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Going for Gold
BEIJING Olympics will be the only words on people's lips during August and the Going For Gold classroom activities will help you become an Olympics expert.
Athletes bound to China
SOME unknown athletes will rise from the Beijing Olympics as household names and true champions - in victory and in defeat. Who will they be?
Salute of Olympian courage
MATT Norman's film, Salute, highlights an Olympics track champion who paid a high price for standing up for human rights at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
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One World, Many Cultures
One World...Many Cultures is about exploring traditions and customs of many of the world's most fascinating cultures, both present and past.
Rewards for school excellence
EXCELLENCE in Schools Awards finalists have won $5000 grants and now are in the running to win one of eight $20,000 development grants.
ABC iView streams TV online
THE ABC's new video streaming portal, iView, will let viewers program their own channel or just catch up on favourite shows they missed on TV.
Turning water into wine
SENIOR science students extracted plant DNA and even transformed water into wine in pracs held at the University of Queensland on July 16-18.
Picasso in the Classroom
The current Picasso Collection exhibit at GoMA is an excellent opportunity for a 21st century take on one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
About Headst@rt
Headst@rt is a four page educational lift out in The Courier-Mail every Tuesday. The Headst@rt pages are written for teachers, students and parents.
Using newspapers in class
Newspapers are an economical, easily accessible literacy resource that can be delivered to your classroom every day.
Media literacy
Help educate children to become more critical consumers of media – a skill that becomes more and more important as the global media landscape changes.
Current affairs – ttn
Check Headstart every Tuesday for exciting activities linked to ttn - a half-hour TV current events program for students at 11.30am every Tuesday on Channel 10.
Young Reviewer awards
The total value of book prizes for the 2008 Headstart Young Reviewer awards has hit $3000. The scheme is open to all Queensland school students.
UN pulls out of Darfur
THE UN is pulling out of Sudan's war-torn Darfur region after the deaths of seven peacekeepers and pending genocide charges against Sudan's president.
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One World ... Many Cultures lets students explore traditions of many of different cultures, both present and past. From indigenous Australians to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient China, China Today, and vanishing cultures. Over 80 links to work with in the classroom
Jemma Robertson, 8, (left) and Clare McBride, 9, both from West End visit Picasso's Portrait of an old man at the Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. This is the art Picasso bought. It contains his seeds of inspiration. Photos at the Picasso Collection opening. | Classroom resources
With the Beijing Olympics almost upon us, The Going for Gold student activity book is on sale only until July 30. It offers many classroom activities based on Olympics events and history. Buy it online now. | Be up-to-date with the Beijing Olympics. Visit the Couriermail.com.au's Olympics website.
About 150,000 pilgrims attended mass at Sydney's Darling Harbour for World Youth Day. They erected the 3.8m crucifix which has travelled around Australia for the last year. And the lights of Sydney Harbour Bridge proclaim the Pope's visit. For all the latest on World Youth Day ...
Sand people rise in Russia
A BABY robot makes microchip sandcakes and Mama Water reclines holding her pregnant belly - both are sand sculptures at the Pure Spring Festival.
School computers backlash
FEARS are growing that state schools will shun the landmark ''computers for schools'' program because they cannot afford the running costs.
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Round two applications close on October 9.
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The Digital Revolution
National Secondary Computer Fund
Labor's Digital Revolution
Picasso fetches record $6.9m
A PICASSO painting has sold for an Australian record $6.9 million in Sydney, as crowds flock to a Picasso exhibition in Brisbane.
Headst@rt blog
Poppy Masselos, Headst@rt editor, keeps you informed about printed and online resources as well as the latest educational news.
Book Bytes
Make Book Bytes the site to check out new books, great reads and author sites.We would love to know what you are reading and to spread the word around.
Multimedia - film
Shakespeare gets a new twist, making Ten Canoes, staying safe in the surf, stars on the set of Opal Dreams, visiting HMAS Adelaide . . .
Multimedia - audio
Listen to Possum Magic author Mem Fox, educator Ian Lillicoe and Goosebumps author RL Stine at the 2006 Brisbane Writer's Festival
Sainthood awaits Mary MacKillop
NUNS say they were assured by Pope Benedict XVI today that the founder of their order, Mary MacKillop, was on her way to becoming the Australia's first saint.
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Bubbly Emily Jade investigates one of life's great questions.