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| Personal Tutor Bridging Science and Biology Year 11 & 12 for Windows Distributed by: Memory Banks Free Call 1800 622 657 The latest in the Memory Banks Personal Tutor range for either WIndows 3.1 or Win95.
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| Binary
Digits URL: www.hotfiles.com Platform: DOS (runs under Win 95) Registration: $15 Rating:  If you're teaching bases, this colourful binary conversion utility may be useful. It uses light bulbs to show what combination makes numbers in base 7. Press a key on the keyboard to see its number displayed in DEC, HEX, and OCT formats.
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| Blaster
Maths URL: www.hotfiles.com Platform: DOS 3.1 Registration: $20 Rating: Blaster Maths is a colourful drill program for kids aged six to nine. The three difficulty levels range from single digit to double digit problems. Five-year-olds can count the number of items on the screen and input their answer, and registration provides multiplication and division questions.
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| Algebrax URL: http://planet.earthcom.net Platform: Win 3.1 Registration: Freeware Rating: Algebrax is a freeware algebra tutor for early high-school to HSC students. It divides into five chapters, and each chapter splits into topics you can play in any order. Topics include variable expressions, geometry questions, graphing equations and parabolas.
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| Blast
Words URL: http://www.gale-force.com Platform: Win 3.1 Registration: $US18.95 Rating:  A word tutoring game in which you are given a word and then input another word corresponding to the category. Once you grasp the technique you can use the tutorship program to practice any language you wish. Simply input the words you know and the corresponding words from languages you wish to learn. Voila!
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VR Blocks 2 URL: ftp://zoi.com Platform: Win 3.1 Registration: $US34.95 Rating: VR Blocks is a building blocks simulator for five- to 12-year-olds. It uses beautiful 3D Blocks and building grounds you can rotate. As well as constructing buildings, you can guide a plane around the building blocks.
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| Internet education: Sports sites |
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Athletics Australia Online Services: Great
resource for profiles of Australian athletes. You
can also keep up with the latest news, see
results for the major track and field
competitions in Australia in the 1997-98 season
and check the calendar, timetables and qualifying
standards. http://gatekeeper.ausport.gov.au /aths/ 2. Melbourne
Track Club: Latest news on MTC athletes
such as Cathy Freeman, plus athletes profiles on
10 athletes including Marg Crowley, Mark
Thompson, Steve Moneghetti, Tim Forsyth with fine
photographs. Great for school projects. 3.
Official NSW Little Athletics Page:
Little Athletics, for children aged five to 15,
aims to develop running, jumping, throwing and
walking skills in an enjoyable environment. The
organisation conducts modified track and field
events weekly in local areas, and emphasises
personal improvement rather than winning. 4.
Athletics New Zealand: Links to news,
centres and clubs, events and Oceania Games,
results, coaching and coaching courses. 5.
Sporting Images: A comprehensive online
digital library of sporting images from local,
national and international sporting events. It
features over 50,000 images available for
advertising, promotional or editorial purposes. 6.
Action Photographics: A fine gallery of
the latest sporting images of events in Australia
and internationally. Includes photo of the week.
The photographs are available to download free of
charge for students to use for school projects
and individuals for personal use. Other
organisations ask you to pay. 7.
Cool Running Magazine Australia: Billed
as "The Best Aussie Site For Runners By
Runners", this magazine offers News,
Upcoming Races, Race Results, Expert's Alley,
Travel, Photo Gallery, and a Shop with online
ordering to tempt you! 8.
Runner's World Australia & Australian
Athlete: These magazines are two of the
best sources of running and track and field
information in Australia. The Web page offers
news and events, equipment, books and videos, and
picture of the week. 9.
The Official Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Site: The
Sydney 2000 games will be held from Friday 15
September to Sunday 1 October. Up to 10,200
athletes and 5100 officials are expected to
participate in 28 sports. Check this page for the
latest news. 10.
Olympic Game News: This collection of
the latest Olympic games news is compiled by Cool
Running Magazine and complements the official
Olympic 2000 site. by Linda Bruce |
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