Some Year Seven students are studying the Solar System this week. Here are some links from the Web
Overall Sites on the Solar System

Solar System Exploration - from NASA
Field Guide to the Universe - from CosmicQuest
Our Solar System - a Filamentality Hotlist

Planet pages from the Windows to the Universe

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Interactive

Design a Planet

Political cartoons are a great way to stay up on current events and to challenge our values. Here are links to major Australian politcal cartoonists:

Bill Leak, from The Australian
Peter Broelman
Peter Lewis
John Kudelka, The Australian
John Ditchburn, The Ballarat Courier
Moir, the Sydney Morning Herald
Peter Nicholson, daily cartoonist for The Australian
Vince O’Farrell, The Illawarra Mercury, The Melbourne Express
Nik [...]

Hi all,
This message is an FYI about  OPLE.  In the past couple weeks we have begun making much more use of OPLE to see if it’s a good thing to promote personal learning.  Ms. Topp’s Year 9 History students have already posted some interesting comments on Australian values.  Mr. Armstrong is making OPLE available to [...]

Download this Timeline Table
Here’s what we will do on OPLE today:

Log-in (or line-up to see Mr. March straight-away to get access)
If I am not already listed as a “friend,” search for “March” and make me a friend.
Go to my Blog and view the instructions for today.
Let’s get to work!

The Great Depression

The Great Depression - from [...]

A new blog has been set up for Year 9 English teachers and students. Right now, we are studying Of Mice & Men and looking at new ways to interpret the story. You can download this Graphics file to use in Fireworks.