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- Resource Reviews
Reviews of resources for students and teachers from a variety of Australian and overseas sources- Theme Index
Selected indexing of JCU journals containing articles on themes and topics at early childhood and primary school level- Curriculum Exchange [ N.B. Access is unavailable until further notice]
- Many of the following sites are good starting points for browsing classroom resources on the web
Australian Resources
- ABC LearnOnline The ABC's gateway to Education
- The Aussie SchoolHouse
This virtual meeting place is designed to provide access to curriculum ideas and projects.- BTN - Behind the News
- EdNA Online: School Education Follow the link to Key Learning Areas for a wide selection of resources
- K-6 Linkages Curriculum connections across the six key learning areas - from NSW Board of Studies
- OzProjects Online curriculum projects designed for K-12 students and teachers
- Oz-TeacherNet
- Resources from the Victorian Department of Education
- SOFWeb IdeaBank Database of teaching and learning ideas and strategies submitted by Victorian teachers
- Victorian Education Channel: Schools Lists of web links
- Global Classroom Project "Aims to develop and promote models of networked student learning and teacher professional development."
- Scholastic Australia
- South Australian Education Gateway: Schooling Click on Students to access resources arranged by year level or subject
- South Australia's Curriculum Portal
- Web Wombat Class Mate Links to resources for secondary schools
Overseas Resources
- Awesome Library 15 000 reviewed web resources divided into categories
- BBC Schools Online Includes a web guide to the best web resources
- Berit's Best Sites for Children
- Blue Web'n Wide range of curriculum subjects from A-Z.
- Canada's SchoolNet Resources
- Children's Television Workshop Resources from the producers of Sesame Street
- Dewey Browse Web Sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12
- Discovery School K-12 Website for students, teachers and parents
- EdHelper Lesson plans, WebQuest, news etc.
- Education Place K-8 resources from Houghton Mifflin
- Education World Designed to help educators in lesson planning and classroom projects
- Educational Hotlists
Links to Web sites in a range of subjects. Suitable especially for high schools.- Enchanted Learning Web pages on a wide range of topics
- GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
ERIC project to provide access to Internet lesson plans.- Global Schoolhouse Website for collaborative learning
- I*EARN "The International Education and Resource Network enables young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people."
- Infomine: Instructional Resources K-12
- Integrated Resource Packages from BC, Canada. Contains resource packages for almost every subject and every grade level. Each package provides activities, assessment ideas, instructional strategies, learning resources, etc.
- JFTschoolzone "UK's most comprehensive free information resource for schools: 40,000 URLs" and more. JFT = Just For Teachers
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Detailed list of sites across the curriculum, with activity ideas and professional development- Kid Info Resources for students, teachers and parents.
- Kids Konnect A gateway homework site primarily for primary school children, this site provides links to a wide variety of information
- LESTER: Links for Educators and Students To Educational Resources. (Canadian site)
- Newspapers in Education Includes links to other sites organised by subject, lesson plans etc.
- Scholastic Teacher Resource Center [U.S.]| Scholastic Interactive [UK]
- Skewl Sites :The Best of Educational Web Sites. Links to educational web sites sorted by subject area and grade level
- Teachers.Net "the ultimate teacher's resource"
- Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
UK site providing ideas for activities in all National Curriculum subjects.- Teaching OnLine
New Zealand site which incudes classroom lessons- TeAch-nology: The Web Portal for Educators Information for teachers, including over 150,000 reviewed web sites.
- ThinkQuest
An educational initiative committed to advancing learning through the use of computer and networking technology.- Topmarks Education Links to resources for all ages compiled by teachers for teachers
- UK Schools Forum Includes links for lots of topics.
- WebQuest Page A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on the Internet.
- Zoom School
"On-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities."
Please contact Helen Hooper if you have any comments, suggestions or additions.
Links checked March 2007: Page updated March 2008 by Cathy Yellowlees,
Information and Research Support, James
Cook University.