Issue 131

Apple Design Awards

developer.apple.com/design/awards

The annual Apple Design Awards ‘recognize innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design’. Although not specifically related to curriculum areas, teachers can investigate the apps and games that use Apple technologies to promote inclusivity, social impact, and spatial computing.

SCIS no: 5498622

Balarinji

www.balarinji.com.au

Balarinji is an Australian Indigenous design and strategy agency, whose stunning work is featured on a variety of projects, including Qantas planes, Reconciliation Week posters and the built environment. Secondary teachers could use the examples to showcase Indigenous art and design and its connection to place and Country.

SCIS no: 5498630

Carbon Mapper

carbonmapper.org

A coalition of partners, including NASA and Harvard University, has deployed satellites to capture worldwide methane and carbon data, in order to facilitate science-based decision-making. This site’s interactive data content allows secondary students to detect, monitor and quantify greenhouse gas emissions.

SCIS no: 5498638

Digital Technologies

scootle.edu.au/ec/acSubject?name=%22V9Digital%20Technologies%22

This Scootle resource provides Digital Technologies content mapped to the Australian Curriculum for students from Foundation to Year 10. Content covers digital systems and data representation, including related process and production skills.

SCIS no: 5498649

Great Start

greatstart.tas.gov.au

Emanating from the Tasmanian Department of Education, Children and Young People, this resource focuses on the development of children from birth through to age 8, and provides parents with activities for their children, as well as advice and resources around school readiness.

SCIS no: 5498660

Opera Australia: Schools Program

opera.org.au/events/schools-programs

Opera Australia’s Schools Company provides opportunities for students in metropolitan and regional schools to attend opera performances in their schools or at performing arts centres. The site also features resources for teachers.

SCIS no: 1947562

Royal Flying Doctor Service

flyingdoctor4education.org.au

Linked to the Australian Curriculum, this history and geography program is suitable for students from Foundation to Year 6. Resources include videos, a virtual museum, classroom materials, excursion information, and information about a life-sized plane simulator that can be brought to Victorian schools.

SCIS no: 5498691

RSPCA: Education Resources

www.rspca.org.au/learn/education

The RSPCA’s animal welfare content includes a portal for primary teachers featuring resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum. Primary students are catered for with their own portal, as well as an educational game, Cheeky Chooks, about egg farming.

SCIS no: 5498730

Sporting Schools

www.sportaus.gov.au/schools/schools

The Australian Sports Commission has developed this portal for primary and secondary schools to develop and enhance sport in schools, and connect students with community sports opportunities. The site provides links to 35 different sporting bodies, online resources and teaching programs, information about funding opportunities, and advice on how to develop sport in remote areas.

SCIS no: 5498738

Support for Remote Learning

education.apple.com/learning-center/R003200-en_EMEIA

This comprehensive Apple resource features material to support remote learning using iPads or Macs. Topics covered include video tutorials, creative activities, student resources, teacher tips, IT support, and how to create instructional resources.

SCIS no: 5498752

Teaching Music in the Primary Classroom with Richard Gill

digital.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/modules/teaching-music-in-your-primary-classroom

Developed by the Arts Unit of the NSW Department of Education, this teaching module provides the necessary framework for teaching music in the primary classroom. Featuring the late conductor and music educator Richard Gill, the module incorporates video, background information, and progressive questioning to clarify pedagogy.

SCIS no: 5498785

Time Tools

www.abc.net.au/education/time-tools-12-hour-to-the-minute/13801920

Students in years 3 and 4 can play this game to learn and practise how to tell the time using digital and analogue clocks. Links are available to additional time-related games.

SCIS no: 5498792