Web sites Links

Listed below are various websites which can give you much background information on design & technology.
 

CQU unit planner  http://www.unitplan.cqu.edu.au/unitform.php

Creating A Web Site For Your Students

Like any effective teaching plan requiring time and resourcefulness, it is no different when you create a web site for your students to access. However, if you have an extensive, well organized plan, the computing part is easy and getting easier everyday.

Internet Tools That Support On-line Project-Based Learning

In this tutorial, we'll discuss software applications that are leading the way towards a digital teaching and learning revolution.

New Forms of Communication That Will Transform Teaching and Learning

It seems as if every educational administrator is pushing teachers to use technology in their teaching. In fact, most K-12 and Higher Education Institutions that boast about their technology program only provide students, at best, with minimal technology skills.

PowerPoint In the Classroom

PowerPoint is a wonderful tool for learning in both a student and teacher-directed situation. It can add a new dimension to learning allowing teachers to explain abstract concepts, while accommodating all learning styles. Used properly, PowerPoint can be one of the most powerful tools for disseminating information ever known. Employed inappropriately, PowerPoint could potentially confuse students and make learning a difficult process.

Technology Integration Model For Teachers

The Nichols Technology Instruction Model attempts both to define the "computer literate" teacher and to demonstrate the two major philosophies underlying the use of technology in schools. One I have identified as "Teaching Technology." This is usually done by a computer specialist who teaches it as a subject called "Computers".

Using the Internet to Stimulated Higher Order Thinking: Enter the Web Quest

More recently, schools have discovered the Internet as a source which obviously breaks away from traditionalism. The question remains: Does digital/electronic access to information make a difference in fostering higher order thinking?

Using a Web site with Your Classes

So where do we begin? Before using any web site with students, you should make sure to thoroughly review it. In this tutorial, we will offer five essential considerations for you ponder before you use a web site with your students.

 

Using Computer Databases In The Classroom

This tutorial will discuss the use of databases in the classroom. We'll give you a few examples of how to use them and also talk about top database applications like Microsoft Access.

 

Visuals, Videos, and Multimedia - Why Use Them in Teaching?

The following overheads have been presented to many teachers and teacher candidates to sensitize them to the need for effective use of visual media. These serve as an overview of how visual media may be infused into the teacher's curriculum. Most often teachers use these without knowing why or how to do so. This brief tutorial provides a philosophy and structure for doing so.


Technology Education Federation of Australia

Visit this address to find examples of antique toys with wheels that you could use to support the work of Small Task 1 of "How fast should your buggy be?":
http://www.antiquetoy.com/donveta/
Visit this website and look at Unit IB 'Investigating materials' to see how you could use the textile tree to meet many of the art & design learning outcomes.
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/art/
A scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they are not well designed – a fascinating collection!
http://www.baddesigns.com/index.shtml

I always love the paper aeroplane stuff - design make and  appraise can be really creative.

http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/

There are more uses for rubber bands than simply making the drive belt for "How fast should your buggy be?". Look at this site to find out a wide range of uses for speciality designed rubber bands. Can you see where you could use some of the bands on this site in this unit?
This site has now taken over from the BBC Education site. Many interesting articles to peruse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning
Visit this address and click on artists to find examples of automata produced by different artists Useful for "How will your beast open its mouth?"
To see a wonderful example of a crank in action click on Virtual Exhibition, Find the work of Carlo Zapata, click on the catalogue and then look at the Father and baby toy in full motion.
You can see a growing set of examples of moving mechanisms at this address; just click on education and then on the Geneva Wheel and the Crank.
http://www.cabaret.co.uk/start.htm
Visit this web site to find out about games of chance. (Useful for the "How do you like your toast?" and "Does this game stop you from being bored?" units.)
http://33rdwisconsin.civilwarmuseum.com/33articles/games.html
Visit this website to find a selection of nursery rhymes each with a picture and a read aloud facility:
http://www.childrenstory.com
Look at this site to find interesting examples of multiple window use:
http://www.chronogramcards.com/index.htm
Your class can find out about the real monsters cartoon show at this website. Useful for "How scary should a calendar be?"
http://www.cooltoons.com/shows/realmonsters
DATA is the national professional organisation for design & technology teachers.
http://www.data.org.uk/
You can read all the primary schemes of work on the standards site.
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes
Go here if you have lost your copy of the current National Curriculum Orders for Design & Technology.
http://www.nc.uk.net/servlets/Subjects?Subject=DT
Your class can view previews and trailers of the next Disney movie about monsters – Monsters Inc. at this website. Useful for "How scary should a calendar be?"
http://disney.go.com/DisneyPictures/monstersinc/
Visit this site to find out lots more about batteries. The FAQ section will make fascinating reading for able children.
http://www.duracell.com
Visit the Flashlight Museum – a site has fascinating examples of flashlights from the late 1800's and the first part of the 20th Century. Exploring this site would be an excellent extension activity for some children.
http://www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/flashlight.html
Visit this website to find hundreds of examples of fridge magnets. You can browse by subject and order.
http://www.fridgedoor.com/
Visit this address to see examples of fridge magnets that come in two layers. These might help some children understand layers.
http://www.fridgedoor.com/davvendol.html
Fruit and veg for me! is an Australian site which is an excellent resource for food technology work.
http://www.fandvforme.com.au/homepage.htm
Visit this address to find over 20 other automata sites:
http://www.craftgallery.co.uk/links/pages/Automata/
Visit this web site to play the ancient Mayan game of chance Bul,

(Useful for the "How do you like your toast?" and "Does this game stop you from being bored?" units.)
http://www.halfmoon.org/bul.html
You can look at this website to find out about a company that produces pop-up books and advertising material. There is an email contact should you or your class wish to find out more.
http://www.hawcockbooks.co.uk/index.shtml
Visit this web site to find out about bread manufacture
 
http://www.hovis.co.uk/hovis/f_educate.htm
How stuff works is a huge and fascinating resource: look inside a combination lock, see animated gears and much, much more.

To find out how a three-way switch works add "/three-way.htm" to this address:
http://www.howstuffworks.com
This is a site where you can search by inventor or by invention – find out how the Etch-a-sketch works or the history of a zip.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/www/archive.html
 
 
Learn2 is described as an "ability utility". Here you can learn to knit, make paper aeroplanes and much more. There are tutorials and "learnlets" on a vast range of subjects.
http://www.learn2.com
Visit this site to find out about the possibilities of using Lego for designing and making buggies for "How fast should your buggy be?". The starter kits look particularly useful.
http://www.lego.com/legofinder/technic.asp
Info about garments made from Lycra at this site. Useful for textiles units.
http://www.lycra.com/
This is a commercial site with many animated clips with engaging and amusing commentary. There is also a lot of useful information about these choclate sweets and how they are produced, packaged and sold.
http://www.m-ms.com/
Visit this web site to find out the history of Marmite, (Useful for "How do you like your toast?" unit)
http://www.accomodata.co.uk/marmite.htm
Visit this site to find out about the wide range of pastry products produced by Mr Kipling.
http://www.mrkipling.co.uk
Visit this site to find out how Mr Kipling has developed individual packaging for his fruit pies.
 
http://www.mrkipling.co.uk/revolution/
 
Visit this website to view a poster on tropical fruit that you can buy on line if you wish.
http://www.gmushrooms.com/Posters/ExTropFruit.htm
Visit this website to find over 500 nursery rhymes which has a subject index, and alphabet index and a search engine:
http://www.collingsm.freeserve.co.uk
Visit this web site to find out the history of peanut butter. (Useful for the "How do you like your toast?" unit)

 
http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com
The Pencil Pages are full of background information about this very cheap and useful everyday product.
http://www.pencilpages.com
Visit this web site to find out about Newton's Law of Cooling. Click on Physics Dictionary and away you go. It's a great site for looking up all sorts of things.

(Useful for "How do you like your toast?" and "How do you take your tea?")
http://physics.about.com/mbody.htm
The Film and Bag Federation of The Society of the Plastics Industry in America have a website for teachers which will test your knowledge of recycling issues, and give you some background information about plastic bags. Useful for the Year 5 activity "How could a carrier make the job easier"
http://www.plasticbag.com/index.html
Visit this address to see an alternative approach to producing a layered fridge magnet and click on Flex Image and click on Magnets.

To see how fridge magnets fit into the wide range of plastic goods that this business sells. Click on promotion items.
http://www.preview.com.au/Aboutus/aboutus.htm#anchor1048542
Visit this site to find images showing vehicle bodywork decoration for "How fast should your buggy be?" You can use it to produce a range of examples for your class.
http://racingimages.net/vehicles.html
Visit this website to find out about your local Sainsbury supermarket. There is a store locator that provides maps and you can email to find out about school visit arrangements.
http://www.sainsbury.co.uk
This is a brilliant site if you want to find out about food products. Go to http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/education/tasteofsuccess/Default.htm and click on Secondary. From there visit the Product Case Studies section of the site.
http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/education/tasteofsuccess/Default.htm
Visit this website and look at Unit 1C 'Sorting and using materials' to see how you could use the textile tree to meet many of the science learning outcomes. Warning: this site takes a long while to load because it is in frequent use!
http://www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/science
Visit this website for information about a wide range of software suitable for use in many curriculum areas across all key stages.
http://www.granada-learning.com/
Carol Barton is one of several modern artists who are developing pop-up books for adults. You can see examples of her work at this website.
http://www.snowfarm.org/carolbarton/
Visit this web site to find out about the history of the textiles industry in Britain. Useful for "What can you learn from a textile tree?"
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Textiles.htm
Stanley Tools – their website to see the full range of their products
http://www.stanleyworks.com/index.htm
If wire and wood are all getting too much, visit this site to find a book about paper automata:
http://www.tarquin-books.demon.co.uk
Technology Insight enhances technology education by "visits" to industry and see how products are designed and made:
• obtain an overview of the process of product development and manufacture and the individual and team contributions;
• "meet" the people involved and learn from them about the knoweldge and skills they have used in the process;
• be able to carry out follow-up activities in school that emulate those used in industry to develop further their knowledge and skills;
• be directed to other relevant websites;
• be able to ask questions by email.
http://www.technology.org.uk
Information about the new fibre Tencil from this website. Useful for textiles units.
http://www.Tencel.com/
 
Visit this website to find out about your local Tesco supermarket. There is a store locator that provides maps and you can email to find out about school visit arrangements.
http://www.tesco.com
Visit this web site to explore the world of textiles. Usefor for "What can you learn from a textile tree?"
http://www.textilesonline.org.uk/world.htm
The British Nutrition Foundation is a charity that provides independent scientific information on the relationship between food, nutrition and health. Their website is bright and colourful with a large education section including nursery and primary phases.
http://www.nutrition.org.uk/
The Design Council website has information about educational initiatives.
http://www.design-council.org.uk/
You and your class can find out about a long established jam manufacturer by visiting this site. Useful for What shape will your pastry be?
 
http://www.tiptree.com
Visit this web site to find out about the way toasters work by going to FAQs and clicking on How does my toaster work?

You can also see toasters from 1900 to 2000 by clicking on the Cyber-Toaster Museum.
 
http://www.toaster.org
This is the website linked to the TV programme. Go to their website and type "technology" into the search box. This will bring up a selection of useful stories.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tw
There is a brief but fascinating history of toys at this site; useful for "How fast should your buggy be?"
http://www.moah.org/exhibits/archives/toys.html
To see how computer technology is being used with traditional pop-up books, look at Archive section of this site and read the article 'Pop-up books meld real with virtual'
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/
Visit this website to find a wide range of recipes using tropical fruit:
http://www.tropicalfruitworld.com.au/store/welcome.cfm
Visit this site and click on the TTS shopping site. Use the search engine to find the different sorts of card you could buy for example.
http://www.tts-shopping.com/
To find out more about the many different uses of Tyvek look at this web site. Useful for "What can you learn from a textile tree?"
http://www.tyvek.com/
This website provides some interesting examples of pop-up books produced for children.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/popup.html
This site gives literally hundred of images of different sorts of vehicles.
You can use it to produce an image board for your class for "How fast should your buggy be?
http://www.photovault.com/Link/Vehicles/VEHICLESMASTER.html
This website provides some interesting examples very contemporary pop-up books. You can share the images with your class.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/popup/contemp.html
The design & technology hub on the Virtual Teachers' Centre has useful links to curriculum resources and OFSTED reviews of design & technology teaching. Go to the web site and select Design and Technology.
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk
If you or members of your class become interested in animation then this website provides guidance on drawing cartoon characters.
http://www.warnerbros.com/kids/learntodraw/index.html
On this website you can find the reasons lots of people give for liking their favourite fruit as much as they do. You can use this to help children in your class see written descriptions of varying quality! You could get your class to email the site with their reasons for liking a fruit.
 
http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/fruit.htm
To find out about different types of weaving looms, look at this website. Useful for "What can you learn from a textile tree?"
http://yarnatwebsters.com/weaving.html
Visit this web site to find out about the manufacture of margarine – just type "margarine" into the search engine and press return.

Useful for "How do you like your toast?"
http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/

Technology Education in Education Systems
around the World
Board of Studies NSW Index page
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/
South Australian Technology Curriculum Web Site
http://www.nexus.edu.au/TeachStud/technology/index.html
New Zealand
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Curriculum/technology/techcont.htm
Scotland
http://www.sccc.ac.uk/
The national curriculum of England and Wales
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/nc/index.html
An index of developments in educational standards in technology (mostly US states)
http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Technology.html
Technology for All Americans
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/TAA/TAA.html
British Columbia
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/


Professional Associations

World Council of Associations of Technology Education (WOCATE)
http://www.thueringen.de/wocate/ind_br.htm
The Technology Education Federation of Australia (TEFA)
http://www.ash.org.au/teachers/tefa/
The International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
http://www.tmn.com/Organizations/Iris/ITEA.html


Journals, Magazines and Television Programs

Popular Mechanics
http://popularmechanics.com/
Discover Magazine
http://popularmechanics.com/
Journal of Technology Studies
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTS/
Journal of Industrial Teacher Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/jite.html
Journal of Technology Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/jite.html

 
Journal of Vocational and Technical Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVTE/index.html
Journal of Japanese Society of Technology Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JJSTE/index.html
The Technology Review
http://www.techreview.com/


Museums, Government Bodies, Universities, etc.

The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
http://www.phm.gov.au/
College of Human Ecology, Cornell University
http://www.human.cornell.edu/
French National Museum of Arts and Crafts
http://www.cnam.fr/museum/
Office of Technology Assessment (US Congress)
http://www.ota.nap.edu/
Loughborough University (UK) Department of Design and Technology
http://info.lut.ac.uk/departments/cd/
Media-Lab at MIT
http://www.media.mit.edu/
DesignSpace at Stanford
http://gummo.stanford.edu/html/DesignSpace/home.html
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/


Resources

EdNA - Education Network Australia
http://www.edna.edu.au/EdNA/
Curriculum Corporation
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/tech/index.htm

This website has been developed to extend the book
Linking the Learning Areas - Technology Education
The Technology Education Index
http://www.technologyindex.com/
The Technology Education New Zealand website
http://www.sunsite.net.nz/orgs/tenz/
The Media Literacy Project of the University of Oregon
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
Not Just Cows: A Guide to Internet Resources in Agriculture
http://www.snymor.edu/~drewwe/njc/
History of Computing
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/index.html
Your house
http://www.raia.com.au/html/your_house.htm
A teacher resource kit developed by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects to help with Built Environment Education.
Welcome to Plasform
http://www.ansonic.com.au/plasform/
A curriculum program which introduces a range of new materials and processes to teachers of design, technology, and industrial arts at upper primary to Year twelve level. It enables students to experience something of the scope and diversity of modern plastics.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Learn about how things work in the world around you
.

 

A Home among the Gum Trees: The story of Australian houses
 
Winner of the Children's Book Council 1998 award for information book. This book is about interesting homes and houses that are particularly Australian in design, construction or setting. Building styles start with simple, environmentally available m ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
A K Peters
 
An independent US publisher dedicated to publishing high-quality science and technology books. Suppliers of robotics titles such as RugWarrior Pro - an expandable, programmable, mobile robot kit. The following titles are of particular interes ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 30 May 1999
An Electric Generation: Teacher's Resource for Primary S&T
 
This kit aims at helping the community to better understand electricity and the benefits of its safe and wise use. Ten tasks are set for students, with each task clearly defined, and task outcomes and assessment stated, eg. design and present a promo ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Ask Jeeves for Kids
 
A natural language Internet search engine for children, Jeeves even checks spelling! Typing in "how does a raydeo work?" will prompt a spelling check with a list of alternative words like radio, roadie, and rodeo listed. The corre ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Australian Libraries Gateway
 
The Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) provides information about Australian libraries, their collections and services - a tool for other users as well as library professionals.

ALG is useful for primary techology learning areas because it:
* ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 24 May 1999

Bright Ideas: Design and Technology
 
Although this book has been written to support teachers introducing the National Curriculum in the UK, it provides a useful starting point for any teacher seeking ideas for teaching Technology to primary students. The tasks are linked to themes which ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Built Environment Education (BEE)
 
This program delivers information and curriculum resource materials on the built environment. It also provides teacher workshops, special projects such as Architects in Schools and the Your House kit - ways to focus teaching o ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
Canned Food Information Service
 
CFIS supports the Australian canned food industry and its suppliers of tin plate and steel cans. It provides practical, up-to-date information to consumers of canned food, from mealmakers to professional cooks, educators, students and health professi ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 22 March 2000
Carrots, Kites and Traffic Lights: Upper primary technology
 
Gardening, kite construction and urban design are among 5 units that highlight the relevance of technology in our daily lives and demonstrate the effective implementation of technology programs. The book presents a variety of ideas and clas ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Cartooning & Creative Thinking
 
Explores the use of humour as a strategy to develop creative thinking skills. Cartooning is represented in the form of one-off gags. This style essentially combines drawing and humour generation and is a foundation for exploration of animation throug ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Centre for Alternative Technology
 
CAT is an educational charity concerned with the search for globally sustainable and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. CAT resources present positive and practical solutions to environmental problems, such as "Can I really p ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
CLICK! Computers and Learning in Classrooms: K-6
A Professional Development Resource for Teachers

 
CLICK! will assist teachers in using technology effectively in the K-6 classroom to enhance learning. It is a CD-ROM developed at the University of Melbourne by over 100 practising teachers and academics from Australia and the USA. CLICK! covers all ...
Date Submitted: Saturday, 1 April 2000
Computer Skills for Integrated Learning
 
These CD-Roms provide a complete syllabus of ready-to-use materials for Computing Teachers. Photocopy and edit material to suit students.

CD#1 Computing Skills for word processing, database, spreadsheet, drawing
CD#2 Integrated Units helps t ...

Date Submitted: Sunday, 16 May 1999

Computing Resources for Primary School
 
A teacher resource book that faciltates the learning of information technology throughout all primary school levels. It includes: worksheet, aim/objectives of worksheet, teacher notes that provide theory for the worksheet, additional theory to pro ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 26 May 2002
Crayola Art Education
 
Mainly Visual Arts, but too much fun with materials and colourful interactive Web effects to miss. Teachers' section contains comprehensive lessons with objectives, materials and tools, ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Creative Computing: essential and imaginative activities using information technology with children from five to eleven years
 
This book looks at information technology in everyday life and suggests ways of introducing IT and using this technology across the curriculum. Some activities are intended to increase student's understanding of the technology itself, but most are in ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
Creative Design Technology
 
A series of short projects compiled in interest and ability levels for middle to upper primary. The projects involve skills development in research, problem identification and solving, creative and practical design, technical illustration, model buil ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
CSIRO CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology)
 
CSIRO, Australia's largest research organisation, operates a range of education projects, including of particular interest for Technology educators the CREST Awards. CREST students undertake science and technology projects requiring cre ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
DA Information Services
 
Whether you're researching, studying, keeping up-to-date or just entertaining your intellect, this site provides non-fiction books and CD-ROMs.

DA Information Services specialise in supplying the academic, scientific and professional communities. ...
Date Submitted: Saturday, 15 May 1999

Degem: Tech-Prep 2000 Technological Preparation Laboratory
 
Degem provides sophisticated technological education incorporating technologies with Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI). Degem products encompass a range of product fields such as mechatronics.

The Tech-Prep 2000: Technological Preparation Lab ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Design and Technology: a Primary Teacher's Handbook
 
Whilst supporting the UK National Technology Curriculum, this resources helps teachers to meet children's needs in a practical manner and gives examples of how to manage resources and organise the curriculum to maximise learning in the Technology Lea ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Design Challenge Series of Books: Amazing Machines, Exciting Electrics, Moulding Materials, Super Structures, Teacher's Book
 
Lavishly illustrated with computer graphics and some photos ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 10 March 2002
Discoveries: Creative Projects to promote science, design and language skills with chn from 5-11 years
 
Lots of colourful photos and line art support activities including to design and make:
* bread
* a paper bridge to support 3kg
* a model which has a light controlled by a switch
* wallpaper and paste
Clear procedures include ...

Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
Educators Guide to the Web
 
A framework for teachers to understand the Web and integrate it in their classrooms, no matter how many computers are accessible. Guidance on finding and using age-appropriate resources for children and dealing with controversial information, includi ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
 
Obtain information about Australia's electricity supply system, visit Web sites of Australian and international electricity companies, access ESAA's publications, learn about ESAA education programs.

By exploring links, and particularly the l ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Engineering Wonders: Educational Kit for Upper Primary School Students
 
Cartoon characters guide you across Australia to discover the work done by engineers. Projects covering biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and environmental engineering from over 30 organisations provide teachers with current and eas ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
engineeringLinks Program
 
The engineeringLinks program is a service available to educators wanting support and/or resources to enhance classroom experiences based on engineering (mechanical, civil, environmental, computer, electrical).

Engineers and engineering have an im ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Exploring Technology: Activities for middle and upper primary teachers
 
Exploring Technology is designed to promote learning outcomes in the technology national learning statement and make technology teaching easier. It also supports state and territory technology curriculum documents and learning progra ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Fabric Technology Starter Kit
 
Activities with fabrics and fibres are good examples of using a knowledge of materials, information handling and systems to help resolve problems and opportunities, and in doing so using designing and making skills. Solutions and products are evaluat ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 2 June 1999
Gander Academy's Theme Related Resources - Machines Theme Page
 
Children and teachers worldwide can use links from this site to conduct research for projects or as a launch pad to browse the web without the worry of inappropriate material or questionable sites on the search engine hit list.

Contains links t ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Gears! Gears! Gears!
 
A range of gear sets starting with beginners'basic which can be progressively added on to for both younger and older children. Young children can build 3D creations that spin and twirl using colourful, versatile gears. Advanced kits include meshing g ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 5 May 1999
Girls as Constructors in the Early Years
 
This handbook aims at promoting equal opportunities in maths, science and technology. It sets out ways of involving girls in constructional activities and analyses the management issues that determine their achievement.
Diagrams and captioned ph ...

Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
Hands On: Making computers work in the classroom
 
A practical book to aid primary teachers in implementing computers across a multiplicity of learning situations. Guidelines in the development of a computer policy, the effective use of hardware and software, and theme-based examples of using softwa ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
How Stuff Works
 
Learn about how things work in the world around us. What sort of stuff? technology and systems ranging from 2-stroke to rocket engine; stuff around the house from microwaves to food preservation techniques; things you see in the community a ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
How to be an Inventor
 
Starting with a problem, developing into an idea, followed by research, planning, creating, and testing, the invention process encompasses design, make and appraise. Activities may even generate an idea worth patenting! Each activity guides ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
I can make my robot dance: technology for 3-8 year olds
 
This book embraces the philosophy that successfully educating children in technology means engaging them in purposeful activities which draw upon children's existing understandings and skills and moves them to more sophisticated knowledge a ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
I Spy Technology: practical ideas for gender equity in primary technology studies
 
This book is designed to support primary teachers to integrate technology studies. It addresses equity of student access to resources and equipment to assist their learning, and particularly strategies to involve and enthuse girls. Girls ne ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Ideas for Technology
 
A good starting point for teaching technology. Full of practical ideas on where, how and why to teach technology across all primary levels. Themes covered include a series of lessons about air and flight, and another about construction and buildings ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Integrated Design and Technology: A complete work package
 
Downloadable sample pages of this book are freely available on the R.I.C. Web site. Activities are designed to develop the technological process within the subject areas of Studie ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Integrating Technology Enhancing Learning
Across the school. Within the classroom

 
A useful resource for classroom teachers and school administrators for developing learning technology plans. The introduction provides a pedagogy in the approach to teaching and learning using Learning Technologies.
Section 1: Leading and Managi ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Intellecta: using computers in science and technology
 
Intellecta® Technologies develops computer based resources for the science and technology curriculum. Mechatronics integrates construction materials, mechanical ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Introducing Design and Technology
 
Downloadable sample pages of these books are freely available on the R.I.C. Web site.

Each book has 2 units as well as extension activities and a checklist student appraisal she ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

InventorLabs: Technology
 
Enter the laboratories of three great inventors to witness their discoveries: Thomas Edison's light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, and James Watt's steam engine. Explore aerodynamics, electrical currents, circuits and resistance, gears, hea ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
InventorLabs: Transportation
 
Meet the inventors of technological advances that led to modern transportation. Join the Wright brothers as they design and test their amazing flying machine. Gottlieb Daimler demonstrates his internal combustion engine and conducts experiments with ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Investigating Technology
 
Problem solving activities for primary. Each book contains 40 challenges based on themes of building, clothes, communication, conservation, food, home, recreation, school, transport and the world at work. Themes start close to students, moving into w ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Kid-Friendly Computer Book (The)
 
Across curriculum activities that provide structure for students to explore word processing and painting computer applications, and develop their computer skills, eg.
* Construct a flow chart diagram using paint software
* Use pai ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Kite Factory (The)
 
The Kite Factory specialises in kites, inflatables and other interactive products. What does The Kite Factory have to offer schools?
* kite making resources, including materials, books etc
* kite kits complete with instructions
* e ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
K'nex Construction Kits
 
K'nex has colour-coded parts - connectors, rods, tyres, and pulleys - which can be used to build anything from simple flat models to complex moving constructions. Each set comes complete with instructions with colour-coded diagrams for a number of mo ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Kodak's Enhancing Learning Through Imaging K-12 Solutions
 
This Kodak site provides support for photography in education - using digital and imaging technology as a teaching /learning tool. Be prepared to spend some time reading and searching. Useful sections for primary technology educators include:

* Le ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

LEGO
 
The LEGO Group provides a range of construction and educational materials designed to stimulate imagination and creativity, and challenge children to explore their own world. There are products suitable for a variety of ages and purposes. T ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
LEGO Dacta
 
LEGO Dacta is the educational business within the LEGO group and provides a range of products and support literature, which are particularly appropriate for teachers and groups of children. Studnet of all ages and levels of schooling can use the LEGO ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Little Blue Readers
 
These factual texts provide early readers with a series of books focusing on technology and reflecting the everyday experiences and interests of children. Technology is shown as the product of need, the outcome of seeking solutions to problems. Text ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Magna-Mates Magnetic Educational Products
 
Magna-Mates is a self teach system that has proven to be both effective and enjoyed by children. Use with magnetic paint, magnetic boards etc ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 1 June 2001
Making Christmas Fun With Technology
 
Make a special Christmas gift - hand lotion, moulded chocolates - then make a box, decorated paper and card to wrap it! Light up Santa's tree and decorate the door with a Christmas wreath.

Help children enjoy the process of designing, construct ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Making It Mine: Technology and Mining for Primary Schools
 
Covers the Materials, Systems and information Strands of Technology. All tasks cover the process of Investigating, Designing, Producing and Evaluating/Appraising ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
Mark Gillow's Choose Your Own Adventure Website
 
This website will assist teachers in improving their use of computers in the classroom. It is in the format of a "choose your own adventure" book. The user makes various selections until they get the info that they need at that particular moment (jus ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 6 August 2000
Material Pleasures: Creative Ways of Using Fabric
 
Colourful and creative projects including dyeing, printing and painting, resist work, weaving and winding, stitching, cards and book covers, textured and 3D work, backgrounds. Fabric used in imaginative and investigative ways across the curriculum, ...
Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
Mechanical Harry
 
Harry Newton takes after his ancestor Isaac Newton in his use of the principal 'that every action has an equal and opposite reaction'. When his breakfast arrives it hits the lever that strikes the match that lights the fuse that fires the cannon that ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Mineral Magic
 
Is it animal vegetable or mineral? This kit, developed by educationalists nationwide, provides comprehensive support for teaching about Australia's mineral and energy resources, using an across curricular approach. Activity examples include investiga ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
Minerals Council of Australia: National Education Program
 
The Minerals Council of Australia is the peak national industry association for the Australian minerals industry which involves the exploration and mining of minerals to the stage where a basic mineral commodity, such as refined aluminium and raw ste ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
Morphun Construction Sets
 
The product was shortlisted and reached the final five for Primary New School Product of the year in the UK in 1998 its first year, and has won an award in the USA as well. ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 22 December 2000
Mouse Art: Creating Art on the Computer
 
This book encourages students to design and draw using the computer as a tool. Activities are suitable for across platform computers with common software including Claris or MS Works, or specific paint/draw titles such as Kid Pix, Kid Works, even Hyp ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Multiple Intelligence - How Technology Enhances Howard Gardner's Eight Intelligences
 
Technology that enhances Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Kinesthetic, Visual-Spatial, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Naturalist Intelligence ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
NASA: Educational Resources
 
Suited for Spacewalking - A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Technology Education, Mathematics and Science is a 1959K PDF file for Teachers Grades 5-12 (USA) is just one example of NASA's resources.

The guide begins with brief discuss ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Nuffield Primary Design & Technology
 
The Nuffield Foundation supports research and innovation in Education through the Nuffield Curriculum Projects centre. The Primary Design & Technology project is committed to all primary teachers becoming successful design and technology teachers. Th ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
On The Spot Science and Technology
 
The book at each level contains 75 activities matching the national Science and Technology outcomes. A grid integrates science and technology strands. Each activity is presented in a two-page format. The teacher page presents an activity summary, mat ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Online Worksheets
 
Online worksheets are designed as a short research activity, a quick and easy way to get your students on the internet. All worksheets are based on the NSW Curriculum. ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 19 August 2002
OzLogo
 
This is a support site developed for and by teachers in classrooms using Logo, Logowriter, LegoLogo, Microworlds and StarLogo. The OzLogo group website has projects, articles, links, MW plugin downloads, chat spaces and general advice designed to be ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 7 May 1999
Primary Investigations
 
A science, technology and environment program for Australian primary schools. Students work in teams to carry out hands-on activities, using simple equipment. Teacher books provide lesson plans, questions for class discussion, lesson commentaries and ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Primary School Technology Activities
 
Adaptation of work published by the Center for Implementing Technology Education, Ball State University, Indiana USA. Copyright granted for school use.

Each activity has topic background information, classroom activities for lower and upper pri ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

PRITECH - The Primary Technology Association of Western Australia (inc)
 
PRITECH is a WA professional association of educators interested in the learning area of Technology and Enterprise whose objectives are:
* to promote the teaching of Technology and Enterprise in primary school
* to foster the Professional ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 10 May 1999
Push and Pull: simple machines at work
 
"We do work in the playground?!" After watching this video and following up with discussion questions from the teacher's guide, students can identify how simple machines in the classroom and playground do work for them - scissors, see-saws, flag pole ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Quality through Progression in Design and Technology
 
This UK book has something for all teachers delivering programs - preschool, primary, middle and secondary school teachers. It demonstrates the progression of students through the key stages in technology education from ages 3 to 16 and older. The ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 2 June 1999
Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre
 
Questacon promotes understanding and appreciation of science and technology through a wide variety of interactive exhibitions and programs.
The Centre assists teachers to adopt an interactive approach by providing professional development progra ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 24 April 2000
Science and Technology in Society: Technology
 
The Technology book contains 21 units mostly appropriate for upper primary. Units include The Kneeling Bus - problems of physical disability and Controlling Machines. Each unit has a list of contents and outcomes, tips ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Softplay Construction Sets
 
· Soft Play kits are made from tough waterproof foam. These large construction bricks are suitable for age 3+. Over 50 different toys can be made from each pack of 68 pieces.

· Interlinks kits come with instructions for 300 model ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 22 December 2000

SPECIAL NEEDS STORAGE & DISPLAY TABLES ART
 
FURNITURE & EQUIP FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD/PRIMARY/ SPECIAL NEEDS ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 11 October 2000
STEPS: Science and Technology Education in Primary School
 
STEPS is broadcast live on television every 2 weeks through the Interactive satellite learning network (SOFNet Vic), and is supported by a Web site. The program aims to assist teachers in the delivery of science and technology education within the Cu ...
Date Submitted: Saturday, 15 May 1999
Super Solvers Gizmos & Gadgets!
 
Morty Maxwell, the Master of Mischief, has taken over the Shady Glen Technology Center and claims he can build the best auto, air, and alternative energy vehicles. Now, he's challenging all Super Solvers to outrace him. To win, students need to build ...
Date Submitted: Tuesday, 8 June 1999
T.E.A.C.H. Pty Ltd
 
TEACH supplies technology education resources including Valiant Products - Roamer, Inventa and Tronix. TEACH also supplies educational technology and special needs adaptive hardware and software, such as Concept Keyboards. Demonstrations and suppo ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 10 May 1999
Teachers' Resource Handbook, Technology
 
Developed to provide support for the technology learning area of the Victorian Curriculum and Standards Framework, teachers elsewhere can use the materials to the extent that it meets their requirements. Each of the six units of work contains:
* b ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
 
Designed for UK teachers, ideas can be modified by Australian educators. The ideas, activities and worksheets are organised by subject area, with Design and Technology (D&T), and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of interest to technolog ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 14 May 1999
Tech Ed: A Problem Solving Approach
 
Activities emphasise problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and cooperative learning. The activities engage students in reading, writing, researching, designing, building and evaluating. Various authors for each book present activities in di ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Technology Education catalogue 2001
 
Three catalogues of 'hands on resources' for teachers of Technology have been published in South Australia in recent years. The most recent catalogue (published in February 2001) is free to teachers on request. Email a request to Bob Wright Manager ...
Date Submitted: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
Technology Education for Early Learners
 
This book is a companion volume to Introducing Technology Education R-7. Classroom teachers share insights, approaches, ideas and practical guidelines to assist teachers in planning and implementing a primary technology program. Content inc ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Technology Resources
 
CMIS identifies curriculum materials that support West Australian school curriculum applications. All forms of resources are reviewed. The Technology Focus section of this web site has sections including:

* current educational research and pedago ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

The Inventa Book of Mechanisms
 
What is a gear? What is a rack and pinion? This book has the answers. Through the use of cartoons, gears, pulleys and chain, wheels, axles, winches, rollers, levers, cams, ramps, wedges and screws are explained.
Students can enjoy the diagrams a ...

Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Thematic Problem Solving Using Technology and Enterprise
 
A collection of theme based problem solving activities from the WA Technology and Enterprise Learning Area, and nationally applicable. Theme examples include community, recycling and transport. Activities are based on a 'design, make,apprai ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
TIPS: Technology in Primary Schools NSW
 
This interest group has been established to support and enhance teaching and learning in Technology Education K-6 across education sectors in NSW. TIPS provides professional development and support through informal meetings, conferences, newsletters ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 10 May 1999
TTAP SA: Technology Teachers Association Primary South Australia
 
TTAP is an active group of classroom teachers. TTAP provides training and development through publications and workshop programs, such as Getting Started Teaching Primary Technology and Moving On ...
Date Submitted: Friday, 7 May 1999
UNITES (Using Novels for Interdisciplinary Technology Education and Science)
 
UNITES is a program that uses children's literature as a focus for mathematics, science and technology education across the curriculum. Thirteen sample activities on the Web site outline objectives, materials, procedures, and evaluation, an ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
Using Tools in the Classroom: R-7 technology and science
 
How do I use a glue gun? How do I manage its safe use in the classroom? What is the difference between a coping saw and a hacksaw? What student level are they suitable for?

This book will improve your confidence in teaching technology by enhancin ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999

Virtual Teacher Newsletter
 
Announcing a great new newsletter - Virtual Teacher - Computer Solutions Teachers The VirtualTeacher Newsletter Delivered FREE to your e-mail box every fortnight. Online Lesson Plans, Great Sites, Free Stuff, Tips, Time savers, and templates. ...
Date Submitted: Saturday, 8 April 2000
When we all go to Nan's House
 
A fun picture book that highlights the role of engineers in society and the problems they help solve ...
Date Submitted: Saturday, 1 April 2000
World Wide Web for Teachers
 
Become a 'techno-teacher'
* learn to use the power of the Web for yourself and in your classroom
* create Web pages
* try learning centre activities for using the Internet in the classroom
* browse educational Web sites
* eva ...

Date Submitted: Sunday, 28 November 1999
www.drugsafe.org
 
Outcome of teachers using this resource is integration of technology across the curriculum. Each resource has been developed to address outcomes of the Australian national PE/Health curriculum for secondary schools; and across a number of key learni ...
Date Submitted: Wednesday, 23 August 2000
Your House Built Environment Education
 
This kit introduces the main issues which affect our built environment through the familiar places of the home and school. Clearly stated aims provide a starting point for a class program with a technology focus. The introduction to each unit provide ...
Date Submitted: Monday, 3 May 1999
 
Middle school Technology WebQuests
 
2030: Homesteading Mars Compare homesteading in the Midwest to homesteading Mars
A License To Drive Designed to guide adolescents through the process of getting a drivers license.
A Pizza Family Reunion Use spreadsheets to modify a recipe and develop a shopping list for a large party.
A Wind in the Door Just how close is fact to fiction? Compare and contrast what you read in this sci-fi fantasy to the facts you learn in your biology class.
Ajude a Salvar a Natureza WebQuest na ‡rea de Educa¨‹o Ambiental, procurando levar o aluno a uma reflex‹o sobre sua responsabilidade com a natureza.
Amazon Food Web Students research Amazonia, identify organisms that exist there, determine the food relationships between those organisms, create an informational website and design a food web poster.
Atlantis Quest You are about to embark upon an expedition to uncover the truth about Atlantis.
Back to the Future Students are asked to look back at the 1900s and look ahead to the year 2002 and beyond and make some predictions about the future.
Culture: Dispelling the Myth Cultural diversity, specifically focused on Native American culture.
Desert Quest A research project on the Arizona Sonoran Desert.
Dream A Dream, Reach A Goal Create a realistic fiction story with information about a musher, his dog team, the trail, the weather, and the checkpoints along the Iditarod Race.
Edgar Allan Poe: Father of Horror Take a creative look at Poe's troubled life and how it shaped his stories of horror.
Franchise Convince your classmates to invest in the franchise business you've selected.
GE Foods - Friend or Foe? What are genetically engineered foods and are they dangerous to our health and to our environment? Look at both sides of the issue and then discuss findings at the "World Food Conference".
Hockey Salary Creator Use mathematical concepts to evaluate the hockey players of National Hockey League teams.
Keep the Fire Burning Research topics alluded to in the lyrics of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire
King Tutankhamun: Was It Murder? Analyze and synthesize information about the death. Mirrors the controversy among Egyptologists.
Landfill Controversy A community is faced with the issue of allowing bordering states access to their landfill.
MagLev: Moving Into the Future Research the science, the existing systems and pros and cons of magnetic levitation trains.
Math-Scape This webquest has students create a landscape design.
My Schoolhouse Rocks! Design & build (in 3D CAD) a new school that meets current code.
On the Cutting Edge: Searching for the Perfect Website Develop a rubic for assessing the quality of a Web site.
Open up your Business Here in Longwood Persuasive writing to influence businesses to settle in a small town.
Paper Airplane Exploration Aerodynamics, paper airplanes and problem solving
PeaceQuest PeaceQuest is designed to engage society in a dialogue to eliminate hatred and bigotry, to foster understanding and tolerance and to bring peace to our world.
Publish with Po-Etree Inc. Creating and publishing poetry
Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle to Save our Future Evaluate your school's recycling program, make suggestions about how to improve it, and inform and educate other school students and faculty about the benefits of recycling.
Robots: New Age Assistants Design a robot to explore Antarctica
Rules and Change in Society Using Lois Lowry's novel The Giver, students perform research of seemingly Utopian societies and customs to make decisions about the idea of "release" in the novel. They then write an html hyperfiction final chapter in which their changes are implemented in the novel's society.
Simple Machines - Rube Goldberg I Invent a Rube Goldberg device that uses simple machines.
Simple Machines - Rube Goldberg II Invent a Rube Goldberg device that uses simple machines.
States For a Change Learn about the 50 United States by designing a new state quarter.
Take a Trip to Latin America An integrated webquest, designed to enhance student learning of Latin American Countries.
The Dilemma of the Dangerous Meatloaf Students determine and defend a position on the healthfulness of a food through analysis/research
The Holocaust: Fact or Fiction? Study Holocaust material from ethical, literary, and sociological points of view
The Technowarp Cyberquest Go back in time to 2001 to prevent the destruction of the world by investigating the damage caused by technology.
This Mission is Possible Become a camp counselor and develop a healthy menu, exercise program, and brochure.
Time Travel Agent Sell a time travel trip to a decade in the 20th century.
Walker's Watermelon Students search for information to solve a question. They work individually at first, then form a group concensus. They then present their answer to the question in video format using IMovie 2 to edit the video.
Watching the Colors Come Alive Ancient China and kite design/building
WebQuest Texas Combines technology and the content of 7th grade Texas social studies into a challenging and enjoyable end-of-year student project.
WEBQUEST webquest A webquest that deals with creating a Webquest
When I Grow Up This is a career exploration WebQuest that asks students to research a career.
You Teach the Decades An opportunity for students to become the "teacher" while learning about the 20th Century.

 

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