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INTERESTING WWW SITES

The Internet is full of interesting sites that do all sorts of cool things.  Here are some of my favourites.

Orisinal Games Some great time wasters here - Mrs A's favourite is Milk the Cow!

WorldWide VR Panoramas - more than 100 fullscreen QTVR movies from more than 26 different countries made by more than 50 photographers.

A Virtual Journey into the Universe - is an information-rich interactive, educational tour of the Solar System. It covers a range of topics from planets and their moons to theories and phenomena.

Email Mrs A with your suggestion for a Cool Site to be included here PaperToys Paper models to print and make The Guardians Lots of interesting stuff here. Some of the features of the site include: Rainforest Adventure, where students can learn about issues affecting tropical rainforests; Peace in Space site, where kids can learn about living, working and exploring in outer space...
Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The EarthScience Centre: Labs can be accessed through the EarthScience Center Control Room. If this is your first time at EarthScience Center, be sure to visit the New Visitor Orientation. Here you can register and then download SimPlayer, a plug-in that will allow you to engage in the labs' interactive activities. MarineCam Live Images of the Busselton Jetty are available 24 Hours a day and a selection of the best cam images are stored in the Daily Archives.
Interactive Mars Habitat A realistic walk through of a 3-D model of a Mars base for the first humans to land on Mars. Over 100 images representing a Mars habitat, a greenhouse, a Mars car and robot rovers Sveriges Television (Swedish public service television) - The COOLEST singing horses. You need a sound card and speakers or headphones to appreciate this site. Once the page loads click on the first horse, wait a while and then click the others. SkyView WA - Pan and zoom over high-resolution photographic imagery of Western Australia - all at the click of a mouse.  I can see your house from here! 
Powers of Ten - View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth...and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. PerthCamPlus -  You can use PerthCamPlus! to check traffic congestion, surfing conditions and general weather conditions via the many image options available. The Earth at Night - Detailed satellite image of the Earth showing city lights across the globe.  Well worth a look!
Zombo.com - You really need a sound card to appreciate this site.  (It appealled to my sense of humour!) Australia's Telerobot on the web - use the Internet to help the robot at UWA build towers.  One of the earliest and best remote controlled robot sites. The Amazing CoolerCam - The first water cooler on the web.  
The End of the Internet - Proving once again that you shouldn't believe everything you find on the Net (Here's another version!) Poetry Machine - write magnetic poetry using the same words Shakespeare used. E-mail your suggestion for this spot! 

 


Please mail me broken links or suggestions for sites to be included on these pages. Site created and maintained by Jean Anning . Updated Feb 10th 2005