🔍 Research

Search engines, referencing tools and fact-checking sites.

Search And Encyclopedia 4

Kiddle Kid safe visual search engine with filtered results, good starting point for independent research. www.kiddle.co National Geographic Kids Articles, facts, and videos on animals, science, and geography pitched at a primary audience. kids.nationalgeographic.com DK Findout! Encyclopedia style articles with strong visuals, good for non fiction research tasks. www.dkfindout.com Britannica Kids Simplified encyclopedia entries levelled for younger and older primary readers. kids.britannica.com

News And Current Events 3

Behind the News (BTN) ABC's weekly news program for upper primary, with full episodes and topic clips already used in class. www.abc.net.au DOGO News Kid friendly news articles across science, world events, and sport with linked quizzes. www.dogonews.com Kids News News Corp Australia's news site levelled for primary readers, with audio read-alouds and comprehension quizzes. www.kidsnews.com.au

Australian Sources 4

Trove National Library of Australia's archive of digitised newspapers, photos and records, excellent for local history inquiry. trove.nla.gov.au Australian Museum Fact sheets on Australian animals, fossils and First Nations culture, written for a general audience. australian.museum CSIRO Education Australian science resources, experiments and classroom activities from the national science agency. www.csiro.au Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Authoritative First Nations resources including the AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia. aiatsis.gov.au

Referencing And Skills 2

MyBib Free citation generator that builds reference lists in APA, MLA and Harvard. www.mybib.com Google Earth Explore any location in 3D, useful for geography inquiry and setting the scene for a unit. earth.google.com