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Resource Book Antarctic Websites Task Cards Extension Ideas
Creative Thinking School Competitions Assessment Tools  

Resource Book Links:

An Antarctic Hero ... Page 8

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas%20Mawson.htm - Sir Douglas Mawson

The Race to the South Pole ... Page 9

astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/pole - Virtual Tour of the South Pole

Research Stations ... Page 12

www.scar.org - Special Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Animals of Antarctica ... Page 1

http://www.aad.gov.au/- - Australian Antarctic Division (Click on Antarctic Law and Treaty)

www.heritage-antarctica.org - Antarctic Heritage Trust

www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/meas/antarctica.html - Ministry for the Environment (NZ)

www.nsf.gov/od/opp/antarct/aca/aca.jsp - Antarctic Conservation Act (US)

Useful Antarctic Websites: (Page 30)j

www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz - Gateway Antarctica

http://www.aad.gov.au/- Australian Antarctic Division

www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/ - The New Zealand Antarctic Institute

classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au - Antarctica Classroom

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/ - Shackleton’s Endurance

www.fathomexpeditions.com/explorer/ - Fathom Expeditions

www.emperor-penguin.com/emperor.html - Emperor Penguins

library.thinkquest.org/CR0215022/animals.htm - Antarctica: Journey to the Frozen Continent

www.mawson.sa.gov.au/ie.htm - Sir Douglas Mawson

astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/ - Virtual Tour

www.scar.org/antarctic_websites.htm - Antarctic Organisations

www.scar.org/Antarctic_Info/Ant_stats.html - Antarctic Statistics

 

Task Card Links:

Task 2: Antarctic Place Names

eonames.usgs.gov/antform.html

Task 5: A Moment in Time

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas%20Mawson.htm

Task 10: The A Factor - A Dialogue

penguincentral.com/MCMslang.html

Task 11: Design a Snow Mobile

snowmobiles.polarisindustries.com

Task 14: Renewable Energy in Antarctica

www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s861554.htm

www.solcomhouse.com/iceberg.htm

Task 16: Food Chain Frenzy

classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/pdfs/1_WhosEatingWhoIntro.pdf

 

Extension Ideas:

Task 9: Mind Map Antarctica

www.graphic.org/links.html

Task 10: The A Factor - A Dialogue

ausinternet.com/ettamogah/aussiewords.htm

Task 11: Design a Snow Mobile

www.scitoys.com

nowmobiles.polarisindustries.com/

Task 17: Penguins Vs Skidoos

members.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative/Techniques/forced_analogy.htm

Relevant Websites - Creative Thinking:

Thinking Skills - www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/thinking.htm

Creative, Lateral, Logical Thinking - library.trinity.wa.edu.au/teaching/thinking.htm

Creativity Tool Kit - www.directedcreativity.com/pages/ToolsImagine.html

Mind Mapping - www.mind-map.com/

Teaching Thinking - www.teachingthinking.net/

Creative Thinking Techniques - www.virtualsalt.com/crebook2.htm

Creative Quotations - www.creativequotations.com/

The Thinking Classroom - learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/intro.cfm

Edward de Bono’s Resources - www.edwdebono.aust.com/debono/home.htm

 

Competitions and Projects for Schools:

Adam Spencer/University of Sydney Eureka Schools Prize for Lateral Thinking - www.amonline.net.au/eureka/lateral_thinking/index.cfm

Odyssey of the Mind - www.odysseyofthemind.com/

Sustainable Living Project - www.sustainableliving.com.au/competition/

Write Around Australia - www.nestle.com.au/writearound/

        Tournament of Minds - www.tom.edu.au/

 

Assessment Tools: Online Creativity Tests

Creativity Assessment Index

www.creativelearning.com/Assess/

Crayola.com - The Power of Creativity

www.crayola.com/parents/powercreativity/quizes/print_teachers.cfm

Smarter Kids.com

www.smarterkids.com/

Fostering Academic Creativity in Gifted Students

www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/academic_creativity.html

Six Thinking Hats

De Bono Institute

Creativity in Young Children - ERIC Digest

www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Creativity_in_kids.html

 

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