Great Links for Schools

Introduction
These are a selection of links chosen to stimulate your thinking, or to provide interesting curriculum support.

General Education
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks are wonderful. catch them on http://ted.com
Here is the link to a host of education ones. http://www.ted.com/themes/how_we_learn.html
Sir Ken Robinson
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Science
http://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/
The factsheets provide information and images for high school students, university students and members of the public to use in their own projects with appropriate acknowledgement. They avoid jargon and technical terms. There is a glossary, and supporting information explains technical issues such as scientific names, terms and definitions, and answers basic ecological questions such as why all kinds of insects aren’t found on every host plant.
Subjects covered include - the large green puriri moth; the pohutukawa leaf miner; the cabbage tree moth; pittosporum psyllid; the Tasmanian lacewing; and the tiny lacebark gall mite.


Advance notice of Oxfam’s Wara Blong Life online project 
This fun, interactive classroom project takes place in term 4. Wara Blong Life (Water for Survival) is a 9-week project, based on the Technology, Social Studies and Health and Physical Education curricula.
The aims of the project are to encourage 'out of the square' problem solving in a 'real world' context. Working in collaboration with Kenyan and Papua New Guinea schools, students both design a method of washing hands that requires very little water and develop health education materials.
Teachers and students are fully supported for the duration of the project with background resources, an e-teacher and experts in the field. To register contact: monika@megabright.co.nz      
http://www.megabright.co.nz/Wara_Bilong_Life/home.html