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                      Interesting and Educational Internet Sites

                      Web Page of the Month

                      Crayon Physics

                      In Crayon Physics, scribbles and doodles wriggle into existence. Lines become lifelines. Right angles become brackets, braces, even fulcrums. Circles trundle down slopes or link wagging elastic ropes that jostle or slingshot irregular waxy bits around colorful, curlicued landscapes. Dappled trails of red and green, yellow and blue materialize gradually as levels load, like a child's scrapbook page surfacing through a creased, pockmarked canvas.

                      And it's a game?  Read More

                      Creative Solutions from Parker Heyl on Vimeo.

                      Music Video of the Month

                      Young people in Wujal Wujal produced this video during a school holidays program called Culture Love.  If you would like to support this program in other Indigenous communities, please contact us at dotcommob@gmail.com
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                      Indigenous Sites

                      Knowledge Centre Network
                      http://ikcnetwork.blogspot.com/

                      State Library of Qld- Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Resources
                      http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind

                      Indigenous Business Australia - Free Into Business Workshops
                      www.iba.gov.au/itb



                      Dust Echoes
                      http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/

                      Message Club
                      http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/

                      Message Stick
                      http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/

                      Living Black
                      http://news.sbs.com.au/livingblack/

                      UsMob
                      http://www.abc.net.au/usmob/

                      Koori History Website
                      http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/indexb.html

                      Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
                      http://www.coraweb.com.au/abor.htm

                      Screen Australia Digital Learning - Indigenous Search
                      http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/tag/Indigenous+Australia/

                      German Missionaries in Queensland
                      http://missionaries.griffith.edu.au/queensland‐missions

                      Indigenous Music
                      Yothu Yindi
                      http://www.yothuyindi.com/index.html

                      Black Image
                      http://www.blackimage.com.au/

                      Indigenous Tours - Cape York
                      Guurrbi Tours
                      http://www.guurrbitours.com/site/willie/

                      Indigenous Art - Cape York
                      Hope Vale Arts & Cultural Centre
                      http://www.hopevalearts.com/

                      Lockhart River Art and Culture Centre
                      http://www.artgang.com.au/

                      Financial

                      Australian Securities and Investment Commission - Indigenous Advice
                      http://www.fido.gov.au/indigenous

                      Maths

                      Smart Kiddies Mathematics (Australia)
                      http://www.smartkiddies.com.au/

                      Count me in Too!
                      http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/

                      Illuminations - all grades (US)
                      http://illuminations.nctm.org/

                      Math Playground
                      http://www.mathplayground.com


                      Purple Math
                      http://www.purplemath.com


                      Cool Maths
                      http://www.coolmath.com/

                      Math Cats
                      http://www.mathcats.com/

                      My Math Games
                      http://www.mymathgames.com/

                      Science

                      CSIRO Scope
                      http://www.csiro.au/scope/

                      Crayon Physics
                      http://crayon-physics.en.softonic.com/

                      BrainPOP
                      http://www.brainpop.com


                      Chem4Kids
                      http://www.chem4kids.com


                      Exploratorium
                      http://www.exploratorium.edu


                      HowStuffWorks
                      http://www.howstuffworks.com


                      Imagine the Universe!
                      http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov


                      InnerBody
                      http://www.InnerBody.com


                      Kids Dig Reed
                      http://www.kidsdigreed.com


                      Life Beyond Earth
                      http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth


                      Science Friday
                      http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids


                      NASA Kids
                      http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov


                      Neuroscience for Kids
                      http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html


                      Nine Planets
                      http://www.nineplanets.org


                      Ocean Planet Home Page
                      http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html


                      Sci4Kids
                      http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids


                      StarChild
                      http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov


                      The Electronic Zoo
                      http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm


                      The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources
                      http://sln.fi.edu


                      The MAD Scientist Network
                      http://www.madsci.org


                      The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
                      http://yucky.kids.discovery.com


                      Try Science
                      http://www.tryscience.org

                      Reading


                      Summer Reading Club
                      http://www.summerreadingclub.slq.qld.gov.au/

                      References

                      Ed Helper
                      http://www.edhelper.com


                      Learning Page
                      http://www.learningpage.com


                      Britannica
                      http://www.britannica.com


                      Discovery School
                      http://school.discovery.com


                      Educator's Reference Desk
                      http://www.eduref.org


                      Internet Public Library
                      http://www.ipl.org


                      Merit Badge Research Center
                      http://www.meritbadge.com


                      New York Times Learning Network
                      http://www.nytimes.com/learning


                      ThinkQuest
                      http://www.thinkquest.org

                      Arts and Craft

                      Arts Workshop
                      http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html


                      ArtsEDGE
                      http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org


                      Art Lessons for All Grades
                      http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html


                      Inside Art
                      http://www.eduweb.com/insideart


                      Kinder Art
                      http://www.kinderart.com


                      Crayola
                      http://www.crayola.com


                      Kids Space
                      http://www.kids-space.org


                      Reading

                      Starfall
                      http://www.starfall.com


                      How To Learn
                      http://www.howtolearn.com


                      Bartleby.com
                      http://www.bartleby.com


                      Children's Literature Web Guide
                      http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown


                      Pink Monkey
                      http://www.pinkmonkey.com


                      Project Gutenberg
                      http://www.gutenberg.net

                      Wowio.com
                      http://www.wowio.com
                      Writing

                      ABC Teach
                      http://www.abcteach.com


                      CRAYON - Create Your Own Newspaper
                      http://crayon.net


                      Free Rice
                      http://www.freerice.com/index.php

                      Maggies Earth Adventures
                      http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm


                      Online Writing Guide
                      http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wg/para.htm


                      Take Our Word.com
                      http://www.takeourword.com


                      The Write Site
                      http://www.writesite.org


                      What Makes a Good Story?
                      http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature


                      Word Central
                      http://www.wordcentral.com


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                      Geography and Virtual Travel

                      Amazon Interactive
                      http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html


                      Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips
                      http://www.history.org/trips


                      CyberBee
                      http://www.cyberbee.com


                      Global Online Adventure Learning Site
                      http://www.goals.com/Index.htm


                      The Jason Project
                      http://www.jasonproject.org


                      Virtual Field Trips
                      http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours


                      Xpeditions @ National Geographic
                      http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions


                      HyperHistory Online
                      http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html


                      K-12 Africa Guide
                      http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html


                      Lewis and Clark
                      http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark


                      Life in the Middle Ages
                      http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm


                      New Perspectives on the West
                      http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest


                      States and Capitals
                      http://www.50states.com


                      The American Civil War Homepage
                      http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war


                      The Canada War Museum
                      http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html


                      The Civil War Homepage
                      http://www.civil-war.net


                      The Oregon Trail
                      http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html


                      Geography Worksheets
                      http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm


                      White House for Kids
                      http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids

                      Educational Games

                      I know that
                      http://www.iknowthat.com


                      Study Stack
                      http://www.studystack.com


                      Family Fun
                      http://www.familyfun.com


                      Teach With Movies
                      http://www.teachwithmovies.org


                      The Smart Guide to Financial Aid
                      http://www.finaid.com


                      Fun Brain
                      http://www.funbrain.com


                      By Kids For Kids
                      http://www.bkfk.com/

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