TERM 3 of 2007

Tanya's Group
Finishing the Victorian Era
Survive Dicken's London - a game
Fashion Era
--A great site about fashion, clothing, costumes and social history through the ages. Probably the most comprehensive site around.

Robots, Robotics, Electronics ...

Robot Discovery WebQuest

NASA Robot to Dig on Martian Surface
Phoenix Mars Mission
Robotics: Tech Museum of Innovation
CBC News: Robotics


Mary's Group
Free Choice
Volcano World
Virtual Volcano - Discovery Channel
The Motion Picture Industry: Behind-the-Scenes
Pixar: How We Do It (How they make their movies)
National Geographic's Pirates!
National Maritime Museum - Life at Sea - Pirates
Brainpop: Pirates movie
Wikipedia - Australian Army
The Australian Army Newspaper
KFC
The Official Formula One Website

Edith's Group
The Circus
Big Apple Circus
Circus Lingo
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Garden Brothers Circus
A-Z Kids' Stuff - Circus - a few simple craft activities
Cartoonster
Herge & Tin Tin
A History of Tin Tin
you will find it under "Other Things"

Wendy's Group
Around the World
Multicultural Calendar
Earthlink
Recipe Atlas

TERM 2 of 2007

Tanya's Group

Children of the Victorian Era

This term we are anticipating starting rehearsals of our Sherlock Holmes play and so we are entering the Victorian Era, initially discovering what life was like for children our age in those times.

Some relevent sites:
19th Century City

Britain Express

The Victorian Era Online

Mary's Group
Time, Times and Timing

Some sites of interest about TIME --
OnceUponATime
World Population Clock

Swahili Time Clock

Edith's Class
are busy learning about Animation and Cartoons
Comprehension of Animation Logic in Young Children
(the above is a link for Edith)
Amazing Kids! Animation Tutorials
Animated Tales from Around the World
Winged Sandals


Wendy's Class
Right now Wendy's class is busy bringing up chicks, seeking treasure and yo-ho-hoing as Pirates
Some websites --

Chickens for kids and teachers
Starting Chicks (Fred's Fine Fowls)
Pirate Page by Rochedale State School (QLD)
A - Z Kids Stuff - Pirates
International Talk Like a Pirate Day -- Sept 19th (This is the site for the juniors)
Pirates (British Council)