How to use the ActewAGL education website
The main navigation for exploring this website is at the top of each web page, with links to each of the main topic areas, a glossary, quirky facts, teacher and parent resources, help and sitemap.
The left-hand menu area contains links to pages within a given section as well as the site search tool.
At the top of the content in each page is a ‘trail of breadcrumbs’ indicating where you are in the ActewAGL education website. The page names are linked to allow you to follow the trail back to higher level pages or the home page.
| Help |
| This section will give you some tips and advice on how to find information, how to learn as much as you can and how to have fun at the same time! |
| Site map |
| The site map provides a fast way to get to any section in the site. |
| Home |
| Use this link to return to the main page of the Education Website. |
| Teacher's area |
| The teacher's area provides lesson plans and other resources. It also includes links to other great websites that could be useful to students, parents and teachers. |
| Glossary |
| This education site glossary provides a guide to the meanings of words across the energy, water, sustainability and communications areas. |
| What's on |
| This lists educational events happening around the ACT. You can submit a new event using our online feedback form. |
| Quirky facts |
| Like interesting and funny trivia? Quirky facts contains interesting facts and figures about each topic in the ActewAGL education website. |
| Breadcrumbs |
| The breadcrumbs tell you where you are in the website. Click on one of the linked breadcrumbs to go to a web page related to the one you are on. |
| Search box |
| Type a word or phrase into the search box to look for it in the education website. |
| Water section |
| This section covers the natural and urban water cycle, and how water and wastewater are treated in Canberra and Australia. It also outlines water saving tips. |
| Energy section |
| This section details both non-renewable and renewable energy, and talks about the origins of various energy sources. |
| Sustainability section |
| This section talks about maintaining the ecosystem so it lasts for future generations, while continuing to use energy and water for our homes and businesses to survive. |
| Communications section |
| This section explains the inner workings and the history of telecommunication inventions such as the telephone, the television, the internet and the mobile phone. |
| ActewAGL logo |
| This links to the ActewAGL website. |
| TransACT logo |
| This links to the TransACT website. |
| Games and activities |
| Here you'll often find a game or activity. Click on the button to play. |
| Savings Kids |
| This is a picture of one of the Savings Kids, the Education Website's mascots. You'll see a different Kid in each section of the site, and will find them in some of the games and activities too! |
| Quirky facts in top bar |
| Here you'll find interesting trivia and quirky facts. Each time you visit a page in the Education Website the quirky fact will change. |