Issue 19
Term 4 1996
Internetting Corner
Anyone planning a Unit on cats -or just cat lovers generally -must visit Pat's Cats. Pat Shaw has collated a most extensive thematic unit for cooperative learning across an Integrated curriculum about her favourite animals. This Interactive resource Is valuable to teachers, students and parents and the two pages of Student English Activities provide stimulating ideas for hours of cat fun! The page even Includes scanned art work and stories from the Kindergarten students at Campbelltown North Public School. Visit the site at -http://www.manla.eom.au/-pshawRndex.html. Congratulations Pat, a wonderful page.
The following sites have been suggested by other T /Ls ..... happy surfing!!
http://www.webwombat.eom.au/
Web Wombat is an Australian search engine with over 250,000 indexed pages and includes news updates, 600 on-line newspapers and a weather watch.
http://www.ballarat.edu.au/extemal/sovhill/homep.htm
From the Sovereign Hill Education Service, topics include the d iscovery of gold in Australia, Eureka uprising and women on the goldfields.
http://www.billboard-online.com/
Updated daily, this site covers the latest music information in the American press.
http://micro.magne t.fsu .edu/index.html
A great collection of interesting rnicrophotographs each with a brief explanation of how the structure was formed.
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/photos.html
A collection of photographs of the beautiful Oxford University campus and surrounding countryside.
http://www.cm.utexas.edu/groups/mcdevitt/mcdevitt.html
Research on superconductivity from the McDevitt Group at Texas University.
http://www.cloud9.net/-thekads/
Immunology: an introduction to the defence systems of the body and the reaction to external threats.
http://www.geocities.com/Cape Canaveral/4521/Military.html
Military aircraft page with some stunning photographs.
http://www.execpc.com/-dboals/boals.html A collection of sites on history and social issues relevant to many classrooms.
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz
Concise up-to-date and detailed information about the Antarctic.
http://www.fl-online.com/
A must for Formula 1 fanatics, containing an extensive archive of events from every major race track world wide.
http://www.asc.gov.au
From the Australian Securities Commission, this site looks at Corporation Law.
http://www.investmentlink.com.au
A starting point for investors with information on fund managers, financial advisers and investment opportunities.
http://www.bhp.com.au
This site delivers information on the 'Big Australian' -shareholders reports, news releases, quarterly financial results and monthly production reports.
http://www.cpaonline.eom.au/cpahome.htm
The Australian Society of Certified Practising Accounts offers an accountancy site with personality ... and tax information .
http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/business
This business headlines service from Yahoo is a direct feed from Reuters.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/ipa/index.html
Poetry on-line, with three poets reading from their own work: Milosz, Heaney & Levine.
http://ucunix.uc.edu/- edavis.kids-list/crafts.html
A collection of practical craft activities for children up to the age of eight. Specially for tired T /Ls looking for holiday relaxation:
http://www.foodnwine.com
State by state listing of wineries and restaurants
Heather Kelsall
Editor
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