BEYOND CENSUSATSCHOOL
The ABS provides a wealth of educational resources in addition to the resources provided in CensusAtSchool. ABS Education Services provides a substantial range of products and services to Australian schools. CensusAtSchool is Education Services' flagship project. However in addition to CensusAtSchool, Education Services provides a continually expanding range of other products and services to support statistics education. These products are highlighted below.
 Education News
Is a bimonthly newsletter that provides the latest information about Education Services' recent activities and initiatives, upcoming events, conferences, relevant new products and other releases.
Read the Education news.
 Data & Statistics
Present a selection of ABS publications with particular relevance to the education sector.
Visit Data & Statistics online.
 Classroom Activities
Are available for maths, SOSE/HSIE, and commerce & economics. These activities are free and have proved highly popular among students. The activities can be integrated into the classroom in a variety of ways. The maths activities incorporate a range of ABS datasets to explore statistical techniques. The other activities focus on the different ways statistics can be used through exploring themes including population changes over time, calculating exchange rates and Australian communities.
Access the Classroom Activities.
 ABS Datasets
Provides Excel datasets that have been selected by teachers for classroom use and are provided free of charge. These datasets contain data drawn from a variety of ABS publications.
Access reall ABS Data
 Statistical Resources
Encompasses the full range of statistical resources available on the For Teachers pages.
Access Statistical Resources
Email Notification List
Education Services provides regular email updates on new activities, resources and publications to teachers. To join the Education Services emailing list, simply subscribe to the Email Notification Service and select the products of interest to you.
Contact ABS Education Services
If you have any questions or would like more information about education products and services available from the ABS, please contact ABS Education Services on 1800 623 273 or email education@abs.gov.au.
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This page first published 7 March 2008, last updated 25 July 2008 | 
