THE
ENVIRONMENT
Plastic Bag Ban
The Tasmanian government's Plastic Bag Ban website.
See
Tas Govt media release, 7 Dec 2012
THE
ENVIRONMENT
Waste
resources for schools
A
section of the Tasmanian government's
Plastic Bag Ban website,
providing information about other websites relevant to the use of
plastic bags and the reduction of waste (click on "Education resources for
schools"):
Resource Rite - Developing a school waste
program (Taswaste)
Wipe out Waste
How to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Waste in Schools
Waste Wise, including
waste audit video and
waste audit toolkit
Litter Less
SITA
STUDENT HEALTH
Tobacco Plain Packaging
Updated
information about tobacco plain packaging laws in Australia,
including fact sheets.
GEOLOGY
Shaping a Nation: A Geology of
Australia
Download
page for the free pdf files of individual chapters of this
illustrated book. Integrates the geology of Australia with other
aspects of the country's development such as history, urbanisation
and the economy.
More information.
GEOLOGY
Earthquake Hazard Map of Australia 2012
New
interactive Australian earthquakes map from Geoscience Australia.
Note the zoom controls on the right.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
The new MoneySmart Teaching program
Helpful statement by ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell (reproduced in
Curriculum Leadership).
GEOGRAPHY
Geography Challenge
Interactive virtual reality activity based on an actual location.
Previously restricted to NSW students but now generally available.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
MoneySmart Teaching Packages
ASIC's MoneySmart financial literacy package for
secondary schools is now available.
See also the
MoneySmart Teaching
page.
LITERATURE, TASMANIA
The First Fagin
Website
of the film The First Fagin, based on the Charles Dickens
character and set in Tasmania. View the
YouTube trailer.
TASMANIA
Hobart Guide
Information about Hobart. Part of the Eguide group of websites.
Includes Things to
Do in the Hobart area.
THE ENVIRONMENT
Greening Australia
Greening Australia promotes the protection and restoration of the
Australian landscape. The
Tas
Bulletin Board reports on the new Sustainable Learning Centre at
Mt Nelson.
MATHS
Equation Editor
Create nicely formatted mathematical formulas and equations.
LITERACY
Road to Grammar
Online quiz, downloadable worksheets
and games to promote various
aspects of grammar.
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Learning Games for
Kids
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL
GAMES
Kidspace
ONLINE SCIENCE
GAMES
Nobel Prize Games
Online games based on the innovations of Nobel prize winners.
iPAD APPS
Top 25 iPad Apps for Kids
Time
Magazine's selection of the best Apps for kids.
CONSUMER EDUCATION
Consumer Stuff for Kids
A
downloadable resource book containing activity sheets targeted at
students in grades 5 and 6.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
A Tasmanian Time Capsule
A
recording of Tasmanian Aboriginal Fanny Cochrane Smith
speaking and singing in her native tongue, plus some Tasmanian
documentaries from 1933, 1950, 1966 and 1975. From the National Film
and Sound Archive.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
Picturesque Tasmania
Documentary on Tasmania produced in 1933.
STYLE GUIDES
National Geographic Style
Manual
Style
and usage with a geographic flavour.
STUDENT LEARNING
Improving student engagement
An article summarising research findings on how to improve student
engagement. By Leah Taylor and Jim Parsons.
ASTRONOMY
Tasmanian aurora photos
Photographs of the aurora australis taken by Tasmanians have been
displayed on the ABC's website. See also an
earlier report on the aurora in Tasmania.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
North Lyell Mine Disaster 1912
An online exhibition of Tasmania's worst mining disaster, presented
by LINC Tasmania (ie, the State Archives).
ONLINE GAMES
20Q
Online
20 questions game. (Think of an object, then answer 20 questions to
have it guessed.)
IPAD APPS
10 Excellent iPad Apps for School
Summaries
and links to Evernote, Skitch, Dropbox, Wunderlist, Dragon
Dictation, EasyBib, Dictionary, SimpleMind+, Wolfram Alpha, Evernote
Peak.
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
10 Technology YouTube Channels You
Can't Miss From makeuseof.com.
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