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Achievers International (online project)  
URL:http://www.achieversinternational.org/
Category:Enterprise  Investigation, Communication & Participation  Online Projects 

Achievers International is an international economic education programme which was founded in Scotland and provides a unique opportunity for school students to actively participate in the world's economy by forming companies to import and export products. This is achieved by pairing UK schools with international partner schools, and vice versa. Achievers International enables students to learn the commercial and entrepreneurial skills required to set up a company, identify products, discover marketing opportunities, explore manufacturing skills and then export the product to order. Communication between the student companies is by e-mail and video conferencing.

AKO Titanic Trial  
URL:http://www.andersonkill.com/titanic/home.htm
Category:Senior secondary legal studies  Investigation, Communication & Participation  Online games & activities 

This simulation offers all the evidence of the sinking of the Titanic and asks students to determine if Captain Smith can be held accountable for this historic maritime tragedy. So rich in primary sources it is best utilized by secondary students.

BBCi  
URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Category:Shared Collection  Investigation, Communication & Participation  News and Media 

BBCi is the official website of the BBC. It contains news, sport, a database of television and radio programs, a music database, an Internet search engine and information on the organisation itself.

Calculate Your Eco-footprint  
URL:http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/calculators/office/introduction.asp
Category:Australian Studies  Environment  Resource Use & Management  Investigation, Communication & Participation 

Contains eco-footprint calculators for households, offices, and schools. The web based calculator is a short quiz which estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard.

Camp Quality Puppet Program  
URL:http://www.campquality.org.au/public/our-programs/education/meet-the-puppets.aspx
Category:Investigation, Communication & Participation 

The Camp Quality Puppet program is a free educational puppet show for primary school children throughout Australia, which uses almost life size puppets to help children be more aware of the need to be caring and supportive of other children who have major illnesses such as cancer.

Car ecometer  
URL:http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/Air/CarEcometer/default.asp
Category:Shared Collection  Resource Use & Management  Investigation, Communication & Participation 

The car ecometer has been developed by EPA Victoria and RACV to show how you can reduce the impact of your car on the environment and save on fuel costs at the same time.

Case of the Disappearing Frogs  
URL:http://www.aquarium.org/disappearingfrogs/corepage.htm
Category:Biodiversity, Change & Continuity  Investigation, Communication & Participation  Structure & Function  Working Scientifically 

Great resource for children who are studying frogs and the impact of pollution upon them. Children become junior detectives and help the Oregon Coast Aquarium solve the case of the missing frogs.

CBBCNEWS  
URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
Category:Supporting Learning in the Home  Global Education News Services  Mass Media  Investigation, Communication & Participation 

A magazine style site from the BBC that focuses on news for children and young people. News topics are UK news, world news, sport, music, nd television/film. There are lesson plans for teachers and guides that provide facts and explanations in a student-friendly format.

Center for International Disaster Information  
URL:http://www.cidi.org/
Category:Natural & Social Systems  Investigation, Communication & Participation 

Lists international natural disasters with frequent situation reports on the current situation and responses from teams at the crisis points. Also provides links to other international emergency services, and disaster information services. International disaster, humanitarian, and complex emergency reports and information, including situation reports and guidelines to making donations.

CERES - The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System  
URL:http://www.ceres.ca.gov/
Category:Investigation, Communication & Participation  General Natural & Physical Sciences 

The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System - CERES - is an information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of environmental data