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1960's Museum (WebQuest)  
URL:http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/museum/webquest.html
Category:Society & Environment Learning Quests  Society and Environment teaching units 

Developed by Kathy Schrock for the Discovery School. This web quest looks at important events of the 1960's. Students identify people and events of importance in the 1960's and find Internet sites that support interpretation of these events.

Antarctica Educational Resources  
URL:http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/education-resources
Category:Countries of the World  Society and Environment teaching units  Society and Environment resource lists 

Classroom Antarctica is designed to help both teachers and students gain a greater awareness of the global importance of Antarctica, of Australia's role in Antarctica, past and present, and our commitment to its future. We can learn much from studying Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and their ecosystems, how scientific programs are supported there and how people live in the harsh, isolated environment.

Biomes of the World  
URL:http://www.mbgnet.net/
Category:Society and Environment teaching units  Science teaching units  Biodiversity, Change & Continuity  Year of Freshwater  Resource Use & Management 

The Missouri Botanical Garden offers this colorful and appealing Web site about Earth's biomes and aquatic ecosystems. Designed for kids, Biomes of the World offers loads of well-presented information on rainforest, taiga, tundra, desert, temperate deciduous forest, and grassland, as well as freshwater and marine ecosystems. Each biome or ecosystem includes pages of photos and facts covering related topics, such as location, biota, and threats. While no formal lesson plans are provided, this extensive and highly visual Web site offers a fantastic learning resource for younger students.

Castle Discovery - A Webquest for Grades 3 to 7  
URL:http://www.windarooss.eq.edu.au/WebQuests/Castle_Webquest/welcome.htm
Category:Technology Learning Quests  Society & Environment Learning Quests  Society and Environment teaching units 

Castle Discovery is a Web Quest that looks at how a castle was built and how it could be used today.

Celebrations  
URL:http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/linkages/IntegratedUnits/TeacherLibrarians/librarians_celebrate.html
Category:Society and Environment teaching units  Other Celebrations  Days, Weeks, Months 

A unit of work on Celebrations from the NSW Board of Studies. Discussing how and why people celebrate, teachers can step through the unit online or via a printed version.

Chinese New Year  
URL:http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/chinese-year-starts-today-20424.html
Category:Society and Environment teaching units  Other Celebrations 

From the International Reading Association in the United States is a collection of classroom activities for teachers interested in celebrating Chinese New Year.

Civics and Citizenship Unit of Study:The Cost of Road Trauma  
URL:http://www.tacsafety.com.au/upload/TAC-civics-teacher-notes.pdf
Category:Society and Environment teaching units  Civics and Citizenship 

This resource is a unit of study about the cost of road trauma and it includes links to Victorian curriculum in civics and citizenship.The unit is designed by the Transport Accident Commission.

Collaborating for Indigenous Rights:Teachers resources  
URL:http://www.indigenousrights.net.au/section.asp?sID=48
Category:Australian history  Society and Environment teaching units  Aboriginal Studies  Civics and Citizenship  General society and environment resources 

A subsection of the Resources section of the Collaborating for Indigenous Rights website that provides teachers with engaging resources on Australian social history including two inquiry-learning units of work to help students interrogate and make sense of the wealth of primary source material that can be found on the website.

Create a Travel Brochure - A WebQuest for grades 7 - 12  
URL:http://www.beth.k12.pa.us/schools/wwwclass/kgrammes/kgwebquest/kgwebquest.htm
Category:Society and Environment teaching units  Society & Environment Learning Quests 

A group task in which students design and create a unique travel brochure by using Internet sites. The brochure will be include general information about the selected destination, areas of historical and recreational interest and a choice of travel packages.

Desertification  
URL:http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/cache/offonce/pid/2006
Category:Society and Environment teaching units 

From the Global Education website, this resource has information about Deserts and Desertification issues around the world. It includes case studies, links to resources and teaching activities suitable for students from Middle Primary to Lower Secondary.