Wnet

WNET’s award-winning Education Department (collectively representing the station efforts of THIRTEEN, WLIW21, and NJTV) is a local and national leader that engages the education community (formal and informal) through the development and delivery of high-quality and innovative media and services that are designed to enhance learning, enrich lives, and extend the impact of public media content.
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MOOC List

MOOC List is an aggregator (directory) of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by different providers. MOOC List is a website where you can find free online courses (MOOCs) offered by the best universities around the world.
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Google Cultural Institute

Makes important cultural material available and accessible to everyone and to digitally preserves them to educate and inspire future generations. Sources include the British Museum, Yad Vashem, the Museo Galileo in Florence, the Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw.
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Time Team

Aired on Channel 4 from 1994 to 2014. Each episode features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Tony Robinson explaining the process in layman’s terms. The sites excavated over the show’s run ranged in date from the Palaeolithic to the Second World War.
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The Museum of the Moving Image

Advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media by presenting exhibitions, education programs, significant moving-image works, and interpretative programs, and collecting and preserving moving-image related artefacts.
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Powerhouse Museum

The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences in Sydney. Although often described as a science museum, the Powerhouse has a diverse collection encompassing all sorts of technology including Decorative arts, Science, Communication, Transport, Costume, Furniture, Media, Computer technology, Space technology and Steam engines.
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Questacon

At Questacon, we strive to promote greater understanding and awareness of science and technology within the community. We’re committed to making that experience fun, interactive, and relevant.
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Physics 4 Kids

Where kids learn about motion, heat, electricity, light, magnetism and more
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Biology 4 Kids

Where kids learn about cells, microbes, plants, invertebrates, animal systems.
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Geography 4 Kids

Where kids learn about earth structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, BGC Cycles, Climates
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United Nations Foundation

The site offers perspectives related to global issues including children’s health, climate and energy, sustainable development, technology and women and population. Tackles issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women’s empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.-UN relations.
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Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

The site is divided into sections on business and trade, plants, animals, fisheries, environment, biosecurity and research. The Environment section covers issues such as drought and the Research tab leads to case studies on issues such as food technology. The home page features an ‘alerts’ link about current biosecurity threats, and ‘From the Minister’ highlights other current issues.
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The British Museum: home educators

The British Museum is a museum dedicated to human history, art, and culture, located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works,[3] is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence[3] and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
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Cobb and Co Museum (Queensland Museum)

This Museum, physically based in Toowoomba, focuses on historical and cultural aspects of Queensland and Australia. The museum houses over fifty horse-drawn vehicles, including sturdy drays and farm wagons, that tell the story of European settlement on the Darling Downs, while sulkies and buggies demonstrate transportation imported to Australia during the 1880s.
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United Nations

The site provides detailed and current information on specific aspects of UN operations: Peace and Security; International Law; Humanitarian Affairs; Human Rights; and Economic and Social Development.
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ABC Science

Play Catchment Detox to see if you can successfully manage a river catchment and create a sustainable and thriving economy. It’s an online game where you’re in charge of the whole catchment. You get to decide what activities you undertake – whether to plant crops, log forests, build factories or set up national parks. The aim is to avoid environmental problems and provide food and wealth for the population.
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Kids View – Parliament in Focus

A useable, interactive and informative website with resources for all ages and levels of knowledge to teach children how the Australian Parliament works through experiential learning programs and games.
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BTN – Behind The News

Features ABC News videos based on current affair issues and events happening around the world. Watch online videos of weekly TV episodes on the ABC channel. Introduces young people to the world of news.
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CSIRO

Links to material regarding many issues confronting the Australian environment. At CSIRO we shape the future. We do this by using science to solve real issues. Our research makes a difference to industry, people, and the planet. We ask, we seek, we solve.
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Natural History Museum

Home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature.
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