IWB+Resources

=Guide to Internet Resources Available for the Interactive Whiteboard and General Classroom Use. = This is a selection of internet resources for use by students and staff on the interactive Whiteboards or on general computers. Each site is active at the time of writing. Many of these sites are for teacher use, to add that ‘bit extra’ to the engagement of students. Some sites do not reflect the philosophy of the school but aspects can be used to support the teaching and learning of particular skills. CTRL – Click to follow link. =Internet Safety/Copyright / Citation Sites = Net Alert The Australian Government website on providing a safe online environment for all families and educators. [|http://www.netalert.gov.au] Kids Spot A great site for parents to support internet safety. [] Internet Safety A great website that has excellent links relating to different internet safety topics we should be aware of. [] Citing Resources [] Plagiarism Stoppers A guide for teachers. [] =General Sites= Topmarks An exceptional site. Has to be my favourite! Draws a variety of Language, Maths, Science, Music, history sites from other areas. Super for the IWB!!!! Take the time to explore the resources on this site and is links if you do nothing else! [|http://www.topmarks.co.uk/] Ambleside Primary School (UK) Primary resources. [|http://www.amblesideprimary.com] Saint Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School (UK) Primary Resources for all the curriculum. [] Copacabana Public School (AU) Click on the ‘Get Smart’ section to take you to a huge portal of interactive activities! [] Sunbury Heights Primary School (AU) Some Excellent Australian (Bushrangers, First Fleet etc.) resources – Try the Interactive Maths – The Virtual Manipulatives are really useful. The clipart has some good gifs. Good story links too. [|http://www.sunburyhps.vic.edu.au/links/studentlinkshome.htm] Innovations Learning (UK) [] Skwirk Interactive Schooling (AU) Designed for all Australian school students, it features content written for the syllabus in each state. In addition it contains animations, videos, quizzes/exams, podcasts. Must sign up but worthwhile. Great for students. [|www.skwirk.com.au] BBC Huge range of brilliant resources including IWB – You must explore this site! [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/] Lil’ Fingers Simple storybooks that look great on an IWB – Juniors. Make your own! [|http://www.lil-fingers.com/penguin/index.php] Woodlands Junior School Kent. (UK) Some excellent resources for all curriculum areas. [|http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk] Enchanted Learning Good general printable resource site. Not all available unless you are a member [|http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html] Aussie Educator Huge Number of Teacher Resources – Lots of links to other places including other maths sites, famous mathematicians, maths dictionaries and the history of maths [|http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/default.htm] National Education Association Great website for teacher resources and lesson plans. (U.S) [] Discovery Channel Discovery Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning. [|http://school.discovery.com] Education World This website includes: a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet; original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts; site reviews; daily features and columns; teacher and principal profiles; Wire Side Chats with the important names in education; employment listings. (U.S) [] [|Westfield Park Primary School - Useful Links - Search Engines] [|BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology] [|ClassTools.net Games for Education] [|Live Search Images classroom displays] [|Oz Teachers website] [|Teacher Resources] =ICT/IWB and Creativity= Creativity Web [|http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/index2.html] Project Happy Child A variety of creativity examples including stories, fables, art [|http://www.happychild.org.uk/nvs/cont/] Speech Teach UK  Some good resources for the teacher including clipart + ideas for games [|http://www.speechteach.co.uk/p_resource/clipart/people4.htm] Web Design Web tutorials and templates to “teach – yourself – web design” [|http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/tresource/tresource.htm] Cody’s Science Education Zone Good webpage design stuff (Teacher) [|http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/index.html] Gamemaker Excellent programme to make simple games. Download a free trial. Very Creative! Simple Programming. [|http://www.gamemaker.nl/] Gameaquarium A HUGE website that includes interactive games for a all key learning areas and age ranges. A must see! [|http://www.gamequarium.com] [|Create 3D web graphics with Xara3D] [|Animated gifs, free gifs 3d, gifs avatars] [|Animation VirtualLand - Free Animated GIFs, 3D Graphics and VRML Worlds.] [|Free Animated GIFs. DEWA&apos;s FREE High Quality GIF89a Animations. No Ugly Animated GIFs.] Other ICT and IWB interactive website stuff all mixed in together. [|SVSD Literacy with ICT] [|www.virtuallearning.school.nz] [|5 ways teachers can use educational technology to engage students at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk] [|First Grade Skills - interactive sites] [|Fourth Grade Skills - interactive sites] [|Gamequarium A portal to thousands of free, online learning games and activities for Pre-School through Grade 6 students compil] [|Goodyear Computer Lab] [|http--www.electroboard.com.au-] [|http--www.interactivewhiteboard.net.au-] [|ICT Assessment tools] [|Innovative Teachers Network] [|Instructional Technology Department - Resources - SmartBoards] [|Interactive Sites for the Smartboard] [|Interactive Websites] IWB Smart Notebook lessons! [|BGfL - Whiteboards - Primary English] [|Electroboard Projectors, Whiteboards & Presentation Systems] [|Greenbush Edusim] [|Primary Maths (Numeracy) Interactive Games] [|SMART - Notebook software lesson activities Correlate Canadian lesson activities] [|Whiteboard Web Index web forum for resources] [|Art Activities, Art Projects & Games] [|Crickweb Flash Page] [|Digital Diversity] [|Interactive Whiteboard Resources Literacy, Key Stage 2 - Topmarks Education] [|Language Arts Standards - 4th grade student performance skills] [|pictures of places at picturesofplaces.com - World Travel Pictures! vacations holidays and trips] [|Primary School Learning Technologies] [|Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, Art and PE Interactive Sites] [|Sandfields Comprehensive School, Free Flash Resources for Teachers] [|Smart Classrooms] [|Susanne&apos;s Technology Page TeacherWeb SmartBoard Lesson Sites] [|Tammy&apos;s Technology Tips] [|TEA - Teacher Toolbag - Educational Resources - Ask an Expert] [|Teacher Tap Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities] [|Teachernet, ICT] [|TeachersFirst Resource Listings for interactive whiteboard] [|Teaching & Learning with ICT] [|Technology Assessment and Rubrics] [|Think Bank Ltd - Training, Design, Consultancy] [|Think.com - Home] [|Thinkfinty Search Results] [|Third Grade Skills - interactive sites] [|Welcome to the Digital Education Revolution] [|www.pixsy.com (images and videos)] [|You are Never Alone » Persuading teachers to think digitally] [|SMART - Support] [|SMARTBoards and other interactive whiteboards.] Website Design [|Addictive Design Studios Pty Ltd] =Links to Primary Resources for your Whiteboard= If you're wondering why there are so many resources here from the U.K. and so few from Australia then remember that most of these websites and resources are created by teachers. If you want to see more Australian resources then why not upload some of yours? If everyone uploads just one each then we'd all benefit. See below: CLICK OVER THE PICS & RIGHT CLICK TO OPEN HYPERLINNK //Link to site// || //Description// || //Cost// || //Origin// || Digital resources and interactive media provided by DECS in conjunction with The Learning Federation. Each school in SA was given a copy of the Access to Learn disc and a username but they're all available online. || Free! || Australia || A bank of free, ready to use ideas, resources, worksheets and lesson plans. They're available for you to use with your class at no cost whatsoever. A range of flipcharts for both Smart and Promethean boards as well as powerpoints and html style resoruces which can also be used with easiteach. || Free! || U.K. || A range of activities for English and Maths which can be used on the IWB or on stand alone PCs. (Always opt to see them in "big screen" mode when you want to use them on your board. As this is all web based it can be used with any IWB software. || Free! || U.K. || A wide range of resources designed to be used with Smart's own Notebook software. Search the database to find suitable resources for your lessons. || Free! || U.K. || A wide range of resources designed to be used with Smart's own Notebook software. Search the database to find suitable resources for your lessons. These new international resources are specifically designed for the Australian frameworks. || Free! || Australia || This site provides schools with simple and easy to use resources. Schools can use all of the evaluaiton resources for free. CD ROMs of resources can be purchased to be used throughout the school on one easy administer site license. The site is also providing users with an online community. A subscription is pais and schools then get access to all resouces; including new and updated ones which are not on the CDROMS yet. This element of the company is designed to act as a community where schools can request resources for their particular shemes of || Free Evaluation || Australia || This is the offical resources bank for Easi-teach. The resources you will find here have been submitted by various teachers and users of Easiteach. You can freely download and use them. You'll need Easi-teach to use them. || Free! || U.K./Worldwide || This is the offical resources bank for Promethean Activ. Boards. The resources you will find here have been created, tried and tested by teachers all over the world. You will require Activ. Board software in order to use this software. Please note you may have to register - for free- to access these resources) || Free! || U.K./Worldwide || The newly created international section of the Promethean site now includes resources donated by Australian teachers. These are designed, of course, to fit with the Australian frameworks . Don't forget to upload your resources too so that this bank of shared ideas can grow Australia! (Please note you may have to register - for free- to access these resources) || Free! || Australia || This site would suit early years teaching and has some fun games which can be played on your IWB || Free! || U.K. || iwb.org.uk is a rapidly growing bank of free to use tools and resources created for teachers who are teaching with an interactive whiteboard (IWB).All the resources have been contributed freely by their creators and may be used freely within educational establishments. Share ideas, discuss resources and ask questions in the forum. The resources include Flash files, Textease files, MSWord documents, MSPowerPoint files, MSExcel files, Active flipcharts, SMART files, webpages, links, photos, videos and more. || Free! || U.K. || Birmingham LEA's Grid for Learning has a good collection of resources for a range of topics in Maths, English, Science and other subjects. || Free! || U.K. || A variety of games on a number of different subjects aimed a lower primary. || Free! || U.K. || A variety of interactive whiteboard content ideal for the primary classroom. Ready made lessons for your interactive whiteboard which are searchable by subject. || Some free some very cheap! || U.K. || Created by a U.K. Grid for learning these are Northumberland Local Education Authority Resources for Primary schools. A wide range of resources to choose from. || free! || U.K. || A total of 108 free to use educational interactive resources. Crickweb is packed with a wide variety of IWB resources for use in Primary schools. All but the Promethean resources can be used on any brand of board. Our aim is to keep expanding the range on offer and hope to add new resources each month. || free! || U.K. || A set of activities made by both children and staff at Ambleside Primary School. Some good resources that can be used on an IWB here. || free! || Australia || Free teacher software available here! Al you pay is for the postage. Also got some great free to download lesson plans and resources for you to take a look at. || free! || Australia || Free, Searchable, online activities that can be used on an IWb. Covers Maths and Literacy || free! || Australia || TeachingResource.co.uk was developed by Jane Carruthers to provide Teachers, Parents and Children in the UK with some of the best Educational Resources in the UK and beyond. Lots of different resources here for a range of subject areas. || free! || UK || The magic key is a BBC website with range of online games that require students to make sentences, chose description words carefully, describe monsters and many more activities. I love using this with my NAP English students || free! || UK || This website has some great, free big books that you can use on your Interactive Whiteboard along with lesson plans and other teaching materials to go with them. || free! || UK || The Welsh Grid for learning has lots of great interactive games for all sorts of subjects. They'd be great fun on your IWB. Use their online search tool to find suitable resources || free! || UK || Free online Maths Games From Channel 4. Including: Multiplication and division machines. || free! || UK || Primary Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Some suggestions for sites which work well on interactive whiteboards in the classroom. All you need to do is select a subject and age group. || free! || UK || This page entitled "Get Smart" is a collection of resources that has been building for some time in a NSW Primary School! Don't forget though that you can use these resources on any Interactive Whiteboard you like! divided into 3 levels there is a real wealth of information and links here! Great fun!" || free! || Australia || =Educational video and film sites = [|Free Online Videos] [|Screen Australia - Commissioned Production - Former Film Australia - Documentary Programs] [|Video Online] [|virtualteacher - Great Websites, Lesson Plans, and Information - Primary Teachers Online] (AUS) [|www.Teachertube.com] [|www.Teachertv.com] [|www.youtube.com] (where applicable) = Fanatastic Image/ photo websites= FLickr Huge amount of image sharing website [|www.flickr.com] [|www.photobucket.com] [|www.devianart.com] [|www.SmugMug.com] [|www.dumpr.net] =Clip Art= Awesome Clip Art for Kids [] Barry's Clip Art Server [] Classroom ClipArt [|http://www.classroomclipart.com] / Discovery School Clip Art [] KidsDomain [] Pics4Learning [|http://www.pics4learning.com] Blogs/ Podcasts/Wikis =Literacy= English Zone A site that has everything for Literacy. [] Read, Write, Think High quality resources for reading and language development. [] Starfall Great reading resources and games. Some literacy support e.g. a vowel movie, most used words memory game etc. [] Scholastic The world’s leading publisher and distributor of children’s books. [|http://www.scholastic.com] Reading [|Big Ideas in Beginning Reading] [|English Works! Reading Exercises] [|English-Zone.Com - the BEST English-Learner&apos;s site on the &apos;Net!] [|English] [|General English sites compiled by sue lemmer] [|Go to readwritethink.org-calendar-index.asp] [|http--members.ozemail.com.au-~pledgerp-booklovers_literature.doc] [|Instructional Strategies Online - Guided Reading] [|Kids games, videos, stories, crafts, lesson plans - worlds of stuff for kids!] [|Links - For Students] [|Links - Teaching Ideas and Strategies] [|Literature Circles - Student Roles Passage Picker] [|Literature Circles] [|Literature Learning Ladders] [|MyRead Guide – Guided Reading] [|Primary Literacy Resources] [|Primary Resources English] [|Puppets Unit Plan [English Online]] [|Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!] [|Readers Circle] [|Reading Comprehension Games] [|Reading Rockets 103 Things to Do Before-During-After Reading] [|Scholastic.com] [|Stories] [|From] [| The Web - Stories] Literature Circles [] Guided Reading [] Grammar [|Grammar Practice Park] [|Grammar Paragraphs eThemes eMINTS] [|Grammar Interactive Writing Activities eThemes eMINTS] [|Quia - Punctuate!] [|Grammar Sentences eThemes eMINTS] Spelling website Words with letter pairs- Have you ever got stuck thinking about spelling words in 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 4 syllables etc? This website provides an enormous amount of blends from A to Z and everything in between. It’s great if you are stumped on needing a word. [|www.morewords.com] Spelling [|BBC - Skillswise - Words - Spelling] [|Words with letter pairs] SpellBee organisation [|consent for participation] [|Spelling it Right - Learn to spell confidently] [|Words with letter pairs] Writing [|Center for Digital Storytelling] [|Free online materials could save schools billions - USATODAY.com] [|Main Page - FreeReading] [|Short Stories 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers (Kennedy and Jerz)] [|Teaching Unit - Report writing in a unit of work on inventions] [|Write Away! Writing Checklist] [|Write On Reader - Forms of Writing - Paragraphs] [|BBC - Skillswise Words - Making sentences games] [|Writers&apos; Window] [|Beaut Ideas - Targeting Text] [|Features Of Persuasive Writing] [|Graphic Organizer Makers] [|Harcourt School Publishers -- The Learning Site] [|KWL Chart - Grouping Objects graphic-organizer (1) - Reading and Language Arts - TeacherVision.com] [|Narrative Text Away with Words] [|Printable Graphic Organizers for Teachers, Grades K-12 - TeacherVision.com] [|The Purpose of a Sentence] [|Prompts with Pictures] [|Writing with Writers Home] [|Poetry as We See It] Figurative Language [|Simile, metaphor, idioms, personification, extended metaphor, Required skills and knowledge - language features and techniques, Skills by mode: reading and writing, English Skills Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia] Magnetic Poetry Make your own poems online by physically moving words. [] Shocked Poetry [] Story Center [|www.storycenter.org] General English Sites A great range of links covering many Literacy areas. [] =Graphic Organisers= EduPlace Graphic Organisers [|http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/] Graphic Organisers [] Sample Graphic Organisers [] Graphic Organiser Generator [|http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/] S.C.O.R.E. Graphic Organisers [] Teach- nology Graphic Organiser Makers [|http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/] =Special Needs= Autism Classroom Includes autistic information, how to set up an autistic classroom, communication strategies, behaviour intervention strategies, parent training course, download free materials, audio Podcasts and chatboard central. [] Autism 4 Teachers Helpful materials and information to help your student or child with autism [] Carol’s Speech and Language Disorders Homepage One of the best websites I have come across that has links to good activities for students. [] Social Stories [] Other Special Needs websites [|autism strategies classroom chatboard message board IEP information chat room podcasts information - Home] [|AutismTeachingTools.com] [|Online Speech and Language Acitivities] [|Positively Autism ~ Free Resources, Lesson Plans, Teaching Materials, and more!] [|Sites for Autistic Support Teachers!] [|SOCIAL STORIES] [|Tulare SELPA - Autism Resources] [|Autism Support Website] =English as a Second Language= The Internet TESOL Journal Useful resources for NES students including links to other sites. Lots of games. Java required for some. [|http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Games/Games_Requiring_Java/] =Maths= These maths sites have a HUGE variety of games and ideas and you will need to explore them to find what suits you or your students. Campbell County School District ’s Mathematic Skills for Grades 3-6 A list of internet resources- very useful! [] Matheletics Covers full Prep to Yr 12 curriculum for school students across Australia. [] Rainbow Maths [] Math Playground [|www.mathplayground.com/logicgames] Smart Kiddies- Helping kids become better mathematicians A great website which includes video demonstrations from Australian teachers, activity sheets and interactive games. Also includes unit quizzes. There is a free trial, but it is worth signing up to this website- ($$). [|http://www.smartkiddies.com.au] A+ Maths Huge variety of maths games. [|http://www.aplusmath.com/] Fractions [|http://www.aaamath.com/fra.html] [|http://www.adrianbruce.com/maths/3dshapes/3d_math_game.htm] AAAMath Maths Resources – Wide range [|http://www.aaamath.com/] Fibonacci Numbers and Nature plus other number patterns. Shell spirals are very interesting. [|http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html] Maths Lessons that Are Fun Some harder maths – Great Fractals section [|http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/] Symmetry All types of symmetry shown. Extensive examples – Good examples for IWB [|http://www.adrianbruce.com/Symmetry/] King’s Maths Wide Range of Maths Activities – The Virtual Manipulatives are great to use with the IWB [|http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#Probability] Art in Mathematics Optical Illusions, Esher. Check out the BLEBS! Explore the other curiosities as well. [|http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/linksstudent.html] Maths Net A huge range of resources – Check out the problem solving games e.g. Towers of Hanoi [|http://www.mathsnet.net/] Teaching Mathematics for Developing Numeracy Teacher toolbox. Some good resources for teaching chance + data, spreadsheets etc. [|http://www.allenandunwin.com/teachingmaths/secure/chance_piegraph.htm] Enchanted Learning Number for Juniors [|http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/languages/] BBC Maths file [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/index.shtml] Homeschool Maths Collection of Maths Sites Flash card game is OK [|http://www.homeschoolmath.net/math_resources_2.php] Discovery School Tessellations – Video streaming + some other good sites. [|http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/newtheme0505.html] The Maths Internet Guide A huge number of fascinating applications to interest students in Maths –try Tyler Art [|http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~borishandal/MathsInternetGuide/SearchSingle%20Topics.htm] Fractions A good IWB resource for discussion of fractions [|http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html] Interactive Fractions – Can use the board for tessellation on the IWB + constructing 2D shapes [|http://www.mathsnet.net/fractions/patterns/index.html] Derwent District Tasmania Some ideas for games and lessons – Maths – Try Create a Graph. [|http://www.discover.tased.edu.au/mathematics/derwent/MainPages/maths_sites.htm#number] Mathematische Basteleien An unusual Maths site – try the paper cube [|http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/index.htm] Booster Sea Mission IWB – Not all aspects work but area/perimeter and 2 and 3D shapes would be good for teaching. [|http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/booster_sea] Interactive Whiteboard Resources – A selection of resources. Not all work. [|http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/IWBs/resources.htm] Other Maths sites [|Curriculum Links] [|Melbourne - TV Guide] [|Woodlands Maths Zone - Interactive maths -] [|Addition & Subtraction Teacher Resources & Lessons (Grades K-12) - TeacherVision.com] [|Education World® Math Center] [|Lesson Plans for Mathematics] [|Mathematics Continuum - Number - Multiplication from equal groups to arrays - Learning and Teaching Resources - Prep to Year 10] [|Mathematics Grades 3-6] [|Mathematics] [|Maths at Ryde] [|OurGuide - Australia&apos;s Television Guide] [|Resources for a differentiated maths curriculum with an emphasis on Working Mathematically Contents] [|Teach the Children Well-Math] [|TEACHER] [|Teaching Tables - Making learning times tables fun] [|BBC - Learning Zone Clips Library - Primary Search Results] Constructivist maths Essentials for the classroom [|http://www.tsof.edu.au/resources/maths/challa/brains/construct.asp] =Integrated Studies/ Inquiry Learning= Remembrance Day Poem – In Flanders’s Field etc. [|http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/remembrance.html] ANZAC Very Moving Animated poems about the ANZACS. View Before showing students [|http://www.anzacs.net/MainCinemaV1.htm] Children’s Games Not electronic games [|http://www.gameskidsplay.net/] EdNa Theme Pages for Schools Links to areas of interest this year e.g.FIFA World Cup, Mozart Year. Also has pages on Ancient Egypt, ANZACs animals etc. Good resources and links. Good IWB link. [|http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page456.html] Canberra Webquest [|http://www.sttherese.woll.catholic.edu.au/home/6gold/] Sydney Aquarium – good resources – Try the A-Z of Animals [|http://www.sydneyaquarium.com.au/AquaSchool/CLA030.asp] Volcanoes and Natural Disasters [|http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/Disasters.html] American Museum of Natural History Excellent child friendly site. Lots of “ologies” including archaeology, palaeontology, genetics etc. -Try “The Gene Scene” [|http://www.ology.amnh.org/index.html] Animal Exploration A World to Discover – Easy site about animals. [|http://animalexploration.tripod.com/animalexploration.html] Monterey Bay Aquarium – Games with a sea theme. [|http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/activities.asp] Bunyips Some excellent aboriginal tales and a beautifully put together site. Some great material to fire the imagination. [|http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/flash-site/index-flash.html] Outback Online Learn about Australian History, celebrate being Australian, and discover the essence of creativity all at the same time. [|http://www.outbackonline.net] Star Tower Try “Know Your World”-world map, Unit the Robot and Sums Dispenser [|http://www.mape.org.uk/startower/menu.html] Atlapedia Great site for printable maps [|http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html] World Map Labelled Countries PDF [|http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/world.pdf] Inquiry unit samples [|D4K Dialogue for Kids] – Simple Machines [|Teaching Units - In an Environmental Ecosystem Who Has Priority] [|Ambleside C.E. Primary School] =Science= Science Alive 2 Excellent science resource – Check out the earthquake animations among others. Try the Ecological Footprint Quiz. [|http://www.jaconline.com.au/sciencealivevic/sa2/weblinks.html] First Science An excellent resource. The Nasa video clips are great. [|http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/HOME.ASP] Canadian Museum Check out the children’s inventions + Materials resources [|http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/kidszone.cfm] Technology topics Electricity – How to build circuits [|http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/12k.html] Crocodile Clips Download a free interactive circuit maker. The kids love it! [|http://www.crocodile-clips.com/s3_4.htm] Bob Miller's Light Walk Artist Bob Miller's "Light Walk" at the Exploratorium is always an eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. His unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images. [|http://www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/lw_todo.html] eNature eNature.com is the web's premier destination for information about the wild animals and plants of the United States. All the data has been carefully reviewed and vetted by leading biologists, zoologists and other natural history specialists. [] AnimaLand The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was founded in 1866 as the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere. ** Notice to Kids ** Get permission from parents before sending any person information about yourself (such as your name or email address) over the Internet to us or to anyone else. [] Energy Quest Energy Quest is the [|award-winning] energy education website of the California Energy Commission. It begins with an interactive studio in which students can choose their areaof interest. Good site including videos, photos etc. [|http://www.energyquest.ca.gov] / How Stuff Works An American website showing good video clips about absolutely everything from science to health etc. [] Imagine the Universe This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. If you're looking for grade school level astronomy information, please see the [|StarChild] web site. Great links for teachers and good resource pack. Straight link to Nasa website [] Brain Pop Here, you’ll find an array of information about our [|animated movies] and interactive content. This is also the place to find [|media coverage], [|press releases] , [|downloadable graphics] in Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts, Music, Health and Technology [|http://www.brainpop.com] EdHeads A great interactive site for teachers and students [|http://edheads.org] =Art= Teacher resource about drawing –See the exercises. [|http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Echarles57/Creative/Drawing/index.html] Sir Robert Hichams Primary School Some art ideas involving IWB, Using Jackson Pollock, some digital photography galleries, Water color video lessons (very small picture) [|http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/ict_art/rna/index.htm] Create your own Mondrian Painting [|http://www4.vc-net.ne.jp/~klivo/soft/mondrian.htm] BBC Some excellent examples of Impressionism to use on the IWB [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/multimedia/impressionism/] Access Art Want some inspiration for something different combining lots of arts fields? Lots of amazing stuff. Check out the Immersive Learning Space. [|http://www.accessart.org.uk/workshops_immersive.php] =Cool Production Sites for Teachers:= Babel Fish Language Translator A cool translator that allows you to type text in English and translate into another foreign language. [] Language Translator 2 :-) A cool translator that includes some funny languages e.g. pig latin. [|http://rinkworks.com/dialect/]  Puzzlemaker    A great website from discovery education. [|http://www.puzzlemaker.com] Certificate Maker [] Where is  Whereis® is mad about maps. Leading provider of digital maps and content for Australia and offer digital maps and content for New Zealand as well. [|http://www.whereis.com.au] MapQuest  World maps. [|http://www.mapquest.com] Cool Iris This website will change the way you view online video and photos- it is very 3 dimensional and fantastic to see! [|www.cooliris.com] =Teaching=  Habits of Mind   [|http://www.habitsofmind.org/] Mind Maps [|http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Mindmap/index.html] VELS [|http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/] Virtual Library Charles Sturt University. Huge collection of interesting sites for teachers [|http://www.csu.edu.au/education/primary.html] Technofile City Teacher Resource Issues about ICT – some interactive materials for workshops. [|http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/mrlaneis/ozedweb_a_index_technophile_city.htm] Sing Online ABC songs on line. Great resource site [|http://www.abc.net.au/learn/sing/] University of Sydney’s Science Education Links Compilation site with some great resources. Try “Colour Matters” [|http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/Methods/Science/WWWFrameB.html] Super sites for Students Compendium of excellent sites. Try Cyberchase for some problem solving. Lots of reading but may appeal to boys and/or reluctant readers. [|http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/student_sites.htm] Worlds of stuff for kids [|www.tinyplanets.com] SOFWeb ICT resources [|http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/ict/atoz.htm] Baltimore County Public Schools Elementary Art resources. Excellent Cultural site “Culture Quest World Tour” [|http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/EArt.html] Smart Webby Flash Tutorials [|http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/default.asp] Primary School Free primary school lesson plans ad resources for teachers [|http://www.primaryschool.com.au] AusTeachers The AusTeachers website has been established to offer networking, support and resources for Australian teachers. [] =Tutorials = ACID Tutorial – For teachers or students. [|http://www.mh2o.com/Sounds/VirtualStudio/acidtutorial.html] Publisher Tutorials [|http://faculty.rmwc.edu/officetutorials/microsoft_publisher_tutorials.htm] Web Development Front Page [|http://faculty.rmwc.edu/officetutorials/microsoft_frontpage_tutorials.htm] PowerPoint Tutorial [|http://faculty.rmwc.edu/officetutorials/microsoft_powerpoint_tutorials.htm] Excel Tutorial [|http://faculty.rmwc.edu/officetutorials/microsoft_excel_tutorials.htm] Movie Maker Tutorial [|http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2] Paint Tutorials [|http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=18612&tour_id=13811] [|http://www.homewood.k12.al.us/edgewood/paint.html] Google Guide [|http://www.googleguide.com/] Web search strategies. [|http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/google.html] Yahoo Podcasts Podcast Tutorial [|http://podcasts.yahoo.com/publish] =Assessment = Rubistar Create your own rubrics for all areas. [] Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators- Assessment Rubrics Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important the area of assessment be addressed. One usable method for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes. Rubrics for all needs. [] Other [|ALTEC] [|Assessment Resources] [|Assessment Strategies A-Z Resources - ICVET] [|Focusing on Outcomes Classroom Approaches to Student Assessment] [|Rubrics for Web Lessons] =Student report comments= [|Assessment and Reporting] [|Comments for Report Cards by Jim Cornish] [|Customised Student Reports] [|For schools - Writing comments for each section of the report - Student Reports - Student Learning - Department of Education] [|http--www.rayslearning.com-ks2gen.txt] [|New Page 4] [|Primary School For Teachers] [|Teachers Report Assistant - FREE time saving utility for teachers] [|The Report Designer - Example of full template for Step 1] =Professional Learning and Development= The following sites contain information from the following forward thinkers in education today. These sites contain relevant and new material and are easy to negotiate. [|Howard Gardner & Multiple Intelligences] [|www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm] Knowledge Bank [] [|Bloom's Taxonomy (and associated resources)] [|www.faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html] [|Readings in Pedagogy] [|www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/pedagogy/resources/] [|Teaching for understanding (David Perkins – Project ‘Zero’)] [|www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/workshops/teachingforunderstanding.html] =Websites to access the Australian States Curriculum/Syllabus= You must be connected to the [|Internet] to access the state curriculum/syllabus referenced below. For directions on how to save files and web pages for offline  viewing, view  [|Directions for Saving your State’s Curriculum/Syllabus]. Note: Some of the standards located on the education websites are available as PDF  files (Portable Document Format), which require  Adobe* Acrobat* Reader  (view [|directions for Adobe Acrobat Reader]) and some are RTF files (Rich Text Format), which require a word processing program, such as Microsoft* Word. Australian Capital Territory [] New South Wales [] Northern Territory [] Queensland [] South Australian Department Education & Children’s Services [] Tasmanian Education Department [] Victorian Department of Education & Training [] Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [|Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - Education] [|Shared Vision & Goals - Effective Schools - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development] [|Teacher Support Materials Downloads Links and Downloads Victorian Essential Learning Standards] [|Teaching and Learning Resource Support Materials Victorian Essential Learning Standards] West Australian []
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 * 1) D Shapes Memory Card Game