SUBJECT & PATHFINDERS RESOURCES

 

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GENERAL RESOURCES

Information Technology
English
Health/Recreation
LOTE
Religious Education
Mathematics
Science
Humanities
Accounting
Political Studies
History
Psychology
Legal Studies
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Tech Encyclopedia

 

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ENGLISH

 

 

English Language 1 & 2

Gattaca

 

I’m not scared. Niccolo  Ammaniti

 

The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time

 

Romulus my Father

 

English Language 3 & 4

The Catcher in the Rye

 

Kite Runner

 

Don't Start me talking Lyrics

 

 Witness (Film)

 

English Literature 1 & 2

Slaughterhouse 5 – Vonnegut

 

The Great Gatsby


Sometimes Gladness – Dawe

Age text talk Oct 2003: http://www.education.theage.com.au/pagedetail.asp?intpageid=2083&strsection=students&intsectionid=3


Dead Poet’s Society

 

True West – Shepard

 

English Literature 3 & 4

Importance of being Earnest

http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=importance+of+being+earnest+study+guide&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8 - Yahoo extensive list

 

Cloudstreet (play)

 

Passage to India

 

Bypass

 

Antigone (Sophocles) 
Filamentality search: This is a complete list of study sites for Antigone: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listantigonema.html

 

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HEALTH/RECREATION

 

 

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LOTE

 

French

 

French Regional Travel Information (with thanks to Scotch College)

 

 

Italian

 

Japanese

 

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

 

Christian/Catholic

 

Judaism

 

Islam

 

Buddhism

 

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MATHEMATICS

 

 

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SCIENCE

 

Science 7-10

 

Agriculture

 

Biology

 

Environmental Science

 

Australian Environmental Studies

Pests and Ferals

 

Plants

Weeds Australia - Weed Information search, weed list and profiles,Weeds of National significance, stategies and comments

 

Animals

  • Introduced Wild Animals in Australia - There are now many animals living in Australia that have been deliberately introduced to the wild. Some came by accident, others were escapees from aviaries, aquaria and zoos. They were introduced for a number of reasons that now may sound quaint or impractical.
  • Australian Museum : Explore Feral Animals - To find out more about Australia's feral animals explore the following fact sheets and websites.Covers House Mouse Cane Toads, Giant Toads or Marine Toads Black Rat Brown Rat House Sparrow.
  • Tropical Savanna All Regions - Feral Animals - Feral animals in Northern Australia

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Specific Animals

 

Control of Pests

  • A plague on the pest – rabbit calicivirus disease and biological control - The accidental release of the rabbit calicivirus from Wardang Island in October 1995 is yet another development in the story of Australia's efforts to control pests.
  • Pest Animal Control CRC - The Centre aims to develop new biological control agents for three of Australia's most damaging pest animals - the European rabbit, European red fox and the introduced house mouse. These agents will be cost effective, environmentally friendly, will reduce the impact of the pest to acceptable levels, be more humane and retain their effectiveness over time.
  • Birth Control for foxes - The fox can't be eradicated. But it can be made to practice birth control.

 

Australian Ecosystems

Award winning Australian Ecosystems In Crisis WebQuest. - The Australian environment is in crisis! The government is going to focus on fixing one major environmental problem in Australia and you need to decide which one! In this task you will form small groups to research an ecosystem in crisis. Includes information on the ecosystems of the Murray River, Kakadu, Great Barrier Reef, salinity in Western Australia and forests of Tasmania.

 

Great Barrier Reef

 

Coorong

 

Tasmanian Wilderness

 

Daintree

  • http://www.pbs.org/edens/kakadu/ - Kakadu Australia's ancient wilderness. The Living Edens TV program has support information from the PBS organisation. The site has details of the seasons at Kakadu, crocodiles, the Kakadu controversy, a screen saver, classroom resources and other Web resources.
  • http://savanna.cdu.edu.au// - This page provides information about the Darwin - Kakadu region of Australia's tropical savanna region. The page contains brief information about mining, tourism, climate, vegetation, population and landuse in the area. Links are also provided to maps and related topics such as fire, weeds and feral animals.
  • http://www.energyres.com.au/ - Energy resources of Australia. These pages give the Energy Resources Australia viewpoint about uranium mining at Ranger, and Jabiluka in Kakadu.

 

Murray-Darling Basin

 

Wetlands

 

Endangered Australian Species

Animals

 

Plants

http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/management-and-protection/plants/wa-s-critically-endangered-flora.html - WA’s Critically Endangered Flora

 

Marine environments

 

Chemistry

 

Psychology

 

Physics

 

Separating mixtures

Oilspills

 

Sewage Treatment

 

Salt

 

Forces: Bridges, Bungies and Towers

Triangles in Structures

 

Bungy Jumping

The physics and history of the sport - The physics behind the sport of Bungy jumping, as well as a brief history. A useful site, but not all the known facts by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Bridges

  • Types of Bridges
    Bridge design and construction - BridgePros site is dedicated to the engineering, history and construction of bridges. It offers specific project updates, bridge news, products and materials, links to other bridge sites, and a learning center. Click on the learning center.
  • Nova online Super bridge - Super Bridge; learn about the four major types of bridges, and then test your knowledge. Looks at Suspension, Cantilever, Arch and Beam bridges. A fun site that lets the user place the bridge in its best location.
  • BridgeLinks - Site which lists many links to bridge websites.- arch bridges, beam bridges, box-girder bridges, cable stayed bridges , cantilever bridges, moving bridges, pre-stressed bridges, suspension bridges, truss bridges
  • Geometry of Bridge Construction - How bridges work! All types of bridge, and the science behind them. Includes illustrations and physics involved

 

Penny Farthing Bicycle Assignment

Bicycles

  • Science of Cycling - The second in series of sport science resources developed by San Francisco's Exploratorium, The Science of Cycling takes you behind the scenes to learn about the sport from the perspective of top athletes, bicycle makers, and scientists.
  • The First Hundred Years of Cycling -Baron von Drais’ Bicycle · From Draisienne to Dandyhorse · Making Cycles: 1830–1850 · The Velocipede · Riding High · Brave Young Men · A Safer Way to Cycle.
  • Bicycle History

 

British Coins

 

Fossil Fuels

 

Coal

 

Gas

Natural Gas: http://www.actewagl.com.au/Education/energy/NonRenewableEnergy/NaturalGas/default.aspx

 

Oil

 

Power Stations

 

circulation and digestion

General Anatomy

 

Circulation

 

Digestion

 

 

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HUMANITIES

 

 

Man made disasters

Major Oil Spills

 

Salinity

 

Nuclear

 

Natural Disasters

 

Earthquakes

 

Tsunamis

 

Cyclones and Hurricanes

 

Bushfires

 

Volcanoes

 

Droughts

 

Floods

 

Water Resources

  • Conserve Water - Melbourne Water site detailing water conservation and management in Australia, including water and the environment, water storage levels, water recycling, water usage and links and resources.
  • Education: Melbourne Water - Education resources for teaching about the water systems of Melbourne and the environment surrounding. Primary and secondary resources.
  • Melbourne Water Education : Home Water Investigator - Home Water Investigator allows you can calculate and build a comprehensive water usage report for your house. Room by room, item by item - find out how much water you use, where it goes and how you can conserve it.
  • WaterSmart - A Water Resources Strategy for greater Melbourne.
  • Caring for our Natural Resources - Water - The NSW Government has introduced a package of Water Reforms aimed at achieving a better balance in sharing of water between all water users and the environment.

 

Sustainable Housing

  • Ecological Homes Home page - Covers a wide range of sustainable housing technology solutions that can help reduce our impact on the environment whilst achieving savings on water and energy bills.
  • Energy Smart homes
  • Green Home Building - A wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building.Includes Energy efficiency and unusual building materials.
  • HIA. Greensmart building products directory - This directory will provide you with some of the leading-edge greener building materials and products in the building industry.
  • Home Energy Project - Origin Energy Australia - Ideas for saving energy and classroom projects
  • Houses of the Future - Has examples of houses already designed.
  • Smart Housing - Tips to help you build your own Smart House
  • Sustainability-A better living environment - Sustainable Building to reduce environmental impact of the building and development processes. Energy efficiency and water conservation through to environmentally preferable materials and waste avoidance during construction and post construction periods.
  • Sustainability: Ecohome - virtual-tour.en - In 1995 Bristol City Council decided to build a house to show how sustainable buildings can be constructed and furnished. Architects were invited to enter a competition and this design by Bruges Tozer was chosen. The building is designed to have low impact on the environment and to use as little energy as possible through: * a south facing roof and conservatory (Northern Hemisphere) * heavy insulation * use of natural, recycled and locally sourced materials This brief guide gives you a taster of what you can find if you visit the Ecohome.
  • Trinity College WA's long list of Energy Efficient Housing resources
  • Your Home Design Guide - Contains factsheets about saving water and energy, passive design and planning, long-term cost savings, what to look for when buying a home, and much more.
  • Your home Technical Manual - Extremely detailed fact sheets for designing energy-efficient homes. Covers water, Solar, site orientation, materials etc.

 

 

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TECHNOLOGY

 

General Technology

Power tools

 

Safety

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~woodlink/woodlink.htm

 

Timber Types

 

Internal combustion Engine

 

Electronic Components

http://www.educypedia.be/electronics/components.htm

 

Robots/Robotics

 

Automotive

 

Batteries

 

Electronics

 

Technology - Design

 

Woodwork

 

Food Technology

 

 

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POLITICAL STUDIES

 

 

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HISTORY

 

Australian History

 

Port Phillip Early History

 

Gold Rush

 

Bushrangers/Ned Kelly

 

Australians at War

Australian War Memorial : http://www.awm.gov.au/

 

Boer War

 

Korean War

 

World War I

 

World War II

 

Vietnam War

 

Wars

World War II

 

Vietnam War

 

Pearl Harbour

 

Atom Bomb

 

Revolutions

Russia 1914-1945

 

French Revolution

 

Knights and Castles

Knights Templar

http://www.templarhistory.com/

 

Medieval Knights 

http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medknight.html

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Medieval/Medieval_Knights/

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/knightsarmor/

 

Chivalry

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/knighthood/

 

Weapons

http://www.medieval-weaponry.com/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/armorandweaponry/index.htm

 

Crusades

http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/firstcrusade/Overview/Overview.htm

 

Heraldry

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/her_act.htm

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/heraldry/

 

Castles

http://www.castlesontheweb.com

http://historymedren.about.com/cs/generalcastles/

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/castle_builder/

 

Abbeys

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/TheMedievalChurch.htm

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/Abbey.htm

http://www.camelotintl.com/heritage/historichouses/south_east/bealieu/index.html

 

Medieval life

http://www.camelotintl.com/village/index.html

http://www.palos118.org/south/curriculum/team6c/midages/

http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Subjects.html

 

Warfare

http://www.medievalcastles.net/castle_defenses/sieges.htm

 

Ancient China

 

Soldiers in the terracotta army                                 

 

Qin Shi Huangdi, First Chinese Emperor

 

Ancient Egypt

 

Ancient Rome

 

US Slavery and Civil War

Slavery

  • African-American Pamphlet Collection - From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 presents 397 pamphlets by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction and related topics.
    Africans in America - This site features America's journey through slavery. It contains narratives, maps and teacher guides, as well as a four part examination of slavery 1450-1750, 1750-1805, 1791-1831 and 1831-1865 from PBS. Each part has historical description, documents, a resource bank and a teacher's guide.
  • American slave narratives - From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities and on small farms.
  • Black peoples of America - This website covers the enslavement and transportation of black Africans to the Americas. Pupils learn about the lives of the people and the conditions they were forced to endure until the abolition of slavery in America in 1870.\
  • Encyclopaedia of slavery - The Encyclopaedia of Slavery has accounts from individual slaves, descriptions of the slave system, slave life, events and issues, campaigners against slavery and political organisations.
  • Enslaved -This website from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has primary source information related to slavery in the U.S.
  • Living under enslavement - Part of the Henry Ford Museum site, the slavery pages describe the Hermitage Plantation in Georgia and explore the ways in which African Americans cared for their families, used their skills, preserved their African traditions, and resisted enslavement.
  • Triumph over slavery - This website from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the New York Public Library was designed for the 2004 UN International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition. The website has comprehensive information and images. Topics include New people, Africa, Transatlantic trade, Slave systems, Struggle against slavery, Religion and Expressive culture.
  • Underground railroad - The underground railroad follows the journey of slaves such as based on Harriet Tubman who fled from the southern U.S.A. Users of the site make choices and follow the many path taken by a typical slave. The site includes classroom ideas, map and a timeline of the history of slavery.
  • Understanding slavery - This site examines the reasons why slavery has existed for thousands of years and the importance of slavery in America and other countries. The site provides general information as well as a case study that follows the life of a slave on three continents.

 

Civil War

 

Vikings

 

 

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ARTS

 

Art

 

Graphics

K. Daniel Clark, Graphic Artist. Graphic design & technical illustration company: http://www.artdude.com/

 

Sculpture

The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin

 

Architecture

  • The Great Buildings collection - This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds. For up-to-the-moment coverage of the latest buildings, designers, ideas, and trends, GreatBuildings.com is richly cross-linked with ArchitectureWeek, the leading architecture magazine online.
  • Architect Studio 3D - The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed hundreds of houses throughout his long and distinguished career. Each home was uniquely fashioned to meet the needs of its owners and the particular qualities of its location. Wright inspired a generation of architects. Are you one of them? On this Web site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, and then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work.
  • Sustainable living in Western Australia
  • Architecture in Melbourne in the '30's & '40's - This webpage describes the development of Modernist architecture in Melbourne during the 1920s and 1930s. The webpage includes brief descriptions of Art Deco style influences in buildings and links to images of particular examples
  • Art Deco, ‘in Sydney as in New York This webpage describes the Art Deco style buildings in Sydney during the 1920s and 1930s.

 

Music

 

Drama

 

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COMMERCE

 

 

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ECONOMICS

 

 

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LEGAL STUDIES

 

 

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VET

 

 

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