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A - F

  1. Ask A … :
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  2. Australian Sites, General :
    • Asia Education Resources
      ‘Teaching and learning materials developed and published by Curriculum Corporation as a program of the Asia Education Foundation. The purpose of the Asia Education Foundation is to promote teaching and learning about Asia in Australian schools.’
      Previously Access Asia.
    • Behind The News
      Provides students with an appropriate view of world events and news.
    • Bureau of Rural Sciences
      ‘Provides nationally focused scientific advice to support evidence-based policy development and decision making by government.’ Huge Australian information base.
    • Civics and Citizenship Education
      Department of Education & Training, Victoria.
    • Human Rights, Teaching
      Australian government. Information and resources for teachers about all forms of discrimination, harassment and how to combat this. It provides human rights information.
    • Resources and Links
      [Department of Education & Training, Victoria]
      This is a new selection of sites covering Economics, Geography and History.
  3. Countries & Regions of The World :
    • In addition to any links below, you are directed to the World Information page, which contains information on individual countries and their various features.
    • Africa, The Living
      A Thinkquest site. Discover the land, the people, information and areas relating to wildlife. Send e-postcards.
    • Countries of the World
      Information about every country.
      Slow to Load.
    • Geographia Homepage
      Targets single countries. Content areas, links to major regional areas and feature articles on topics of interest. Featured books from Amazon.
    • Go Places
      Links take you to countries in all the regions of the world.
    • Where is That ?
      An educational game that provides maps from different world regions and has you work on one of five levels with the country/state/capital city.
  4. Economics & Commerce :
    • In addition to any links below, you are directed to the Economics page, which contains considerable information about aspects of Economics.
    • Biz/ed, Welcome to
      ‘A Web site for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism.’ What’s New ?, Learning materials, Virtual Worlds, Reference, Educators [lesson plans].
    • Economic Education Web [EcEdWeb]
      ‘The mission of EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, is to provide support for education in all forms and at all levels. Select from the menu to find exciting material for teaching economics’.

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G - L

  1. General Sites & Portals :
    • Biomes [Living Worlds]
      A Thinkquest site. Covers all land biomes [check various inclusions] with a visual and interactive methodology. Each biome has sub-sections on various aspects and there is a glossary of terms. Look at what might happen if we are not careful in preserving the biomes.
      Presently undergoing maintenance. Check back soon.
    • Global Social Change Research Project
      [Social, Economic & Political Change]
      ‘Looks at long term, large scale changes in social, political and economic systems at the national and international levels. This site presents links to sites with theories, approaches, data and research.’
  2. Geography :
    • In addition to any links below, you are directed to the Social Science Resources page, which contains other Geographical information.
    • Discover Information Geographically
      Search engine which allows you to search areas of the world and also to search by a range of content types and content themes. You can also search by title, text or abstract.
    • Geo-Globe : Interactive Geography
      A Thinkquest site. Find a better way to study geography. Do a quiz, work in other areas and resources including geo puzzles.
    • Geography [1]
      About.com. Covers geography from maps and mapping to cultural geography, climate and weather.
    • Geography Action
      From National Geographic. ‘Geography Action ! is an annual conservation and awareness program to educate and excite people about our natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Each year we celebrate a topic related to conservation and the environment.’
    • Geography4Kids [1]
      Energy, sky, land, Earth, weather and climate. Part of the … 4Kids series.
    • Geography4Kids [2]
      ‘If you are looking for physical geography or earth science basics, stay on this site. It’s not just for geography for kids, it’s for everyone. This site has an introduction to the earth sciences that includes topics on the Earth’s structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere [for a start].’
    • Factmonster
      World Geography links covering a wealth of data. Multiple directories from Geography Hall of Fame through to Geography Bee. 24 directories altogether.
    • Latitude and Longitude
      What each is and how they are used.
  3. Heritage & Australian Culture
    Includes symbols, government, history, etc..
    • You should also check the information included on the Australian Culture & Identity page.
    • Australian Heritage Commission
      The keeper of the National Estate Register - photographs, listings of places, news, bibliography, books, articles and on, and on ….
    • Australian Citizenship
      If you are interested in Australian citizenship this is where to find out about the process and the rights and obligations it brings.
    • Australian Studies
      A directory of links for all aspects of Australian information, culture and life.
    • Cassowary Crossing
      ‘Celebrates the strange and surreal sites and stories you can encounter around Australia.’ You can even add your own ! Also published as a Penguin Book.
    • Convict Creations
      This site suggests that we have ‘turned culture upside down’ and shows through history, culture and traditions why they believe this. A lot of material is provided.
    • Culture and Recreation
      A portal developed by the Australian government providing access to a range of information about culture and recreation in the Australian context. One section of particular interest is the section on Australian Folklore, which forms an integral part of the cultural background of Australia.
    • Teaching Heritage
      Photographs, drawings, timelines, news reports, maps, articles by the New South Wales Department of Education to teach heritage and culture.
  4. History :
    • In addition to any links below, you are directed to the History pages, commencing with this link [Australian History], which contain considerable information about various historical areas and periods.
    • Historic Connections
      ‘History that you can feel, touch … and experience !’ Multiple sections, products, links, etc., including interactive materials.
    • Learning Curve
      UK developed site from the National Archives, ‘Learning Curve is a Free online teaching and learning resource’. Of most use here may be the work of History skills, though several major topics covered will also be relevant.
    • Modern History
      One teacher’s personal site for senior secondary level history.
    • Teaching History Online
      ‘Spartacus Educational publishes Teaching History Online every week. The newsletter includes news, reviews of websites and articles on using ICT in the history classroom. Members of the mailing list are invited to submit information for inclusion in future editions of Teaching History Online.’ 150 copies of this are presently listed. There are also links to other sources of lessons, etc..

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M - R

  1. Motoring
    Includes driver education, road skills, … .
    • Road Aware
      Developed in Western Australia, it caters for multiple age groupings.
    • Road Safety Education
      From Vicroads. Covers strategies, Road Safety Education for various levels of schooling, statistics and research.
    • Road Safety Programs
      Traffic safety education saves lives. RACV has school programs for children of all ages.
    • Road Skills
      Develop safe driving skills.
    • Safer Driving Programs
      [NRMA Education]
      Programs designed to help people improve road skills.
    • Traffic Safety Education
      Includes resources, Student Driving Guidelines [.pdf], Bicycle Education, professional Development for staff, Pre-licence Education and more. This is the main link page. Check here as the site is being moved.
  2. Personal Finance
    Includes consumer understanding, e-commerce, investment knowledge and financial planning.
    • ASX Sharemarket Games
      ‘Take a Free lesson in share investment as you trade online with a hypothetical $50 000 to invest in the sharemarket over a ten week period. The challenge is to achieve the highest valued share portfolio in the nation.’ Australian. You need to join MyASX [Free] to access these.
    • Dollars & Sense
      Done by the Commonwealth Bank for teenagers. Designed to help them handle money and monetary matters better. Sections for teachers and parents as well.
    • Know Your Money
      The everyday money guide from the Commonwealth Bank. This is available in both a Flash and a HTML version.
    • Understanding Money
      An Australian Government site designed to help people understand budgets, set financial goals and get into the savings habit.
    • Virtual Stock Exchange
      US based. How to invest online, run a portfolio - all without any actual money !

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S - Z

  1. Tools, Tutorials, Research, … :
    • AGI GIS Dictionary
      Want to know anything geographical ? Search alphabetically, by category, by particular Acronyms or from other terminology.
    • GeographyIQ
      ‘An online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. In addition, GeographyIQ brings together a number of other resources including maps, flags, currency conversion as well as climate and time zone information.’
    • Helping Your Child Learn Geography
      By the US Department of Education. It covers essential elements and fundamentals in geography.
    • Methods in Evaluation & Research [Resources]
      Free resources. Focus is on ‘how to do evaluation research’ and the methods used : surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, other methods.
    • Online Tools and Definitions
      Links to a range of site covering map history, cartography, survey systems, latitude & longitude, projection and more.
    • World Atlas and Maps

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