Australian Science Teachers' Association Spectra Awards
Hundreds of schools and thousands of children throughout Australia
Blue Ice - Focus on the Antarctic
This project was designed as an educational expedition, using the internet to draw together a range of information about the seventh continent.
Book Rap
A Book Rap is a book discussion conducted via electronic mail. Groups of students from schools across the country or the world can discuss the scheduled books or nominate a book for discussion
Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/
Computers in Teaching Initiative
This is the central WWW site for the CTI providing information on the CTI and related initiatives as well as links to all CTI Centres. Each centre is responsible for a different subject area works within its discipline community to provide a support and information service tailored to the needs of that discipline. Centres are directed by experienced university academics and staffed by subject specialists with expertise in learning technology. The twenty centres are coordinated and supported by the CTI Support Service which is based at the University of Oxford.
Claypoles - Share the Journey- From Antarctica
Cyber Sleuths - Forensic Science on a Global Scale
The project will be undertaken with schools around Australia. Teachers will develop scientific investigations with a Forensic Science bias. Students carry out a variety of experiments.
Eco-Schools Australia
Eco-schools Australia is part of an international strategy (OECD Environment and Schools Initiatives, ENSI, program) to share ideas about environmental education projects.
EDNAePALS Classroom Exchange
Email Classroom Exchange is a great way for students, educators, classrooms and K - 12 teachers to gain a sense of what every-day life is like in a foreign country.
Environmental Mystery Competition
"Chloe had an unusual pet - a saddleback piglet named 'Piggy.' But Piggy did not seem to be well...." This is the start of a serialised story that will be told on Kyneton Secondary College's web page.
Frog Symphony
This project aims to study the natural habitats of frogs and explore ways of reducing environmental pollution. It is a six week integrated unit which inclues students recording frog calls from their local area
Geo-Mystery Project
A unique program using geography and the Internet to promote the physical and cultural environments of students in project form.
The Global Classroom Project - I*EARN Victoria
GlobaLearn
Travel the world with our explorers. Let them know your questions so they can investigate on your behalf. The aim is to prepare children for global citizenship.
Hidden Histories
The Museum of Victoria and the Department of Education , through the Hidden Histories Project, aims to assist in the documentation of the Oral Histories of Koorie communities.
How Can We Use Models in Class?
Smart Houses project.-. students build the Australian house of the future. Participants in the project are encouraged to put their model houses on the Web.
ICoN
Using ICoN (Internet Chess on Nexus) students can discover the joys of playing chess over the Internet. They can make friends with players all over Australia.
IndoLinx-Learning Indonesian Via the World Wide Web
IndoLinx is a Global Classrooms Project, which is part of The Department Of Education, Victoria. It provides various information relating to the Indonesian language and culture.
Intercultural E-MailClassroom Connections
The IECC (Intercultural E-Mail ClassroomConnections) mailing lists are provided by St.Olaf College as a free service to help teachersand classes link with partners in other countriesand cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal andproject exchanges. IECC is a suite of four electronic mailing lists. Teachers use these lists for finding classrooms forshared e-mail exchanges. You can either participate by joining one of the IECC mailing lists or by exploring the IECC WWWpages. You can use the IECC WWW pages either to look through other people's postings for partnerclassrooms or projects to see if something there meets your needs, or you can submit your ownproject announcement or request for a partner classroom. (Submitting a request through the WWWis the same as sending a message with your announcement to the IECC mailing list iteself...)
International Foods Project
This is an I*earn international project. Students are invited to send information on how food is related to customs and traditions in their lives. Each year an international Recipe Book is published.
International Schools CyberFair '99
CyberFair is an International based fair where the "Internet Style of Learning", where schools and communites are encouraged to use the Internet to share resources.
The Internet in the Classroom
Welcome to the Home of the NASA K-12 Internet Initiative. Our mission: To provide support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the Internet, and its underlying information technologies, as one of the basic tools of learning and acquiring knowledge.
Investigators: Travel the World
Join Garry O'Shanassy and the Doveton North Primary School in Melbourne, Australia in this excellent history and geography mystery project. Journey the world looking for clues to solve it.
The JASON Project
Bring the thrill of exploration and discovery live to students around the world as they participate in an amazing electronic field trip with Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the R.M.S. Titanic and founder of the JASON Project. The Mission of the JASON Foundation for Education is to excite and engage students in science and technology, and to motivate and provide professional development for their teachers through the use of advanced interactive telecommunications.
Journey North - A global study of wildlife migration
This project based site is designed to get students involved in studying the migrations of animals, generally focussed on the North American continent.
Kidlink - Global Networking for Youth through the Age of 15
Kidlink is a grassroots project based in Norway, which aims to get as many children aged between 10 and 15 as possible involved in Global dialogue.
KidsArt - Aid
A virtual art gallery of students artwork indigenous to their area. Schools submit art. Companies are then approached to sponsor a piece of art work, money raised to assist schools in developing countries.
Knowledge-based Economy and Society (KBES) Pilot Project
Learning About Leonardo Learning About Leonardo is a web based project which was developed by computer graphics students at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx with their partners in Sweden, as part of a ThinkQuest project to explore the mystery of the Mona Lisa.
Mag-Net, Weather Stations
This project aims to develop students' skills in collecting and recording weather data using equipment such as rain gauges, maximum/minimum thermometers, wind vanes and Mag-Net's online weather station.
Math Forum - Project of the Month
This site contains monthly maths projects - submit your solution!
MidLink Magazine The Electronic Magazine for Kids in the Middle Grades
It's the first electronic magazine for kids in the middle grades, generally aged 10 to 15. The purpose of MidLink is to provide a space where kids can share their art, writing, and culture. Browse through our pages to enjoy art and writing that will link middle school kids all over the world. MidLink will be published bi-monthly, and each issue will have a new and exciting theme.
New Images Montage Curriculum Projects for Teachers and Students
NewIMAGES Montage is a collection of online curriculum projects and professional development activities for students and teachers.Highlights the relationship between Britain and Australia.
Newsday
A project which enables students to design a newspaper after looking at a particular theme and writing in a journalistic style which runs all year.
NickNacks Telecollaborate!
NickNacks encourages telecollaboration among educators and students. Whether you want to participate in a telecollaboration or start your own, there's information and projects to join.
Nonprofit Prophets
A project which encourages students in Yr 9 and 10 to investigate a local or global problem and then create a web page to inform others about the issues involved.
oz-Projects Curriculum Projects for Schools
oz-Projects are Australian telecommunications activities designed for K-12 students and supported by the oz-TeacherNet Project. Telecommunications provides teachers with a teaching tool which enhances Learning.
Oz-TeacherNet - teachers helping teachers
Provides online tools, resources and training for professional development and allows Australian teachers to share their experiences, debate issues and reflect on their practice.
PCETA Multimedia Pathways in Schools Project
Playground Pals
This projects' primary aim is to develop positive playground environments, through mailing lists and class collaboration, students can teach others their favourite games and teachers can share successful strategies
Poems a Fortnight
Students will be able to express themselves creatively when they write a variety of poems each fortnight. Poem formats will be changed every two weeks.
Poetry Post
A project designed to promote the world through Poetry. Students submit poetry which reflects the area they live in.
Project Atmosphere Australia On-line
Students record, forecast, measure elements of the weather as well as collect weather folklore and write about the impact of weather on the lives and livelihoods of members of their community.
Race Across Time a challenging webgame and educational resource that takes you on a journey through time-space over Australia. Developed by the Powerhouse Museum, VC 'Race Across Time' is an interactive educational experience designed for players aged 8 to 14 years. It gives players insights into technology via a series of snapshots from Australia's past.
Raising theTitanic
The complete story behind the massive task of raising the Titanic from the depths of the ocean floor. This well-designed site provides an overview of the science and salvage operation and has loads of pictures, facts, talk-back clips, information on the crew and related links.
Red Dog's Kennel
The Red Dog project is a fun, educational project involving Red Dog, a soft toy based on the real Red Dog, who travels around visiting schools.
Safe Travel Program
This Website illustrates student ideas for improving their safety across a range of travel methods, the incorporation of safe travel issues into the curriculum (including Internet connections and an e-mail project).
San Diego Zoo InternQuest
Participate as a "Virtual Intern" where classes learn about Zoology related fields through asking Interns questions through Email or offer advice before the Intern's journal is published online.
Save the Beaches
Here you will find information about the "Save the Beaches" project. This project is conducted by students throughout the world. The young environmentalists attempt to ensure healthy beach environments for others.
Seaweek 2000 'Biodiversity - Protecting our Harbour of Life
Secrets @ Sea
A curriculum-based adventure story for grade 4-7 students, complementing ocean-theme units of study in the classroom and enhancing students' learning experiences using the Internet. Teachers and students are invited to log on to an online ocean adventure learning game. During the game students complete a number of ocean-related learning activities and with the knowledge gained from completing these activities find a solution of a case.
Science & Technology - Do What You Wanna Do
This website is designed to get high school students interested in Science & Technology. There is an online competition in which great prizes can be won.
Sharing NASA
"The Internet is more than a library, a TV, or a pathway to passive information. One of its most exciting uses is as a tool of collaboration.
It allows teachers and students to work together to design inquiries and explore challenges. Online are opportunities to meet and work with scientists, writers, engineers and other professionals. For students, this helps to break down the artificial barriers between the school, the wider community, and the world of work. For teachers, it opens new paths to both professional development and school reform and restructuring.
Interactions between students and working professionals can be tricky to establish and maintain, however, and it may not be clear how to integrate them into anexisting curriculum. That's why the NASA K-12 Internet Initiative has always made it a top priority to develop such programs and offer them "out of the box and readyto go" to classrooms around the world.
These projects--which we call "Sharing NASA" --allow students to share in the excitement of authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like high-altitude astronomy, spacecraft explorations of distant planets, and space-based life sciences research. All "Sharing NASA" projects include a full suite of online resources. In addition, by collaborating with Passport to Knowledge, some special projects offer a full multimedia experience, making use of television broadcasts/videotapes,printed workbooks, and online interaction over the Internet. Projects usually last from three months to a year and are open to any teacher or student. In addition, w eoften use teachers, students, and whole classrooms as volunteers on our projects, mainly helping with moderating the interactions between other students and our online experts. "
Shoalhaven Schools Computer Competition
Shoalhaven Schools Web Design Competition
Sections: Primary, High School
Registration deadline: 31/8/99
Topic: The Shoalhaven
Prizes: Worth a total of A$5000 to be won for winning entries school
Shoalhaven Schools Digital Art Competition
Sections: Primary, High School
Registration deadline: 31/8/99
Topic: The Shoalhaven
Prizes: Worth a total of A$1000 to be won by individual winners
Solutions 2000
The "Solutions 2000" Information Technology Competition aims to help teachers show students how information technology can be used to right wrongs.
Teddy Bear Exchange is an I*EARN project involving on-line collaboration for the children of the world. The aim of the project is to team pairs of schools and have them exchange a 'Teddy Bear". The bear then sends home a description of its adventures as well as the things it has seen and done. Aimed initially at the lower primary/elementary years the first project quickly spread to enthusiastic secondary students.
Think Quest Contest
ThinkQuest is an annual contest that challenges students "to use the Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool." For ages 12 to 19
Tidal Passages
Tidal Passages is an interactive curriculum based expedition. Students around the world will board the tall ship Alvei as she travels the oceans of the world following the historical sailing routes of early explorers.
Tournament Of Minds
Tournament Of Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to demonstrate their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way.
Travel Buddies
An on-going project, for students aged between 6 and 14 years, that can be joined at any time. Travel buddies are soft toys or glove puppets that travel to other places within Australia or overseas.
Viking Network
Viking Network is about using electronic media in History. It started as an electronic mail project, but has expanded to, an electronic mailing list and, the Viking Network World Wide Web pages.
What do you know?
"What do you know?" is an Interactive Internet Activity which has been produced for school children of all ages. Students learn by playing and creating multimedia, multiple choice quizzes.
Web 66
Just as U.S. Highway Route 66 was a catalyst for Americana, we see the World Wide Web as a catalyst that will integrate the Internet into K-12 school curriculums. The University of Minnesota is beginning project Web66 to facilitate the introduction of this technology into K-12 schools. The goals of this project are:
- To help K-12 educators learn how to set up their own Internet servers.
- To link K-12 WWW servers and the educators and students at those schools.
- To help K-12 educators find and use K-12 appropriate resources on the WWW.
Zeus Speaks
A project which examines Geography, Mythology and History of Ancient Greece. A weekly question is given, which is then explored through Email, Internet and creative writing.