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Leaving Certifcate

Encyclopedia Britannica
www.britannica.com

The complete 32 volume set of the Encyclopedia Britannica is now available online for free. Britannica.com offers surfers not only the complete encyclopedia but also includes links to some of the world's best Websites, daily news headlines from around the world, and specialist daily information like Today in Technology and Today in philosophy.

Web 66
web66.coled.umn.edu

Web 66 site is relevant to any teacher using the Internet in the classroom. The Web 66 Mustang is a Web cruising vehicle which helps teachers seek out the best education on the Net. Just like on a physical journey, the site prepares teachers for the road ahead. Also see the site's curriculum integration ideas, classroom projects and Web resources, plus tips on creating evalution tools for Internet projects.

General

Study Web
www.studyweb.com

A learning portal with Yahoo!-style categories that covers all levels of eduction, from basic children's literature to studies of sociology and criminology. Easily digestible and searchable categories allow you to track down info quickly. And if you're still having trouble, the "Study Buddy" sends queries to Study Web staff on the subject you're researching.

Oxygen.ie
www.oxygen.ie

Oxygen is a website designed for students with an excellent mix of information, competitions, advice and more. There are some regular features including information on gigs, cinema, books and jobs. A section on travel covers cheap airfares to a guide to different cities. You can become a member and join up and Newsround contains up to the minute news and events. A number of interesting links are available to view also.

EireStudent.com
www.eirestudent.com

EireStudent.com acts as a directory of Irish and international academic and careers websites. Other information such as exam and study tips, travel information and finance advice. The websites cover everything from art to physics, and there are separate areas for primary, secondary and college students.

Further Education

Free-Ed
www.free-ed.net

Free-ed.net is a move towards the utopian netizen's dream bringing together the best courses, tutorials, and learning material on the Internet. The comprehensive list of subjects 'taught' on the site range from trigonometry to welding, accounting to zoology. From a content point of view, Free-ed is suited to older post-primary pupils and third level students.

20th Century Philosophy
www.erraticimpact.com

Literature and philosophy students have long pondered the world's great questions, such as the signifigance of T.S. Elliot being an anagram of the word 'toilets'. Meatier questions do abound and this site provides a lavishly detailed analysis of the world's great philosophers, including plenty not from this century, despitethe site's title.

Junior Certificate

TG4
www.tg4.ie

Practising your Irish never looked so good. TG4's site features an attractive, engaging interface with full content in both English and Irish. The station aims to promote the site together with the on-air broadcasts, so expect lots of unique material decked out with the latest Flash techniques.

Science Net
sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca

Memorising the reproductive organs of the earthworm for the Leaving Cert Biology course makes too many people shudder at the word "science". But Science Net makes it all accesible again, from astronomy to zoology. information is divided into areas of varying levels of detail to cater for both junior and senior scientists.

Children

How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com

How Stuff Works explains everyday science. A good site for any curious minds who like to know the ins and outs of everything. This has it all.

Edison International Kids Power Lab
www.edisonkids.com

Geared towards a youthful audience, Edison International Kids Power Lab provides many paths to educational facts, quizzes and games about energy.

Itty bitty blackboard
www.ittybittyblackboard.com

A wonderful interactive site for kids and adults alike, the itty bitty blackboard provides descriptions and animated images of some of nature's most powerful and scary forces. There's information on outer space and other earthly events.

ALFY: Web portal for kids
www.alfy.com

Pictures, pictures, everywhere, and not a word in sight. Portal power now extends to younger Internet users with ALFY, a graphical gate onto the Web. Each link is handpicked and is assesed by human "cybrarians", not computers.

3rd Level/College

flunk.net
www.flunk.net

Flunk.net is a magazine site for college students. The "ents" section has up to date features on music, books, movies and television. The guidebook is one of those student perennials giving you all the in's and out's of finance, sex, the law and where to find a flat. In addition there's news, views, classifieds and competitions. The chat room's threaded discussions are suitably colourful.

Autonomie
www.autonom.ie

Autonomie has it all - news, reviews, competitions, games, resources, travel services and, of course, plenty of student banking information. All of this is aimed at the third level students and is tailored to suit their online needs. The site covers a comprehensive range of topics, striking a good balance between work and play.

Senior College Ballyfermot
Clare VEC Enteprise Development Programme
Kilkenny Institute for Higher Education
Whitehall House Senior College
Sallynoggin Senior College
Bray Institute of Further Education
City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Carrigaline Community Schools
Cabinteely Community School
Ashfield College - The Education Centre