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COLOURING ACTIVITIES Educational Coloring Pages A range of colouring pages to download. YOUR COMPUTER Check Your Plugins If your computer's browser plugins are not up to date you may be more vulnerable to viruses. Although this online check is designed for Firefox browsers, it also works on Internet Explorer 8 and some others. TOUCH TYPING TIPP10 Free touch typing program to download and install. Adapts for keys typed incorrectly. Review provided on makeuseof.com. MATHS Get the Math Practical examples of algebra in the real world. Uses videos. LITERACY AND NUMERACY National Literacy and Numeracy Week The Australian Government's website for this year's National Literacy and Numeracy Week: 27 Aug to 2 Sep 2012. BUSINESS STUDIES Innovation in business New section of the Australian Government's business.gov.au website, providing tips and advice for businesses that wish to innovate. HISTORY British Council films Made in the 1940s when they would have been motivating, these short mainly black and white British documentaries would have been boring in the 1960s, but today many of them are entertaining. ASTRONOMY Tonight's Sky Watch a short animated video that indicates current locations of features of the night sky. ASTRONOMY Transit of Venus: Australia 2012 Information and advice about the Transit of Venus due to occur on 6 June 2012 SCIENCE Science animations A range of narrated animations in biology, environmental science, chemistry and other sciences. (The image links to the general biology animations.) METEOROLOGY The Different Types of Clouds Identify clouds and use them to predict the weather. NUTRITION Food-A-Pedia Find and compare nutrition information from over 8,000 foods. US Government site. THE ENVIRONMENT ARC Schools Recycling Competition A competition to promote buying recycled products. Entries due Friday, 14 September 2012. For more information see the rest of the website and send an email to the address on the Contact page. CURRICULUM Curriculum Leadership 11 May 2012 The latest issue of Curriculum Leadership is available. (The title is a little misleading: the free online journal is a monthly collection of summaries on teaching practice, news and research of interest to Australian teachers.) FLYING DOCTORS Look! Up in the Sky: Royal Flying Doctor Service Comprehensive educational resource targeting grades 3-6. Register to access free teacher and student handbooks. RELATIONSHIPS 37 Alternatives to Yelling at Your Kids Positive alternatives to yelling. SIMPLE PROGRAMMING Create a Video Game with Scratch Video introduction to using Scratch, a very simple way to apply programming principles to creation of video games. PERSONAL SKILLS Top 10 Highly-Desired Skills You Can Teach Yourself Skills you can and apparently ought to teach to yourself. SCIENCE How to Read Science News Tips on making judgments about science news reports. DATA PRESENTATION 37 Data-ish Blogs You Should Know About A variety of different ways to present data visually. COLOURING IN Animal Colouring Book Colouring-in pictures of a large number of animals. STORIES Awesome Stories A range of topics presented to facilitate their story being told. TOOLS FOR TEACHERS Google Educator Resources Google lists the various tools it has developed that may be of use to teachers. VARIOUS SUBJECTS Lesson Plans for Teachers From Microsoft - a large number of lesson plans on a variety of topics. Note that the links and documents to download are in the green box at the right. See also Microsoft in Education HEALTH Tasmania's new smoke-free areas New Tasmanian laws specify a number of areas where smoking is prohibited. A summary pdf poster and other resources are available to download. An interesting timeline, History of tobacco laws in Tasmania, is provided. AGRICULTURE Agfest Schools Kit Cross-curricula worksheets and suggested activities for young students. ELECTIONS Tasmania's Legislative Council Elections Page of useful links on the Legislative Council elections to be held on 5 May 2012. From LINC Tasmania. PLANNING AHEAD NAPLAN Key Dates to 2020 2020 vision: the dates of the annual May NAPLAN tests through to 2020 AD. ONLINE STORAGE Get started with Google Drive Google has launched its free service to provide 5 gigabytes of online storage, allowing you to access your documents from anywhere. CLIPART Clker.com Royalty-free clipart. No need to sign up: just use the search box. You can even edit the images. MATHS Online Equation Editor Write tricky expressions such as formulas and mathematical equations on your computer with this online equation or formula editor. Other formula editor websites to check: - Formula editor (Wikipedia) - MathCast (requires download) - Cloudon info (for iPad) ICT, APPS EdGalaxy.com New and useful apps and other resources of educational value. Australian site. LITERACY AND NUMERACY 201 literacy and maths tips to help your child From the Victorian Department of Education. You can print the normal pdf file or sections of it or a pdf file designed for printing as a booklet. IMAGES 15 Sites for Finding Images and Clip Art for Education Sites that provide images that could be useful for teachers. ICT IN EDUCATION Tech & Learning Practical resources to integrate digital technologies in K-12 education. GOOGLE EARTH Building Tours in Google Earth Create a presentation using Google Earth to zoom in to buildings on the Earth's surface, as a modern alternative to PowerPoint. OLD IMAGES Old Book Art Use the site's search box to find old images. SCIENCE Science Buddies Ideas and help on running a science fair project. PHYSICS physics.org A guide to physics websites. PHYSICS Institute of Physics: Teachers Support for teachers of physics topics, including Resources for the classroom. EARLY CHILDHOOD Early Childhood Care and Education [pdf] Current information about the individual and economic benefits of very early childhood intervention. (UNESCO, April 2012.) ABORIGINAL ART Google Art: Aboriginal rock paintings Aboriginal rock paintings that include ships and a biplane have just been placed on Google Art. Go to Google Art Project, click on Collections, choose Australian Rock Art. SMARTBOARDS SMART Exchange Free downloads to use on your Smartboard. VIDEO FILES 3 Methods to Extract the Audio from Video Files The size of a video file whose audio is unnecessary can be made much smaller if the audio is removed. Note there is further information in the comments. OBTAINING IMAGES Free images A discussion of ways to obtain free images for use on blogs. (Another source of free image websites is the list in 10 places to find free images.) SOCIAL NETWORKING Facebook Family Safety Center Information, tools and resources to promote safe social networking.	PEDAGOGY Using Neuroscience to Improve Learning Tips to improve teaching based on a knowledge of neuroscience. (From Education Week, 27 Mar 2012.) WIKIPEDIA Changing View of Wikipedia Infographic on the rise of Wikipedia. 3-D PRINTING 3D printer creates working wrench The Z Corporation can "print" three-dimensional objects with movable parts. SCHOOL FUNDING Your School, Our Future (Gonski Report) The Australian Government's website established to provide access to and follow-ups from the Gonski Report on school funding. Final report download page	LISTS Mr Top 10 Huge range of top ten lists.

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