Websites for Educators
You can embed relevant educational sites into resources in your secure WebLearning VLE and be sure that your students are not roaming free to inappropriate sites or wasting their time surfing the net!
Professional Associations
Australian Institute of Physics: www.aip.org.au
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute: www.amsi.org.au
Australian Science Teachers Association: www.asta.edu.au/home
- The Royal Australian Chemical Institute: http://www.raci.org.au
English
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: www.bartleby.com/61
Columbia Encyclopedia: www.bartleby.com/65
Wilkipedia Encyclopedia: www.wilkipedia.com
Roget's II - The New Thesaurus: www.bartleby.com/62
Oxford Shakespeare: www.bartleby.com/70
- Quotations: www.bartleby.com/quotations
Geography
Brainy Atlas: www.brainyatlas.com
CIA - The World Factbook 2005: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
- The World Clock: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
Googles!
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com
- Google Maps: http://maps.google.com
Languages
- Language translator - English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, French: http://ajax.parish.ath.cx/translator
Mathematics
Calculator: www.calcoolate.com
- Online Conversion: www.onlineconversion.com
Rubics
- RubiStar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Science
Gray's Anatomy: www.bartleby.com/107
International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics: www.ice-em.org.au
Jet Propulsion Laboratory: www.jpl.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): www.nasa.gov
Science Portal: www.science.gov.au
- The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy: www.eskeletons.org
Web Safety
CyberSmart Kids Online: Kids can learn how to use the internet safely. www.cybersmartkids.com.au
- The Australian Internet Safety Advisory Body: provides practical advice on Internet safety, parental control and Internet filters for the protection of children, students and families. www.netalert.net.au