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www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/cevents.html - Current Events
www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/ - Online News Hour
www.abc.net.au/btn/ - Behind the News
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ - TIME for Kids
www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ - Today's Front Pages Around the World
www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dsb/Demos/worm/lecture.htm
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ - FAQ for SARS from the Centre for Disease Control
www.who.int/csr/sars/en/ - SARS info at the World Health Organisation
library.thinkquest.org/11170/ - ThinkQuest Site: Epidemics
library.thinkquest.org/23054/ - ThinkQuest Site: Hidden Killers
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/meningitis/
- Meningococcal Virus
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_incidents - Terrorism Incidents around the World
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/ - Looking For Answers
www.mamamedia.com/activities/gallery_2/peace/ - Peace Gallery
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/usattack - Fighting Terrorism
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/ - Biological Warfare
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/
- Bomb Squad
travel.guardian.co.uk/airterror/0,1335,553882,00.html
- Travel and Terrorism
www.dfat.gov.au/consular/advice/
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Travel Warnings
www.cdc.gov/travel/
- Travel Warnings from Centre for Disease Control (USA)
www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/bali/
- Bali Bombing Aftermath
www.australiansatwar.gov.au/ - Australians at War
www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ - Australians War Memorial
www.dfat.gov.au/un/aus_un3.html - Australia and the United Nations
www.awm.gov.au/atwar/peacekeeping.htm - Australian Peacekeepers
www.un.org/documents/ - United Nations Security Council Resolutions (For your teacher)
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/middleeast - Middle East (from Yahooligans)
www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html - Iraq Country Profile
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html - World Book: Iraq
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/battlegroup/
- Battle Alert in the Gulf
www.refugeecouncil.org.au/ - Refugee Council of Australia
www.immi.gov.au/facts/60refugee.htm - Immigration Department
www.amnesty.org.au/refugees/index.html - Amnesty International
www.refugeeaction.org/inside/inside.htm - Refugee Action Centres
www.unhcr.ch
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/home.shtml - Medicine Through Time
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/ - Electric Heart
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/index.html - People and Discoveries
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/doctor/# - Doctor Over Time
www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/medicines/history7.html - 20th Century Medicine
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmedical.htm - Medical Discoveries
Medical Pioneers of the 20th
Century
Australian:
Victor Chang - www.victorchang.com.au/index.asp (Heart Transplants)
Fred Hollows - www.hollows.org/resources/profiles/fred.htm (Eye Surgeon)
Fiona Stanley - www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/about/fiona.html (Medical Researcher)
Graeme Clark – www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au/people/clarkg/ (Inventor of Cochlear Implant)
New Zealand:
Sir Harold Gillies - www.nzedge.com/heroes/gillies.html (Plastic Surgery Pioneer)
Maurice Wilkins - www.nzedge.com/heroes/wilkins.html (DNA enabler)
Controversial Issues involving Medical Technology
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/cloning.html - Cloning
www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/ - Genetically Modified Foods
www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/astronomy.html - Astronomy World Almanac
seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets - The Nine Planets
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Headlines.html
hubblesite.org/ -
Hubble Space Telescope
www.ozskywatch.com/amaz/links/ast_links/16.html - Ozskywatch.com
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html - Astronomy Picture of the Day
www.adlerplanetarium.org/ - Adler Planetarium
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/ - Royal Observatory, Greenwich
www.seti-inst.edu/seti/Welcome.html - Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/station/ - Space Stations
Stock Exchange - www.asx.com
School's Sharemarket Game - www.asx.com.au/education/l3/moreaboutschoolssmg_ie3.shtm
Weather Alert -
www.bom.gov.au/ - Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
www.metservice.co.nz/home/index.asp - Met Service (New Zealand)
weather.yahoo.com/ - International Weather
Disaster! - www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/escape/
Election Day -
www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/party.html - Australian Political Parties
www.aec.gov.au/ - Australian Electoral Commission
www.budget.gov.au/ - The Commonwealth Budget
www.electionresults.govt.nz/ - New Zealand Election Results
www.elections.org.nz/ - Elections New Zealand
Australian:
News Sites
au.yahoo.com/ - Yahoo Australia and New Zealand
www.news.com.au/ - NEWS.com.au
www.cnn.com/ - CNN – United States
www.bbc.co.uk/ - BBC – United Kingdom
newslink.org/ - NewsLink
pppp.net/links/news/ - The Ultimate Collection of News Links
Sports Sites
au.sports.yahoo.com/ - Yahoo Sports
foxsports.news.com.au/ - FOX Sports
espn.go.com/main.html - ESPN Sports Network (US)
Newspapers Online
www.nla.gov.au/npapers/
- Australian Newspapers Online
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ - The Australian
ACT: canberra.yourguide.com.au/home.asp
- The Canberra Times
NSW: www.smh.com.au/ - The Sydney Morning Herald
NT: www.news.com.au/nt/
- Northern Territory News
QLD: www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/ - The Courier Mail
SA: www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/ - The Adelaide Advertiser
TAS: www.themercury.news.com.au/ - The Mercury
VIC: www.theage.com.au/ - The Age, www.heraldsun.news.com.au/ - Herald Sun
WA: www.thewest.com.au/ - The West Australian, www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/ - The Sunday Times
Australian Television Stations
ninemsn.com.au/ - Nine MSN
www.ten.com.au/ - Channel 10
i7.aol.com.au/ - Channel 7
www.abc.net.au/ - ABC Online
www.sbs.com.au/ - SBS
General Sites of Interest
www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html - Planet Tolerance
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/astronomy/ - Astronomy News
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/environment/ - Environmental News
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/usattack/ - Fighting Terrorism
www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/Feelings_and_Emotions/Coping_with_Disasters/ - Coping with Disasters
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/techmedicine/ - Technology and Medicine
News Sites
au.yahoo.com/ - Yahoo Australia and New Zealand
www.stuff.co.nz/ - STUFF
www.newsroom.co.nz/ - News Room
www.cnn.com/ - CNN – United States
www.bbc.co.uk/ - BBC – United Kingdom
newslink.org/ - NewsLink
pppp.net/links/news/ - The Ultimate Collection of News Links
Sports Sites
www.sportsweb.co.nz/ - SportsWeb
www.nzherald.co.nz/sports/ - Sport (NZ Herald)
onesport.nzoom.com/ - NZOOM Sport
foxsports.news.com.au/ - FOX Sports
espn.go.com/main.html - ESPN Sports Network (US)
Newspapers Online
www.nzherald.co.nz/ - New Zealand Herald
www.times.co.nz/ - Times Newspapers
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/ - The Press Online
www.newzealandsites.com/media/newspapers/ - New Zealand Papers Online
Television Stations
www.tvnz.co.nz/ - Television New Zealand
www.ch9.co.nz/ - Channel 9
www.ctv.net.nz/ - Canterbury Television
www.skytv.co.nz/ - Sky Television
www.ftn.co.nz/ - Family Television Network
General Sites of Interest
www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html - Planet Tolerance
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/astronomy/ - Astronomy News
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/environment/ - Environmental News
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/usattack/ - Fighting Terrorism
www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Health_and_Safety/Feelings_and_Emotions/Coping_with_Disasters/ - Coping with Disasters
dailynews.yahoo.com/fc3/yahooligans/techmedicine/ - Technology and Medicine