SOSE

Studies of Society and Environment

General Sites
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 * Social Studies Skills Tutor interactive http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/#
 * Behind The News @http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
 * The Bureau of Meteorology at [|http://www.bom.gov.au]

=Aboriginal Australians=
 * Aboriginal music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1pDPuetPdg
 * Tiddalick the frog
 * [|Aboriginal boomerang]

Antarctic and Arctic Industry Links
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 * [|The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Cooperative Research Centre]( ACECRC)
 * World Heritage information at [|http://www.ea.gov.au]
 * [|Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service’s Macquarie Island]site.
 * [|Antarctica and Sir Douglas Mawson] page of the Australian Government's Culture and Recreation web portal at []


 * The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) includes a virtual tour of the South Pole at []
 * Glacier at [|http://www.glacier.rice.edu] is a project from Rice University, developed as a resource for teaching Earth Science and uses the Internet to provide students with an interactive exploration of Antarctica. Themes include weather and climate, oceanography, geology, meteorology and astronomy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Gulf of Maine Aquarium provides the useful classroom lessons focusing on Penguin Adaptation, Coping with the Cold, Blubber Glove, Salt Concentration, Chick Die-Off, Changes in Antarctic Ice, and Creating Plankton at [|http://octopus.gma.o rg/surfing/antarctica/index.html]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Live from Antarctica 2 at [] was an integrated multimedia project which used online resources, hands-on print curriculum materials (including Classroom Antarctica and student worksheets) and live telecasts to bring Antarctica to life in the classroom. Classroom Antarctica and student worksheets remain a very valuable resource.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The National Snow and Ice Data Centre at [] is an information and referral centre supporting research about snow cover, avalanches, glaciers, ice sheets, freshwater ice, sea ice, ground ice, permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology, and ice cores. It offers some good education resources for teachers and students on snow and ice.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Scott Polar Research Institute at [] includes a marvellous picture library database with many works of art and mainly historical photographs and a comprehensive Index to Antarctic Expeditions (historic and selected modern).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Scott Polar Research Institute KIDS PAGE at [] features information on some polar explorers and animals, and a collection on polar jokes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Secrets of the Ice from the Museum of Boston at [] is a great site that focuses on the geography of Antarctica and its importance as a scientific laboratory, with up-to-date information on current global change research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">70 South at [] offers up-to-date news and information on Antarctica and Antarctic-related topics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The South Australian Museum website at [] explores the legacy of Sir Douglas Mawson - his adventures, his success in taking science to extreme environments and the scope of his achievements.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science writer Janice VanCleave and Randy Landsberg of CARA (the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica) invite students to join their expedition to the South Pole and try some experiments along the way at their South Pole Adventure Page at [|http://www.southpole.com]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Private expeditions and personal accounts

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Australian Associated Press (AAP) [|Mawson’s Huts Foundation site] at describes the story of recent attempts to conserve Mawson’s huts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The website of Robert Holmes at [], who travels annually to the Antarctic contains a good list of links to other individuals’ Antarctic pages, along with some good Antarctic photos and Frequently Asked Questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ingrid’s diary, Ingrid on Ice, at [|http://www.abc.net.au/science/Antarctica/ingrid/default.htm] describes Ingrid’s year at Mawson in 1998 as the wintering medical officer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Irish Antarctic Adventure website at [|http://ireland.iol.ie/south-ar is/index.htm]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terraquest’s Virtual Antarctica provides a good general overview of Antarctic ecology, history and science as well as journals of the Terraquest expedition and links to contemporary adventurers at [|http://www.doc.ic.ac.u] [|k/~kpt/terraquest/antarctica]