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Year Of Fresh Water from Edna http://www.edna.edu.au/schools/themes/water.html |
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| The Water
Cycle Early Years. - Extensive resources for Primary Schools in water education, including water cycle activities. Gould League. http://www.watercare.net/wll_cc/cw_water_cycle_copy1.htm Also has links and activities for other year levels A great example of the water cycle http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au/schools/water_cycle.html
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| Bureau Of Meteorology Cyclones Also try the Bureau of Meteorology website - education section. There is a search engine function and it has info on Cyclone Thelma and how to survive a cyclone. http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/learnact.htm |
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| Check out our weather links page at http://www.geebungss.qld.edu.au/links4.htm Topic: Extreme weather. Blizzards http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/atmosphere/blizzard.htm Cyclones, Hurricanes And Severe Storms http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/atmosphere/cyclones.htm |
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| Mercury Rising This richly visual Web site takes you to a rainforest in Costa Rica to investigate the impact of climate changes on the environment. http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/climate/ |
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| Acid Rain The Environmental Protection Agency provides a look at the causes and effects of acid rain. http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/ |
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Australia's Fresh Water Fish
Importance to freshwater fishes http://www.amonline.net.au/webinabox/fish/mangroves/importance.htm Another Excellent Resource For Australian Fresh Water Fish http://www.austmus.gov.au/webinabox/fish/ |
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in this section are those naturally occurring depressions or floodplains which are covered temporarily
or permanently by fresh, brackish or saline water......... They are classified into six categories............ http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/plntanml/biodiversity/directions/wetlands.htm |
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| Table of Contents Fresh Water Ecosystems Lesson Plans Fresh Water Ecosystems Enormous amount of information from this Canadian site. http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Biomes/watereco.html |
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| Oceanography http://www.cln.org/themes/oceanography.html Includes a theme on El Niņo El Niņo And La Nina http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/atmosphere/elnino.htm The Moon http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/science/astronomy/moon.htm |
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| "Wet And Wild" Site From NSW Lots of links at http://www.curriculumsupport.nsw.edu.au/learningtechnologies/wet/links.htm |
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| Water Policy and Law Links - A Useful Set Of Links http://business.unisa.edu.au/waterpolicylaw/links.htm Includes A Wonderful Atlas Of Australia's Natural Resources http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/atlas_home.cfm |
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Natural Disasters -Australia - including those caused by water http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/disasters2/index.htm |
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| Rainforests Websites Cloud Forest Alive - About the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. Has webcams, lessons, maps, facts, quizzes & other online activities. Live From the Rainforest - Information, virtual expeditions, interaction with researchers, activities & teacher resources. Rainforest Action Network : Kid's Corner - Teacher resources, student fact sheets, projects, preservation of rainforests & information on the people & animals of the rainforest. Live From the Rainforest - Information, virtual expeditions, interaction with researchers, activities & teacher resources. Rainforest Education - Information on all facets of the rainforest, teacher resources, puzzles & games, projects, multimedia experience of rainforest & links to other teacher resources & rainforest sites. Also has a section for early readers. Rainforest Live - In the Kid's section students can explore the rainforest, play games, do colouring pages & enter competitions. The teacher's section has teaching ideas & lesson plans. Rainforests. Rainforests of the World - Information and links to other rainforest sites. Tropical Rainforest Theme from one of my favourite sites Webquests Me? Live In A Rainforest ? - You and three of your friends have been selected to spend the next year living in a rainforest in South America. You have three weeks to find out how you need to prepare for this adventure. Rainforests - Why do you think the Australian government should make laws to protect our rainforests? from: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/default.htm |
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| Water
Environments Websites Fresh Water - Links to general resources, all about water, the water cycle, living things in water, groundwater, water in your life, treatment of polluted water, saving the environment, rivers & lakes of Canada, & teacher resources. Oceans - Links to theme pages on oceanography, marine life, the ocean floor, ocean features, icebergs, ocean pollution, the beach, ocean conservation, lighthouses, & teacher resources, as well as online student activities. Wetlands - Links to introduction, classification, purpose & value, wetlands & wildlife, wetlands international & wetland regions of Canada. |
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| Webquests Wetlands Challenge - An educational activity for middle to upper primary school students living in the Murray-Darling Basin. Wetlands Challenge Main Menu This is the Main Menu page for the Wetlands Challenge, an educational activity for middle to upper primary school students living in the Murray-Darling Basin. Here's what you can do here: •Learn about Wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin •Visit an Interactive Map of Some Significant Wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin •Take a Challenge Tour of a Wetland •Start the Wetlands Challenge Game •Look at a List of Questions for the Wetlands Challenge •Read a List of Students and Schools who have Solved the Wetlands Challenge •Learn about the Murray-Darling Basin Commission •Learn about Environment Australia •Find Links to Wetlands in Australia and Around the World •Learn About Wetland Care Australia The URL for this page is http://www.nexus.edu.au/ozprojects/wetlands/wetlands1.htm A Task The Freshwater Waterways of Australia have been captured by some of the world's most feared villains and your task is to free the waterways so they can again become the home of our native plants and animals. http://www.e-magination.org/freshwater/freshwater1.htm |
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| Bodies of Water For K-3, links to information, activities etc on various types of bodies of water, from ponds to the ocean. Bodies of Water Shorelines Temperate Oceans Tropical Oceans Wonders of the Sea Lessons Rivers and Streams Ponds and Lakes WetLands QuickTime Movie of Ocean Floor Clipart - Graphics for the water cycle created by me - please feel free to use whatever is of use to you. Ponds, Rivers & Lakes - Colouring pages, arts & crafts, games & activities, recipes & snacks, poems, songs, links. Thematic Unit: Water - Websites, lesson plans & books on a water theme. Water Unit - Links to lesson plans, teacher resources, online activities and sites for information. from: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/denise/default.htm |
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| Another Long List Of Websites- lots of excellent themes http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/rainforest.htm |
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| Lots Of Information - if a bit USA orientated http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/water.htm |
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| Wetlands And Waterways http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/ecosystem/wetlands.htm |
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| Salinity http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/sal.htm |
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| Drought http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/atmosphere/drought.htm |
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| By Wayne Roy March 2003 May 2003 |
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