A fifty question multiple choice quiz on multimedia. This has been developed for senior students doing the Industrial Technology - Multimedia Industries course (Australian Curriculum) Includes a score and the ability to review at completion. Can be played in any browser with Adobe Flash Player enabled.
An 'Introduction to Line' for middle school art students. This worksheet introduces the concepts of organic and geometric lines, outlines and line patterns. Students produce an art work using line as a tool for pattern making.
This is a short play script for two actors with a science fiction theme. It requires minimal staging and would be suitable for Stage 5 Elective Drama or HSC Drama practice and performance.
Synopsis: A starship Commander on a mission to wipe out a renegade outpost gets some sage advice from a technician on how to keep his engines singing.
Frustrated with the purely linear format of standard Powerpoint presentations? Want to create some truly interactive multimedia? This simple guide shows you how to turn off the automatic navigation defaults in Powerpoint and give the power of where and when to go back to the end user where it belongs. Use this information to create your own interactive picture books for younger students that allow the child to click on a object to play a sound (example: a picture of a pig oinks when clicked on) or to go to any page in the book at any time. Or get your middle school students to create their own interactive picture books, yearbooks or digital portfolios. (Just some of the already tried and tested possibilities) Have fun! And please do a review.
Junior Italian worksheets (Australian Curriculum - Mandatory Languages) The worksheets in pdf format require students to translate a paragraph written in Italian, about the particular season, into English. They should be used as a follow up to prior teaching on colors and the natural world. They can be printed as handouts for students or the answers can be typed directly into the pdf file and saved. (ensure that each student has their own copy or answers may be overwritten). Please complete a review if you've found this resource useful.
This, in class, assessment task is the practical extension of the workbook Mandatory Technology - Built Environments (Australian Curriculum) by the same author. It requires students to create their own house designs using free 3D design software (Sketchup Make or Sweet Home 3D) with consideration for the issues of climate and environment. It is designed to assess not only the learning involved in the workbook but also the practical application of it. As an unrestricted word document teachers can customize timing, criteria and assessment weighting to suit their needs. Please review this resource if you find it useful.
These are the instructions for building a toy car out of soft pine offcuts. They can be used as a teacher reference or handed out to students as a project worksheet. There are also instructions on the blind nailing technique of joining.
Wall Chart for the 'How Do You Feel? - Picture Book' by the same author. The book and chart have been especially created for children on the Autistic Spectrum. They use a simple emoticon type character to present visual cues for reading emotions. Digital jigsaws on the same theme are also available.
Complete lesson for teaching the names of Animale Domestici (Pets) in Italian. This is in the form of a bingo game. Students construct their own bingo card from the template and pictures provided and then the teacher draws the names and calls them out (in Italian) for students to mark them on their card.
See also 'Italian Worksheet - Pets - animali domestici - Stage 4 - Mandatory Languages' by the same author.
This 2 page handout requires students to research online and write the Italian words for pets, listen to the Italian words, write English phonetic versions of each word and then draw the item. A completed teacher copy is also provided.
A complete lesson in reading and understanding poetry for Stage 5 and 6 English students. This resource engages students in analyzing a particular poem in terms of visual imagery and figurative language and also requires them to respond creatively by producing a persuasive writing piece that relates to the text.
Topic - Drone Bombers.
A complete lesson in reading and understanding poetry for Stage 5 and 6 English students. This resource engages students in analyzing a particular poem in terms of visual imagery and figurative language and also requires them to respond creatively by producing a persuasive writing piece that relates to the text.
Topic - Recreational Bicycle Riders
This 2 page handout requires students to research online and write the Italian words for zoo animals, listen to the Italian words, write English phonetic versions of each word and then draw the item. A completed teacher copy and an A3 size colour poster are also included.
A complete lesson in reading and understanding poetry for Stage 4 and 5 English students. This resource engages students in analyzing a particular poem in terms of visual imagery and figurative language and identifying the poetry techniques that are used.
Topic - Relaxing in the water
A complete lesson in reading and understanding poetry for Stage 4 and 5 English students. This resource engages students in analyzing a particular poem in terms of visual imagery and figurative language and also requires them to respond creatively by producing their own piece of poetry.
Topic - Fishing unsuccessfully.
This full colour A3 poster compliments the Italian Lesson - Body Parts - Parti del Corpo by the same author and can be printed for wall mounting or projected on a single digital display.
Bryce 3D is a sometimes free and always inexpensive, considering its versatility, 3D landscape creation package. As such it is an excellent tool for introducing 3D image creation and animation to junior high school art and technology students and HSC Multimedia students. This is the fourth in a series of video tutorials demonstrating the basic use of the software.
Paper based tutorials by the same author are also available.
Bryce 3D is a sometimes free and always inexpensive, considering its versatility, 3D landscape creation package. As such it is an excellent tool for introducing 3D image creation and animation to junior high school art and technology students and HSC Multimedia students. This is the sixth in a series of video tutorials demonstrating the basic use of the software.
Paper based tutorials by the same author are also available.
Bryce 3D is a sometimes free and always inexpensive, considering its versatility, 3D landscape creation package. As such it is an excellent tool for introducing 3D image creation and animation to junior high school art and technology students and HSC Multimedia students. This is the eighth in a series of video tutorials demonstrating the basic use of the software.
Paper based tutorials by the same author are also available.