, search by conservation status or search the special collections with complete skeletal images. Ideal for year levels 7-11 RRR

Benjamin Franklin  http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

Without doubt Benjamin Franklin was one of the most unique human beings to have walked our planet in the last 200 years.  As well as contributing to the founding of a new nation he was also prolific inventor, scientist, businessman and musician.  He was not the quintessential "scientific crackpot" but rather a very well rounded, well liked and inspirational man who contributed much to science by way of this capability to communicate effectively and apply his wisdom to numerous applications. Ideal for year levels 4-10 RRRRR

Exploring the Deep Ocean  http://www.fathom.com/gateway/abyss/index.html

This is a collection of four online seminars dealing with the deep ocean (vertical light stones and biodiversity, light on the deep sea floor and vision of the deep-??? or as well as work on hydrothermal vents), the natural history of sharks, (shark behaviour, sharp biology, sharp evolution and threats to sharks and conservation) bio-acoustics, (sound and the ocean, seeing sounds, whales, dolphins and killer whales) and life on the coral reef (the importance of the coral reef and food chains within these ecosystems).  The units of work are very well presented and contain fascinating information and can be used as extension work for students who wish to push their understand