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Th Sydney 2000 Olympics Games. This is not really a maths site, but definitely well worth a look as it gives such information about the Venues, Coverage and Torch Relay.

A Fractals Unit for Elementary and Middle School Students. This is a fractal site for kids. It tries to explain what fractals are about in simple terms. There are lessons that students can attempt. Have a look at the Jurassic Park Fractal Lesson.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/

Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry. This site contains a collection of sophisticated images that can be manipulated by the user. It is an advanced site but it has some interesting parts.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html

Problem of the Week (Math Forum - Elementary). This site contains problems for primary school studens. The problems are marked by High-school students. The solutions are submitted by Email and it is marked and returned with feedback.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/ruth/elem.pow.html.

Geometry On-Line. This page contains activities for a geometry class. It contains such information as: The History of Geometry and hands on activities
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Geom/

Maths Quotations. This page has a collection of mathematical quotations taken from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database.
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html

Yahoo Games. A great site. It contains board games such as: Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, Reversi and card games such as: Bridge, Euchre, Gin. You will play against other people around the world. It is free to join. As a first time user you will have to login.
http://play.yahoo.com/games/

Women Mathematicians. This site contains biographies on famous female mathematicians. The site has been alphabetically listed.
http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/alpha.htm

The Spanky Fractal Database. This site is made up of a collection of fractals and related material for free distribution.. The software has been gathered from various ftp (file transfer protocol) sites. Most of the software is either freeware or shareware.
http://spanky.triumf.ca/

Profession Jokes- Maths. A collection of maths jokes.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4661/projoke22.htm

AUSFLAG-Our Own Flag. This site contains information on Australian State, Territirory and National Flags as well as the history and symbolism of them.
http://www.ausflag.com.au/

Space Sites

Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page. An interesting site as it contains information and pictures on the Hubble Space Telescope.
http://marvel.stsci.edu/top.html

The Nine Planets. An interesting site that contains a vast amount of information and pictures about our Solar System. Well worth a look for interest or if you want a bit of background information when studying Space Maths in the Yr 11 MIS course.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

SETI Links. This page contains links to other sites that contain information on SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/aliens/SETI/SETI2.html

Cosmos in a Computer. Watch the birth of the Cosmos, watch the Universe unfold from your desktop.
http://141.142.3.76/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmosCompHome.html

NASA Spacelink. This site contains information for educators on aeronautics and space.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html

Shuttle Missions. This site contains all the different shuttle missions. If you can't find what you are looking for, try the Shuttle Frequently Asked Questions site.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.Development.of.Space/
Human.Space.Flight/Shuttle/Shuttle.Missions/.index.html

Spacelink-FAQ
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Site.Map.and.Information/FAQ-Spacelink

Space Calender. The Space Calender contains space related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. It also includes over 1000 links to related web sites.
http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/calendar.html

NASA Homepage. A vast amount of information on such items as "The Role of Water on Mars" to "The Hubble Telescope Sees Evidence of Neptune's Largest Moon Warming Up". Also, have a look at the Multimedia Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html/

Science Fiction Sites

VHI's Interactive Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. If you are a fan of the book or the BBC series, you will enjoy this web site. To get the full appreciation you will need the LiveAudio plug-in. Be patient (or should I say "DON'T PANIC") as it takes awhile to load.
http://www.vogon.com/guide/

Isaac Asimov Home Page. If you are a Asimov fan or have a fascination for Science Fiction, try this site. It contains articles, book references and Science Fiction Resources.
http://www.clark.net/pub/edseiler/WWW/asimov_home_page.html

Blade Runner page. This site contains memorabilia from the Blade Runner movie.
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/br/off-world.html

Terminator. This site contains FAQ, sounds, images and other bits of information on the two Terminator movies.
http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~haakonhj/Terminator/

Humorous Sites

Calvin and Hobbes. An archive of Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strips.
http://www.uexpress.com/ups/comics/ch/

Dilbert Archive. An archive of Dilbert comic strips.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/

Peanuts Archive. An archive of Peanuts comic strips.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/archive/