Useful Educational Sites

For subject-specific sites go to our Subject Links page

NSW HSC On-Line

On-Line Dictionaries	Over 330 dictionaries and 128 languages, plus thesauri.
How Stuff Works	An excellent resource for teachers and students.
AeroMechanics - University of Sydney	For anyone wanting to know how planes fly, and the physics behind it all.
Board of Studies NSW	NSW Subject Syllabuses, Past Exam Papers and reports (and much more).
Concise Columbia Encyclopedia 3rd Edition	More then 17,000 free articles. Extensive cross references and convenient links.
Thesauri & Quotations	Provides links to 44 Internet sites specialising in quotes and maps, biographies, dictionaries, electronic texts, history, law, population and religion.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian	A site where lots of interesting facts can be found. Good material on musical instruments etc.
Folklore & Mythology Archives	Folk song and myths from the Western World. Folk festivals, dance and performance studies archive, ethnic and regional folklore and folk medicine.
National Library of Australia	Access to a range of electronic resources on the Internet, as well as listings of literature held in the library.
Australia's Museums Online	National directory linking over 35 museums and 170,000 records on Australia's heritage across Australia.
White Pages	Australian telephone directory on-line. (No need to fill your shelves with phone books any more.)
Bureau of Meteorology	Weather and Flood information, news, warnings, forecasts, charts, observations, satellite images and climate details.
Top 3D Artists Ring	A club linking the top 3D artists from around the world. Includes links to other great artists' work
WebMuseum - The 20th Century	Art of the 20th Century, includes topics such as The Age of machinery, Towards Abstraction, and Pure Abstraction
Columbia Education Centre	Lesson plans created by teachers. Language Arts, Maths, Science, Social Studies and Miscellaneous
Connections +	Lesson plans, activities and curriculum resources. Includes Media & Visual Arts
JSC Imagery Services	Photo images captured during Shuttle space missions. There are over 250,000 images stored. Learn more about this collection and the JSC digital imaging project.
ASK AN EXPERT
Literature and Language Arts	For help on the Classics, Grammar, Shakespeare
NJNIE Project Ask-An-Expert	Links to experts in the areas of Science, History, Social Studies, Economics, Marketing, Literature, Library References, Insurance and Risk Management.
Medicine, Health & Fitness Experts	Ask a Doctor, Orthopedist, and STD Specialist, a Mayo Clinic Physician, and Oral Maxillofacial Physician, Optometrist, Pediatric Urologist, Pharmacist, Fertility, and Reproductive Medicine expert.