Online Interactives
Middle Secondary
Laws and Rights
Asylum Seekers
An asylum seeker, in Britain, tries to start life anew at a local school. The students at the school learn about rights, asylum seekers, refugees and why people become them. This interactive explores the notions of racial prejudice and stereotypes. What is Australia’s position on refugees and asylum seekers?
Links to teaching and learning material.
Online interactive requires Flash plugin.
(British Broadcasting Commission, United Kingdom)
Rights at work: 3 Plus-U
Every student will one day become a worker or an employer. This digital adventure, developed by the International Labour Organization, helps students discover why it is important to protect people at work.
Links to teaching and learning material.
Online interactive requires Flash plugin.
(International Labour Organization, United Nations)
Citizens and Public Life
Eco'tude
Answer questions about your school and uses your answers to make an estimate of your school’s ecological footprint – the total amount of land disturbed by activities at your school. The calculator can help you change your school's ecological attitude by giving you a way to think about the impact your school is having on the environment both inside and beyond the school fence.
Online interactive requires Flash plugin. (Powerhouse Museum, New South Wales)
Ecotown
An interactive program that demonstrates the use of sustainability indicators at a community level. A sustainable indicator provides information on how far a community is from its goal of sustainable development. Discussion is needed over what the community really values.
Online interactive requires Flash plugin. (Powerhouse Museum, New South Wales)