Looking at the processes and actions embedded
within various team and individual sports is a great way to get
exposed to concepts and ideas from physics, engineering, and any
other number of basic and applied sciences.
An online photographic album of the Australian soldiers at
Gallipoli is freely available on the National Archive of Australia's
website. This album contains 41 views of Anzac Beach and the surrounding
hills and gullies taken in 1915. The photographs capture Gallipoli through
the eyes of the digger.
Where in the world have Australians served?
http://www.ryebuck.com.au/anzac_staging/anzac_junior_staging/world/#
Explore this interactive map to work out where in the world Australian
servicemen and service women have served in both peace and war. It is
part
of the ANZAC Adventures Series of Interactives produced by Ryebuck
Media.
Australia's War 1939-1945 http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/
Australia's War 1939-1945 is under progressive development in the lead-up to
the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It covers all aspects
of the war that involved Australians. There are images, sound, stories, maps,
cartoons, and images. The website was produced in collaboration with the New
South Wales Board of Studies.
This book is a must for beginning teachers and for pros who need
new ideas. It combines street smart practicality
with the creative thinking we need to reach kids
today.