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Australian Animals (WebQuest)  
URL:http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm
Category:Australian Studies Learning Quests 

You have been hired by the curator of the local zoo to help in setting up an Australian animal exhibit. You are expected to research 3 animals and find out the necessary information for him. This web quest defines the student's task, gives a comprehensive set of resources, and describes the process the student must follow.

Champions of Justice - A Human Rights WebQuest  
URL:http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/championsofjustice/
Category:Values Learning Quests  Australian Studies Learning Quests  Society & Environment Learning Quests  Global Education Learning Quests  Civics and Citizenship 

This Australian webquest aims at developing an awareness in students about the Rights of the Child, why they need addressing and what they can do to help. Students are provoked into considering where they stand on social issues and forming opinions about what they believe and the values underlying their beliefs. This web quest is designed for students in the Middle School.

Eureka! Journals of a Gold Rush! (WebQuest)  
URL:http://www.sunnhillss.qld.edu.au/WebQuests/gold/index.htm
Category:Society & Environment Learning Quests  Australian Studies Learning Quests  Society and Environment teaching units 

Eureka! Journals of a gold rush! is a web quest for Upper Primary, about the 1850s Gold Rush. Students write a journal about their experiences as a gold miner.

Exploring cultural diversity: webquest  
URL:http://racismnoway.com.au/classroom/webquests/2.html
Category:Australian Studies Learning Quests 

This webquest requires students to research Australia's development as a multicultural nation and evaluate the contributions made by individuals and cultural groups. The webquest is appropriate for Secondary Lower students.

Federation Discovery (WebQuest)  
URL:http://www.windarooss.qld.edu.au/WebQuests/Federation_Webquest/welcome.htm
Category:Australian Studies Learning Quests  Society & Environment Learning Quests  Australian Studies  Australian history 

This webquest likens the process of achieving Federation in 1901 to a tug of war. The main objective is to have children experience some of the exhilaration or disappointment felt by people who were either in support of or against Federation.

Federation of Australia  
URL:http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/Federation/contents.htm
Category:Australian Studies Learning Quests  Society and Environment teaching units 

Federation of Australia site has been developed by a team of Education Queensland teachers. It contains a list of links to sites and projects about Federation. There are teaching ideas, a question sheet, and webquests about issues relating to Federation.

Federator Web Quest - Briefing  
URL:http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/federator/
Category:Australian history  Australian Studies Learning Quests 

An online webquest designed to make students consider the issues surrounding Federation in 1910 and focus on the question: How have the circumstances at Federation shaped the way in which Australia has evolved?

Globalisation: What Does it Mean for Me?  
URL:http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/globalization/webquest.htm
Category:Australian Studies Learning Quests  Society & Environment Learning Quests  Global Education Learning Quests  Globalisation 

In this Learning Quest upper secondary students are asked to consider: What is Globalisation and how does it impact on individuals, Australia and the World? They consider the question from the point of view of an economist, human rights activist, environmentalist and anthropologist. As a group they then make clear recommendations about whether or not Australia should support a policy of Globalisation.

Gold Force Web Quest  
URL:http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/goldforce/
Category:Australian history  Society & Environment Learning Quests  Australian Studies Learning Quests 

This web quest is designed to introduce the topic of gold as a precursor to the study of the Australian Gold Rushes. The target group is upper primary and the web quest asks them to consider the question of the importance of gold to the world.

Government.....What's it to you?  
URL:http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/govwhatsit2u/
Category:Civics and Citizenship  Australian Studies Learning Quests  Australian Studies 

This is a Learning Quest dealing with the three levels of Australian government suitable for upper primary and lower secondary students. The quest guides students through a series of learning activities about the federal, state and local levels of government, their responsibilities and how they work together to provide services to the Australian public.