FOOD & THE ENVIRONMENT
FoodWise
Tips on reducing food
waste. Includes efficient recipe planning and recipes that use up
particular ingredients.
EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
Resources for schools
A list of 40 Australian Government websites that contain material
useful to teachers and students.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Shape Up Australia
Australian Government website
promoting weight control through healthy eating and physical
fitness. Includes
recipes.
NELSON MANDELA
Some useful educational websites on Nelson Mandela:
Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela 15 quotes that others can apply.
5 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela A slideshow of five quotations on leadership.
Nelson Mandela (BBC) Information about
Nelson Mandela. Includes online quizzes and a game.
The Best Sites for Learning about Nelson Mandela
A wide range of selected resources.
EMERGENCIES
TasALERT
Tasmanian Government website centralising
emergency information provided by state government agencies.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Drug Education
Network
Promotes programs to reduce harm
from alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Tasmania. See the
Resources
page for details of the recently published booklet,
Party Rules, which contains tips on hosting and
attending parties for young people.
ANIMALS
KidZoo
Activities and games about Australian animals. Part
of the Australian
Reptile Park website.
AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
For Teachers For Students
Government and other free Australian web resources for
teachers and students.
TASMANIAN HISTORY
Brickendon
The World Heritage-listed colonial farm village at
Longford has a
schools
programme.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Veggycation
Australian website communicating the health benefits of individual
vegetables. Has a
Kids and
teachers section.
ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
The New Daily
A
new, free online Australian newspaper.
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Halloween in Australia
Halloween seems to have finally imposed itself on
Australian culture - due to continuing strong student interest. For
teachers seeking lesson material, see especially: - Halloween
activities
- Halloween
colouring in -
Halloween
crosswords
THE
ENVIRONMENT
Plastic Bag Ban
Supermarket plastic bags are to be banned from 1 November.
See the official Tasmanian government Plastic Bag Ban website.
DISASTERS
Google Crisis Map Information on current bushfires in Tasmania, NSW,
ACT, South Australia and Queensland. See also
Techworld report, 23 Oct 2013.
TEACHER RESOURCES
Teaching Ideas
A wide range of worksheets, activities and posters to
download, with an emphasis on the needs of the primary grades. The
menu to use is the light blue bar along the top.
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