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Websites
Natural Disaster Links - Designed for Year 8, but could be used by upper primary students. It has a lot of links to resources on natural disasters.
Natural Disasters - Links to resources on earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, tornadoes, & hurricanes.
Webquests
Bushfire Survival - Which house will you recommend as the safest house for Mr and Mrs Flame to purchase?Natural Disasters - Which Natural Disaster is most likely to affect your town and how would you plan to survive it?
Urgent Monty! Please Help! - You are Monty - the Today program's weather presenter, working on location somewhere in Australia when you receive an urgent phone call from the studio telling you of a natural disaster heading your way. They are desperate to put out a disaster warning and need you to prepare it. Just then your mobile phone starts breaking up and you don't hear what type of disaster it is. You can't contact the studio and you don't have time to prepare for all types of disasters so you must choose the three most likely to occur in the location you are working.
Cyber Rangers - Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland's site for children on national parks. Students can become members and participate in activities, prizes & awards & monthly adventures.
Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines - links for teachers and students.
Natural Resources and Water - Resources for teachers linked to outcomes.
Extra! Extra! - (Years 5-6) This unit looks at the development of skills in writing a report suitable for newspaper publication. It moves step by step through a range of activities that lead to the final aim of producing an effective report with suitable headline, photo and caption. It offers suggestions for modeling with students, and gives examples of questions that can be used to generate discussions and enhance learning. It includes links to other Internet resources suitable to developing the topic.
Read All About It - (Years 4-6) This unit looks at making a school newspaper for years 5-6. It gives ideas on how to set up the class newspaper by using bulk orders of newspapers.
Children's Literature Activities - Indexed by book title. Also has links to other sites.
Fairy Tales - (Year 4) Students study the features of narrative by looking at fairy tales and write a piece of narrative for publication in a class book of fairy tales.
Pirates Links - Links to sites on pirates theme.
Pirates - Games & activities.
Pirates - An online project on pirates. Also has links to other pirate sites.
Websites
Cloud Forest Alive - About the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. Has webcams, lessons, maps, facts, quizzes & other online activities.Live From the Rainforest - Information, virtual expeditions, interaction with researchers, activities & teacher resources.
Rainforest Action Network: Kid's Corner - Teacher resources, student fact sheets, projects, preservation of rainforests & information on the people & animals of the rainforest.
Rainforest Education - Information on all facets of the rainforest, teacher resources, puzzles & games, projects, multimedia experience of rainforest & links to other teacher resources & rainforest sites. Also has a section for early readers.Rainforest Live - In the Kid's section students can explore the rainforest, play games, do colouring pages & enter competitions. The teacher's section has teaching ideas & lesson plans.
Rainforests of the World - Information and links to other rainforest sites.
Tropical Rainforest Theme - Links to information, student activity sheets, online activities & theme pages.
Webquests
Rainforests - Why do you think the Australian government should make laws to protect our rainforests?
Minerals Classroom - Students are able to do an Energy audit of their school or go on a virtual tour to a mine site in New South Wales. K-12 teachers are able to download lessons on minerals related education and on the environment.
Rocks & Minerals Links - Links to sites, games & activities on rocks & minerals.
Rocks & Minerals Theme Page - Links to general resources, igneous rocks, mining, rock collecting, sedimentary rocks, gemstones, metamorphic rocks, minerals, & teacher resources.
Rocks & Minerals Unit - Links to websites & activities. A unit developed by North Canton schools.
Websites
ABC: In Space - This ABCTV site has information & activities including Southern Sky Watch, Meet the Neighbours, & a section on Dr Andy Thomas, as well as other features.A Journey Through Space - (Years 3-4) A unit in which students are taken through the resource-based learning/inquiry process. Students will be encouraged to explore a variety of resources, both paper and electronic, to find out about the solar system and history of space travel. Students will work together to produce a Hyperstudio page to share their learning.
Alfy's Space Games - Games, internet activities, lesson plans and related resources.
NASA - Resources for students and teachers and some terrific games.
Cosmic Quest - The Children's Museum site which has webquests, field guide to the universe & other online activities.
Moon, Stars, Planets, Solar System - Links to units of work, Lesson plans, online activities & many other resources.
Planets & Stars - Links to sites & resources.
Solar System - Printable worksheets on a Solar System theme.
Space & Astronomy For Kids - Information, links, games & activities.
Space Mysteries - Links to sites, games & activities exploring the mysteries of space.
Space Related Resources - Links to online resources.
Star Child - NASA's learning centre for young astronomers, has some great online activities & games.
Webquests
Escape From Planet Earth - You have been employed by NASA to find out as much as you can about the nine planets in our Solar System and find the one which would be the most suitable and cost effective to send a team of people to colonise. You will need to come up with a presentation showing NASA of your findings.
Shuttle Discovery - Discover the secrets of how the space shuttle works. Also find out what will replace the space shuttle & why?
Space Challenge - We need your help. Your task, should you accept it is to take on a role in our program as either a trainee astronaut or as a member of our team of engineers dedicated to developing an Aussie Space Station.
ANZAC - Here the emphasis is on audio, illustrations, animations and stories to offer some perspectives, feelings and events of those times when young people offered themselves so willingly to slaughter in the name of 'King and Country'.
ANZAC: A Day To Remember - Anzac – a day to remember is a Memorial booklet written to help young Australians develop and present their own Anzac Day ceremonies and to encourage them to participate in activities associated with Anzac Day. (in pdf format)
ANZAC Day: Education - The ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland accepts a responsibility towards the youth of today, that through educational resources, we can instil in them a pride in their heritage and a better understanding of the sacrifices made by the brave young men who landed at Gallipoli and those who followed their example in later conflicts.
The Australian War Memorial - Online exhibitions and the story of Anzac Day as well as links to other Anzac Day sites.
Visit Gallipoli & the ANZAC Commemorative Site - Includes the story of Gallipoli, Gallipoli today, educational resources, etc.
Easter - Lots of printables from abcteach: worksheets, shape books, wordsearches, colouring sheets, etc.Easter and Passover - Alfy's thematic unit including links, internet activities, lesson plans and related resources.
Easter Theme - Lesson plans, units of work, arts and crafts, fun for kids, printable pages, songs and poems.
EdNA Online's Easter Resources For Schools - This page provides a useful collection of Australian and overseas resources related to the celebration of Easter, its religious meaning, and activities.
Eggs-ellent Easter - Links to Easter activities, including traditions, crafts etc.
Christmas
Christmas Around the World - An online project investigating how Christmas is celebrated around the world.
Christmas Links - Links to sites including those with activities, worksheets, themes, etc.
Websites
Australian Sport - Australian Sports Commission website with information on the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, sport development, experience excellence & sport information. Also has a section on Australian athlete profiles.Baseball - Links to websites, games & activities about baseball.
Webquests
Australia's Olympic Hall of Fame - Australia has a proud record of achievement at the Olympic Games winning many medals in a wide range of sports. How would you select our "best" after more than 100 years of competition?Which Olympic Sport Is The Most Difficult? - You each have to find out more information about your favourite sport and present an argument to convince the others to view your chosen sport as it is the most difficult.
Websites
Alfy's Human Body - Dental health, human body games, all about the human body, internet activities, lesson plans and related resources.Human Anatomy Online - Images, animations & information about the different human body systems.
Human Body Systems Resources - Links to general resources, teacher resources and websites on each of the human body systems.
Human Body Theme - Clipart, resource materials, downloads, sites for background information, hands-on activities, webquests, interactive sites for students, worksheets & lesson plans.
Webquests
The Body System Mission - You are part of an alien expedition to Earth. Your species, Homo Alientus is facing extinction unless you can transplant one suitable human system into your species. Your mission is to discover which human body system will be the most useful for your species.
Websites
ABC: Oceans Alive - ABC TV site about the ocean with sections on whale dreams, jewels of the sea, cool wet facts, seal training, beachcomber, sea rangers & links to other sites.Monterey Bay Aquarium - Information, a learning centre & a kid's section.
Oceanography Links - Links to theme pages on oceanography, marine life, the ocean floor, ocean features, icebergs, ocean pollution, the beach, ocean conservation, lighthouses, & teacher resources, as well as online student activities.
Ocean Resources - Links to units of work, activities, songs, games, lesson plans etc sorted into grade levels.
Oceans Scavenger Hunt - Online scavenger hunts including printable student worksheets to record the facts found in each hunt.
SeaWorld - Home page for Seaworld water parks in the USA.
Websites
Bermuda Triangle - A thinkquest junior entry on the Bermuda Triangle.Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti - Links to articles & news reports about Hairy Hominids.
Nessie's Grotto - Information, fun, lore & science about the Loch Ness monster.
The Mysterious & Unexplained - Links to information on lost civilisations, treasure, space, psychics, ancient monuments, crypto zoology, UFO's & skepticism.
Webquests
Websites
Volcanoes Theme Page - Links to general resources, plate tectonics, volcanoes around the world, types of volcanoes, volcanic terms, & a virtual tour of a volcano.
Volcanoes Unit - Printable worksheets, activities, & some links to other sites.
Webquests
Volcano Discovery - Discover all you can about volcanoes. Decide if we will ever be able to accurately predict their eruption.
Websites
Fresh Water - Links to general resources, all about water, the water cycle, living things in water, groundwater, water in your life, treatment of polluted water, saving the environment, rivers & lakes of Canada, & teacher resources.
Oceans - Links to theme pages on oceanography, marine life, the ocean floor, ocean features, icebergs, ocean pollution, the beach, ocean conservation, lighthouses, & teacher resources, as well as online student activities.
Wetlands - Links to introduction, classification, purpose & value, wetlands & wildlife, wetlands international & wetland regions of Canada.
Webquests
Websites
Australian Weather Pages - Incorporates such Australian weather topics as storm chasing, Australian climate guide, dangerous & destructive seas, thunderstorms in Australia, etc, as well as links to both Australian & overseas weather sites.Bureau of Meteorology Australia
Investigating Weather Patterns - (Years 6-8) In this unit students investigate major factors and patterns associated with weather and are encouraged to explore relevant Web sites collecting, analysing, predicting, hypothesising and presenting data.
Project Atmosphere Australia Online - Hosted from Elimbah, Queensland, Australia. Project Atmosphere Australia Online is a teacher-developed, online project for school communities in Australia and around the world. It is based around a collaborative web site and six email discussion lists.
The "Weather Dude" - Information, links, games, activities, teacher resources etc.
Weather Experiments & Activities
What's The Weather? - Links to sites about weather, plus a cute song to the tune of Clementine.
Webquests
Websites
2002 Olympics Education - The education site for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games for 2002.
Road To The Winter Olympics - Information about the Australian athletes, and their preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Snow Sports - Links to websites and games about various snow sports.
Winter Olympics - Worksheets and links for the Olympic Games including Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympic Critical Thinking Logic Puzzles - A site that creates printable worksheets - logic puzzles, countries word searches, puzzles, word worksheets; plus links to other sites.
Winter Olympics 2002 - Links, activities and worksheets to plan a theme on the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Winter Olympics Teacher Worksheets - Worksheets and printables including songs, puzzles, adjectives worksheets, writing paper, research, writing tasks, comprehension, vocabulary, etc.
Winter Olympics Teaching Theme - Clipart/multimedia, background information, hands-on activities, vocabulary builders, interactive sites for children, webquests, lesson plans, worksheets, songs and writing paper.
Winter/Snow Theme - Links to activities, websites, worksheets, etc on a winter theme. Mostly for younger children, but there are some for older students.
Webquests
Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games - Your class has won a competition to go to the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Where is Salt Lake City? How will you get there? What winter sports are contested at the games? For Years 3 & 4.
Page last updated 07 Jul 2007
