Hartwell PS ICT

Author website for Audrey of the Outback. A great support for studying Audrey of the Outback as part of 2009 Book week.

This programe features seven video clips that are designed for teachers to use on their interactive whiteboard when teaching literacy. Suitable for Years 1 - 7, each of the short clips sets up an environment or a narrative that can be used to fire the children's imagination. An alluring jewellery shop, a ghostly graveyard and a tunnel with a warning are just three of exciting story starts included.

Design your own classroom with this fantastic interactive activity focusing on location and perspective

A fun way to learn how to touch type (or just figure out where the keys are!)

Interactive game of Boggle (suitable for grade 3+)

Science resources about weather

Som fun typing games to help children learn the location of different keys on a keyboard

Scroll about about half way down the page to download the function to put today's date at the top of your screen for all to see. You can set it up to load when you start up the computer.Puts today's date at the top of your screen for all to see. You can set it up to load when you start up the computer.

Help to write articles for a local newspaper. Investigate community attitudes to a development planned for a local park. Look at development plans for the site. Interpret graphs showing results of a public opinion poll. In this scenario, the community is in favour of the proposed development. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.\n\nThe purpose of this learning object is for:\n\nStudents to decode a range of texts which state a position on the same topic. \nStudents to construct literal and inferential meaning from exposition texts. \nStudents to consider the position taken by a range of texts on the same topic. \nStudents to identify how textual choices contribute to how texts convey a point of view. \nStudents to identify bias and author's viewpoint in texts. \nStudents to use logical reasoning to match an author with a particular text.\

Look at long-term effects of development at a beach resort. Explore effects on fish stocks, coral cover, wildlife, sedimentation and coastal erosion. Consider social and economic impacts. Compare proposals to plant mangroves, cocos palms or build a sea wall. Try to maximise economic performance, environmental protection and community satisfaction. Recommend a solution and look at the long-term outcomes. This learning object is one in a series of five objects. The purpose of this learning object is for: Students to compare the merits of environmental mangement solutions. Students to explore social, economic and environmental issues in a coastal management setting. Look at long-term effects of development at a beach resort. Explore effects on fish stocks, coral cover, wildlife, sedimentation and coastal erosion. Consider social and economic impacts. Compare proposals to plant mangroves, cocos palms or build a sea wall. Try to maximise economic performance, environmental protection and community satisfaction. Recommend a solution and look at the long-term outcomes. This learning object is one in a series of five objects. The purpose of this learning object is for: Students to compare the merits of environmental mangement solutions. Students to explore social, economic and environmental issues in a coastal management setting.

Build your own food webs 1. Australian Grasslands 2. African Grasslands 3. Antarctic 4. Marine

Identify the prounouns to move through the activity

Interactive website with infomation, games and activites regarding environment and sustainability.

Read some classic fairytales that have been re-told from a different perspective e.g. from the perspecitive of the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood

Could be used for a range of activities. Select letters and students could make words with those letters, or set task how many words can you make with a 'tion' ending for example. Words can be sent to and stored in a wordbank once created.

IWB Activiity like memory matching sinmple fractions and decimals.

Just like an interactive version of Mr Potato Head! Click on the buttons to change the features of your monster

This portal is designed for Primary students and is filled with HEAPS of useful links. The "backpack" contains an online dictionary and thesaurus that could easily be linked with literacy activities. There are lots of great links in the "Things to do" column and new featured websites are regularly added. The search bar also leads to more kid friendly searching of the net

Brain pop - An animated cartoon about how an ecosystem survives and depends on each organisms in it for energy.