Links
The following list contains links to various useful sites as well as thousands of lesson plans and teaching resources. Your feedback about the usefulness, relevance and appropriateness of these links is welcome.
Unions, industrial and other links
Your Award and Agreements - www.aeuvic.asn.au/industrial
AEU Debates in Education - www.aeufederal.org.au/Debates
AEU Federal Publications - www.aeufederal.org.au/Publications/index2.html
ACTU - www.actu.asn.au
Victorian Trades Hall Council - vthc.org.au
Victorian Young Unionists Network - vthc.org.au/index
Victorian Independent Education Union - www.vieu.org.au
Department of Education information for teachers - www.education.vic.gov.au
The Department of Education's Human Resources guide for schools - www.eduweb.vic.gov.au
Victorian Institute of Teaching - www.vit.vic.edu.au
Organising salary packaging - www.smartsalary.com.au
Doing your Tax - www.ato.gov.au
Education sites
Access Excellence - The national health museum for Biology, health and bioscience teachers
Curriculum Corporation - lesson plans owned by all Australian Ministers of Education
Education World - includes lesson planning, New Teacher Adviser, many educational references
Educators Reference Desk - subject specific action plans and education references
Exploratorium - the museum of science, art and human perception
Gateway to 21st Century Skills - US Department of Education
Geometry Center - collaborative mathematics and computer science
Kids Can Learn! - research, lesson plans and readings for parents and teachers
Library of Congress Learning Page - library collections, lesson ideas and online activities especially for teachers
McREL Internet Connections - an archive of lesson plans, activities and other resources helpful for curriculum planning
New York Times Learning Network
New South Wales HSC On-Line from Charles Sturt University: useful material for years 11 and 12
Odyssey: World Trek for Service and Education
Quest: connects K-12 classrooms with NASA experts
Science Netlinks - American Association for the Advancement of Science Resources for K-12 science educators
Smithsonian Education - lesson plans in art, language arts, science and social studies
Teachers Online - Australian Children's Television Foundation: lesson ideas, learning resources and classroom activity sheets using ACTF materials
Teacher's Edition Online - quick classroom activities
Teachers Helping Teachers - provides lesson plans and teaching ideas
United Nations CyberSchoolBus - global teaching and learning project
If you use a website resource that you think would be of value to others please email it to Andrew Cassidy.
