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| Looking for teaching resources? Here are a range of resources written
by Australian primary and secondary teachers. The Education team wish to invite
you to contribute your favourite lesson ideas, those which always work
well with any class. The following lesson ideas are in four categories: thematic lesson ideas, webquests, interactive internet based activities and resources. Your feedback is most welcome and we look forward to your contributions. Send your great lessons to the Education team at Schoolnet. |
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The following are lesson ideas designed for both Secondary and Primary teachers. The lessons are thematic in approach and include a variety of activities, associated worksheets and web links. The teacher may decide to utilise one lesson which is suitable for their subject and year level or lesson ideas may involve the collaboration of teachers and classes across subject areas. |
Infoquests are a good way for students to take advantage of the Internet medium for learning. Information is available to all students. It is also an efficient way to access resources and research material. The ability for students to move quickly from one set of information to the next without physically having to move from the index files to the library shelves searching to find a text has been borrowed by someone else or availability is time constrained. | |
 K1-10 |
Dinosaurs
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K5-8 |
Advertising Discover more about the impact of advertising |
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K9-11 |
Disaster
| Science | English | Society & Environment |
K5-10 |
Agriculture |
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K4-10 |
Egypt | Arts | Society & Environment | Science | Maths |
K8-10 |
Aussie Who |
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K5-8 |
Endangered Species
|Science |Society & Environment | Technology| LOTE |
K7-10 |
Australia and World War 1 |
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K7-12 |
Here
is an extensive list of Collaborative
Projects which schools and students can participate in. This site links to Australian and world wide sites which have many interesting and exciting web quests and collaborative projects. |
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K3-8 |
Fairytales
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K5-8 |
Natural Disasters Become an expert on one type of natural disaster |
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K5-8 |
K5-6 |
Discovering Sydney Sydney Discover Sydney from a tourists point of view | |
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K5-10 |
Optics
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Don't Call Me Baby This is an investigative skills unit for senior English, in which students are asked to use the Internet and other resources to investigate the role of women in society and how it has changed over the last 50 years and how it will change in the future. |
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K7-10 |
Renaissance
| Arts | English | Society & Environment| Health & PE | |
K5-6 |
Federation Centenary Celebrations Get involved in the Year of Federation celebrations |
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K3-6 |
Food | Health & PE | |
K8-10 |
Global Development Get the global perspective on world development |
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The Big Wet--Weather: The objectives of the unit are that the
students will develop an understanding that the northernmost areas in
Australia are characterized by a climate known as "tropical wet and dry."
The temperatures are always warm, with a six-month dry season and a long
rainy season known as "the big wet." Students will also make comparisons with other areas in the world that have similar climates. |
K10 |
Human Impact and the Australian Environment This is an Infoquest for Year 10 Geography based on the thinking stages of Bloom's Taxonomy, in which students are asked to choose one activity from each level to gain and demonstrate understanding of the impact people have had on the Australian environment. |
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K6-8 |
Sexual Pressures :Help your students sort through the confusing messages they get about sex. |
K10 |
Justice, Mandaroty Sentencing This is an Infoquest for Year 10 Commerce asking students to answer the following higher order question: In terms of the law, is mandatory sentencing a just solution to the problem of repeat offenders? |
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K5-8 |
Kakadu National Park Discover one of the world's natural wonders | ||
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Web Resources |
K5-10 |
Laughlin Macquarie What was life like in Macquarie's time? |
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K-6 |
K-6 web educational
activities Fun activities using the web |
K5-8 |
Mathematics A mathematical history tour |
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K-6 |
Federation News |
K10-12 |
Neighbours This a WebQuest in which students answer the following higher order question: What actions should the United Nations take in its policy towards your country of choice? Students are divided into groups of four, and each student takes on one of these roles: journalist, business investor, human rights worker, and environmental activist, and carries out separate investigations in that role. At the end of the assignment, the group reforms, and they collate their information to answer the research question. |
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K-6 |
Federation Weblinks | ||
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K-6 |
Learning Page.is a site filled with lesson plans and worksheets for teachers. Learning Page is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional material, which can be downloaded and printed. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site. |
K5-8 |
Postcards from Antartica you become the expert |
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K-6 |
Helpful Pages For Teachers This site for teachers has an extensive list of websites that could be of assistance in the creation of school websites. It has been presented in a table format which is very clear an easy to follow. Topics/sections covered include: Internet Tools, Graphics, Free Stuff, Companies and a Resources section. |
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K-6 |
Vital Information about Federation |
K8-10 |
What did you do in the war Grandma? Find out more about the Homefront during World War I |
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K8-10 |
The
International Writing Exchange |
K12 |
Religion in Australia This is really a hotlist of sites to support the senior Studies of Religion class in their topic: Religious plurality and its effects in Australia. |
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K-6 |
Reading Enriches Learning The Curriculum Corporation's new Reading Enriches Learning resources include high interest books aimed at reluctant readers. Suggestions on using the books are provided on-line. |
K9-11 |
Older Readers WebQuest This is a WebQuest in which students divide into groups of six to decide on criteria for judging a Book of the Year for Older Readers. They then choose to read one of the short listed books for 2001 in a literature circle. Then they return to their original groups, and argue the case for the book they have read. The group decides which books should win the Book of the Year awards. During the whole process, students will have opportunity to discuss their opinions with other schools, via a listserv. |
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K9-12 |
The National Geographic is running an excellent project on International Alliances. This student project encourages students to learn the history, mission, function, and geo-political narure of six international political alliances. |
K9-12 |
Music and media: this is an Infoquest based on Bloom's Taxonomy for senior music students, asking them to choose tasks from each level of thinking to investigate the role of music in film, tv and advertising. |
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K7-12 |
Web-and-Flow:
This site belongs to Tom March a highly regarded educator, who models
the practical application of the Internet with teaching and learning.
Think of it as a fill-in-the-blanks Web site that guides you through creating
your own web-based activities for learners. |
K3-6 |
Oz
Fauna Webquest this is a primary webquest which involves online and
offline activities. |
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K7-12 |
The Creative Teaching Site For all of those teachers who want to develop their creative teaching ideas check this site out with its tips on, teaching styles, education and creativity. Take a good look around there are many useful and interesting sites on this theme. The Creative Teaching site has been set up by a professional educator who wants to share articles, ideas and information on this topic. |
K3-6 |
Early Reader Quest this is a primary webquest develop childrens' appreciation for Australian children's literature and visual skills via picture story books. |
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K3-4 |
Discovering Dinosaurs: Students learn about how scientists use evidence left by the dinosaurs to tell what dinosaurs looked like and how they behaved. |
K3-6 |
Younger
Readers Webquest
This is an extensive webquest based on the Australian Children's Book of the Year for 2001. |
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K6-8 |
Understanding
Weather
Students will understand the following: 1. Infrared rays from the sun
enter Earth's atmosphere. The gas carbon dioxide (CO2), which is given
off by oxygen-breathing organisms and produced by the burning of fossil
fuels, traps the sun's warmth within Earth's atmosphere. This phenomenon
is known as the greenhouse effect. 2. The greenhouse effect is important to life on Earth because it provides our planet with the warmth it needs for animal and plant life to thrive. 3. The burning of certain fuels creates excess CO2, which traps even more heat within Earth’s atmosphere, possibly creating a phenomenon known as global warming, which may be harmful to life on Earth. |
K9-10 |
'DNA
for Dinner?' guides students through the science and social issues
relating to genetically engineered organisms, agriculture, and our food. |
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K3-8 |
Friction
in Our Lives:
Students are introduced to the following concepts: Friction is a force that opposes motion. The amount of friction depends on the surface type and the force pressing two surfaces together. Everyday examples of how friction both helps and hinders everything we do. |
K4-8 |
Collaborative Thematic Unit - Insects :Students will explore the world of insects to expand their knowledge of ants, bees, butterflies, caterpillars and ladybugs. |
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K6-8 |
Origins:
Students are introduced to the following concepts: 1. Some everyday objects are the result of research by their inventors, and some come about accidentally. 2. Many everyday objects have developed over time from one design to another. |
K4-9 |
ANZAC - Infoquest: The unit of work focuses on Australia's involvement in World War II and the defence of its northern borders, as well as, it's involvement in the defence of countries to its north. The unit of work details a number of tasks that require the student to explore the situation in Australia and with its nearest neighbours during that time. The activities include a People Search, Local Hero Article, PMI, Survival Items List, Quiz, Diary of Darwin, Glossary, Letter from Singapore and Timeline.] |
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K6-10 |
Space.com With the focus on the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia, this site provides current information for teachers and students. |
k5-8 |
Science
Webquests: Here are some WebQuests
which have been created to engage students in on-line instruction in various
science topics. These may be useful for teachers looking for activities to use in their science topics or units. They may be useful for Upper Primary Levels & Secondary levels. Such examples covered are: human body, science, biology and chemistry. Each unit has teacher notes to accompany the webquest. |
| K - 6 | TeacherNet
encompasses a wealth of unique resources, articles, interviews,
and projects offered exclusively by Highlights TeacherNet. Here is a sample of the features found on TeacherNet. Teachers you can search through the resources section which has a wealth of great ideas and useful resources to assist you in your classrooms. There is a Teacher Bulletin Board section where teachers can ask and answer questions and have general discussions about each specific topics. Also another great section on 'Highlights Literacy Lights', where you'll find strategies for reading, critical thinking and reasoning, as well as lesson plans. |
S A C K Project (South Australian Collaborative Knowledge Project) is on again and this term Teachers here are some great Collaborataive Projects designed for Australian students/schools. The activities are suitable for Primary aged students from all around Australia. What a sneak peak at the projects? Have a look at these: Introductions What / Where? Grocery Shopping Travel Buddies SA Quiz Book Reviews |
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| K - 6 | Funschool's mission is to make learning fun. The site offers more than 800 interactive games and activities for preschool through 6th grade that are fun, easy-to-use, educational activities ranging from matching numbers and shapes for pre-schoolers, to geography, math and history for third through sixth graders. | ||
| K - 6 | Themes:
This site is filled with website links from A-Z covering many different
topics/themes that schools may be studying throughout the year, including
webquests related to the topic or theme. |
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Interactive Games | Cross Curriculum | |
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K3-6 |
Technology Bingo |
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Assessment success Follow the process that leads to success in research |
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K3-6 |
Internet Bingo |
K9-12 |
Creating Effective Research Tasks |
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K8-10 |
A Trip around Australia: A directed investigation assignment using Measurement. Can be integrated with mapping in Society and Environment and with a measurement unit in Science. It can also be integrated into English. |
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K4-7 |
Silkworms: A self-contained web-based unit that includes a section directly aimed at students, providing examples of presentations, links to useful websites and more. The unit is designed with the understanding that students achieve best when they are given choices about their learning. A teachers' section is available. K4 - 7 and easily adapted for other year levels. | ||
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K-12 |
Six thinking hats: In the early 1980's Dr. Edward de Bono invented the Six Thinking Hats method. The method is a framework for thinking and can incorporate lateral thinking. It gives the user the ability to:
Take a look at this
site to see how you could apply it to your classroom or to provide students
with a new approach to learning when they are undertaking a research
project. Another useful resource is: Six
hats of critical thinking. |
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