Online Resources

The Ediacaran Fossils of the Flinders Ranges eBook has been created to support teachers when addressing the concepts of geological time and evolution with their students. It provides background information on South Australian Ediacaran fossil discoveries and their scientific importance.

This student inquiry examines the features, needs, natural habitats and threats to survival of five different animal species. Students identify how Monarto Zoo has created habitats to cater for the needs of the animals and explore the causes of natural habitat degradation.

This eBook guides students through six stations on their visit Adelaide Botanic Garden to investigate great journeys of exploration and learn about the history of spices, their uses and their impact on societies.

Students use iPads to engage with the Bound for South Australia exhibition. This digital inquiry explores the concept of migration and examines the conditions people experienced voyaging to Australia between 1836 and the 1950s.

Students use iPads to engage with the First Voyages, Exploring the Southern Coast exhibition as they learn about the Europeans that charted the South Australian coast in the early 19th century, their discoveries and how these contributed to the way Australians live today.

This web based digital resource for students in Years 5-6 uses an inquiry based approach and aligns with the AC: Science and Geography. Students investigate how fossils discovered in South Australia provide evidence of the ways that animals have evolved, adapted and changed to survive in their environment.

This eBook looks at Aboriginal bark paintings of Arnhem Land. Students learn about the history of Aboriginal bark paintings, the techniques used and stories behind them.

This is a web-based resource aligned with Years 5, 6 and 9 Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship and History. The South Australian Suffragettes website also provides opportunities for links to the Cross-curriculum priority Sustainability, particularly with regard to the social sustainability of a democracy.

This web-based program engages students with wastewater treatment processes and challenges them to use that knowledge to solve problems in a fictional wastewater plant. Requires interpretation of graphs.

This is a web-based and iPad compatible resource aligned with Years 6 and 9 Australian Curriculum (AC): History. This website provides primary sources that can be used by teachers to engage students in inquiry based learning related to the treatment of German people in South Australia at the time of World War I.

This program is linked to the Australian Curriculum: History and can support inquiry-based learning for students in Years 4 and 5 and SACE 1 History. It can support teachers’ professional knowledge around these histories.

Use your electronic whiteboard or students’ hand-held devices to solve interactive water puzzles and problems. SA Water has educational apps available from the iTunes or Google Play stores.

The content in Changing Worlds: A South Australian story provides teachers and students with the means to develop historical inquiries about the colonisation/invasion of South Australia.

Students are able to use the iBook as a means for a self-paced exploration of the complexities of sentencing and decision-making in a court room environment.