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Sometimes children need help to find resources for homework or school activities - and some projects provide homework clubs or centres. Here we link to some websites that can be used for homework help, activities for children, lesson planning etc. The emphasis is on easily accessible, free resources.

CSIRO Education
Programs are offered designed to encourage students to participate in science and mathematics activities. eg. Science by Email, a free email service. Every week, Science by Email sends out a newsletter with cool experiments, the latest science news and links to great science sites on the web. Another example: Ecowatch - a community-based Project from CSIRO about Insects, with information for primary and secondary students, and activity pages for teachers to use.

Curriculum Corporation
Free lesson plans developed by Curriculum Corporation on topics in subject areas such as Maths, Science, Studies of society and environment, Technology.

Encyclopedia Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - Encyclopedia Search gives you access to more than 57,000 articles

Fact Monster
From the American Family Education Network ..... Want to find out about dinosaurs, sports heroes, the seven wonders of the world, world news, maths, etc etc? This site has a huge range of information available, as well as quizzes, games, search facilities to free online almanac, dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia. Also teaches homework skills, and how to cite Fact Monster as a source of information used in homework etc.

Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is the national agency for geoscience research and geospatial information. A section on the website titled Fabulous Facts about Australia includes information about Australia's dimensions, landforms, land tenure - also, there are free maps to download.

Kids and Community
This educational resource is all about schools and communities working together to move schooling beyond the traditional class room and to provide challenging, real-life learning experiences for young people. The Web Site profiles great projects from around Australia, and describes the body of knowledge behind the projects.

Mathematics Lessons that are Fun! Fun! Fun!
Rice University's Mathematics Department hosts these lessons.

National Geographic
Site dedicated to kids, with games, activities, experiments, a kids magazine. A section on Homework Help provides fact-filled features, perfect for reports, presentations, homework - and curiosity. Subject categories are: Animals; History / Culture; Maps / Geography; Photos / Art; Places; Science / Nature.

Newspapers - Daily Australian papers, with a few overseas major papers.

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