Social Science-general

Economics

Geography

General Resources for Social Science Teachers

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is an online catalogue resources relevant to social science education and research.

Social Studies School Service Educational resources including books, CD-ROMs, videos, laserdiscs, software, charts, and posters and links to toher social-studies related sites.

Social Science- a wide range of general resources and links presented by Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL), US.

Elisa The electronic library and information service at ANU.

NASA: Online Educational Resources

Welcome to Teachnet

WebEc - Social Sciences Collections

Teaching:

History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources

Journals:

CSS Journal -Computers in the Social Studies Journal.

Statistics:

ABS Statistics-World Wide Information Service-The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical organisation providing statistics for informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community.

ABS Statsite - Australia in Brief-contains over 160 tables providing a broad statistical picture of Australian economics and social environment.

Economics

Commonwealth of Australia Budget 1997-1998 includes links to Press Releases ,Budget Speech, Budget Papers, Ministerial Statements.

NSW Budget Papers 1997-1998 NSW Government's 1997/98 Budget . Budget papers and other budget related documents including a full text of the Treasurer's speech are published here.

General:

WebEc - WWW Resources in Economics

The Australian Financial Review Net Services

Bill Goffe's Guide to Resources for Economists on the Internet

Carnegie Mellon Intermediate Macroeconomics

The Economics and Business Education Association (UK)

Financial Times

Issues concerning Sustainable development - Documents

University of Melbourne Dept of Economics

Geography

Asian Studies - Index-Provides information about sources of information and databases about Asian countries.

CIA WWW site

Geography - a wide range of general resources and links from the site of Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL), US. Well worth a look!

Global Ideas Bank

Population Studies Center

U.S. Geological Survey National Mapping Program

Teaching:

Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software.

NSW Geography Teachers Association

The Virtual Schoolhouse: Field Trips

Environmental:

Reef Education Network (REN) a fun and interesting way for secondary students to learn about the ecosystems and issues concerning tropical and temperate reefs world wide. See also: International Year of the Reef (IYOR)

Environment Australia Online Environment Australia Online is the Environment Program of the Australian Environment, Sport and Territories Portfolio.

EnviroLink Library

Environmental Data/Facts/Statistics

Landcare Education ..information and projects for landcare education at primary or secondary school level. There are also a few general science sites which have some landcare-related resources.

Friends of the Earth Environmental information services on the Net.

Greenpeace International

Multimedia Resource for Environment and Development Policy Makers-Includes links to information on treaties, conventions, processes; oceans and coasts, trade and environment, chemical management, wetlands; inter-governmental organisations, UN conferences; international meetings and conferences.

Travel:

City.Net

Lonely planet travel guide

Climate:

MetNet Rainfall and temperature maps for different parts of Australia.

Access to climatic data

VolcanoWorld