TasLearnEducation Links for Tasmanian Teachers
Useful sites


Oct-Dec 2012

 

Plastic Bag BanTHE ENVIRONMENT
Plastic Bag Ban
The Tasmanian government's Plastic Bag Ban website.
Bullet See Tas Govt media release, 7 Dec 2012

THE ENVIRONMENT
Waste resources for schools
Plastic Bag Ban ResourcesA section of the Tasmanian government's Plastic Bag Ban website, providing information about other websites relevant to the use of plastic bags and the reduction of waste (click on "Education resources for schools"):
Bullet Resource Rite - Developing a school waste program (Taswaste)
Bullet Wipe out Waste
Bullet How to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Waste in Schools
Bullet Waste Wise, including waste audit video and waste audit toolkit
Bullet Litter Less
Bullet SITA

STUDENT HEALTH
Tobacco Plain Packaging
Tobacco plain packagingUpdated information about tobacco plain packaging laws in Australia, including fact sheets.

GEOLOGY
Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia
Shaping a Nation: A Geology of AustraliaDownload page for the free pdf files of individual chapters of this illustrated book. Integrates the geology of Australia with other aspects of the country's development such as history, urbanisation and the economy. More information.

GEOLOGY
earthquake Hazard Map of AustraliaEarthquake Hazard Map of Australia 2012
New interactive Australian earthquakes map from Geoscience Australia. Note the zoom controls on the right.

FINANCIAL LITERACY
The new MoneySmart Teaching program
Helpful statement by ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell (reproduced in Curriculum Leadership).

GEOGRAPHY
Geography Challenge
Geography Challenge
Interactive virtual reality activity based on an actual location. Previously restricted to NSW students but now generally available.

FINANCIAL LITERACY
MoneySmart Teaching Packages
MoneySmart (ASIC website)ASIC's MoneySmart financial literacy package for secondary schools is now available. See also the MoneySmart Teaching page.

The First FaginLITERATURE, TASMANIA
The First Fagin
Website of the film The First Fagin, based on the Charles Dickens character and set in Tasmania. View the YouTube trailer.

TASMANIA
Hobart Guide
Information about Hobart. Part of the Eguide group of websites. Includes Things to Do in the Hobart area.

THE ENVIRONMENT
Greening Australia
Greening Australia
Greening Australia promotes the protection and restoration of the Australian landscape. The Tas Bulletin Board reports on the new Sustainable Learning Centre at Mt Nelson.

 

MATHS
Equation Editor
Create nicely formatted mathematical formulas and equations.

LITERACY
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar
Online quiz, downloadable worksheets and games to promote various aspects of grammar.

ONLINE EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Learning Games for Kids

ONLINE EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Kidspace

ONLINE SCIENCE GAMES
Nobel Prize Games
Online games based on the innovations of Nobel prize winners.

iPAD APPS
Top 25 iPad Apps for Kids
Time MagazineTime Magazine's selection of the best Apps for kids.

CONSUMER EDUCATION
Consumer Stuff for Kids (pdf file)Consumer Stuff for Kids
A downloadable resource book containing activity sheets targeted at students in grades 5 and 6.

 

TASMANIAN HISTORY
A Tasmanian Time Capsule
Fanny Cochrane SmithA recording of Tasmanian Aboriginal  Fanny Cochrane Smith speaking and singing in her native tongue, plus some Tasmanian documentaries from 1933, 1950, 1966 and 1975. From the National Film and Sound Archive.

TASMANIAN HISTORY
Picturesque Tasmania
Documentary on Tasmania produced in 1933.

STYLE GUIDES
National Geographic Style Manual
National Geographic Style ManualStyle and usage with a geographic flavour.

STUDENT LEARNING
Improving student engagement
An article summarising research findings on how to improve student engagement. By Leah Taylor and Jim Parsons.

ASTRONOMY
Tasmanian aurora photos
Aurora Australis in Tasmania (ABC website)
Photographs of the aurora australis taken by Tasmanians have been displayed on the ABC's website. See also an earlier report on the aurora in Tasmania.

TASMANIAN HISTORY
North Lyell Mine Disaster 1912
North Lyell Mining disaster
An online exhibition of Tasmania's worst mining disaster, presented by LINC Tasmania (ie, the State Archives).

ONLINE GAMES
20Q
20 QuestionsOnline 20 questions game. (Think of an object, then answer 20 questions to have it guessed.)

IPAD APPS
10 Excellent iPad Apps for School
To makeuseof.comSummaries and links to Evernote, Skitch, Dropbox, Wunderlist, Dragon Dictation, EasyBib, Dictionary, SimpleMind+, Wolfram Alpha, Evernote Peak.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
10 Technology YouTube Channels You Can't Miss
From makeuseof.com.



 




 








 
 

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