1. Arts:
www.iamanartist.ie
This is a site which has been created in consultation with Irish teachers. I AM AN ARTIST will
support teachers and students in the adoption and delivery of the revised primary visual arts
curriculum recently introduced in Ireland. It is a visual arts initiative aimed at primary school
children. It comprises 30 short TV programmes (each 6 minutes in length) and an interactive website
with factsheets, weblinks and interactive games on a wide range of visual arts topics.
www.eduweb.com
Educational Web Adventures (Eduweb) develops award-winning
online learning activities about art, history and science.
"Our mission is to create exciting and effective learning
experiences that hit the sweet spot where learning theory,
Web technology, and fun meet." Explore the site.
For Visual Arts ....
click
"PORTFOLIO" at the top of the Home Page and choose "Rennaisance
Connection" or go directly to
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org.
Enjoy the interactive learning resources.
click
"PORTFOLIO" at the top of the Home Page and choose "From
Cave Art to Your Art" or go directly to
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/caveart
for excellent interactive learning resources.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/
This is called The Kids Art Zone. Here you'll find fabulous
free interactive art that you can make on-line. Use
Twirler to design and texturise 3-dimensional shapes.
See how artists create these effects without a computer.
Also on this site, try your hand at the Collage Machine,
Paintbox, Cubits (where you can build a geometric sculpture),
Pixelface, Mobile, Diamonds or RiverRun (which encourages
young children to orchestrate a flowing array of colorful
shapes and patterns online).
2. Maps:
Earth
Observatory - Excellent zoom-in type physical map of
Ireland from NASA at
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/PIA06672_lrg.jpg
National Graphic: Find your way to the maps section
of the website, where you can download and print your
map.
3. Science:
www.science.ie
Have fun with the Primary Science Club activities at
home and at this Irish-made science web site.
4. Nature:
www.coillte.ie/learn_about_trees
Lots to learn and lots to download About trees on this
Coillte web site.
5. Some more Educational Sites worth exploring:
The Resources Development Service in Navan Education Centre
acknowledges the copyright of the authors' of these web
sites. We take no responsibility for the accuracy or suitability
of their content. We welcome information from teachers
about any other resource-full web sites. We hope to explore
these and post the links on this site.
Contact us at
resources@ecnavan.ie
