You Tube - Multimedia

YouTube - Website

http://www.youtube.com/

Levels - Teacher resource/middle to upper

YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. A resource that should be monitored when used by students. A fantastic resource for teachers to access just about any topic.

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Gold Coast City Council

The Gold Coast City Council - "Working for our future".

Ph: 1300 130 854

135 Bundall Road Bundall

http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/

Levels - All

Creating a city internationally recognised for its quality, diversity and sustainable lifestyle economy and unique environment. The Gold city council has endless information about services, facilities, people and general information about the Gold Coast and future planning. A fantastic resource about the local community and its services.

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Jims Mowing - Service

Jims Mowing - Service

PH: 131546

http://www.jimsmowing.net/index.htm

Level - All

Jims mowing is Australian owned and operated franchises. They provide many services that include detailed garden maintenance programs. A useful resource with garden orientated design challenges.

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Bunning Warehouse - Hardware Store

Bunnings Warehouse - Hardware Store

Southport Store - 500 Olsen Ave Southport
PH: 5509 0300
http://www.bunnings.com/

Levels - All

Bunnings is a hardware warehouse that provides a wide range of home improvement products at the lowest prices. With hundreds of stores throughout Australia you are bound to find a store near you. Not only do they provide materials for design challenges but the staff are extremely knowledgeable and friendly.

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Scope TV - Televison Program

Scope TV - Television Program

Channel 10

Mondays - 4pm

Saturday morning repeats or

www.csiro.au/scope/index.htm

Levels - 1 and above

A science show for children to explain the science that is all around us. A fun and interesting show that has a different topic every week. The show demonstrates many experiments and design challenge ideas.

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Tonka Construction 2 - Software

Tonka Construction 2 - Software

Levels - 1 and above (Early Years)

Kids take charge of 12 different heavy duty trucks and help build a city, pave desert roads, design a snow capped mountain resort and dig quarries. A perfect technology oriented program for the early years that promotes imaginative play.

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West Point Bridge Design 2007 - Software

West Point Bridge Design 2007 -Software

Level - 3 and above (middle to upper primary)

The West Point Bridge designer will introduce students to engineering through an authentic, hands - on design experience. This software provides you with the tools to model, test and optimize a steel highway bridge.

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Inspiration - Software

Inspiration 8.0 - Win/Mac Software program

Level - 3 and above (Year 6 - Adult)

Inspiration is a tool that students can rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. Students can create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. Inspiration can be used as a research tool and organiser for design challenges as you can instantly transform a diagram into an outline.

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Kid Cad - Software

Kid Cad Software

http://www.childrenssoftwareonline.com/Default.aspx?m=item&pID=1700

Levels - 1 and above

This amazing 3d building program allows students to create buildings in a city, town or farm. Demolition is as fun as building with ten outrageous ways to undo.

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The Leggo Group - Software

The Leggo Group. (2007). Leggo Digital Designer. Retrieved 12th

October 2007 from http://ldd.lego.com/

Levels - P- 12

LEGO Digital Designer allows you to create 3D LEGO models. LEGO Education has a variety of products that provide children from 1½ to 16+ years with challenges that enhance their knowledge and understanding of the world at large. The Primary and Mindstorms product ranges are particularly suited to teaching areas of the science and technology curricula. A fantastic engaging program that children will enjoy. It is also free to download.

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Kids Design Challenges - Website

Harriman, S. (2007). Kids Design Challenges. Australia.

Retrieved October 12 2007 from

http://www.ptc.nsw.edu.au/kdc/pushcart/resources.html

Levels - P-6

This is a fantastic website where children can enter a Kids' Design Challenge competition that provides a unique opportunity for primary students to participate in a real-life design task of importance to the community. The website provides endless resources, access to experts and step by step planning assistance.

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