Guided Tour / FAQs - Resource Centre

Why not try a guided tour of the Resource Centre?

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What is it?

The Resource Centre is an award-winning resource bank of curriculum-based information and interactive data developed specifically for Australian secondary students. Perfect both for teachers and students, the Resource Centre allows you to search for material by keywords, subjects, and topics. What's more, every topic takes a skills-based approach and includes additional resources to extend classroom activities further.

Which subjects and levels are covered?

The subjects currently offered are Science, Geography and History for year levels 7-10.

Who is it for?

The hi.com.au Resource Centre is designed to bring the best resources and teaching tools together in the one place.

Teachers can use the Resource Centre for lesson planning.
Teachers can use the Resource Centre in the classroom.
Students can use the Resource Centre in the library for research.
Students can use the Resource Centre at home for revision and homework tasks.

Membership to the Resource Centre is an annual subscription but many areas such as 'Teacher Resources' are free to all visitors.

What's in the Resource Centre?

RESOURCES FOR SUBSCRIBERS

High-quality, authoritative content from a trusted educational publisher (articles, photographs, maps, biographies, world facts, animations, interactives, assessment, weblinks).
Teaching tools - animations, interactives, glossary.
Weblinks (hand-picked by our editors).
Assessment tasks.

RESOURCES FOR ALL TEACHERS

Careers
Help your students find the right career with our real-life career profiles.

Text Support Materials
If you're using Heinemann products you'll find a great collection of free support materials on the web. Visit 'Free Text Support' for sample pages, updates, extra activities, assessment tasks, worksheets, weblinks and more.

How do I use the Resource Centre?

BROWSE - Need some ideas for next week's classes - browse through over 1000 Infobases by selecting a learning area, a subject, a topic and then an infobase.

SEARCH - Need to prepare a class on volcanoes - search by keyword.

Why is it better than a textbook?

The Resource Centre is browseable and searchable making it easier to find the information you need quickly.

The Resource Centre brings all your resources and teaching tools together in the one place - you won't have to put together a lesson using a textbook, teacher's manual, library references and web sites. We can fit a lot more information on our website than we can fit in our books. In the Resource Centre there are over 1000 Infobases.

Web technology also allows us to include special features that wouldn't be possible in a textbook - animations, interactives, weblinks, a searchable glossary.

The nature of the web means content on the site can easily be updated so you don't have to wait for reprints or new textbooks to get the latest information.

Can we have a demonstration for interested staff members?

You can also contact our Sales Department and they will be able to arrange for a sales representative to give an in-school demonstration.

Who makes it?

The hi.com.au Resource Centre is created and maintained by a team of writers, editors, subject specialists and experienced classroom teachers. Best of all, the Resource Centre is brought to you by Heinemann - a trusted publisher with years of experience in creating the best educational materials for Australian teachers and students.

How much does it cost? / Where can I buy it?

Membership to the Resource Centre is an annual subscription. Annual subscription rates are:

You can subscribe to the Resource Centre by filling out our subscription form online or you can contact our customer service department.

What are the recommended software/hardware requirements?

All you need is a computer, an Internet connection and a web browser. We use web technologies like Flash for our animations and interactives so you'll need a few plug-ins if you want to take advantage of these features. For detailed information on how to best view our site please visit the Help section.

What if I need help?

You can contact us directly.

Are students protected from violent/pornographic/offensive content on the Internet?

Although we can't be responsible for the content on other sites we do our best to protect our users from inappropriate or offensive content. Each of our weblinks has been thoroughly reviewed by one of our editors it to make sure that the content is of the highest quality and is appropriate for our users.