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.
http://www.kidspot.com.au/article+415+75+Internet-safety-for-kids.htm
Internet Safety
A great website that has excellent links relating to different internet safety topics we should
be aware of.
http://www.wsd1.org/internetsafety/
Citing Resources
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic24a.htm
Plagiarism Stoppers
A guide for teachers.
http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html
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.
http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/funandgames.htm
Copacabana Public School (AU)
Click on the ‘Get Smart’ section to take you to a huge portal of interactive activities!
http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
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)
http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/english/english_home.htm
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)
http://www.nea.org/classroom/aol.html
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)
http://www.education-world.com/
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'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.auhttp--www.interactivewhiteboard.net.auICT 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's Technology Page TeacherWeb SmartBoard Lesson Sites
Tammy'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
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.
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.
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.
Cost
Origin
Free!
Australia
Free!
U.K.
Free!
U.K.
A wide range of resources designed to be used with
Smart's own Notebook software. Search the database Free!
to find suitable resources for your lessons.
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 Free!
international resources are specifically designed for
the Australian frameworks.
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
Free
providing users with an online community. A
Evaluatio
subscription is pais and schools then get access to all
n
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
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
Free!
freely download and use them. You'll need Easiteach to use them.
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
Free!
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)
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 Free!
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)
Australia
Australia
U.K./World
wide
U.K./World
wide
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,
Free!
U.K.
MSPowerPoint files, MSExcel files, Active
flipcharts, SMART files, webpages, links, photos,
videos and more.
Birmingham LEA's Grid for Learning has a good
collection of resources for a range of topics in Maths, Free!
English, Science and other subjects.
A variety of games on a number of different subjects
Free!
aimed a lower primary.
U.K.
U.K.
A variety of interactive whiteboard content ideal for
Some free
the primary classroom. Ready made lessons for your
some very U.K.
interactive whiteboard which are searchable by
cheap!
subject.
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!
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
free!
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.
A set of activities made by both children and staff at
Ambleside Primary School. Some good resources
free!
that can be used on an IWB here.
Free teacher software available here! Al you pay is
for the postage. Also got some great free to download free!
lesson plans and resources for you to take a look at.
Free, Searchable, online activities that can be used on
free!
an IWb. Covers Maths and Literacy
TeachingResource.co.uk was developed by Jane
Carruthers to provide Teachers, Parents and Children
in the UK with some of the best Educational
free!
Resources in the UK and beyond. Lots of different
resources here for a range of subject areas.
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 free!
many more activities. I love using this with my NAP
English students
This website has some great, free big books that you
can use on your Interactive Whiteboard along with
free!
lesson plans and other teaching materials to go with
them.
U.K.
U.K.
Australia
Australia
Australia
UK
UK
UK
The Welsh Grid for learning has lots of great
interactive games for all sorts of subjects. They'd be
free!
great fun on your IWB. Use their online search tool
to find suitable resources
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
free!
whiteboards in the classroom. All you need to do is
select a subject and age group.
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
free!
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!"
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
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
Barry's Clip Art Server
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
Classroom ClipArt
http://www.classroomclipart.com/
Discovery School Clip Art
http://school.discovery.com/clipart
KidsDomain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip
Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com
Blogs/ Podcasts/Wikis
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Literacy
English Zone
A site that has everything for Literacy.
http://english-zone.com/
Read, Write, Think
High quality resources for reading and language development.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Starfall
Great reading resources and games. Some literacy support e.g. a vowel movie, most used
words memory game etc.
http://www.starfall.com/
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's site on the '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
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/lang_lit_circles.htm
Guided Reading
http://www.myread.org/guide_guided.htm
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' 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.
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/
Shocked Poetry
http://www.shockedpoetry.com/
Story Center
www.storycenter.org
General English Sites
A great range of links covering many Literacy areas.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/suel/english/general.html
Graphic Organisers
EduPlace Graphic Organisers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Graphic Organisers
http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
Sample Graphic Organisers
http://writedesignonline.com/organizers
Graphic Organiser Generator
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/
S.C.O.R.E. Graphic Organisers
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
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.
http://www.autismchatboard.com/
Autism 4 Teachers
Helpful materials and information to help your student or child with autism
http://www.autism4teachers.com/autism4teachers_051.htm
Carol’s Speech and Language Disorders Homepage
One of the best websites I have come across that has links to good activities for students.
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/speechlanguage/Onlineactivities.html
Social Stories
http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/autistic/Social%20Stories/social_stories.htm
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!
http://web.ccsd.k12.wy.us/techcurr/math/math3_6.html
Matheletics
Covers full Prep to Yr 12 curriculum for school students across Australia.
http://www.mathletics.com.au/
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
#D Shapes Memory Card Game
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%20T
opics.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'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.
http://www.enature.com/
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.
http://www.animaland.org/
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.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
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
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
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
http://www.crayola.com/certificatemaker
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.
http://www.austeachers.net/
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=1381
1
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.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
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.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
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 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/knowledgebank/owledgeBank
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
http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/learning/curriculum.htm
New South Wales
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_sc/index.html
Northern Territory
http://www.schools.nt.edu.au/curricbr/framework/index.htm
Queensland
http://education.qld.gov.au/public_media/reports/curriculum-framework/
South Australian Department Education & Children’s Services
http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/curric/
Tasmanian Education Department
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/about/curriculum.htm
Victorian Department of Education & Training
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/csfcd/home.htm
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 http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/index.htm