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Many sites are not Australian. Therefore, scrutinise carefully to be certain they are of value in your Australian setting.
Many sites are not Australian. Therefore, scrutinise carefully to be certain they are of value in your Australian setting.
Cross Curricula Teaching Resources
- Note : Individual resources are suitable for teacher use with all education levels unless specifically indicated otherwise.
- new !ALA - Great Web Sites for Kids
Connections to a huge range of sites covering all major learning areas, reference and animals. Selected by the American Library Association. Each section has further sub-sections with annotated links also indicating appropriate student levels.
Highly Recommended ! - Aspiroweb
[Training for Thinking, Learning, Creativity and Success]
English. Information and resources for a ‘thinking’ classroom. Some aspects are purely British, but there is information on multiple intelligences, thinking skills and more. - Assessment
‘Resources to help students practice skills required on various assessments.’ Broken initially into elementary, middle school and high school and then into grade levels. Some sections are particularly US-oriented, but many are suited to grade levels anywhere. - A to Z Teacher Stuff
Themes, lesson plans and ‘printables’, tips, articles, links. Lesson plans by grade or subject area. Special ‘Update’ listing.
Primary, Secondary - ABCTeach
5 000+ resources on theme units, forms, puzzles, ideas, lesson plans, discussion forums.
Primary, Secondary - Academic Info
Links to search by subjects, keywords or subject gateways. ‘A Reference Desk’ is useful but the Student Centre has little relevance in Australia.
Secondary, Tertiary - Achievement Award Certificates
100s of awards you can use everyday. In .pdf format. Download, add names, reason, date and print on paper or card. Fee-based.
Primary - Australian Sites :
- ABC Education - Learn Gateway
From the Australian Broadcasting Commission, quality materials covering school and lifelong learning. By age and subject, find other resources, check on educational television, radio and more. Slow to load but worth the wait. - Aussie Schoolhouse
Portal with teacher and association sites hosted, including Aussie Educator. Considerable variety among teacher sites from very specific to general, lesson plans to learning technology. Several hundred pages. - Austhink : Rationale™
‘Rationale™ is a tool for improving critical thinking skills. It provides the framework for students and teachers to visualise the thinking process and embark on the critical thinking path. For more detailed Educator information you can also download the Educator Guide and Primary and Secondary level supplements.’ Fee-based.
Primary, Secondary - Australian Education Hub
Education news, search engines, information, resource reviews, online learning opportunities and more.
Teachers, Parents - Australian Screen
‘You can view clips from Australian feature films, documentaries, TV programs, shorts, home movies, newsreels, advertisements, other historical footage, and sponsored films produced over the last 100 years, with curators’ notes and other information about each title. The site currently contains 1 474 clips from 564 film and television titles, and is constantly being added to. You can also visit our education page for educational content provided by The Le@rning Federation. All clips with teachers’ notes are marked [and grouped in area listings, e.g. History, Identity & Culture, Indigenous Australia].’ - Barinya
[Family, Fun & Educational Activities]
‘Welcome to Barinya - an educational and information site for every family ! Barinya is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning Star. One of our main areas of focus is to help awaken a love of learning throughout life, by providing educational activities with a difference. Our educational activities are designed to stimulate a child’s natural curiosity and creativity.’
Primary, Secondary - Brainstorm Educational Resources
Quality, affordable products in a range of areas from auditory processing to critical thinking skills. Well worth visiting.
Teachers, Parents - Digilearn
‘Digilearn is the new portal for accessing exciting Digital Learning Resources for use in the classroom. These resources include ‘The Learning Federation’ Learning Objects and Digital Resources.’ Note : Restricted access to Victorian teachers within their schools, and outside school with pin and edumail password. - Digital Learning
[Film Australia]
‘A quick, convenient and easy-to-use search engine for teachers and educators. It features Free For Education downloadable video clips from Film Australia’s remarkable archive - one of the nation’s largest and most historically significant collections. Clips are matched with print-friendly, two-page resource sheets that include background information and engaging student research and classroom activities written by leading teachers. Awarded the Best Secondary Educational Website Award at the 2007 at the prestigious 2007 Australian Awards for Educational Excellence in Publishing.’ One brilliant example is Dreamings, Through Indigenous Art.
Brilliant !
Secondary - Eduss Limited Australia
[Educational Software Developers]
‘Currently has 6 retail products in addition to the Eduss Mathematics Integrated Multidimensional Teaching Assistant and the Eduss English Integrated Multidimensional Teaching Assistant. The IMTA is designed for use in the school and at home. The system allows parents and teachers to identify specific weak points in the student’s mathematical and English skills and then address those areas immediately.’
Primary, Secondary - Enhance
Television can be educational. Information on television programs relevant to student studies. Provides lesson notes, teacher’s notes and weekly planner. - Finn Cragg
[Animated Teaching Resources]
‘Hundreds of Australian schools have invested in our “Caravan” and “Emu” multimedia resources since we launched our first multimedia resources pack in 2006 following a lot of work and trials with schools, curriculum advisors and education researchers.’ You may also be interested. Nominated for award consideration. - Games for Fun, Fitness & Learning
‘A resource book for parents, teachers, childcare workers, Cub Scout Leaders, Sunday School teachers, and anyone else who supervises or entertains children. The book provides games for children between the ages of 7 and 16.’
Primary, Secondary - Hippo Helper, The
[Eugene’s K-7 Teaching Resources]
By a primary teacher, ‘mostly it contains teaching resources and ideas for primary teachers in Australia but some stuff should be useful for teachers in general.’ - Interactive Learning
‘Web Lessons for educational and non-commercial use only. These web lessons are student self-directed [self-explanatory]. Also, the “answers” can be found in the lesson content, or Internet web sites given.’ - KIDCYBER
Information for research, units of work and lesson plans for teachers, student webquest assignments with all material provided and an Ask a Researcher section where you can seek specific information.
Primary - Le@rning Federation [TLF], The
‘An exciting and innovative project that employs emerging technologies to produce world-class online curriculum content to encourage student learning and support teachers in Australian and New Zealand schools. TLF is an initiative of the state, territory and federal governments of Australia and New Zealand.’ - Lesson Plans for Tired Teachers
A mix of Free and Fee-based resources based around the use of computers across the curriculum. Worth visiting to see what is available. - MacquarieNet
A site that will be Fee-based. Access Explore Australia, Australians in the 20th Century, Australians at War and more.
Primary, Secondary - OzEdWeb
Resources for all levels of education up to and including secondary. Educational material, links, information on Australia.
Primary, Secondary - Oz Projects
Part of EdNa, it ‘celebrates online curriculum projects and the world of unique learning opportunities such projects offer students and teachers’. Calendar of projects, news, project registry and support mechanisms. - oz-TeacherNet
‘To provide teachers with an infrastructure for using the Internet to support professional development and curriculum design.’ Projects are listed, separate ‘communities’, events calendar and more. - Precision Academics©
‘A collection of over 400 Workbooks suitable for students with special learning needs. Resources are designed to cater for the needs of children of all ages, who attend mainstream, special schools as well as home school settings.’ While Fee-based, costs are well within the scope of schools and individual families. You can ‘download some Free samples to try with your students [or your children].’ No restrictions on usage once purchased.
Teachers, Parents - Primary School
Access schools and authorities, lesson plans, resources and information in a range of topic areas. Worthwhile as based on Australian requirements.
Primary - Resources for Practising Teachers
Linked to the Queensland University of Technology, ‘an introductory guide to some of the resources that can assist and inform your work as an educator.’
Primary, Secondary - Sites Requested by Teachers
[Beenleigh State School]
Grouped in curriculum areas and further grouped at three levels across Primary Schooling.
Primary
Highly Recommended ! - Skwirk
‘Skwirk is an online education portal featuring syllabus-specific content for Australian school students in every State and Territory. Skwirk covers the core subjects studied in Australian primary and secondary schools.’ Fee-based [$99 per year at time of inclusion.]
Primary, Secondary
Well presented ! - StudentNet, The Online Learning Community
For students, teachers and parents, especially in independent schools. - Sunbury Heights Primary School
[Games}
Part of the school site, which provides links to appropriate games, suitable for students and covering multiple areas of the curriculum.
Primary - Teacher Links
By an Australian teacher. Includes links for KLAs as well as lessons, worksheets, resources, professional development, assessment, behaviour management and more.
Teachers, Primary - new !Teachers in the Loop
[Quality Services for Teachers]
‘Be amazed at what’s on offer in NSW for teachers.’ Listings of resources for Primary, Secondary, different Regions, Professional Support, Excursions, After the Bell and Free Stuff. - Teaching Treasures
Material and activities for ‘regular’ as well as gifted and talented students. In subject areas and other sections.
Primary, Secondary - The JEM Site
[Using contemporary music to teach just about anything !]
A range of activities set to music and covering areas such as counting, language, mathematics and science. These are Fee-based, but quite cheap. They can be selected by style, subject or educational level.
Early Learning, Primary - Victorian Education Channel - Schools
‘The Channel has prepared a page for Teachers, Principals and Secondary and Primary students. There are links to highly favoured web links and the search contained within the Victorian Education Channel pages features websites from around the world and key resources presented by the Department of Education.’ - Video Education Australasia
‘We currently have around 2 000 titles across a range of subjects and suitable for various age levels. Our programs are purchased and used by libraries, training institutions, and private organisations as well as our ‘traditional’ markets : primary and secondary schools, TAFE and University institutions.’ Now available to the general public. Many Australian programs as well as those from overseas. - Virtual Teacher
Free teacher tools, sites for different levels, LOTE & ESL, resources, links, dictionaries, Australian newspaper links, ‘mind candy’ and more. - Awesome Library
Claimed 18 000 resources. Grouped in 24 main areas with another for specific topics. Browse in a number of European languages.
Primary, Secondary - BBC Online
Sections for Preschool, 4-11, 11-16 and 16+ age groupings. Resources suitable to each from the Teletubbies to upper secondary information and resources. 4-11 year age section is the pick. - Best on the Web !, The
[For Teachers]
400 annotated links to sites useful to teachers, plus - crossword maker, Daily History, best sites and several other sections covering from Current Trends to Professional Development. Part of the larger TeAchnology site. - Best WebQuests
Great way of creating effective and interesting learning. This site demonstrates several. Check the Aboriginal Studies Webquest as an example of an Australian webquest. - Blue Web’n
‘Library of blue ribbon learning sites’. Accessed via content index or table. Content table allows you to opt for tutorials, activities, projects, hot lists, resources, tools, etc.. Search by grade level.
Primary, Secondary - Brain Building Toys
[Educational & Montessori Toys]
‘Increase your child’s learning capacity with toys from Brain Building Toys. These are high quality toys selected by two educators.’ Browse via a series of different groupings including topics and specific ages. - Classroom Connect
Based around areas. Need to join [Free] to benefit the most. Hotlinks, connected university, workshops, conferences, Classroom Today and T he Quest Channel. Try the Library, Learning, Community pages. Cybrarian’s Corner in the Library section provides up to date, useful links, changed weekly. - Clipart ETC
‘An online service of Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse.’ A huge range of clipart for use in education. - EdHelper.Com
Lesson plans, worksheets, webquests, word & thinking problems and primary teaching resources. Worksheets linked to topic or grade.
Primary, Secondary - Educators Network, The
Resources, interactive classroom tools, rubrics, worksheets, lesson plans, themes, etc..
Primary, Secondary - Educator’s Reference Desk Resource Guides, The
‘Educator’s Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice. You can access AskERIC’s 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to education information and 200+ question archive responses.’
Primary, Secondary - Education Index
Annotated links in 55 topic areas from Agriculture to Women’s Studies. Access material via Lifestage button that gives choices from Prenatal to tertiary and beyond. - Education Place
Developed by Houghton Mifflin, it provides activities, themes, educational games, organisers and links. Language, mathematics, science and social science.
Primary, Secondary - Education World
More than ½ million resources including lessons.
Primary, Secondary - Flashcard Exchange, The
Claims to provide and allow to print 10 000+ flashcards. Converts into sign language font.
Primary - Free Stuff for Teachers
A range of annotated links to materials that teachers will find useful. There are also links to other sections of the main site. - FunBrain.com
Games for students from under 6 to 17, all based on education. Sections for teachers and parents covering quizzes, grade book and other areas.
Primary, Secondary - Gateway to 21st Century Skills
[Welcome to GEM]
By the US Department of Education. Thousands of resources and links. You have many ways of narrowing your search - subjects, type, level, keyword, …
Primary, Secondary - Global Schoolhouse
Allows for collaboration and communication between teaching professionals. Major links from the site such as ‘Conversion Tools’, ‘Online Expeditions’, ‘Geo Game’ and ‘Classroom Connection’.
Primary, Secondary - Inspiring Teachers
While of US origin, there is access to a range of resources including a Teachers Toolbox and a Beginning Teachers Toolbox as well as other resources, a Free newsletter and their catalogue. - Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
One of the best of the multi-link sites. Sections for students, parents, teachers, subject areas with annotated links, search tools, special picks and more.
Primary, Secondary - new !Kids.gov
[The official Kid’s Portal for the US Government]
This site provides web links for children in Grades K-5 and 6-8 as well as educators. In addition to covering states and government information, it also covers all major learning areas and fun sites, both learning and recreational. Sites included should certainly have been well-vetted and therefore appropriate for these groups. - Landmarks for Schools
‘Dedicated to the idea that the very nature of information is changing, practically before our eyes. It is changing in what it looks like, where we find it, what we look at to view it, what we can do with it, and how we communicate it. Here you will find information and tools designed to help us redefine literacy for the 21st Century. Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and valuable Web tools.’
Primary, Secondary - LessonPlansPage
‘We now have over 3 000 free lesson plans ! To find lesson plans that match your criteria, begin by selecting a subject, or search for specific topics. Be sure to visit our parent site, HotChalk.com and sign up for our Free online teacher tools. Once inside, you’ll find thousands of additional Free teaching resources !’ US based, but many would still be usable, even with modification. - Lightspan
Curricula to flashcards and worksheets. Have to join [Free].
Primary, Secondary - new !Links for K-12 Teachers
A large array of links grouped in subjects, Instruction, Primary school level and other Resources, the last being a particularly interesting collection.
Teachers - LiqwidMindz
Designed for secondary and tertiary levels, it provides notes and worked problems across scientific, economic, mathematical, literature and history areas, e.g. Chemistry 1 → listing page → Virginia Tech CHP undergraduate set of notes on 20 incorporated topics [one of the selections]. Each major link follows a similar pattern.
Secondary, Tertiary - Microsoft in Education
‘Working closely with UK and worldwide education communities, Microsoft has developed technology, tools, programmes and solutions to help address education challenges while improving teaching and learning opportunities.’ Sections for Schools, Further and Higher Education. - Parent’s Role
This site [in addition to other material] provides a range of advice for parents including helping your child learn to read, homework help and more. Worth visiting for this area alone.
Primary, Parents - PedagoNet
Canadian. Resources from its database, resources others are asking for, submit resources or ask about resources you want, access lessons, shareware, books, e-library, supplies, links.
Primary, Secondary - Primary Games
Games for primary students. Science, Language and Social Science. Snappy names and formats.
Primary - Question of the Day
A listing of links to site which will help you get a variety of questions for the day. Several links offer a peculiarly US-oriented response.
Secondary. - Quia Web
‘Quia [ ] is short for Quintessential Instructional Archive. Quia provides a wide variety of tools, including : templates for online activities, original testing tools, online activities & quizzes, a schoolwide network, classroom management system, web page creator and online surveys for feedback. “The only Web site a school will ever need.” ’ - Renwick USD 267
A resource page from the Renwick School District in the US. It has links to a wide range of resources covering all subjects and many levels. Do not confuse MS as meaning Microsoft. It actually means Middle School ! Many links lead to pages with further sub-divisions into specific topics. - RHL School
Worksheets claimed to be ‘unique’. Comprehension, English, research skills, mathematics plus specific highlights.
Primary, Secondary - SchoolExpress
Worksheets, plus several hundred Free software programs, online maths worksheet generator, awards and activities.
Primary, Secondary - Schoolhousedoor.com
‘A resource of ideas and inspiration to educators, administrators, child care personnel, paraprofessionals, parents, and all those who provide related services to children.’ A variety of information and resources, with documents that can be downloaded for personal use. - Schoolkit
[Technology Integration Activities for K-12 Schools]
‘Is a library of classroom-ready learning modules that make meaningful use of technology to enhance learning.’ Fee-based [Enactz was previously at this site].
Primary, Secondary - Sites for Teachers
Annotated links. Continually updated. - Software
This incorporates commercial software. For Freeware, check the Educational Software page. - ABC For Kids Activity Centre
- Clifford : the Big Red Dog
- Cluefinder
- Excel@ …
- FlashCard Pro
- Freddi Fish 5
- Hi-5 Fun and Games
- Hyperstudio
- InterActive Educational Software
- I Spy Spooky Mansion
- Jump Start For 1st Grade
- Noddy, Let’s get Ready for School
- The Magic of Toytown
- Tweenies Ready To Play
- Zoombinis Logical Journey
- Sunshine Online
Themes, projects to use and games. You can purchase materials through this commercial site. Links to books held by many schools.
Primary - Teachers First
‘Is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students’ families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level’. 4 major areas with sub-areas. - Teachers Hub
Subject guides, lesson plans, reference sources, resources, news, Free web pages and more.
Primary, Secondary - Teachers@Work
New Zealand. Covers all learning areas. Claimed to have 3 000+ sites reviewed against quality criteria. Most Free.
Primary, Secondary - TeacherView
Classroom extras, teacher’s toolbox [crossword and word search creators], writing centre, activity pages, theme units, resource links.
Primary - TeacherVision
‘TeacherVision is dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 12 000+ pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources. Sign up for a 7-day Free Trial to explore, or learn more about our annual subscription.’ - Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
‘This site contains hundreds of ideas and resources for primary teachers, and they’re all Free for you to use in your classrooms ! Find out more by taking the Guided Tour or reading the FAQs. You can browse through the ideas and resources by using the tabs at the top of the page, or by exploring the Site Map.’ Based in the UK but still relevant for use here.
Primary - ThemeDay
Theme units designed for a single day. Each includes lesson plans, worksheets, links for the theme and suggestions for suitable literature. Some Free, but most Fee-based.
Primary - new !Timesavers for Teachers
‘World’s largest, complete collection of printable, often-used classroom forms, over 1 830 Report Card Comments, spelling activities, 1 000 writing prompts, worksheets, award certificates, Maths forms … lots of Free stuff, immediate download and use !’ - Trackstar
Interesting. Aim is to ‘help instructors organize and annotate Web sites for use in lessons’. Does so via ‘tracks’ that cover the curriculum. One example can be found on the Assessment page. Thousands of tracks. - WebQuest
Develop directed learning for subjects and topics. There are tutorials to help do this.
Secondary - Webexhibits
Covering a range of topics, several of which are listed on the home page.
Primary, Secondary - Web Lessons
Web-based activities covering all areas of the curriculum.
Primary, Secondary - Word Search Factory
Create Free Word Search worksheets that suit exactly what you want.
Primary - Word Search Maker
‘The word search generator will create the word search and solution in a new window, with high quality images and no branding so you can print out the puzzles and use them as a party game or as a teaching resource.’ - Worksheet Library
There is a Free component, but to access all the contents, you need to join though the fee is quite modest. 1 000s of worksheets, selectable by grade level, subject area or specific standards. You can even have Free worksheets emailed each week.
Primary, Secondary
Well presented !
