Bookmarks for EDCI 560

Almanacs

AFRO-American Almanac: Find biographies on men, women, and groups of people in African-American history.
CNN Daily Almanac: The CNN Daily Almanac has a wide variety of information from historical and political to entertainment and best-seller book lists. Use the search tool to find the information you need.
Daily Almanac: The Daily Almanac is part of Interlink resources. Fun facts, tidbits, and statistics can be found while navigating through this site.
Daily Almanacs: Click on any day of the month for a trip back through time. Find historical events and famous people who were born or died on that day.
Daily Calendar and Almanac Page: Find anything and everything that has to do with today's date in history. Discover who was born, who died, what the national deficit is today, the word of the day, and news from around the world.
Kids' Almanac: Infoplease.com presents fun facts just for kids. Topics include People, Sports, Life, Science, U.S., and the World.
Living Almanac of Disaters: Check out a resource of disaster facts from around the world. Look by date or type of disaster: fire, earthquakes, or transportation.
My Virtual Reference Desk-My Daily Almanac: Scroll down to My Daily Almanac. Link to Word of the Day, Today in History, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Menu of the Day, and much more.
Old Farmer's Almanac: Explore tide tables, weather predictions, gardening, and recipes. Just click on Site Index and select a page and begin to explore.

Animals

Animal Planet: Discovery Channels' web site of information on animals. Some of the things that can be found are: television schedule, animal guides, animal rescues and live animal cams.
Animals & Pets: Think Quest index of student projects.
Animals in Winter: Beneath winter’s frigid mask, many animals, large and small, have adapted to the seasonal changes in temperature and light in a way that is quite remarkable. A walk through a sanctuary reveals tracks and traces of animals successfully surviving another Connecticut winter.
Animals of Australia: All children are fascinated by kangaroos and koalas. Have your grade three or four class learn something more of Australian animals by following the lesson plans at this site. Uses excellent internet resources to weave technology easily into your curriculum.
Animals, Zoos and Aquariums Links: Looking for sites about animals? This site has listings of zoos and aquariums.
Audubon WatchList: The Audubon Society's WatchList is a list of birds that are not yet endangered, but do need help. The Kids WatchList Action explains how to help protect these species. Students can submit art for trading cards and report bird sightings to scientists.
Dallas Zoo Home Page: Participates in national Species Survival Plans for 29 species, including gorillas, tigers, chimps, lemurs, okapis and Bali mynahs.
Earth Day at Kid's Domain - Free Clip Art: Here's our free collection of Earth Day Clip art. Much has been colorized by us from black and white clip art we've found at various sources. Many are optimized to be small in size with transparent backgrounds, so you can use them on any color pages.
Electronic Zoo: What kind of animals are in zoos? Who takes care of all the animals? Find out all about zoos at this site.
Endangered Animals at the Oakland Zoo: The Oakland Zoo's collection of endangered animals includes gibbons, chimpanzee, ocelots, tigers, and more. This page explains why each animal is endangered and links to a fact sheet about that animal.
Endangered Animals Center: The Endangered Animals Center (EAC), is devoted to the protection of animals that are on the brink of extinction. We hope that other kids will get involved in saving endangered animals, and join EAC in reaching our goal of adopting an endangered animal.
Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk: Click on endangered animals and scroll down the list of animals. Click on animals such as the Komodo Dragon, Goliath Frog, and Indian Python to learn all about these and other endangered species.
Endangered Species: An Ongoing SchoolWorld Project: Select a category to review reports from around the world. Follow Report Guidelines before beginning research about an endangered species. Then submit reports to SchoolWorld.
Florida Aquarium: Information on wetlands, bays and beaches, coral reefs, and offshore. Lots of phots for print.
International Wildlife Coalition: A wildlife protection organization fighting to save endangered species, protect wild animals and preserve habitat and the environment.
Kids Farm: Kids Farm is about animals and people who live and work on ranches on the western slope of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We live on the Red Bluff Ranch near the town of Cedaredge. There are lots of stories to tell, so turn up your speakers.
Knoxville Zoo: There is always something new at the Knoxville Zoo. Come and enjoy yourself.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Don't miss the E-Quarium Kids' guide to learn about the habitats of Monterey Bay and beyond
National Zoo Home Page: Welcome to the National Zoo Homepage, your ticketless trip to the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park. You are invited to journey into this developing landscape and explore the expanding horizons of the Zoo. Your exploration will take you down familiar pathways and untraveled byways of information about the animals, plants, people and programs of the National Zoo.
New England Aquarium: We've compiled hundreds of links to help you cruise the world of water on the Internet.
Owl Pages: Owls have fascinated man from time immemorial - to some cultures they are symbols of wisdom, while to others they are harbingers of doom and death. Here, the Owl Pages sheds some light on these mysterious creatures...
Pittsburgh Zoo: The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has several exhibit areas that immerse you in the environment of the worlds most exotic plants and animals including; the African Savanna, the Asian Forest, the Tropical Forest Complex, the Niches of the World, the new Aquarium, and Kids Kingdom.
Protected Animals: Welcome, to the first zoo without bars! For many years now, the legitimacy of zoological gardens has been the subject of debate and many towns have, in fact, chosen to close theirs, affirming the animal's right to freedom. We believe, however, that it is essential to offer a means of getting to know wildlife, and that is what has led us to the idea of a "virtual zoo" - images, sounds and information that, without condemning animals to suffer, opens the fascinating world of nature to the whole family. It must be emphasized that this zoo exists only and exlusively on the network, and does not refer to any existing park or reserve. Every image you see depicts wild animals in their natural environment. Therefore, technology
Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner: This site contains information about rainforests and endangered species. It includes steps for children to take to save these plants and animals, an art gallery, and answers to questions about rainforests.
Saint Louis Zoo Site: G’day, mate! I’m Sunnie, the koala. I come from Australia, but I just moved into new digs at the Children’s Zoo. There are lots of fun things to see and do here, no matter what your age! Would you like a tour? Just follow me.
San Diego Zoo: Welcome to the World-Famous San Diego Zoo online! Although our Web site might not have all the sights, sounds and smells of the real thing, we hope your visit to these pages gives you a sense of what we're all about. We think you'll have just as much fun, and learn a lot, too! To begin your cyber-safari, use the easy navigation menus above to find an area of interest. Feel free to stay as long as you like - our doors are always open!
San Francisco Zoo: The largest zoological park in Northern California and one of the Bay Area's most popular cultural and recreational attractions, the San Francisco Zoo is home to over 250 species of exotic and domestic mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens: Do you need quick information or fun facts about a terrestrial or aquatic animal? Visit Animal Bytes!
Toronto Zoo: So just where are those Lions? Check our Zoo map to find out where everything is at the Toronto Zoo.
TrackStar: Animals Associated With the Seven Continents.: This is a TrackStar resource for various animals on the Seven Continents.
Utah's Hogle Zoo: Utah's Hogle Zoo nurtures respect and appreciation for the natural world by providing diverse educational, recreational, and conservation opportunities. This is accomplished through imaginative exhibits and programs, professional animal care, and a commitment to excellence.
Virtual Library of Miscellaneous Zoos: A listing of animal related links can be found here. Lots of zoos and pictures.
Virtual Zoo: We currently are the home to 45 different species, and growing. All pictures featured in the Virtual Zoo are taken by members of the Zoo Talker.
WebCat! Designs Build-A-Site Graphics Index: Clip art colleciton of various animals, backgrounds, art, theater, business, plants, etc.
Welcome to the Indianapolis Zoo: Check out the new arrivals-elephants and lions.
Welcome to Perth Zoo: The Great Escape!: Go Wild, Be an Animal! Perth Zoo is administered by the Zoological Gardens Board of Western Australia. The Zoological Gardens Board is constitued under the authority of the Zoological Gardens Act, 1972.
Why do bears hibernate?: What do you know about bears? Do bears really hibernate? This site will give you lots of information on hibernation.
UK World of Animals: Mud, mud, mud - it's everywhere! In the garden, in the park, in the house, yesterday I made some very pretty pawprint patterns in the car - I can't understand why my humans got upset.

Art

Art Institute of Chicago Museum: The museum houses more than 300,000 works of art within its 10 curatorial departments. Among its great treasures are the legendary masterpieces A Sunday Afternoon on La Grand Jatte--1884 by Georges Seurat, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, and 33 paintings by Claude Monet.
FAMSF-Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is the City's largest public arts institution. Comprised of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Kids Castle-The Arts: From the Smithsonian magazine, students get to explore treasures and exhibits from the museums and galleries, join a kids only discussion forum, learn about artists,
Louvre Museum Official Website: Divided into 7 departments, the Louvre collections incorporate works dating from the birth of the great antique civilisations right up to the first half of the XIXth century, thereby confirming its encyclopedic vocation.
Mark Harden's Artchive: Each gallery will include new material for your return viewing pleasure, from new scans in the Recent Acquisitions gallery, to additional art criticism excerpts, to new installations of feature exhibits.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: View more than 3,500 works of art in our online collection.
MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art: The Library, Museum Archives and Study Centers comprise one of the largest and most comprehensive research collections devoted to modern and contemporary art. These research centers work in concert to collect and disseminate information in all media to researchers around the world.
National Gallery of Art: The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
Smithsonian American Art Museum: The National Museum of American Art is the home of the largest collection of American art in the world. Its holdings—over 37,500 works represent the most inclusive collection of American art of any general museum today, reflecting the nation's ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity.
Van Gogh Museum: The Van Gogh Museum first opened its doors in 1973. The building, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, houses the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh: some 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, as well as the artist's own collection of Japanese prints.
VIRTUAL UFFIZI IN FLORENCE ITALY: What is in the site: actually the site contains 505 exact files, one for each of the painting exhibited in the real "Uffizi Gallery", plus apx. 400 images of the above mentioned files. (The number of paintings exhibited is always changing due to restorations, external exhibitions, damages from the 1993 bomb, new acquisitions and so on).
WebMuseum: Bienvenue! (Welcome from the curator): If this is one of your first trips on the Web, you may want to start exploring a tiny subset of the collections first: try out the medieval art exhibit. However, most artworks are exhibited in the Famous Paintings section. One final word: if you ever get lost, feel free to experiment the endpage navigation panel. Enjoy!

Atlases

3D Atlas Online: View Online Topics for links to Human Impact (how we affect the earth) and Cultural World (how others live on earth). Visit any country for maps, flags, and links to specific countries. What is a Cirque? Look it up in the Geographic Glossary.
Atlapedia Online: The Atlapedia is a fine resource for full-color physical and political maps and statistics on countries around the world. Select the first letter of the country for the capital, type of government, population, area, climate, and people.
Atlas of the World: See all the countries. Print out the different contintents. Lots of images.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States: Click on your state to see a shaded relief map. Click on the elevation key at the bottom of the page to see what the colors mean.
Earth from Space: View the NASA Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography database of over 250,000 images. Search by the clickable world map for photos within a 5 degree range of latitude/longitude. Click on the Photo Gallery for more breathtaking space shots.
Geostationary Satellite Server: View satellite images of the United States and Puerto Rico. These images update every 6 hours. Watch as clouds move across the country.
Library of Congress Geography & Map Reading Room: Look for maps from 1597-1988 of Cities/Towns, Conservation/Environment, General Maps, Discovery/Exploration, Immigration/Settlement, Military Battles, and Transportation/Communication. Browse an alphabetical list of subjects for each topic.
Library of Congress Panoramic Maps Collection: Did you ever wonder what a town looked like in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century from a bird's eye view? Explore the Panoramic Map Collection for a unique perspective. Check out Panoramic Mapping for a brief history.
National Geographic Map Machine: Use this excellent National Geographic site to find physical and political maps, as well as flags and facts for the country of your choice. Satellite imagery, star charts, and other map resources are also available.
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Go to this site to see maps of countries, states, oceans, or national parks! Try world maps, city maps, and historical maps.
Social Studies: Outline Maps: Here are outline maps of major geographic regions. The maps can be printed.
TerraServer: What does your neighborhood look like from space? Aerial photos taken from space satellites show remarkable details. Click to enlarge an area of the United States. Click again to zoom closer to earth's surface.
Weather Channel: The Weather Maps: View weather conditions around the United States and instant satellite pictures just like the experts use. Check out Hawaii's weather if you are stuck in the snow!
World Atlas: Wondering where Namibia is? Want to locate Chile? Need a map of Africa? Try this online atlas. It also provides some information about most of the countries.
World Factbook 1999: Click on Countries for an alphabetized list with maps and information on geography, government, people, economy, communications, transportation, and the military.
World Reference Atlas: Use this clickable atlas to see clear maps of countries around the world. Special features include weather maps and driving directions.
World Time Interactive World Atlas: This service features a unique interactive world atlas, information on local time, sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, and a database of public holidays around the world.

Authors Online

Authors and Illustrators on the Web: Check out the alphabetized list of children's authors and illustrators. Click on a name and you'll be transported instantly to a Web site about the author.
Bibliomania, The Network Library: From the main menu, browse Fiction for a choice of classic novels, including Tom Sawyer. Or, browse through Non-fiction, Poetry, or Reference selections
Celebration of Women Writers: The easiest way to find an author is to select Authors & Books from the main menu. Choose the first letter of the author's last name. Click and scroll down the list. Underlined entries provide further information.
Great Writers and Poets: Explore this great site for book lovers! Find lists of literary prize winners and an A-to-Z list of writers with information about each one. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Book Lovers Index for more links.
Internet Public Library: The Author Page: Check this site to look for your favorite author's biography is available or follow links to Web sites for well-known authors or illustrators.
Learning About the Author and the Illustrator: Are you curious about a favorite author or illustrator? Your favorite may be among the 600 links to authors and illustrators included at this site.
Literary Calendar: To find out what happened in the world of literature on any given day, check this page. Entries are brief and informative.

Biographies

A: The Presidents of the Untied States: This is an excellent source of shor, informative biographies on the presidents of the United States. There are also wonderful short biographies on the first ladies.
Academy of Achievement: What characteristics or qualities make a hero? Achieving spectacular things may be one. Visit the Academy of Achievement to learn more about extraordinary leaders, discoverers, and creators.
AFRO-American Almanac: Find biographies on men, women, and groups of people in African-American history.
Biographical Dictionary: Leaf through these searchable pages and you'll find full biographical information on over 25,000 notable people from ancient times to present day. Discover brief accounts of individuals from ancient times to the present.
Biography.com: Over 20,000 online biographies make this a great place to start your search for information about an individual. Search by name, or go to "Games" and browse through the names listed in the archived feature "Black History".
Blupete's Literature Page-Biographies: This jump off page will lead one into the numerous sketches on the lives and works of our people of the past.
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Foundling Fathers: Read biographies of America's founding fathers taken from the 1829 book "Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence" by Reverend Charles A. Goodrich. The biographies have been edited and modernized; some are yet to be added.
Composers' Biographies and Their Works: This site offers brief biographies of famous composers and their works. It also gives suggestions of recordings to buy
Distinguished Women of Past & Present: This site brings you short biographies of women who have made an impact on our culture from the fields of science and politics to art and entertainment. You can search by name or by field of activity.
MacTutor History of Mathematics-Biography Index: Read biographies of famous mathematicians, their lives, and what they brought to the field of mathematics. Search through chronologies, birthplace maps, or click on the Most Popular Biographies.
National Inventors Hall of Fame: The National Inventors Hall of Fame is dedicated to the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of the great inventors throughout history. Search by name of inventor, by invention, or by date of induction into the Inventors Hall of Fame.
National Portrait Gallery: Hall of Presidents: Each brief presidential biography on this Web site includes an official White House portrait.
President: This is an excellent resource for information about the presidents of the United States. Use the Presidential Libraries Web or a quick link to Presidents and First Ladies. Read Gerald Ford's original diary entry for April 28, 1975.
Presidents: Use this index on the Presidents of the United States for information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies, and other events.
Presidents of the United States: This site contains background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each president. Find links to other biographies, historical documents, and so on.
Spectrum Biography Library: Here you will find short biographies on individuals from history and those in the news. Learn more about Pocahontas, Henry Ford, Charles Dickens or Harry Houdini, just to name a few.
USA-Index to Biographies: Study the biographies of individuals that have impacted American history. Look for both political and literary figures from colonial times to the present. Some of the biographies are quite extensive.
Women's International Center Biography Index: This A-to-Z list offers biographies and photographs of 140 famous women. These women are well known for their contributions to science, medicine, education, writing, politics, and child advocacy.

Bilingual Sites

ESL Online Resources, Games, Songs, Chat and Books.: Lots of teacher resources for ESL. Also, activities for use in the classroom.
Multicultural Pavilion: Resources for educators to explore and discuss multicultural education; to facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and to provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education. The Pavilion was created by Paul Gorski with inspiration from the "Multicultural Niche".
Quizzes by Letitia Bradley: Although intended for ESL students, these self-correcting interactive quizzes are for all students learning English in grades 4-8. Topics include grammar, holidays, homographs, vocabulary, idioms, and slang.
Welcome to Animabets.com, where kids have fun learning.: Daily presentation of letters, word search puzzles, crossword puzzles and other things.
Yahoo! México: Spanish version of Yahoo! the search engine.

Biographical Reference

4000 Years of Women in Science: Actually, how long have people been active in science? The answer is the same for both women and men -- as long as we have been human. One of the defining marks of humanity is our ability to affect and predict our environment. Science - the creation of structure for our world - technology - the use of structure in our world - and mathematics - the common language of structure - all have been part of our human progress, through every step of our path to the present.
Academy of Achievement Main Menu: The lives of legendary achievers have endlessly fascinated the public. We marvel at George Washington's selfless commitment to his countrymen, Thomas Edison's ingenuity, Amelia Earhart's courage. Such magnificent feats, young people often believe, could only have been accomplished by someone born blessed or given lucky breaks. The lives and words of these heroes reveal a different story -- they were people just like you and me.
Biographical Dictionary: This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
CultureFinder.com | Search for Theater, Broadway, Music, Opera, Dance, and Visual Arts Events and Tickets: Want to learn more about the arts? Search for an event in your favorite arts category? Or ask one of our Answer Wizards a question?
Encyclopedia of Women's HistoryIndex of Entries: The encyclopedia currently contains entries from students in grades 1 through 12, and for some students, English is a second language. Entries have NOT been edited for grammar or content.
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences.: Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists.
FRBSF: Great Economists - Contents: A chronicle of historical events recounts the politics, social environment and intellectual climate of each decade in which the famous economists lived. (1990)
Lives, the Biography Resource: Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.
National Women's Hall of Fame: Come stand among great women. Explore the biographies of The Hall's inductees.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive: Welcome to the Nobel Prize Internet Archive! Click on any Nobel category (literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, or physiology & medicine) to see an annotated, hyperlinked list of all Nobel laureates in that category. And while you are at it, do not forget to check out the Ig Nobel Prizes too!
Past Men of the Year: Time Magazines' Men of the year. Check to see who was Man of the Year for the last 70 years.

Biomes/Habitats/Geography

Amazing Ocean Facts: At the deepest point in the ocean the pressure is more than 8 tons per square inch, or the equivalent of one person trying to support 50 jumbo jets.
A-to-Z Geology: Find information about regions, countries and cities around the world in A-to-Z Geography. Your most up-to-date resource for information on the countries, cities, lakes and rivers of the world is right here in A-to-Z Geography.
California National Forests: Need information on all the forests? Check out this site.
Desert Biomes: This is the Desert Biome. You will most likely associate deserts with cacti, camels, and sand dunes, but there is much more to it than just that. Deserts have a varied species of animals that have adapted to the harsh climate of the desert.
Desert Links throughout US: DesertUSA's purpose is to provide a tool for discovery -- a publication which entertains educates and explores with our readers, the beauty, life and culture of the North American deserts.
Drylands AKA Prairies: Welcome to an electronic exhibit about the world's drylands. Drylands include arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas all over the world.
Ecosystems: Links to: Biomes of the World, Rain Forest, Desert, Florida Rangelands, Antarctica, Lower Rio Grande, Forestry & Trees, Wet Tropics, and the Sahara.
ExplorA-Pond: Welcome to ExplorA-Pond, the pond ecolgoy web site.
Forest Education Page: Welcome to Forests ... here you will be able to discover more about forest habitats and the modern day pressures on them... follow the links below to explore each area individually.
Grand Canyon Experience: No trip through cyberspace can begin to communicate the thrill of actually running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. This multimedia journey is intended to simply provide a glimpse of the river corridor and share some the joy of being in the grandest of all canyons.
Grasslands: Grasslands are characterized as lands dominated by grasses rather than large shrubs or tress.
Great Mountain Ranges: Check out the mountain ranges listed here.
Habitat Virtual Field Trips: Well here we are at the jumping off point to the field trips of your choice. Everything from beaches to volcanoes.
Himalayan Peaks: The Himalayas is the world's highest mountain range comprising all top ten of the world's highest peaks. In fact, the Himalayas includes 14 peaks more than 8,000 meters high and some 200 more than 6000 meters.
Himalayan Vistas: Watching the Himalayas -- cool, lofty and majestic -- can be a breathtaking experience.
Joshua Tree Desert Walk: From the Joshua Tree Official Map and Guide, produced by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Los Angeles River Tour: What do you mean you didn't know there was a river in Los Angeles? Why not take the Target Science Los Angeles River
Mount St. Helens: Information about Mt. St. Helens. Such as: after the eruption, before the eruption, during the eruption, snapshots in Time, historical eruptive record, description of geological events, and other information.
Ocean Project: There is only one ocean. It is divided into five different parts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans.
Ocean Types: A listing of the different things that can be found in the oceans. Also, a downloadable file of all the species.
Peakware - Coast Ranges of California: The natural beauty of California is evident in the Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, and in its Coast Ranges.
Peakware - Highest Peaks Page: This page is for anyone who asks questions like "What are the highest peaks in...?" or "Where does Mount ... rank in elevation?"
River Links A-Z: Use the index below to locate links to information about a particular river.
Santa Monica Mountain Range: The Santa Monica Mountains are a well-defined topographical and geological unit of the Transverse Mountain Ranges of Southern California.
Secrets of the Ocean Realm: All you ever wanted to know about the creatures in the sea.
Tetra Virtual Aquarium: Welcome to the NEW more realistic Tetra Virtual Aquarium -- an entertaining and educational area unlike anything else on the Internet now updated with more interactive features. You'll be able to build your very own aquarium!
Welcome to the National Grasslands!: These wind-swept seas of grass and wildflowers -- four million acres in all -- have witnessed the pageant of the frontier, the Dust Bowl, and the dramatic recovery into a great national treasure. Come visit the 20 publicly-owned National Grasslands administered by the USDA Forest Service.

Book Lists

Best Books of the Year: The Children's Literature Web Guide provides a list of notable books for children from the American Library Association, Booklist Editor's Choice, Blue Ribbon Books, Publisher's Weekly, and the International Reading Association.
Book Shelves: Are you in the mood to read some classic literature? This book list will link you to favorite novels, short stories, and fairy and folktales.
Booker Prize: This is a listing of the Booker Prize Winners since 1969. The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel written in English by a British or South African author.
Books and Authors: Click on Favorites, Award Winners, or Authors and Illustrators to learn about popular books.
Books for Youth: Check out the latest reviews of literature for young adults.
Caldecott and Other ALA Awards-1999 Winners: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Mildred L. Batchelder, and Margaret A. Edwards are awards given to authors of children's and young adult's literature each year.
Caldecott Medal Home Page: Check this site for winners of the Caldecott Award given to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Focus: Fiction: The San Antonio Public Library presents links to book awards, lists of favorite fiction, and reviews.
Hugo Award: This annual science fiction achievement award is named in honor of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction." It is presented to authors of novels, short stories, and nonfiction.
NCIBA Literary Awards and Prizes: This site lists annual book awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pulitzer Prize, the Edgar Award (for mystery writing), Caldecott, Newbery, and Hugo Awards (science fiction).
Newbery Medal Home Page: The Newbery Medal was named for the eighteenth century bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
NoveList: Your Guide to Fiction: This site recommends newly published books for all ages. Click on Recent Award Winners and then on Young Adults or Children for the latest Mystery, Romance, Westerns, Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy books.
Recommended Reading: Children's Librarians from the Los Angeles Public Library created this site to help kids find some of the most interesting and fun Internet sites around. You will also find information about the library, its special services and programs for children, and a link to our LAPL Catalog.
Red Cedar Book Awards: British Columbia selects the annual Red Cedar Award winners in the fiction and nonfiction categories from the nominations of students in grades 4 to 7. Here's a chance to learn about some fine new books.
Young Reader's Choice Award: Established in 1940 to promote reading for enjoyment, books are nominated by librarians, teachers, and students. The winner is selected by children and young adults.

Calendars

440 International-Those Were the Days: Click on today's date for some highlights in U.S. history. Topics include entertainment, politics, inventions, and famous people born on today's date.
Birthdate Calendar Index: What famous person was born on your birthday? Click on a month and scroll to your birthdate to find out!
Calendar: What day of the week is your birthday? Choose a different year and this 12-month calendar shows Sundays and holidays in red and phases of the moon below each month. Enter another country to see the months and holidays in that country's language!
Chinese Zodiac: What animal represents the year you were born? The Chinese Zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle. Each year is represented by an animal. For example, if you were born in 1986, the Year of the Tiger, you may have characteristics like that of a tiger.
Connected Calendar Online: Classroom Connect's Calendar features a daily description of an important event along with a clickable link to an outstanding Web site. Look under Fact Collections for more historical event calendars.
Daily Globe-Searchable Dates Archive: Click on a month and then on any date. Discover birthdates of famous people, holidays, historical events, and special months and weeks.
Intenational Holidays by Month: Click on a month for a list of dates and holidays around the world.
Jewish Holidays: Look for a list of Jewish holidays for the current year through 2005. All holidays begin at sundown on the day before the date shown and end at sundown on the (last) day shown.
Multi-Cultural Calendar: On this site, students around the world describe how their communities celebrate holidays and festivals.
Old Farmer's Almanac: What's Happening in the Heavens: Maybe we're moonstruck, but we humans seem never to tire of watching the amazing spectacle of the sky. For your interest and edification, The Old Farmer's Almanac offers herewith the dates and locations of solar and lunar eclipses for the year, as well as the days of the full moon for seven years. Check it out here, then go outside and look UP!
Phases of the Moon: Discover the dates for the new moon, first quarter, full moon, third quarter, and new moon. Click on Calendar to view the phases of the moon for one month. Scroll down for the dates of the next lunar eclipse or meteor shower.
This Day in Histroy: What historical events happened on your birthday? Enter a month and a day for a list. What Else Happened Today? lists memorable events with details just a click away. The search engine includes links to related people and historical places.
U.S. and Canadian Holidays: Plan your vacations! This site displays a list of holidays for the current year through 2005.
What's Up in the Sky: The editors of Sky & Telescope magazine suggest when and what to look for in the night sky, from meteors to Jupiter's red spot. Read This Week's Planet Roundup for descriptions of where to find the planets.
Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site: Click on Countries, then on the first letter of the country to find a list of national holidays.

California Missions

California Missions Directory: This page contains contact information for each of the 21 California missions in alphabetical order, as a preliminary to the construction of a separate homepage for each mission. Our Annotated Links Page contains additional Web sites related to Specific Missions.
California Missions-History and Facts: Hi! Welcome to Joe Nightingale School's 4th grade California Mission home page. Our names are: Jaime R., Nathan W., Andrew S., and Jeffery R. We 4th graders wrote a home page on California Missions because we are learning about them in school. We hope you like our home page.
California Missions Links: Annotated links to websites related to California Missions.
California Missions Treasure Hunt: Here are a list of links to California Mission sites. You will take notes and write a report on one of the 21 missions. You will research how and when the missions began. You will also draw or build the mission you chose.
California Mission Virtual Tour: This site is the work of Tobin Fricke and Lauren Bradford, who created this site during the summer of 1996, largely between the hours of 9pm and 2am. Lauren and Tobin were both Juniors at the time, Lauren at Santa Monica High School, and Tobin at Mission Viejo High School in Southern California. Now they are both seniors!
Index to California Missions Information: Welcome to the Press Any Key page on California Missions.
Junipero Serra and the California Missions: Junipero Serra is an extremely important figure in the development of present-day California. His missions not only served as the centerpiece to the development of Catholocism in California, but also as a key foundation to the growth of the major California cities such as San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego.

Christmas Around the World

Christmas around the world/World Book: Christmas is the happiest and busiest time of the year for millions of Christians throughout the world. People of different countries celebrate the holiday in various ways, depending on national and local customs.
Christmas in France & Canada: This imaginary exhibition introduces the Christmas traditions in Canada and France.
Christmas in Germany: Information on how Christmas is celebrated in Germany.
Christmas in Slovakia: Russian Christmas with songs and traditions.
Christmas in 200 Countries: Compare and contrast the traditions with over 200 countries from Albania to Zimbabwe.
Christmas on the Net - The Voices of Christmas: Listen to some of the different ways "Merry Christmas" is spoken around the world.
Christmas with Virtual Finland: The earliest account of a Christmas tree in a Finnish home is from the year 1829, when a Helsinki nobleman, Baron Klinckowström, had eight of them indoors.
Christmas/Yule in Iceland: Welcome to Iceland and the Yule Traditions and Yule Lore found here. On these pages you will find some information about Yule traditions in ancient and modern times.
Holiday Fun Facts: Winter Festivals From the Past and Present Celebrations during the mid-winter season were common, even before Christmas was celebrated on December 25.
KidsClick! Christmas: A page of sites all about Christmas.
Santa's Christmas Page: Visit this site for information about: holiday decorating & crafts, pictures, recipes, trees and plants, presents and cards, stories, activities, and Christmas songs.
Swedish Christmas Chemistry: The Swedish Christmas traditions consitute a delightful mixture of originally pagan rites, derived from the Viking ancestors, and more recently introduced Christian customs.

Countries

Amazon Interactive: Designed as an interactive and educational etour of the Amazon, your students can take their own adventure collaboratively or independently. Activities and games allow students to explore Amazon culture, geography, and conservation efforts. Students also can try their hands at an online ecotourism project, taking on the
Amnesty International: Annual Report Index Page: It is 50 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Developed in response to the atrocities of the Second World War, the UDHR represented a collective determination never to return to those dark days.
AskAsia Homepage: Looking for a good source of information about Japanese Noh drama? Then we welcome you to explore Asian Topics, the multimedia teaching units with printable materials for students and teachers. In addition to Noh, new sections include Tokugawa Japan and The Emperor: Before and After the Second World War.
Atlapedia Online: Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
CIA -- The World Factbook 1999: In general, information available as of 1 January 1999 was used in the preparation of this edition.
Color Me Egypt: About 5,000 years ago, a remarkable way of life, or civilization, grew up along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. It flourished for over 3,000 years, longer than most other civilizations in the world's history.
Country Analysis Briefs: This site is provided by Energy Information Administration. Check out what kind of energy is used in differnt countries.
Country Studies: Area Handbook Series: his website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.
Discovering China: Read about China's history; Cultural Revolution; contributions to art, food, medicine, and religion; and descriptions of important people.
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia: Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. The Internet's best source of country data!
Electronic Embassy: The Electronic Embassy Web site turned five years old on May 1, 2000. When the site was launched, only two of Washington's foreign embassies were on the Web.
EmbassyWeb - http://www.embassyweb.com: The Embassy Web turns its spotlight onto web sites maintained by foreign representations all over the world.
Encyclopaedia of the Orient: The Encyclopaedia of the Orient is a one-stop online resource which covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in south. It is exactly what the name indicates, an encyclopaedia.
Freedom House: Freedom House's work includes an array of research, advocacy, and publications to promote human rights, democracy, free market economics, the rule of law, independent media, and U.S. engagement abroad.
Governments on the WWW: Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties.
Infonation: Choose Countries: InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
Information Research: Country Profiles: In research, nothing comes more natural than looking abroad. Other countries experience the same problems differently, with different degrees of success. There are also projects which cross borders: business opportunities, environment, politics, travel.
Political Resources on the Net: Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.
United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Useful research tools, like our Infonation database, photos, art, and a virtual UN tour.
US State Department - Services - Background Notes: Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically. Background Notes for some countries are currently unavailable.
World Bank Group Countries and Regions: We are now working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty. For each of our clients, we work with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to formulate assistance strategies.
World Surfari @ supersurf.com: World Surfari went online in 1996 and is brought to you from the mind of Brian Giacoppo Phoenix, AZ

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com: This site is almost too good for words! The main menu includes General Dictionaries in English, Jargon (computer terms and other technical talk), Writing (English grammar, usage, and style guides), and Other Languages (German, Greek, Latin, and Spanish).
Little Explorer's Dictionary: To browse through the dictionary, click on a letter in the alphabet at the top of the window and you'll see a page of words that start with that letter.
Merriam-Webster Online: Merriam-Webster is the Old Faithful of dictionaries. You'll find new twists at this site. Try Cool New Stuff, Daily Word Game, and Lighter Side of Language.
Merriam-Webster Word Central: Look up word definitions quickly, or build your own dictionary! Find out the meaning of the Daily Buzzword.
OneLook Dictionaries: Type a word into OneLook and it will search through more than 287 dictionaries and glossaries. Need to find a special subject dictionary fast? Click on Browse Dictionary List. Entries are in categories from Arts and Humanities to Technology.
Web of Online Dictionaries: This Web site indexes online dictionaries, thesauruses, and other word references. Type in a word and the defintion or synonym will come up instantly!
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus: This site offers an excellent tool for finding definitions and synonyms. Type a word above the search box for a complete definition with examples of how the word is used.

Disasters

Heroic Newfoundland Saves Titanic Survivors: On April 14, 1923, when the Titantic went to its freezing grave in the iceberg-haunted North Atlantic, the first officer's large black Newfoundland patrolled the icy waters around the area where the ship went down, barking a beleagered call for the master who wouldn't appear.
I Survived the Titanic: Crowded in a lifeboat, Ruth Becker stared in disbelief as the luxury liner Titanic slipped into the icy Atlantic Ocean.
Living Almanac of Disaters: Check out a resource of disaster facts from around the world. Look by date or type of disaster: fire, earthquakes, or transportation.
SOS-Titanic: Welcome to SOS-Titanic. Prepare to embark on a journey into the past.
Titanic!: About2, 220 people were aboard the unsinkable, massive Titanic, but today there are only three survivors. Around 1,500 people died on the Titanic.
Volcanoes.com: A searchable database about volcanoes. Lots of links are also provided.
Volcanoes of the United States [USGS]: Few natural forces are as spectacular and threatening, or have played such a dominant role in shaping the face of the Earth, as erupting volcanoes.
Volcano World: The following links will take you to lists of all volcanoes on VW. Sorted by: World Region, Country/Area, Volcano Name, and Volcano Descriptions

Directories

555-1212.com: he 555-1212.com site is a powerful and useful Web Directory for finding the latest area code and country code information. The area code database on our site is updated daily with the most recent information available. 555-1212.com has the most comprehensive area code database on the Web.
Address Directory - Politicians of the World: Instantly email world leaders, and let them know how you feel about their country and its polivies. If you don't have email, you can always snail-mail, fax, or call them by using the Address List.
AmeriCom Long Distance Area Decoder: Simply enter a city and state, and you quickly get the area code. Do the same for foreign cities and countries.
AnyWho Business Search: Visit AnyWho to find your favorite CD store or trendy clothing store quickly. Plug in all the info you know, and a list of stores will apear. You can even see a map of how to get there.
AnyWho Directory: Find a phone number and address by typing in aname. Click on Map to locate the address.
Ask an Expert: Choose from any of the 12 topics and then enter a search fro a Web site with an expert who can answer your question. There are many to choose from!
AstA+ Locator: Ask the expert for help in any subject to complete a homework assignment. Email questions to experts on the Internet.
Big Yellow: Find People helps you locate your friends just using their last names. Find E-Mail locates email addresses of friends and family. Send them flowers and cards for a price.
Community Learning Network: Ask an Expert: Need help on your homework? This site includes links to experts in all school subjects. Look for the folklore expert for answers about your favorite tales.
C-SPAN-Congressional Directory: Scroll down and plug in your ZIP code to identify your state senators and representatives to Congress. Then click on Info to find facts and contact information.
CapWeb: The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress includes links to information about the Constitution, Votes and Laws, and The Library of Congress. Click on State Directory Map to find members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Fast Yellow Pages: Click on Top Categories to find an A-to-Z listing from Airlines to Zoos, then fill in a city and state for instant name, address, and phone number
Federal Web Locator: Here's the entire federal government at your fingertips. Click on any federal agency to learn more about its history and how to reach them.
New Jersey Networking: Ask an Expert Page: Clear and easy to use, this site has many links on school subjects. Send an email to the president, or ask Holocaust survivors about their experiences.
Postal Abbreviations: View this site for an alphabetical list of postal abbreviations including the military locations.
U.S. County Government Sites: Click on your state for a list of counties. Each listing links to the County Government Web site. Learn about services, county departments and agencies, events, and budgets.
U.S. Postal Service: Click on Post Office for ZIP codes, postage rates and fees, post office locator, stamps, and passport information. Select Unforgettable Letters for historical letters written by U.S. presidents.
USPS ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information: Enter the street address and automatically see a ZIP code. Have a ZIP and need to know the city? Click on City-State ZIP Code Associations.
WhoWhere? People in U.S. Government: Find an address and phone number list of your elected officials by state. Search for people in the U.S. government at every level. Share your opinions!
WorldPages: Look up local businesses with WORLDPAGES. You can search by keyword or business name.
Write to Congress: This service allows you to communicate with members of Congress. Find your representatives by entering your 5- or 9-digit ZIP code. You may email or print your letter.

Elections

Election Connection: This political project runs from February through November 2000. Students become candidates, pollsters, and voters as they learn about presidential qualifications, issues, political parties, and campaign strategies. Cast your vote in a virtual election!
Election Process 2000: In this lesson plan, your students will have to create a timeline to chart their progress to becoming President of the United States. What will they have to do to become President? How will they manage their campaign and finances? An illuminating exercise!
Election Statistics: Click on an election year to see graphs of the electoral vote and the popular vote for the presidents. You can also see a map that shows the states won by the president. How does the popularity of the candidates vary in different parts of the country?
George Washington Coloring Page: After discussing our very first president, you can print out this excellent coloring page of George Washington -- preK to grade one.
How to Vote: Election Tutorial: Learn all about voting: who can vote, how to sign up to vote, different ways of voting, and voting vocabulary.
If I Were President: After considering the issues facing the presidential candidates in today's campaign, students from kindergarten on up can use this lesson plan to give thought to present social issues and then write their own plans to be president. . . and how they would change the world!
Kids Voting USA: Activities on the election and voting process cove kindergarten right through high school. Download the pdf files for whichever grade &/or topic you are interested in... from games to voting simulations.
Know Your Local Government: The premise behind the lesson plan on local government is that students, if introduced early to issues, workings, and concerns of government on their local playing field, will become concerned and participating citizens as they mature. Various brainstorming activities, governmental vocabulary, and writing & media exercises help to inform the students.
Teaching Kids to Talk the Talk: Talk the talk here refers to debate strategies -- getting your students to debate the issues which are facing the candidates in the upcoming elections. Also included on this webpage is a Calendar of Civic Conversation Starters and Activities.

Encyclopedias

Britannica Online: Britannica Online is free! Look for all of the articles, illustrations, and maps that are a part of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Compton's Encyclopedia: Enter a topic and Compton's online will give instant information! Look for flags, maps, charts, and sounds.
Dinosaur Illustrations: This site features an alphabetized index of dinosaurs from Allosaurus to Velociraptor. Follow the links to over 100 dinosaur pictures.
Encarta Encyclopedia: The Online Concise Encyclopedia is always free! The information is from the abridged encyclopedia. Data is organized by a quick search engine: write in your topic and click GO!
Encyclopedia Mythica: Home: An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.
Encyclopedia of the Orient: Encyclopedia of the Orient has information on the countries and people of northern Africa and the Middle East. This site presents historical and present-time information.
Encyclopedia of Women's History: This encyclopedia of women in history was written by and for K-12 students. Go to the index of entries to learn about various women who have made great discoveries or contributions.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: This encyclopedia is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Look for information on exhibits in the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources and online exhibits.
Encyclopedia.com: More than 17,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition have been assembled to provide free, quick and useful information on almost any topic.
FREE Internet Encyclopedia: This is an encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet. There are two main divisions. The MacroReference contains references to large areas of knowledge, FAQs where available, and pointers to relevant areas of the MicroReference. The MicroReference contains short bits of information and references to specific subjects, sometimes with instructions on finding the specific subject inside a general reference.
Funk & Wagnalls Online Multimedia Encyclopedia: Funk & Wagnalls Online uses an encyclopedia, dictionary, world news, and media index to search for specific topics. Membership, which is required to use their site, is free.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online: The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia has a free two-week trial subscription to all of its information resources.
History Channel: Look for events in 20th century American history: wars, JFK assassination, Jazz Age, and the Great Depression. The Exhibit Link leads to Black History people profiles. Use the search for Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, and more.
Infoplease.com: Try this almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary rolled into one! Information on current events, statistics, geography, biographies, sports, entertainment, business, society, science, and technology can be accessed from this site.
Instrument Encyclopedia: This Multimedia Instrument Encyclopedia is a student project constructed for entertainment and educational purposes. We hope that you enjoy our initial selection of orchestral and other instruments.
Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia: Enter search keywords for information on any animal such as birds, dinosaurs, bugs, and reptiles. Subjects include America, people, places, space, and more! Click on Browse All for an A-to-Z list.
Music Learning Zone: Look for an A-to-Z list of composer biographies, glossary of musical terms, and music used in movies. Click on Introduction to Classical Music and then Musical Instruments for the history of strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard.
MHN Instrument Encyclopedia: Browse General Reference to learn about musical instruments in general; they are arranged by four major instrument types: wind, percussion, string, and electronic.
Tour the Instruments: Encyclopedia: Tour the alphabetical list of musical instruments and listen to each one using RealPlayer. Learn the origin of each instrument by reading the description.
Welcome to Letsfindout Kids' Encyclopedia: Awakening the genius in your child from the creators of Blaster and JumpStart.

Fact Collections

ABC Interactive World Fact Book: This alphabetical list of countries provides information on location, land boundries, coastline, climate, terrain, natural resources, economy, government, and environment. Click on Flags of All Countries for large colorful pictures.
AFRO-American Almanac: Find biographies on men, women, and groups of people in African-American history.
Black Facts Online: Look up Black History information for any day or year with this Internet Search Page. Find interesting and inspiring facts about many of the important events in Black History.
Brief Guide to State Facts: How many facts do you know about your state? Click on any state name and learn the capital, nicknames, motto, flower, bird, tree, song, and date and order the state entered the union.
CNN Daily Almanac: The CNN Daily Almanac has a wide variety of information from historical and political to entertainment and best-seller book lists. Use the search tool to find the information you need.
CNN/SI-Olympic Sports: This CNN/SI Olympic site will give you up-to-date information on Olympic sports whether it is an Olympic year or not.
Connected Calendar Online: Classroom Connect's Calendar features a daily description of an important event along with a clickable link to an outstanding Web site. Look under Fact Collections for more historical event calendars.
Daily Almanac: The Daily Almanac is part of Interlink resources. Fun facts, tidbits, and statistics can be found while navigating through this site.
Daily Almanacs: Click on any day of the month for a trip back through time. Find historical events and famous people who were born or died on that day.
Daily Calendar and Almanac Page: Find anything and everything that has to do with today's date in history. Discover who was born, who died, what the national deficit is today, the word of the day, and news from around the world.
Daily Globe-Searchable Dates Archive: Click on a month and then on any date. Discover birthdates of famous people, holidays, historical events, and special months and weeks.
ESPN.com: Find out the latest Olympic news or who won today's baseball, football, or basketball games. ESPN, the sports programming network, provides online information on sports news, history, and trivia from around the world
Famous Birthdays: This is a fascinating site that lets you send a birthday card or find out who shares your birthday. Click on All About You to find information about your name and family tree.
Fonz Animal Facts: This collection of facts about the natural world gives good news and bad news about animals and our environment. Don't forget to check out What's in a Name? Is it Opossum or Possum?
404 International-Those Were the Days: Click on today's date for some highlights in U.S. history. Topics include entertainment, politics, inventions, and famous people born on today's date.
Hickok Sports.com: Browse this ultimate site for anything about sports. Here you can look alphabetically, or use their search engine or glossaries. Find sports history, trivia, biographies, and much more.
Historical Text Archive: Here's history at your fingertips! Scroll down and select a topic from the main menu, for example, United States, and click. Select Colonial Period; click again. Select Jamestown; one more click.
History Net: Today in History: For a search of the Today in History archives, select a date or use a keyword search. Note: Not all days are presently available.
HyperHistory Online: This site covers 3,000 years of world history. Look for everything from science and religion to music and people. Just click on the orange buttons on the left or try the Study Example.
Infoplease.com: Try this almanac, encyclopedia, and dictionary rolled into one! Information on current events, statistics, geography, biographies, sports, entertainment, business, society, science, and technology can be accessed from this site.
Internet Movie Database-On This Day: On this site, you will find all things related to movies in the theatres and on television. Find birthdays, mini-biographies, and movie trivia.
Kids' Almanac: Infoplease.com presents fun facts just for kids. Topics include People, Sports, Life, Science, U.S., and the World.
LIFE Online - This Day in Life: LIFE Online brings you facts and information about what happened on this day in history.
Living Almanac of Disaters: Check out a resource of disaster facts from around the world. Look by date or type of disaster: fire, earthquakes, or transportation.
My Virtual Reference Desk-My Daily Almanac: Scroll down to My Daily Almanac. Link to Word of the Day, Today in History, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Menu of the Day, and much more.
Old Farmer's Almanac: Explore tide tables, weather predictions, gardening, and recipes. Just click on Site Index and select a page and begin to explore.
Olympic All-Time Medal Count: This table lists the all-time Winter Olympic medal count for each participating country. Click on the country and then on the year to find the list of winners.
On This Day: The New York Times presents lists of historical events for each day of the month.
Sun or Moonrise/Set Table for One Year: Find the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and ending of twilight for one year. Choose the year, the type of table, and the place. Then click on the Compute Table button.
This Month in History: Browse fast facts to find out what happened each month in U.S. history. Go to the bottom of the page and click on a month.
Time Capsule: Enter a date in the box to see top news headlines, songs, movies, and prices of household items. The data online includes 1900 through 1997, but not all pieces of data are available from 1995 through 1997.
TIME.com: Millennium: Find out what the top 100 events were from the last 1000 years. Take a quiz on the last 1000 years of history.
Today in History: Pick any month and day and find out about historic events and births that happened on that date in history.
Today-in-History: Pick any month and day and find out about historic events and births that happened on that date in history.
USA Citylink Project: Select a State and Click on State Information to visit official state Web sites. Select any city in the U.S. to get information on things to do, events, and so on.
World Factbook 1999: Click on Countries for an alphabetized list with maps and information on geography, government, people, economy, communications, transportation, and the military.
ZooGoer BioAlmanac: Friends of the National Zoo is a conservation, education, and membership organization that supports the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Fun Stuff

Cartoon Corner: Emmett Scott's Cartoon Corner has an art studio, puzzles, stories, and funny pages.
Crayola: From its early days producing pigments and carbon black, to its role today as the maker of kids' favorite art products, Binney & Smith has always been a company with color at its core.
Education Place | Kids' Clubhouse: Kids' Place: Free games, activities, and resources for students studying math, reading, social studies, and science.
Fun - index: Lots of fun jokes, tongue twisters, and puzzles.
Funschool.com: Funschool.com was created to fill a large niche on the internet; free on-line gaming for children all over the world. funschool.com is striving to accomplish this by communicating educational concepts in a safe, interactive and entertaining way. They make learning fun.
K12 Scavenger Hunts: Looking for already prepared Scavenger Hunts. Check out this site.
Kid's Page: Lots of safe kid tested links.
Kids' Space: Kids' Space was created to foster literacy, artistic expression, and cross-cultural understanding among the world's children.
Primary Web Sites/K-2: Listing of links in the Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Holidays all for the Primary Grades.
Project: Germantown Elementary School has begun adapting its curriculum to include units of study placed on the Internet. It is the intention of the teachers involved to design and create their own units covering such topics as the Indians, the oceans, and the Civil War.
Yellow Pages: Book Samples-Hotlists: You're holding the first and only directory of Internet resources for kids and families selected by a librarian. You'll find a thoughtful and intuitive organization of Internet knowledge here, which is driven by the types of questions I used to answer at the public library reference desk.

Geography Tools

3D Atlas Online: View Online Topics for links to Human Impact (how we affect the earth) and Cultural World (how others live on earth). Visit any country for maps, flags, and links to specific countries. What is a Cirque? Look it up in the Geographic Glossary.
50 States and Capitals: Click on a state to find out the state's capital, motto, bird, tree, flower, nickname, state flag, and other statistics. Explore the Alphabetical List of Nations for fun facts and national anthems.
Atlapedia Online: The Atlapedia is a fine resource for full-color physical and political maps and statistics on countries around the world. Select the first letter of the country for the capital, type of government, population, area, climate, and people.
AutoPilot: Let AutoPilot do the driving for you. It will plan your trip door-to-door, with places to stay and visit along the way.
CyberMaps: Map the route between two cities of your choice and click Go! to receive a Map'n'Go® travel plan.
Flags of the World: Find large, colorful flags from all over the world through this alphabetical listing.
Geographia: Discover Life in a Longhouse in Malaysia or holidays and festivals in Argentina. Choose a continent and journey to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, or Latin America. Explore exotic countries and study their geography, climate, history, and culture.
Geographic Nameserver: For information specific to most towns or places, visit this site. You'll receive latitude, longitude, county, and ZIP code information.
Geography Quizzes: Which four countries are major manufacturers of automobiles? Where is the lowest and the saltiest sea in the world? These questions are just a sample of what you will find at this site. There are ten quizzes varying in subject, and answers are included.
How Far Is It?: How many miles is it from Chicago to Hong Kong? Users can enter any two world cites to find the distance between them. This service finds the latitude and longitude of two places and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).
Infonation: Country at a Glance: Select different nations from around the world and compare data about the economies and people who live in them. The site is sponsored by the United Nations.
MapBlast!: Blast off with MapBlast! all around the world. Simply enter an address, and you will instantly arrive at your destination. Advanced Searches allows you to map using latitude and longitude.
MapQuest: Why stop and ask for directions when you can plan ahead? Get on track and head for your destination with maps of major cities around the world.
Maps of Canada and Other Regions: Follow the instructions to create your very own map of geographic features of Canada. Check out the homepage to learn more about Canada.
Maps on Us: Do you need to buy a CD and you don't know where the closest store is? Maps on Us combines the Yellow Pages with maps. You can also get driving directions, too!
Stately Knowledge: Explore Stately Knowledge to find basic facts about any state in the Union, plus Washington D.C. Click on the state capitals game and test your knowledge.
Subway Navigator: Navigate your way through subway systems around the world. Just enter your departure station and your arrival station. Some maps of the systems are included.
Surface Distance Between Points of Latitude & Longitude: Another great geography tool, use this Web site to calculate the surface distance between points of latitude and longitude, or to find the great circle distance between two cities.
Tiger Map Server Browser: Do you want to know how many people live in your town? Search by clicking on New Location, and plot census data on a map.
USA Citylink Project: Select a State and Click on State Information to visit official state Web sites. Select any city in the U.S. to get information on things to do, events, and so on.
U.S. Census Bureau-Map Stats: Did you ever wonder what the census results are for your state? You can find out by clicking on the state and selecting population estimates. View Congressional districts and a map as well.
Yahoo! Maps: Type in a street address and quickly get a map. Click on Driving Directions for step-by-step directions, including mileage.
Your Nation: This site lets you compare two countries or rank the top five or bottom five countries using the data of your choice. Click Summary and choose one country to find its population, area, literacy rate, and more.
ZIPFIND: Calculate the distance between two ZIP Codes. Just enter the ZIP code, and let ZIPFIND do the math for you.

Gold Rush

California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited: History - People, Places, & Things of the California Gold Rush - or - Images - Contemporary Views of Life in the California Gold Mines
California - The Gold Rush: Memoirs of an extraordinary popular madness with a selection of popular songs and noteworthy images.
Discovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter - 1848: It was in the first part of January, 1848, when the gold was discovered at Coloma, where I was then building a saw-mill.
Gold Rush by PBS: Welcome to the greatest adventure the world has ever seen -- the California Gold Rush. This site is your comprehensive guide to the epic quest for gold.
Gold Rush History: Lots of links to information about the Gold Rush.
Gold Rush Sesquicentennial: Warren P. Miller was one of a special breed of Gold Rush characters. He didn't travel to California to mine -- he came to mine the miners.
Great American California Gold Rush Outline: Chronology of the discovery of gold starting in 1839.
Oakland Museum - Gold Rush!: On January 24, 1848 James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, touching off the California gold rush. On the 150th anniversary of Marshall's discovery, the Oakland Museum of California unveiled a series of exhibitions titled Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories.
Women in the Gold Rush: Welcome to the Home Page of the women who "saw the elephant" -- the women of the California Gold Rush.

Grammar

AltaVista Translations: Type in your text (or copy/paste from a word document), then have your text translated into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Common Errors in English: The concept of language errors is a fuzzy one. I'll leave to linguists the technical definitions. Here we're concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers.
For Young Writers: Inkspot is an award-winning community and resource for writers of all ages and levels of experience, packed with useful tips, resources, and networking opportunities.
Linguistic Fun Page: Links to all things linguistic.
LOGOS - Multilingual E-Translation Portal: Dictionary site that has many things to offer.
OneLook Dictionaries: Type a word into OneLook and it will search through more than 287 dictionaries and glossaries. Need to find a special subject dictionary fast? Click on Browse Dictionary List. Entries are in categories from Arts and Humanities to Technology.
Online dictionary & Thesaurus: VoyCabulary allows you to click on any word on any webpage to look it up, quick and easy.
Schoolhouse Rock - Grammar Rock: The Lyrics to the popular Schoolhouse Rock songs.
Vocabulary.com: Participate in these FREE vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.

Health

Activity Calorie Calculator: Calculate the number of calories you burn while doing up to 158 different activities. Fill in your weight and the average amount of time you exercise. The calculator returns a personalized activities page.
American Heart Association Nutrition Facts: What's good for you? Find nutrition information on everything from the basic food groups to vitamin and mineral supplements.
Ask the Dietitian-Healthy Body Calculator: Fill in your height, weight, and age. The body calculator tells you what your weight range and type of diet should be.
Blueprint of the human heart: Your heart is a hollow muscular pump shaped somewhat like a pear and about the size of your fist. It consists of four chambers and circulates blood throughout your body.
Body Fat Estimator: Enter your weight, height, and waist size to estimate how much of your body is fat.
BrainPop: Try some quizzes about parts of the body (vision, brain, hearing, skelton, blook, cells, muscles) and watch animated movies about other topics in health and science.
CDC Travel Information: What kinds of health risks should you know about? The Centers for Disease Control created this site to communicate current information on health risks throughout the world.
Children's Medical Center: This medical center from the University of Virginia is a network of health-care facilities called "the hospital without walls." Use this database to find out issues about children's health.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Visit this site to obtain all of the ammunition you will ever need to persuade your students to eat wisely. While the guidelines are designed for adults, much of the information will be useful to you in teaching any nutrition unit.
Dr. Koop's Community: Choose health topics from Cold and Flu to Diet to Stress, and find out the facts.
Five A Day: Dole Food Company is a founding member of the National 5 A Day for Better Health Program, a partnership between the Natinal Cancer Institiute and the Produce For Better Health Foundation.
Fitness Files: Information about keeping yourself fit.
Food and Drug Administration: What do you know about vaccinations? Children and tobacco? Food safety? Try the quizzes, medicine cabinet word search, and food safety coloring book.
Food Finder: Suppose you're walking down the road or strolling through the mall. You're hungry, but you want to eat right. How many calories is your favorite fast food meal?
Food Guide Pyramid: Study the chart for a guide to daily food choices: fats, oils, sweets; meat, poultry, fish; milk, yogurt, cheese; vegetables; fruits; bread, cereal, pasta.
Heart (Cut View): Can you identify the parts of the heart? Check out this view of the heart.
Heart: An Online Exploration: From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. Like a pumping machine, the heart provides the power needed for life.
Heart and the Circulatory System: Imagine that you are living in the year 1535, and that you don't feel well. You have had some problems with fatigue, feeling a little more tired than usual when you walked to the market and back.
Heart- for Children: Our HEART is a hollow muscle that pumps blood through blood vessels throughout our body.
Home Arts Calories Per Minute Calculator: Type the amount of time in minutes you spend doing each activity, and the calculator tells the number of calories burned.
Home Arts Dietary Calculator: Do you eat the foods the experts say you should be eating? Type the number of servings you ate from each of the major food groups. The calculator tells how well you're doing!
KidsFood.com: Find healthy recipes and a conversion table for cooking measurements. Do you have good eating habits? This interactive clubhouse has information about food, nutrition, and good health.
Kids World Nutrition Information: Food Guide Pyramids: The Food Guide Pyramid is a guideline for healthful eating. The pyramid is flexible enough for everyone. We don't need specific foods for growth and health but we need specific nutrients that come from a lot of different foods.
KidsHealth: Scroll down to Food and Fitness. Click on Proteins, Carbohydrates, Calories, and Fat and Vitamins and Minerals for examples for what each is good for.
Locker Room: Learn about your favorite sports and get some health and sports related tips at this site.
MedicineNet: This medical dictionary features an A-to-Z listing of symptoms and diseases. The site is maintained by board certified physicians and health professionals who provide current medical information, written in easy-to- understand language.
Nutrition Center: Look in the fruit and vegetable encyclopedia. Find out what vitamins are in your favorite fruits and vegetables and the healthy benefits they provide.
Nutrition Term Glossary: This is a good place to look for definitions of nutrition terms such as calcium, fiber, protein, vitamin, and carbohydrate.
On-line Medical Dictionary: This vast dictionary contains over 65,000 definitions relating to biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physics, science, technology, and more. These terms are organized alphabetically, and by subject area, or you can use the search engine.
Prevention Online: This Web site from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information provides information and advice to help prevent students from developing unhealthy habits.
Real Deal on the Digestive System: The digestive tract and these organs work together to allow you to get the nutrients and energy your body needs, and then get rid of the waste that's left over.
Recipe Archive Index: Recipes galore.
Reference Guide for Vitamins: Vitamins are necessary for growth, vitality, and general well-being. Read about vitamins A-E and find out their specific use and what happens if they're missing in your diet. Link to information about Minerals, Amino Acids, and Herbs.
Resuce 411: Learn about first aid and accident prevention. Recognize signs of health emergencies like heart attack or low blood sugar. Try an interactive game show, "You Bet Your Life!"
Running Calculator: Just finished first in a race? Enter the total mileage, hours, minutes, seconds, then click Compute. Your pace is displayed in the Minutes/Mile (pace) text box.
WaterWorks -- The Human Heart: The heart is perhaps the most important pump of all. The valves of the heart work because of nature's tendency to equalize pressure; they allow blood to flow only in one direction.
Welcome to Vitamins: Learn about vitamins by clicking on the superhero cards, such as Vita-Woman K and the B-Team!
Where's the Beef?: Food for Life for youth of all ages everything to get you started as a vegetarian.
World Health Organization: Visit the World Health Organization to find out the latest information on world health issues, including diseases and vaccines. Use this site to link to other public health organizations.

History

African-American Journey: History: Information about African American History, Genealogy, Slavery, Civil Rights, and Speeches & Other Historical documents.
Amazing Picture Machine: While we intend to index pictures of all types, the following topics are particularly well represented at this time: Aircraft, American Cities, Animals, Architecture, Astronomy Images, Civil War People, Places, and Things, Dinosaurs and etc.
Aztec Adventures: An interactive webquest follows the rise and fall of this complex civilization.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Check out the Electronic Field Trips located under the Education tab. There is also a reference and research area.
Columbus's Lost Ship: Columbus lost nine ships during his four voyages. Click on a shipwreck to find out more about what happened.
Daily Life in Ancient Rome: An emphasis sits upon everyday Roman life, as well as Roman engineering feats.
Explorers of the World: Those who dare to dream . . .
404 International-Those Were the Days: Click on today's date for some highlights in U.S. history. Topics include entertainment, politics, inventions, and famous people born on today's date.
First Americans: Explore this site to learn about five different Native American cultures. Click on "The Five Cultures" for a map showing where tribes were located in the United States.
Historical Text Archive: Here's history at your fingertips! Scroll down and select a topic from the main menu, for example, United States, and click. Select Colonial Period; click again. Select Jamestown; one more click.
History Channel: Look for events in 20th century American history: wars, JFK assassination, Jazz Age, and the Great Depression. The Exhibit Link leads to Black History people profiles. Use the search for Toni Morrison, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, and more.
History Net: Today in History: For a search of the Today in History archives, select a date or use a keyword search. Note: Not all days are presently available.
HyperHistory Online: This site covers 3,000 years of world history. Look for everything from science and religion to music and people. Just click on the orange buttons on the left or try the Study Example.
Industrial Revolution & You: A webquest features research into the top ten inventions, with predictions for the future.
Life and Times of Early Man: How about games to study early man? There will be more than one student thrilled with that prospect! Also find galleries, links, and lesson plans.
Mayflower Web Pages: Don't miss this wealth of information about the voyage of the Mayflower and the Pilgrim settlement of Plymouth. Find the original passenger list, the text of Pilgrim documents, and information about daily life.
"Old New" Newspaper Articles: Read about the News that has already happens.
Pilgrim's Thanksgiving Feast: Students in grades 3-8 can electronically submit stories about the first Thanksgiving. Editors will judge the stories based on creativity, historic accuracy, and writing quality.
Renaissance-What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order?: An Annenberg Exhibit (the same people who offer the excellent unit, Amusement Park Physics), intellectual and economic changes in every realm are addressed and discussed, with pertinent hands-on activities throughout each section.
Teaching About Thanksgiving: Read the Indian legend, The Story of the Corn Husk Doll. Learn about Indian corn and make traditional Indian recipes. Read How to Avoid Old Stereotypes and the Plymouth Thanksgiving Story.
Telegraph & Scientific Instrument Cyber Museum: Information on the history of the telegraph.
Thanksgiving: How was Thanksgiving celebrated years ago? To find out, read these true accounts of Thanksgiving celebrations by the nation's founders, pioneer settlers on the prairie, depression-era workers and others.
Thanksgiving on the Net: Click on The Story of Thanksgiving for a historical overview of harvest festivals around the world. Read the story of the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving. Learn all about turkeys and find a Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation.
This Month in History: Browse fast facts to find out what happened each month in U.S. history. Go to the bottom of the page and click on a month.
Today in History: Pick any month and day and find out about historic events and births that happened on that date in history.
Today-in-History: Pick any month and day and find out about historic events and births that happened on that date in history.
Unionville History Project: Visit Charles F. Patton Middle School's history project. This historical Web site chronicles the rich history of a Pennsylvania community.
Veterans Day Home Page: This site is done by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Lots of information for students and teachers.
Westward Expansion: Beyond Mississippi: In Westward Expansion: Beyond the Mississippi, students will answer the question "What items would you include in a museum display about the frontier and pioneers?" Students can view images and artifacts that tell about the American frontier and the pioneers who ventured there. Highlights include a virtual field trip to sites along the historic Oregon Trail and a peek into the journals and diaries of early pioneers.
Why Do Civilizations Collapse?: Again from the Annenberg Institute, with the same superior format and activities to guide your students collaboratively or independently through Mayan, Mesopotamian, Chaco Canyon, and Mali civilizations, with an eye to critical thinking.

Inventions

Invention Convention Overview: Fostering the development of important science skills is an ongoing task. Students should be given opportunities to solve problems, think creatively, experiment, and work with data throughout the school year. The Invention Convention is an event that gives students an opportunity to demonstrate these skills independently as they invent a new product or process.
Inventure Place: nventure Place is dedicated to the creative process. We're a museum - and more. Inventure Place is a laboratory where you can explore your curiosity and creativity. Inventure Place is where you will Discover the Inventor in you.

Interesting Misc.

Amazon River Dolphins: Virtual Explorers is a group of educators who use technology to explore and discover the world in order to share their adventures with teachers and students in classrooms everywhere.
American Revoluntionary War: Educators, parents and students in grades 5-8 may use this Thematic Unit on the Revolutionary War as a beginning of the study of our glorious past. This page provides links to additional pages which will extend the unit by providing Internet activities, lesson plans, traditional resources and great Internet sites.
BizWorld-Volunteers Teaching Kids About Business: BizWorld was created by Tim Draper to bring volunteers into the classroom to encourage 3rd through 8th grade students to learn about business.
Book Adventure: Book Adventure is a FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.
Castle Learning Center: By providing these castle research pages, we hope to encourage students of all ages to explore castles and to stimulate their creativity. Here you will find many areas of interest to help and guide you.
Charlotte's Web: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White has everything you like about a book. It has friendship, love and caring.
China the Beautiful: Information about China
EyeWitness - History Through The Eyes Of Those Who Lived It: lluminating the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, EyeWitness is presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.
Field Trips and Museums: Lots of different field trips and museums for students to check out.
FreeWorksheets: Create and print out a variety of worksheets.
GeoNet Game Introduction: Hi! I'm Orbit! Welcome to the GeoNet Game! Pick the Northeast, the South, or the entire United States to start the game!
Gander Academy's Theme-Related Resources on the World Wide Web: Links to other interesting sites.
Headbone Zone: Headbone Interactive is a Web entertainment company focused on building the leading Internet destination site for kids ages 8-14, and expanding its kid-safe technology and content licensing business. By creating online games, activities, and opportunities for safe socializing, and building content and distribution partnerships that extend offline,
Kayleigh's Playground: Kayleigh's Playground is intended to be a fun, safe, and educational place for toddlers, preschoolers, and young children.
K-12 Africa Guide: The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies.
Kids and Banking.: Trackstart site developed by a teacher to help students learn about banking.
Kids Links: A list of links that students will enjoy.
Learning Adventures in Citizenship: On this site, kids can explore the intriguing history of New York, do activities to learn more about the history of their own towns -- and participate in their communities.
Lemonade Stand: Lemonade Stand is a classic game that teaches the basics about how supply and demand affect business. In this game, it is your job to run a street-corner lemonade stand and to try to make some money doing it.
LITTLE EXPLORERS by Enchanted Learning Software: 1,632 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a great web site related to it.
North Canton Schools - Greentown Elementary School: Theme Units and Online Activities for elementary students.
Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World: Welcome to the lobby of the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum. Here you will find a plethora of information about these contests that are the forefathers of our modern Olympic Games.
On the Trail With Lewis and Clark: Welcome to On the Trail with Lewis and Clark. Participating classrooms from around the country are reliving the Lewis and Clark expedition of discovery in this social studies, hstory, and language arts online experience.
A Bear Called Paddington: Welcome to my Paddington Bear Unit Study Guide.
Resources for Teaching about the Americas: Welcome to the Latin America Data Base on-line news service! LADB is the first Internet-based news service in English about Latin America, publishing in-depth coverage of Latin American affairs since 1986.
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Welcome to Adventure Online!: Lots of information for Research.
Welcome to the Greatest Places Online: The Greatest Places is a large-format film that takes you on an educational journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth.

Language Arts

Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By -- Fairytales & Folk Tales: A friend to kids and grown-ups! Whootie Owl presents top-notch fairy tales (cool for kids) that promote positive values (cool for grown-ups). The stories are completely nondenominational (cool for anyone!). The owl has symbolized wisdom in folktales & fairy tales throughout the ages. Whootie Owl will be your friendly guide through this web site.
Caught in the Net: Caught in the Net is a Middle School Internet Guide to research and responses for Reading Comprehension. It includes Authors on the net, Booklists, Literary Reviews, Literary Genres, Publishers, etc. If your reading curriculum includes student research this year, then here is a good spot
Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web: The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.
Daily Activity Card Archive: These are great little reviews on grammar--use these ready-to-use "cards" to test and update your students' skills in verbs, pronouns, proofreading (last week)... Each week is themed. All archived activities are available up to the present date.
4th & 5th Grade Student Research Resources - Literature Sources: Lots of links and activities for students in the 4th and 5th grade. The home page has more links to other grades.
Hank's Security Force: Official web site of the Hank the Cowdog Security Force.
Literature and Language - Sites for Children: Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Little Planet Publishing: Storytelling – the creation of original characters, scripts and plots – is what Little Planet does best. The foundation of Little Planet's storytelling approach is the concept of Anchored Instruction™, which casts employees as heroes in stories that create a common experience for all users.
Neverending Tale: t is a choose-your-own-path adventure story- like you might read in a book. But you can add to the tale where ever you like. Whatever you add will become part of the tale, anything you can think of.
Ranger Rick For Kids!: Ranger Rick Magazine with lots of things for students to do.
Reading Comprhension Support/Upper Grades: Looking for lesson plans on comparing and contrasting characters? How about the main idea and supporting evidence? Cause and effect, sequence -- all in one place! This site provides a wealth of resources and material for Reading & Literature comprehension.
Reading Comprehenson Worksheets: Now that your classes are reading, chances are you are dissecting the sentences and naming the parts. Here's a good twist on catching on to those quirky labels: Grammar Rocks. Using songs (the lyrics are included; great to print out and follow along with for the whole class, then circle the various parts of speech being addressed), your class will pick up the nouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, etc. in no time. Songs use Real Audio or MS Wave files.
Teaching Reading-Regular & Exception Words Database: When teaching your students to decode words, one of the first things they will notice is that there are many exceptions to the rules they have been learning. They still need to be able to attack words they are not familiar with however, whether those words follow the rules or not. Here is a database, sorted by frequency in children's literature, of English words that do not fit into any categorical rules, but which students will still come across and need to be able to decode. Some tips for handling them are also included on this page.
Theodore Tugboat/K-1: Welcome to the online home of the friendliest tugboat in the world! There's lots for everyone to see and do here with Theordore and his many floating friends!
Top Secret Animabets /K-1-ELD: Check out the activities for the Animabets.

Languages

A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms: Click on a letter of the alphabet to find directions about how to use American Sign Language to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear. Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1 to 10.
ALLwords.com: Select a language, type in a word, and receive a definition instantly. Listen to an audio pronunciation!
American Sign Language Browser: Click on Take Me to the ASL Browser. Select the first letter of your word. Each sign includes a QuickTime video and explanation.
Animated American Sign Language Dictionary: Check out the sign alphabet and an gif. animated dictionary. This site also offers especially interesting resources: a brief history of sign language, frequently asked questions, and educational resources.
Babelfish: Translation with Systran: Translate an English word, sentence, or paragraph into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Braille It!: With Braille It! you can transform type into braille dots on the screen!
BritSpreak: Have your ever tried to speak with an English accent? Try it out using this British-English dictionary!
Ethnologue Database: Select any country to get information and statistics on the languages spoken in that country. Includes the top 100 languages by population and an index of 39,000 language names.
Foreigh Language for Travelers: Is your adventure taking you to a place where the people speak another language? Learn the basics in over 50 languages, including French, Arabic, and Swahili. Look for a list of common words and phrases, as well as audio clips.
Language Dictionaries & Translators: Visitors here will find many language and translation resources. Here's a free source for dictionaries, language courses, language chats, and online translations.
LOGOS: The LOGOS dictionary provides many translations of a word or phrase. Click on Dictionary on the homepage. Enter your query, such as "good morning," and click on Search. Look for several "good mornings," both oral and written.
Say Hello to the World: Guess how many languages you'd have to know to say "Hello" to everyone in the world? Visit this page to find out. Choose a language and say "Aloha!"
Travlang Translating Dictionaries: To find a fine list of related words and phrases, select choices menu From Language and To Language. Click on JUMP. Enter the word you want to search and click on Submit.
Universal Survey of Languages: Study a survey of the world's languages, a reference for both beginners and linguists.

Libraries

Boston Public Library: Click on Search Our Resources to find out everything that's in the library collection, or look for news, events, and exhibits.
Cambridge Public Library Kids' Page: To send a hieroglyphic message, visit Just For Fun at this site. Book lovers will find great reading suggestions in Favorite Books.
Chicago Public Library: Click on Kids and Teens for Homework Help, Great Books (medal winners), and School Subjects on the Web
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature: Click on Authors/Illustrators to link to biographies. Learn about classics in the Reading Room or find a list of dragon stories.
John F. Kennedy Library: Where do you start in this vast collection? You might select Educational Programs from the main menu. Click on Program Description for an overview of the library's purpose. Also note the short biography of JFK, with pictures accompanying the text.
Hunington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens: Visit Votes for Women and other online exhibits. Take a virtual reality tour of the Huntington Gardens in San Marino, California.
Kids Connect California Libraries: California Libraries presents KidsConnect, an Internet question and answer service for kids operated by the American Association of School Librarians.
Library of Congress: Under the heading American Memory, you will find documents, photos, movies, and sound recordings that tell America's story. You can also visit the library's excellent online exhibitions by clicking on Exhibitions from the main menu.
Los Angesl Public Libray-Kids' Web Page: The Los Angeles Public Library system has Cool Sites for Kids and recommended reading lists.
Missouri Botanical Gardens Library: Click on View Rare books Online. Discover Meerburgh's illustrations of rare plants and Köhler's illustrations of Medicinal Plants.
New York Public Library: Browse the collections, events, and exhibitions. Connect to research libraries and branch libraries.
Presidential Libraries: Scroll down to the list of presidential libraries: Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.
San Francisco Public Library: Click on Kids or Teens for online book lists. The table of contents link to a variety of subjects: Math, Science, and Technology; Reading and Writing; Sports; and Art, Music, and Drama.
Seminole Tribal Libray Systems: Click on History for a Seminole Tribe Timeline, or follow the links for more complete details about the tribe's history. Click on Culture to learn about basketry, food, language, dolls, legends, and more.
Understanding the Library: Learn about library call numbers: what they are for, where they appear, how to read them, and how to put them in order. Find information on how to write a research paper and bibliography. This know-how will be a real plus for your study skills.

Maps & Flags

3D Atlas Online Countries: Take a trip around the world with 3D Atlas Online Countries.
Flags of all Countries: The most popular flag site in the world. all flags are listed and you can request non-country flags to be listed.
Find Your Longitude: Play this game to understand why an accurate timekeeping piece was so important for early navigators.
Outline Maps: A selection of outline maps for use in the classroom or at home. Feel free to print or download any of these maps for your personal use in activities, reports, or stories.
Map Machine: Use this excellent National Geographic site to find physical and political maps, as well as flags and facts for the country of your choice. Satellite imagery, star charts, and other map resources are also available.
Welcome to Flags Of The World: FOTW (Flags Of The World) is a site originally established by Giuseppe Bottasini, and devoted to vexillology. Here you can read more than 6900 pages about flags and view more than 12,500 images of flags.
World Atlas and World Maps - Geography: This online World Atlas includes maps and geographical information for the following entities: Alphabetical Listing of Countries & Continents, Blank Outline Maps of Each Country, U.S. & Territories, Cities of the World, and Oceans.

Mathematics

A+ Math Flashcards: Use the flashcards already created or create your own.
Activity Calorie Calculator: Calculate the number of calories you burn while doing up to 158 different activities. Fill in your weight and the average amount of time you exercise. The calculator returns a personalized activities page.
Arithmatic Game: Winwood's developmentally-appropriate pre-school curriculum was specifically created to enhance the natural ability of young children-from infants to kindergartners - to learn and absorb new information. In the process, Winwood children learn to problem solve, develop the confidence to think independently and interact with their classmates and teachers.
allmath.com: Multiplication Table: Having trouble with your multiplication tables? View times tables up to and including the number 15. Test your knowledge of math with the Flash Cards. Need help with metric units? Click on the Metric Converter.
Animated Math Glossary: Click on acute angle and watch the rays change from a 90 degree angle to a smaller angle. Look for a place value chart, examples of quadrilaterals, moving tangrams, spinning cylinders, and ticking clocks that show elapsed time.
Ask Juggles: Juggles was created to take you on a math journey to a dimension in teaching mathematics. Juggles knows kids need to learn to value mathematics, become confident in their ability to do math, become mathematical problem solvers, learn to communicate mathematically and reason mathematically.
Classic Currency Converter: You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day from January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Common Weights and Measures: How many kilograms in a metric ton? How many teaspooons make a tablespoon? Find out by clicking on Common U.S. and Metric Equivalents.
Conversions Tables: It is zero degrees Celsius in Montreal. How many degrees Fahrenheit is that? Use the Conversion Tables to convert U.S. measurements to metric. Try the handy shoe size conversion guide for sneaker lovers everywhere!
Convert It!: Have you forgotten the formula to convert centimeters into inches? Just click on length, enter the numbers, and convert it!
Cooking Conversions Calculator: Do you know how to measure in grams and liters? Use the Cooking Conversions Calculator to help. This useful measurement information is for cooks of all ages.
Cooking Measures & Conversion Calculator: Convert British measurements into U.S. equivalents. Would you eat tunny, chips, and sutanas for lunch? Look in British-U.S. cooking terms to find out.
Cost-of-Living Calculator: To use this calculator, enter a dollar amount in the box. Select the year you want to convert from and the year you want to convert to. Then just click the Calculate button.
Dave's Math Tables: Areas, Volumes, Surface Areas: Did you know pi = 3.141592? Use this list of math formulas to solve area, volume, and surface area problems.
"DAU MATH REFRESHER MODULE": This module is an interactive tutorial which gives a comprehensive view of basic Mathematics.The module covers fractions,exponents,logarithms, quadratic equations,series,functions, derivatives, and integrals.
Dictionary of Units: This site gives most of the units of measurement found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest) and lists the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a "standard" unit of the Systeme International.
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families: Figure This! Mathematics Challenges for Families provides interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.
Flashcards for Kids!: Flashcards for Kids. Choose the type of problem, the complexity and the number size.
FleetKids: What is FleetKids about? It's about encouraging learning through inquiry and getting kids started out on the path to money smarts. It's also about showing kids that money smarts isn't just earning, earning, earning until you're blue in the wallet.
FunBrain.com Math Baseball: FUNBRAIN will give you a math problem. Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button. If your answer is correct, you will get a hit. FUNBRAIN will decide if the hit is a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem.
Fun Mathematics Lessons by Cynthia Lanius: Topics include: Let's Graph, Let's Do Math, Who Wants Pizza?, Visualizing an Infinite Series, Let's Count, Million $ Mission, Rectangle Pattern Challenges, etc. For grades K-12
Home Arts Dietary Calculator: Do you eat the foods the experts say you should be eating? Type the number of servings you ate from each of the major food groups. The calculator tells how well you're doing!
How Far Is It?: How many miles is it from Chicago to Hong Kong? Users can enter any two world cites to find the distance between them. This service finds the latitude and longitude of two places and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).
Interactive Multiplication Table: Need help reading times tables? Simply enter the factors, and this site will teach you how to read the table to get the answer. Use factors up to and including the number 12.
Internet Cookbook: Measurement Converter: Bring your computer into the kitchen with you! This site converts cooking measurements quickly and easily.
KidsBank.Com: Kids Calculators: How much money do you need to save to buy a car when you reach driving age? Use the car calculator. Find out how long will it take you to be a millionaire or when to start holiday shopping.
Length Conversions: These measures of length are easily converted at this site: meter, angstrom, astronomical unit, centimeter, foot, inch, kilometer, light-year, micron, nautical mile, yard, and furlong.
Math Activities and Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers: Developed at California Polytechnic State University in conjunction with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. The activities are categorized into three groupings: math activities for students in grades K - 6, grades 7 - 8, and grades 9 - 12. Each activity is written in a lesson plan format, ready for use by teachers.
Math Forum: BEATCALC: Try to beat the calculator.
Math Forum: K-12 Problems, Puzzles, Tips & Tricks: Need some help with mental math? Want some math puzzles? Need some links to great math problems and puzzles on the Internet? Check out this site.
Math Goodies: Math Goodies is a free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! We have over 400 pages of free math activities and resources for teachers, students, parents, and homeschoolers.
Math Mastery: MathMastery.com features educational resources for 4th-8th grade students, and their teachers and parents.
Math Puzzle.com: Excellent site from Martin Gardner, with several challenging links as well. NPR's Sunday Challenge Puzzles are included, as are contests and other math challenges of note. While this is not generally a site for beginning math, if you have any Goodwill Hunting candidates in your classroom, then
Math Puzzles: From easy to elementary puzzles and then advancing into some pretty tough terrain (and that's putting it mildly!) -- you'll find plenty to inspire some brain expanding activities here! Go ahead and give them a try!
Math Stories/Word Problems: The goal of this web site is to help grade school children improve their math problem-solving and critical thinking skills. It has over 4000 math word problems for children to enjoy!
Measurements Converter: Convert time, weight, capacity and volume, length, area, speed, pressure, temperature, and circular measure.
Mega Converter: Click on Megacalculator on the bottom bar for a regular calculator. Do you want to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? Click on Use the Selector List and scroll to Temperature. Look for kitchen measures, length, mass and weight, volume, and time!
Mission: Critical: Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets
Newton's Window: Throw out those math drills, here comes Newtons' Window, packed with resources--for activities, try Tidbits and Challenges, or this Month's Tidbits.
Prime Factorization Machine: Discover if a number is prime or not. (Remember a number is prime if the only factors are itself and 1.) Just place a number greater than 0 in the box, and press the button.
Quia Mathematics: Registered users have developed and submitted quizzes and games for addition, fractions, division, estimation, multiplication, and units of measure.
Science Made Simple: Length Unit Conversion: The form on this site automatically converts units of length. For example, you can convert inches to meters, yards to miles, and so on.
Square Root Calculator: Need to find a square root instantly? Simply enter the number into the Square Root Calculator and press Calculate.
This Is Mega-Mathematics!: Colorful Math for all, Games on Graphs, Untangling the Mathematics of Knots, Algorithms and Ice Cream for All are a few of the topics located at this site created by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Weather Calculator: Find a wind speed converter or a heat index calculator, or Fahrenheit to Celsius converter. This calculator also takes air temperature and wind speed and gives the windchill factor.
WebMath: What type of math problem are you working on? Find hints on how to solve word problems and problems using fractions, physics, units conversion, numbers, graphing, simplifying expressions, solving equations, and more!
World Wide Metric: Length, weight, pressure, and volume metric converters are available at this site.

Money

Banking

Bank of America Brush Up on Banking: Here are the ABCs of banking, including information on Checking Accounts, ATMs, Savings Accounts, Loans, and Budgets.
Cost-of-Living Calculator-AIER: To use this calculator, enter a dollar amount in the box. Select the year you want to convert from and the year you want to convert to. Then just click the Calculate button.
FDIC Learning Bank: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a part of the federal government. That means the FDIC has the ability to make rules that affect banks in all 50 states.
KidsBank.Com: Learn about money and where it came from. Find out more about savings accounts, interest rates, checking, and other fundamentals of banking.
Yahoo! Financial Glossary: Use the A-to-Z glossary to find the definition of any finance or banking term.
Young Investor: Learn about stocks and bonds, certificates of deposit, and how to invest. Go to the Library for Money FAQs to find what the Dow Jones average is!

Business

America's Career InfoNet: Look for information on careers, wages, and trends in the job market. Conduct a state profile search for jobs and education requirements. Click on Resources and explore by occupation or link to career information guides.
Biz Web: Do you need boating supplies? Scroll to Recreation and click on Boating. A Halloween costume? Scroll to Clothes and click on Costume. BizWeb is a web business guide to 43,160 companies listed in 192 categories.
Bridges: This Online Career development site from North Carolina lets you ask questions to backpackers, wildlife rehabilitators, stunt performers, and more! Click on Trends to find the definition of labor market.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information: Click on a topic such as P.E./Outdoors to find interesting careers. Click on a career to find what the workers do, how to prepare for a job, what the salary range is, what jobs might be popular in the future, and where to look for more information.
CompaniesOnline Search: Search for information on over 100,000 companies. Browse by industry type, city, or state.
Consumer Information Center: Here are hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available. Topics include food and nutrition, health, housing, travel, cars, federal programs, and money. Click on Employment or Small Business to help you start or expand a business.
Fortune 500 List: Who are America's largest companies? Click on a name to get a company snapshot of how much money each earned in the past year, the number of employees, and current stock prices.
Getting There: What do you want to be when you grow up? Find out what it's like to be anything from an electrician to a veterinarian. Take a Reality Check quiz and learn the top ten things you'll need to know to get the job.
Hoover's Online: What's the company of the day? This is the ultimate source for company information and business news.
Investing for Kids: Designed by kids for kids, this is a place to learn about the stock market, determine how to buy and sell stocks, and research stocks. It also includes a stock game.
Job Smart Home: These sites are packed with information about planning a career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in?
Kelley Blue Book: Do you have your eye on a new or used car that you would like to own? Begin by entering your ZIP code, then check the prices.
Managing a Samll Business: Do you have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur? The Small Business Know-How Resource brings you guides, tips, and new ideas to help you succeed in your business.
Occupational Outlook Handbook: From Account Executives and Actors to X-ray technicians and Zoologist, find information on many careers including Working Conditions, Training and Other Qualifications, Earnings, and Related Occupations.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: CPSC, an independent federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Click on 4 Kids and report unsafe products through Tell Us What You Think.
Washington Post Business Glossary: Find more than 1,250 business terms, organized for your convenience. Search the A-to-Z glossary for a particular word such as "asset" or "stock option," or search the full text of the glossary to find every reference to a word or phrase.
Web 100-Business on the Web: Which fast food companies are using the Web to make a splash in their industry? Click on the U.S. 100 and then on Food Services. Try Toys and Sporting Goods or Soap and Cosmetics.
Young Investor Website: Learn about stocks and bonds, certificates of deposit, and how to invest. Go to the Library for Money FAQs to find what the Dow Jones average is!

Currency

CNN Currency Converter: Choose a dollar amount in U.S. or foreign currency and then select what type of currency you would like to convert it to.
Cost-of-Living Calculator-AIER: To use this calculator, enter a dollar amount in the box. Select the year you want to convert from and the year you want to convert to. Then just click the Calculate button.
Currency Conversion: Study the chart to find the value of one U.S. dollar in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan. What is its relation to the new Eurodollar?
Department of Treasury Learning Vault: Click on Frequently Asked Questions for answers about U.S. paper currency, coins, savings bonds, budget and debt, and the tax system.
Frequently Asked Questions About U.S. Paper Currency: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces our paper currency. How much money does it print every day? Find the answers to all your questions about money.
History of American Paper Money: The goal in developing this web site is to offer a source of reference material and images related to U.S. Currency, Stocks and Bonds for all those interested in the hobbies of Syngraphy and Scripophily.
International Salary Calculator: Would you like to live in New York City? Los Angeles? The Salary Calculator tells you how much your yearly salary should be to afford the cost of living in cities around the United States.
NOVA Online-Secrets of Making Money: Based on an episode of the PBS series NOVA, this site explains how paper money is made, the history of paper money, and how counterfeit money is detected.
Treasury's Page for Kids: Follow Trez, the alley cat, on a tour of the U.S. Mint, the Treasury Department, the Secret Service, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Learn about savings bonds, the history of money and taxes, and how money is printed.
Universal Currency Converter: Traveling to a foreign country? Find out how much your dollar is worth around the world!
U.S. Currency: See images of bills, coins, and stock certificates.
What's a Dollar Worth?: This calculator shows how much the cost of an item changed from 1913 to 1998. It finds the consumer price index (the average level of prices of the goods and services typically consumed by an American family).

Museums

Academy of Natural Sciences: Visit Dinosaur Hall, Live Butterflies, and Snakes Alive exhibits!
Afro-Americ@: The Black History Museum: Explore interactive historical exhibits or visit the Kids Zone to learn about Africa's geography and to read myths and fables.
American Museum of Natural History: A number of online scientific explorations are available at this museum's homepage.
Artcyclopedia: Click on your favorite Top
Atlanta History Museum: Take a virtual tour of the Civil War and view items that belonged to Civil War soldiers.
Blanton Museum of Art: View nineteenth and twentieth century art, contemporary Latin American art, and medieval and European art.
Boston Museum of Science: Take an interactive tour of the exhibits at the Boston Museum of Science. The online museum includes information on Leonardo da Vinci, a Theater of Electricity, and a Scanning Electron Microscope.
Butler Institute of American Art: Each painting in this collection is accompanied by a brief discussion of the artist and the work. Start at the beginning of the alphabet with Edwin Austin Abbey and work your way to the end of the alphabet.
Cahoon Museum of American Art: This site features some interesting works of not-so-well-known American artists. Read about current exhibits and see examples of the artists' creations.
Canadian Museum of Civilization: This museum covers important events of human civilization beginning with the Mysteries of the Ancient Maya and Egypt.
Chicago Historical Society: Learn about Al Capone; Chicago Black Sox; the Chicago Fire; the World's Columbian Exposition; and Parades, Protests, and Politics in Chicago.
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry: A visit to this site is a real treat. The museum has over 800 exhibits and over 2,000 interactive units. Get an overall view by clicking first on General Info on the main menu and then selecting Museum Fact Sheet.
Cleveland Museum of Art: Click on Current or Past Exhibitions. View the work of famous artists and learn about their lives.
Colonial Williamsburg: This site features resources on Colonial Williamsburg. Take a field trip or find general information.
Dallas Museum of Art: From legendary impressionist paintings to breathtaking contemporary sculpture, the permanent collection is outstanding!
Egypt World: One click leads to a virtual museum on the Ancient Egyptian pyramids
Egyptian Museum: The greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Items from the time of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt some 5,000 years ago include the famous slate palette of King Narmer.
Ellis Island Museum: Explore Ellis Island and its amazing immigration museum. Information about the Statue of Liberty is included.
Exploratorium: The Exploratorium is fantastic. It has 650 interactive exhibits about science, nature, art, and technology. Learn about light, color, sound, animal behavior, electricity, the senses, waves, weather, and more.
Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago has one of the greatest museums of natural history in the world. It holds more than twenty million objects and specimens. Choose Exhibits from the main menu, then embark on a tour of online exhibits you'll never forget.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco: The official Web site for the DeYoung Museum and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco has one of the largest image databases currently on the Web. Get an overview of the exhibitions and collections at these museums, or search for a specific artist.
Franklin Institute Science Museum: Scroll down the main menu, click on Exhibits, and you will be treated to some great choices, including The Heart, Ben Franklin, and An Inquirer's Guide To The Universe.
Geology Museum: The Geology Museum hosts more than 25,000 visitors and provides 600 educational tours each year. The museum displays minerals, rocks, fossils, a 6-foot globe, and
Guggenheim Museum: Photos of art exhibitions from museums in New York, Germany, Spain, and Italy are available on this site, along with the history of the artists.
Hall of Heroes: Exhibits include Our 50 States, The Presidents, Women Heroes, Heroes of Outer Space, and Washington, D.C.
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: This site is rich in information on Henry Ford, the man, and the machine that changed the face of America for all time.
Lawrence Hall of Science Kids' Corner: Click on Biology Lab, take a bat quiz, or check out the virtual cat show winners! Play Tree Homes, using Shockwave.
London Museum of Archaeology: Click on Virtual Museum for a tour of this archaeological museum in Ontario, Canada. Learn about nomadic hunters, traders and potters, and early farmers.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Click on Collections and visit each floor for paintings, sculptures, and photographs. What should you look for in a painting? Click on Explore and Learn.
Miami Museum of Science: Explore the amazing mechanics of the human body and test your sports skills in the new exhibit.
NARA Online Exhibit Hall: Find historic documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights. You'll see posters from WWII, photos spanning decades, and gifts to the presidents.
National Air and Space Museum: How does a rocket work? Who was Amelia Earhart? This Web site is a good place to find answers to these questions and to learn more about the history of flight.
National Civil Rights Museum: Virtual Tour: Take an interactive tour of this museum to learn more about African-American history. View the photographs, then read the text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech, I Have a Dream. Explore the lives of other prominent African Americans.
National Gallery of Art: Examine more than 100,000 objects, including paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture. View online collections of art by searcing for a specific artist or title.
National Museum of African Art: This is the homepage for the Anacostia Museum and Center for African-American History and Culture.
National Museum of American Art: Select Collections & Exhibitions from the main menu. Then click on Online Exhibitions to explore 15 virtual shows. Try the Education section, a gem for teachers and students.
National Museum of the American Indian: The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans
National Museum of American History: Explore the changing ways Americans have measured, used, and thought about time during the past 300 years through a sampling of clocks, watches, and other everyday objects in this virtual counterpart to the new permanent exhibition.
National Museum of Natural History: The National Museum of Natural History is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.
National Postal Museum: You don't need to be a philatelist (stamp collector) to enjoy this museum. Six major exhibit galleries explore America's postal history. The Binding the Nation and Stamps and Stories galleries are fascinating!
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Are you curious about sharks, butterflies, or dinosaurs? This site has a lot to offer. Click on Select This Text for the list of online exhibits to access these three exhibits and many more.
Not Just for Kid's Guide to the National Museum of American History: Tour the virtual exhibits and go to Not Just For Kids for American History by the Letter, an alphabetical tour of objects in the museum. Then trace American history through objects in the Timeline.
Old Stubridge Village: Old Sturbridge Village, the largest history museum in the Northeast, is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural nineteenth-century town.
Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art: This museum is a special treat for lovers of American art. Click on Galleries on the main menu to get to the 14 galleries.
Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection: Visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History photo collection of rocks and gems online.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: This official site of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum includes links to information on the museum, the history of the Holocaust, and commonly asked questions.
Virtual Museum of Arts: El Pais: MUVA, the Virtual Museum of Art, has been conceived as a dynamic, interactive museum bringing together the most renowned works of contemporary Uruguayan art, an important contributor to Latin American art.
WebMuseum, Paris: Bonjour! Here's your ticket to Paris and the Louvre! To tour Paris, click on Visit Paris under Other Resources. Return to the main page for the museum and click on Famous Paintings Exhibition with an artist index and glossary of painting styles.
Welcome to the White House: This is the official Web site of the White House. Read about the history of the building, find out about the presidents who lived there, and much more.
Whitney Museum of American Art: Here is good site to visit for contemporary American art. You can view paintings by Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe and see Alexander Calder's wonderful Circus.

Music

Children's Music Web: his musical treasure for kids includes a monthly listing of concerts and an offering of songs, activities, and contests. Kids can join the email forum, find out what music events are happening in their area, and listen to a funny story by loony Maynard Moose.
Music of Chopin: Information on Frederic Francois Chopin.
Music Learning Zone: Look for an A-to-Z list of composer biographies, glossary of musical terms, and music used in movies. Click on Introduction to Classical Music and then Musical Instruments for the history of strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard.
MHN Instrument Encyclopedia: Browse General Reference to learn about musical instruments in general; they are arranged by four major instrument types: wind, percussion, string, and electronic.
Native American Music: We specialize in authentic traditional and contemporary American Indian and Canadian Native music.
Tour the Instruments: Encyclopedia: Tour the alphabetical list of musical instruments and listen to each one using RealPlayer. Learn the origin of each instrument by reading the description.

Native Americans

Miscellaneous Research

First Americans: A long time ago North America was very different from the way it is today. There were no highways, cars, or cities. There were no schools, malls, or restaurants. But even long, long ago, there were still communities.
Indian Cultures: A TrackStar site about Indian cultures, populations, symbols, totem poles, pow-wows, recipes, etc.
Native American History and European Explorers.: Another TrackStar site with information about the first Nations and their histories.
Native Americans: The Native Americans were the first to arrive in North America and call it home. Check out the information that can be found here
Native American Way: Tells about the Native American food customs.
Native Americans - Internet Resources.: You will find bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history and historical documents, periodicals and general links.
Northwest Coast Native Americans: Information about games and the different tribes to be found along the Northwest Coast.

Iroquiois Indians

Iroquois Indians: This is a wonderful site to locate Iroquois Indian Legends. It includes many unique legends about animals and Iroquois traditions.

Pomo Indians

POMO Indian Tribes of California: Information about where the tribes were located, history, basketmaking, etc.

Kwakiutl Indians

How Kwakiutl Met their Needs: The Kwakiutl used nature in many ways. They use trees for homes, clothes, food, and also canoes.
Kwakiutl/From Sea to Shining Sea: Susu, a little Indian girl, is about to wake up and begin her usual day as a member of the Kwakiutl Indian tribe.
Kwakiutl Indian wearing a Mask: Traditional masks worn by the Kwakiutl Indians.
Kwakiutl Homepage: The Kwakiutl are a dialectic group belonging to the Wakashan linguistic family.
Kwakiutl Woodcarvings: Woodcarving was very important to the Kwakiutl.

Maidu Indians

Maidu Indians/Inc. more Links: The first people who lived in Nevada County were the Maidu Indians. They gathered acorns and wild plants and caught fish and game.
Maidu Indians: The Indians that lived in and around the Sutter Buttes were the Southern Maidu or Nisenan. These Indians, like all American Indians, were descendants of the migratory peoples that crossed the Bering Straits from Asia and then spread southward into the North and South American continents.

Yokut Indians

Basketry of Yokuts: When you visit Sanger Depot Museum's Indian Room, you'll find a remarkable collection of basketry from the Yokut Indians.

News/Newstands

Magazines

Archaeology Magazine: This site presents selected articles and news, features, lectures, museum shows, and archaeological Web sites.
Audubon Magazine: Get closer to nature! Participate in a bird count, find out how to protect the environment, and read about conservationists.
Bicycling: Find out how to get the most out of riding and training on a bicycle.
Crayola Kids Online: Recipes, crafts, and kids' creations fill the pages of this magazine.
Cricket Magazine: Click on Spider and then Ophelia's Reading Room for stories, poems, and recommended reading lists. Miro's Kitchen Studio has recipes and puzzles. Click on Ladybug and listen and sing along to the songs.
CyberKids: CyberKids is a free online magazine for kids by kids. It contains colorful stories, artwork, puzzles, and more. The site's creators also host an annual CyberKids International Writing and Art Contest.
CyberTeens Zeen: Zeen accepts submissions from teens around the world. Read stories, articles, poems, editorials, reviews of software, web sites or books, and music compositions. View art, photos, and comics!
Discover Magazine: Search current and recent issues for articles about medicine, space, earth, and evolution.
Discovery Channel: Discovery Online presents fascinating articles about animals. Click on Feature Stories and scroll down to the list of categories, including Fur, Feathers, and Claws; Oceans, Sharks, and Whales; and Bugs and Reptiles. Science Live has RealAudio Webcasts.
Girl Zone: Hey girls! Here's a site to help you with education, exercise, nutrition, fashion, and future goals.
Girl's Life: Click on Entertainment for kids' reviews of books, movies, and music. In Try It, you may find a new hobby or discover a hidden talent. Find answers to etiquette questions and advice about family, friends, and boys.
HiPMag Online: HiP Magazine is a Berkeley, California, based nonprofit publication for all deaf and hard-of-hearing children, ages 8 to 14.
International Figure Skating: Enjoy reading interviews with famous skaters from around the world.
Junior League Baseball Magazine: Youth baseball is America's greatest team sport. This magazine is for Little League, Pony League, Babe Ruth League, or one of the many other youth baseball organizations.
KidZeen: This online magazine has reviews of CD-ROMS, articles, and fiction, all submitted by young writers.
National Geographic: Explore the globe via one of the world's most comprehensive geography-related Web sites! Use the search engine to discover the wonders of the universe. Explore the Amazon, the African plains, and even follow a mission to Mars.
Newsweek: Read the highlights from the past week in this news magazine.
POP Magazine: Look for games, jokes, contests, and kids making a difference all across Canada.
Ranger Rick Magazine: Try the Activity of the Month and click on Cool Stuff for games and riddles. Read back issues in Prowl the Past or send nature questions to Ask Scarlett.
Rodale's Scuba Diving: Take a tour of the best places to scuba dive, learn to take underwater photos, find out what gear you need, and read tips for diving safely.
Roller Hockey: Playing hockey on in-line skates is an exciting sport. Learn playing tips from the pros.
Runner's World Online: What's the best way to train for a marathon race? Who are today's track stars? Check out the best shoes, nutrition information, and dates of local races.
Scientific American: How do bats echolocate? Are there birds that bark? Find the answers to all kinds of interesting science questions from experts in the field. Learn about the Nobel prize winners and the latest scientific discoveries.
Sky and Telescope: The essential magazine of astronomy includes a Stargazers Almanac that tells what to expect when gazing into the night sky.
Sports Illustrated for Kids: Visit Sports Illustrated for Kids to find games, fantasy leagues, sports news, and more.
Stone Soup: Written and illustrated by young people ages 8 to 13, this magazine inspires young readers and writers everywhere.
Tennis: What's the best racket for your game? Who's the best pro player? Find out here!
TIME for Kids: Find out kids' views of current events in this special version of the popular news magazine. Click on Archive for reports from 1995 to today.
Track & Field News: Find out the results of recent races, the best track camps, and track athletes of the year!
U.S. News Online: Find reports on consumer affairs, news and views, education, and more.
Weekly Reader Galaxy: Play this month's game of News Busters to find out what you know about the news! Express your views, share poems, and check out the articles.
ZooGoer Magazine: This magazine of Friends of the National Zoo explores the natural world with articles on subjects ranging from the behavior of giraffes and giant pandas to how wildlife filmmakers capture dramatic moments in the lives of lions.

Newspapers

250 Online Newspapers & Magazines of the world: Want news from around the world? Check out this site for lots of newspapers.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Enjoy news from the southern state of Georgia.
Bakersfield Californian: Check the local news and weather.
Baltimore Sun: Find the latest news in Maryland's most widely-read paper.
Boston Globe: Read news from Boston online, including weekly and Sunday editions, features, and classifieds.
Chicago Sun Times: Read the Chicago Sun Times newspaper online, including news, sports, business, classifieds, and columnists.
Chicago Tribune: The Internet Edition of this midwest newspaper includes local columnists and news around the United States and the world.
Children's Express: Extra! Extra! Read Children's Express, an online newspaper for students that is reported and edited by students aged 8 to 18.
Christian Science Monitor: Submit votes in polls conducted by this Boston newspaper. Read local, state, and international news.
Cyber Kids Alive!: SINCE 1881 The Salvation Army has produced a weekly children's newspaper. With the Army's military beginnings the paper was originally called 'The Little Soldier'.
Dallas Morning News: Discover news from a leading newspaper in Texas.
Denver Post: Read the latest news reports from Colorado.
Detroit News: Find out what's going on in Michigan.
Directory of Online Periodicals and Newspapers: Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center, a meta-site for librarians teachers, students and parents. This page features online newspaper, periodicals, and news services. You'll also find lesson and unit plans here.
Environmental News Network: Access daily news and feature stories on environmental topics and interact with others having similar interests at ENN's global online network. You can also access ENN's daily webcasts if you have Real Player.
Houston Chronicle: Enjoy news from this busy city in Texas.
KC Star Newspaper: Information especially geared to kids.
KidNews: KidsNews features news articles, short stories, poems, sports critiques and opinions authored by kids from around the world. This free service does edit and review each submission prior to being posted.
LA Times: Read southern California's largest newspaper online.
Miami Herald: Find out what's happening in the southern state of Florida.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Enjoy news updates from Wisconsin.
National Political Index: Check out recent campaign and election coverage, as well as current political headlines on this site.
New Orleans Times-Picayune: Read Louisiana's top newspaper.
New York Times: This famous newspaper has "all the news that's fit to print," with thorough coverage of world and national events.
Out There News presents World News Megastories: News from around the world.
Philadelphia Online: Click to Pennsylvania's Philadelphia Daily News or the Inquirer for sports, business, weather, local, national, and international news.
Phoenix New Times: Enjoy one of Arizona's newspapers.
San Diego Union Tribune: Read news reports from southern California's, San Diego.
San Francisco Chronicle: Here's the news from California's "city by the bay."
Seattle Times: Find out the news from the Northwest state of Washington.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: News from the Midwest is available in this Missouri paper.
State News: Updated every weekday, this site specializes in government news from each state.
US Newswire: Read current headlines from the U.S. Newswire.
USA Today: Here's a daily newspaper that offers current events in Washington D.C., and the world, as well as science and state news.
Washington Post: Here's all the government news and more from our nation's capital.
Yahoo! News and Media:Newspapers:By Region:Countries: Index of Newspapers by regions.

Newspapers International

AsiaWeek Online: Read important foreign news stories online.
Bangkok Post: Thailand's English language newspaper provides the latest news and weather.
Central Europe Online: Learn the news from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia.
China Daily: Read the top news and the latest weather forecast in China, plus news about agriculture, banking, economy, and real estate.
Globe and Mail: Discover one of Canada's leading newspapers.
International Herald Tribune: Read headline news from around the world from this Paris-based newspaper.
Irish Times: Read about the news events in Ireland.
Israeli Press: Access the latest news in English from the Israeli press.
Japan Times: A weekly news roundup can be found in this newspaper, as well as what's happening in museums, galleries, and festivals around Japan.
London Times: For more than 200 years the Times has been bringing top-quality news to the people of Britain.
Macedonian Press Agency: Here's news from Greece, the Balkans, Europe, and the world.
Manila Times: Read the latest news from the Philippines.
PanAfrican News Agency: Tune into Africa through PANA. With an expanding pool of correspondents, PANA has the largest news-gathering operation in Africa.
Reuters: For more than 150 years, Reuters has been the key provider of critical, timely information to the global business community and news media.
Russia Today: The latest news from Moscow can be found in this newspaper.
St. Petersburg Times: This Russian newspaper (in English) gives you the top stories from a different perspective.
Sydney Morning Herald: Read the breaking news from Australia.
Times of India: Read about political events and find the latest cricket scores!
Toronto Star: Find news, weather, and sports from Ontario, Canada.
United Nations News: The U.N.'s daily agenda, news headlines, press briefings, and fact sheets are available here.
UPI: This hourly news summary from United Press International is easy to read.
Vancouver Sun: Here's the news from British Columbia, Canada.
Washingtonpost World: Washington Post's news about the world.
Yahoo! Full Coverage:World: Yahoo!'s links to world newspapers.

TV & Radio

ABCNEWS: Look for up-to-date news reports from around the world, plus business, technology, science, health, travel, entertainment, and weather news.
AFP World News Roundup: Agence France-Presse is the world's leading global news and photo agency.
Africa News: Welcome to AFRICA NEWS-the one-stop source for up-to-date information on all of Africa. Here you will find news from more than 60 different sources, including 40 top African news organizations.
AP Update: Read the Associated Press news reports (Eastern Standard Time) as soon as they are written.
C-SPAN Schedule: Today's C-SPAN programming for TV and radio is available here.
CBC4KIDS: Learn facts about Canada! CBC4KIDS contains up-to-date news, sports, drama, science, and music pages assembled from the resources of CBC Radio, CBC Television, and NewsWorld.
CNN Interactive: CNN provides world, national, local, in-depth, and up-to-the-minute news.
Earth Alert: Daily updates on the condition of the planet are available on this site. Look for worldwide sightings of big cats, floods, cyclones, volcanoes, insects, temperature extremes, and earthquakes.
MetaPlus: This site presents news headlines by country, state, subject, business, technology, sports, entertainment, and weather.
MSNBC: Request a personalized edition of up-to-the-minute news breaks, local weather forecast, health, science, sports, travel, and business news.
National Public Radio: National Public Radio presents the latest news.
Newsbytes: The latest business and technology news is available on this site.
NewsHub: Every 15 minutes, every day, the news changes. Click on Technical, Financial, U.S reports., Science, Health, and Entertainment news.
Radio Free Europe: Students can get current world news from primary sources at this Web site.
Sports Network: More than your average sports information site, this Web page provides news and information about some of the sports you don't find in the daily paper, including women's sports.

100th Day

100th Day of School: List of things to do for the 100th day.
100th Day of School: 100th Day Celebration Activities. Literature Ideas are also included.
300 Celebration Ideas: Have fun celebrating with these ideas.
Science Center Lesson - Celebrating the 100th Day of School: Here are some activities that you can use to celebrate the 100th day of school. The 100th day of school is especially exciting to celebrate if you have been keeping track of the days of school since the first day.
TeacherView: The 100th Day of School: A book review with activities to go along with the book.

Parent Links

California State Parent Teacher Association: Information and resources for parents.
EdGate - Parents' Place: Information for parents and links to helpful sites.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: On April 18, 1997, President Clinton asked Federal agencies to determine what "resources you can make available that would enrich the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning."
Helping Your Child Learn ...: A series of publications for parent to help their child in the areas of: Reading, Test-taking, Writing, Geography, History, Mathematics, Getting Ready for School, and Science. Also, some publications in Spanish.
Parent Links: Parents, this is your place where you can come to find resources to help make you a better teacher.
Parents Place: ParentsPlace.com is a community where parents can connect, communicate and celebrate the adventures of parenting.
Partnership For Involvement in Education (PFIF): Partners – across the sectors Employers for Learning, Community Organizations, Religious Groups, and Family-School Partnerships - commit to increasing family participation in children's learning through a variety of activities and efforts, some of which include: student- and family-friendly policies at the workplace, before- and after-school programs, tutoring and mentoring initiatives, and donations of facilities and technologies.
Welcome to the National PTA: PTA news and links.

Poetry

Academy of American Poets: Search an index of all the poets who are currently featured on this site, and discover biographies, phots, poems, and more. Listen to the audio files of authors reading their poetry.
Aha! Poetry: This is the best site for budding poets to participate, read, judge, and write with the experts.
Atlantic Unbound Poetry Pages: Here's a rich resource of classic and contemporary poets and poetry from the Atlantic Monthly.
Greg Digital Library-World Classic Poetry: Poetry from around the world is featured at this site, including african, Asia, European, North American, and South American examples. Poetry in Life includes casual versers, children's rhymes, epigrams, odes, and epitaphs.
Poetry Pals: Every two months, a different style of poetry-haiku, cinquain and limericks, to name a few-is featured at this site. Become a Poetry Pal Partner and submit poems for online publication.

Presidents

American Experience/The Presidents: "The Presidents" web site builds on the enormous collection of research materials developed for the award-winning broadcasts. The site includes the "Presidential Record," a review of all 20th century chief executives, provides "Featured Presidents," an in-depth look at the eight presidents in the broadcast series line-up, offers a collection of Presidential quotes in "In Their Own Words," and includes "Resources" such as links to dozens of presidential sites, a detailed bibliography and a comprehensive collection of primary source material.
Celebrating Democracy: A collaborative project of the Smithsonian Institution, The Library of Congress, the National Archives, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Character Above All: Presidential Links: Presented by PBS. You will be able to find the Presidential Speeches & Addresses and information about all the presidents.
Executive Office of the President: Information from the executive office.
Grolier Online-The American Presidency: Welcome to the New Book of Knowledge set of articles on the presidents, the presidency and American politics.
Hall of Presidents: The National Portrait Gallery presents the Hall of Presidents. Information on all the presidents plus their pictures.
Inaugurations in American Memory: Each presidential inauguration opens a new chapter in American history. Inauguration time often features great celebrations and festivities, many of which are captured in American Memory historical collections.
IPL POTUS -- Presidents of the United States: Welcome! In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
Presidency: Indiana University Bloomington Libraries presents the Presidency.
Presidential Letters: Letters written by the presidents can be found here. Need to have audio plug-in to hear the introduction.
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network: Information about the Presidents and the First Ladies.
Time and the Presidency: Occupants of the White House since FDR have been all but constantly in the eye of a camera. Some of the most memorable pieces of presidential photojournalism have appeared in the pages of TIME.
Tokens and Treasures: Presidential Gifts: As the highest representative of the people and government, the President accepts gifts on behalf of the United States of America. The phenomenon, as old as the Presidency itself, grows with each administration: Today a President may receive 15,000 gifts a year.
USA: index presidents-area: This area is an index on the presidents of the United States and contains information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their person or the office they are holding.

Quotations

Familiar Quotations: From Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sir Walter Scott, you'll find all sorts of famous quotes at this site. You can even search for a word used in a particular quotation as this site has its own search engine.
Quoteland.com: Quotes add life to papers, speeches, and conversations. The Land of Quotes provides a list of authors and accurate quotations.
Quotations: This is an excellent source for quotations because it is organized by topic. The detailed list of collections makes it easy to narrow the hunt for your choice.
Quotations Page: This searchable quotations page will give you the quotes of your choice if you click on Search for a Quotation. Look for quotes of the day or week, quotes from book reviews, and more.
Phrase Finder: Input a word and the Phrase Finder will return a list of phrases that are related to your word in some way.
Where Do Expressions Come From?: These explanations of the origins of such phrases as "dead as a doornail," "cloud nine," and "kit and caboodle" are interesting and fun.

Reference

DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers: Use keywords to describe the type of reference material that you need to find answers for.
Digital Librarian: Reference: This is a list of sites for all kinds of researching.
Electronic Reference Desk: Everything from Dictionaries to Geographic Information and World News & Weather can be found here. Check out the Thesauri that are listed.
Fairy Tale Cyber Dictionary: This lesson was developed as part of the Illinois State Board of Education Learning Technology Center's Enternet '99 Project, coordinated by Area One Learning Technology Hub.
Galaxy: Reference: Find Information in the following areas: Calendars, Census, Clocks, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Flags, Legal Documentation, Maps, and Quotations.
IPL Ready Reference Collection: The IPL Ready Reference Collection is a collection of Internet resources gathered together with the needs of the Internet
Navigator: Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Its primary intent was to give reporters and editors new to the Web a solid starting point for a wide range of journalistic functions without forcing all of them to spend time wandering around blindly to find a useful set of links of their own.
Reference - Refdesk.com: The single best source for facts on the Net. check outhe all the links. A Reference Site-of-the-Day has interesting new sites.
Reference Shelf: This section contains quick access to words, facts and figures.
Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk: Research using the Language Tools, the Library, Geographical, Financial, Shipping and the Internet. Under each section are listed various ways to search.
Researchpaper: Welcome to Researchpaper.com - the Web's largest collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects.
THOR: The Virtual Reference Desk: Purdue University Libraries presents the Virtual Reference Desk. Links to several Information sites can be found here.
Virtual Reference Desk: A Porject of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology and the National Library of Education with support from the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Research Sites/Homework Help

Academic Search Engines: Listing of sites for all things educational.
ACE Space: Research areas for educational endeavours.
Ask Jeeves for Kids!: Ask Jeeves for Kids(tm) is the fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site that answers your question.
Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory: The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library: To browse the Content Table, click on any underlined word below. To browse by specific content area (e.g. "Chemistry" or "U.S. History"), try our clickable Content Area List.
CoolWorks Kids Page: Safe sites for students to check out.
Discovery Channel Online: Lots of choices for doing research.
Encyclopedias: Listing of various encyclopedias.
Homework helper and cybrary/4th/5th: Welcome the fourth and fifth grade virtual library where you will find all the best resources in one place.
Homework Central: The best study and research collections on the web!
ICONnect: Favorite Web Sites for K-12 Students: Favorite Web Sites For K-12 Students Point-n-click your way to the web sites our KidsConnect school library media specialists have found most helpful for K-12 students!
Internet School Library Media Center: Visit sites of possible interest to librarians and teachers in the electronic library.
KidsClick! Web Search: Search Engine made for kids. All sites are researched by librarians.
Lessons for Elementary: Listing of sites for various subject areas.
Library in the Sky - Student Resources: Containing over 15,000 links to some of the best educational resources on the Internet, The Library in the Sky guides teachers, students, parents, librarians, and members of the community on their journeys through cyberspace.
Research Guide for Students: Quick click to IQ-rated search engines, links to research guides, and useful URLs based on the Dewey Decimal system. Find a useful guide on how to write an A+ research paper and do a class presentation. Learn how to document footnotes, endnotes, parenthetical references, and create a bibliography using MLA style.
Research Topics - Crestwood Elementary: General Search engine, dictionary and Thesaurus for elementary students.
Scholastic Kids New Zone: News written for students.
SchoolSubjects/StudentLeisure: Need help finding information for a school research project or homework assignment? Check out this site.
StudyWeb: Search our collection of over 131,000 research quality URLs.
Understanding the Library: Know how the Library works? Check out this site for information on the library.
Virtual Schoolhouse: Information can be found in the Library, the Art room, the Teacher's Lounge, Computer Lab, and the Principal's Office.
Web of On-line Dictionaries: Listing of dictionaries: language, specialty, multi-lingual, translation and other indexes can be found here.
WebResources: Below you will find an alphabetical listing of headings for some of the vast information found on the World Wide Web.
World Kids Network, Inc.: Be anyone, do anything, or find out almost anything.

Scavenger Hunts

CyberSurfari: This Internet treasure hunt provides parents, teachers and students a free, fun, safe and educational way to explore hand-picked destinations throughout the Internet. The object of the game is to find and submit as many treasure codes as possible; 132 in all. The more clues you solve, the better your chances of winning prizes. No matter your age (3-93) or skill level, you can play, learn and win!
Holy Redeemer Catholic School/Resource Centre/Scavenger Hunts: If you are looking for Scavenger Hunts that can easily be integrated into your curriculum, you have come to the right place! Our Scavenger Hunts can be printed and distributed to your students right from the internet.
Internet Treasure Hunts for ESL Students: Lots of different scavenger hunts for students. Also study quizzes and crossword puzzles for ESL students.
Museum Mania On-line Treasure Hunt: Answer the questions on the treasure hunt pages to unlock the Museum Mania treasure chest.

Science

ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information: Where was the largest earthquake ever recorded? Study the impact of earthquakes on buildings, learn about future earthquakes, take a quiz in Kid Zone to test your earthquake sense, or link to related sites!
Anthropology on the Internet For K-12: The Smithsonian's Anthropology Department defines anthropology as "the science that deals with the origins, physical characteristics, and cultural development of humankind." The broad scope of this definition means exploring the Internet for related resources can be both exciting and a little daunting.
Ask a Scientist or Engineer: Why is the ocean salty? During National Science and Technology Week, the National Science Foundation invites kids of all ages to send questions. Select an area of science from archaeology to physics and browse through previously asked questions.
Ask an Expert Sources: Connecting your students to an expert in the field is an excellent way of expanding their horizons, supplementing the curriculum with current information, and integrating Internet resources within your classroom. The sites on this page are links to experts in K-12 curricular related topics.
Beakman and Jax: Lots of great information. Check out the Hubble Telescope. Or, click on Beakman to learn about your feet, mucus, eyeglasses and favorite places on the internet.
Biology 4 Kids: Study cells (membrane, nucleus, DNA), biochemistry, and taxonomy (scientific names) in this well-organized site.
Black Hole Gang: Explore the site to learn about the science adventures of Matt, Wei Ling, Rosa, A.J., and Newton. Find the hidden links about Einstein, bats, rainforests, and other cool science topics.
BodyQuest: Explore human anatomy with colorful graphics, experiments, and quizzes. Find information on all the body systems, plus details on the ear, eye, nose, brain, and heart.
Bugs in the News: Keep abreast of science happenings, inform your students, and watch their eyes "bug" out, all at the same time! For definitions that definitely are not dry, try, "What the heck is...?" They're sure to come back for more.
California State Science Fair: The California State Science Fair is the final science fair of the academic year for students throughout the State of California in grades 6 - 12, serving California's future scientists since 1952. It is hosted by the California Science Center (formerly, the California Museum of Science and Industry).
Chem 4 Kids: Learn about the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, the periodic table (elements), the structure of atoms, formulas and symbols, and reactions (acids and bases). Refer to the glossary for definitions and embedded links, and try a quiz!
ChemTeam: Main Menu: The ChemTeam provides study resources in all standard topics for students in high school and Advanced Placement chemistry.
Come to Your Senses: Click on Mr. Potato Head's hands, eyes, ears, nose, or mouth, and you'll be whisked to a page that explains the related sense of touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste.
Cyber Fair: Created for and by students in grades 3 through 6. Students and teachers the world-over are welcome to visit this site to: read the results of student science fair projects; look for ideas for their own projects; and share the results of their projects with other students.
Dinobase: How many species of dinosaurs were there? Check out the Dinosaur Cards to find lengths and weights of dinosaurs. Scroll down to take a peek at Sibbick's dinosaur pictures.
Dinosaur Illustrations: This site features an alphabetized index of dinosaurs from Allosaurus to Velociraptor. Follow the links to over 100 dinosaur pictures.
Dinosuar Translation and Pronunciation Guide: Download the audio pronunciations for dinosaur names, such as Caenagnathus (SEE-nag-NAY-thus).
DLC-ME | The Microbe Zoo: Welcome to the Microbe Zoo! To discover the many worlds of hidden microbes, touch an environment in the map above!
Eddy the Eco-Dog® Surfs The Stars To Adventure: Ask a question and Eddy will answer it.
Electronic Emissary: The Electronic Emissary was prototyped in the fall of 1992 and went online early in February, 1993. It is, we believe, the longest-running Internet-based telementoring and research effort serving K-12 students and teachers around the world.
Electronic Zoo-Animal Resources: Do you have a new pet? Read about pet care and behavior from breeders, vets, and researchers. Animals include traditional pets and less traditional ones, such as pigs, reptiles, and marine mammals. Look for links to many types of animals.
Education World® Science: Lesson plans for science.
Federal Emergency Management Agency: Find out more about how to prepare and cope with disasters such as floods, hurricanes, landslides, mudflows, tornadoes, tsunamis, wildfires, winter storms, volcanoes, and thunderstorms.
Franklin Institute Science Museum: The latest chapter of "Young Readers and the World Wide Web" makes interesting summer reading for educators who are using the web in primary classrooms.
Funology -- The Science of Having Fun!: Check out the That's Odd section to see some real interesting things. Or any of the other sections: brain drains, boredom busters, the laboratory, in the kitchen, abracadabra, tummy ticklers and hot stuff.
Geologic Time: It is not easy to understand a span of 4,600 million years! Follow the Stairway of Time through the Cenozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Paleozoic Era, and Precambrian Era.
Geologylink Geologic Glossary: Choose the appropriate starting letter to find definitions from Acid Rain to Watershed.
Great Plant Escape: Help Detective Le Plant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life!
History of Invention: At this site you can learn about the key inventions and discoveries of the century. Read the list of inventions by moving the bottom scroll bar from left to right. Send in an invention you think should be on the timeline.
How Stuff Works: This site explores how things work! Topics include Engines and Motors, Electronics, Around the House, Things You See in Public (such as Airplanes), Basic Technologies, Food, and Your Body.
How the Body Works: Learn about systems and body parts, including the circulatory system, the digestive system, and the respiratory system.
Hurricane Info: In this activity, you will learn about hurricanes by watching movies of hurricane Andrew and making notes and sketches in your science journal. Later, you will explore how it might feel to be a hurricane and make a hurricane art project.
IBM Patent Server: The Intellectual Property Network (IPN) lets you search and view patent documents from the United States and Europe. Look for the gallery of strange and wonderful ideas for inventions.
K-12 Science Education: Links for K-12 Science.
Kern County Science Fair: Following is a list of schools that were registered with the 2000 Kern County Regional Science Fair as of February 14, 2000.
Learning Studio@The Exploratorium: The Exploratorium Learning Studio, formerly the Library/Learning Studio, is an experimental public multimedia space which combines learning resources, such as books, the Internet, videos, CD-ROMs and laserdisks with media production equipment, such as computers, digital cameras, flatbed and slide scanners and CD burners.
Lesson & Lab Plans: This is the Summer Research Program for NYC Science Teachers. Here you will find lesson plans for 1995 to 1999.
MAD Labs: As an adjunct to the MAD Scientist Network, MAD labs is pleased to bring you the following items of interest and intrigue..The Random Knowledge Generator, The Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive, The Visible Humban: A Guided Tour, and MAD Scientists.
Magic School Bus Activity Lab: Activities to go along with the Magic School Bus adventures.
Make a Tide Prediction: Click on the map to allow you to calculate tidal predictions for more than 3,000 tide stations. Click on the tide station closest to your location. The table lists plus or minus minutes from that time.
Mineral Gallery: Choose a letter of the alphabet and the minerals will be listed that begin with that letter. Click on the name for a photo and a list of physical characteristics such as color and hardness.
Models of the Atom -- Visual Quantum Mechanics: These materials formed the basis for workshops presented as part of the Delta Teachers Academy and for the lecture presented by Dean Zollman at the Smithsonian Institution as part of the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year program in 1996.
NASA SpaceLink: A superior site for educational resources, NASAs SpaceLink connects to its online library. Look for intriguing instructional materials for curriculum support, Hot Topics, Cool Picks, and FAQs.
National Academy of Sciences - Science Education: Education policies and practices are studied and tools are developed for educators, lawmakers, and interested members of the scientific community in the National Academies' Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education, the National Science Resources Center (NSRC), the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and other units.
National Science Teachers Association: Promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.
Neuroscience for Kids: Want to know about the Nervous System? Check out the information that can be found at this site.
NSF: Student Interests: News of special interest to students of all ages is provided here. For further information of interest to educators, please see the education program area page, the faculty interests page, the home page of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, or search the NSF Online Document System.
Old Farmer's Almanac: What's Happening in the Heavens: Look up in the sky! Here are dates and locations of solar and lunar eclipses, as well as a calendar of the moon's phases for seven years.
PBS Science: Information about: Archaeology & Anthropology, Earth & Space, General Science, Inventions, Life Science, Physics, and Science Mysteries.
Phases of the Moon: Discover the dates for the new moon, first quarter, full moon, third quarter, and new moon. Click on Calendar to view the phases of the moon for one month. Scroll down for the dates of the next lunar eclipse or meteor shower.
Photoglossary of Volcanic Terms: What is magma? Would you like to see a photo of a lava tube? This site combines interesting definitions with excellent photos or diagrams.
Reform in Action Web Links: Thousands of web sites for educators and students, categorized by type of site or by subject area.
Scavenger Hunt: Scavenger Hunt created by Oak Ridge Elementary School.
Science Activities Manual: K-8: The Science Activities Manual: K - 8 has been written to aid in the adaptation of the Tennessee Science Curriculum Framework: K-8 to the elementary/middle school classroom.
Science and Tech Fair - Ilchester Elementary: Please use this site to provide you and your child with ideas and advice on how to construct a successful and fulfilling science or technology project.
Science Junction Home Page: The Science Junction is a center for teaching, learning, and integrating science into our daily lives. This is an interactive site seeking to make connections between the researchers and educators.
Science Mentor Archives: NPR'S Sounds Like Science radio program hosts mentor experts, talking about what's new, exciting, or dramatic in their fields. This site contains the archives for all of those reports from the field, and from all the various experts involved. Find topics such as hurricanes, perfect pitch, dyslexia, dragonflies, the moon, anti-gravity, ballooning, baseball physics, Mars weather patterns, DNA, anti-matter . . . well, you get the picture!
Science 2000 Frames: Welcome to the Science Power 2000 Lesson Plans Homepage. Please choose one of the LINKS on the left to be directed to internet resources for teaching Science.
Science Teachers' Resource Center: This web site is for science teachers to share ideas. I would like to provide labs, demonstrations, and any other information which teachers can access. Permission is hereby granted to use and reproduce all materials at this site as long as the activites are not sold. Individual authors retain any and all copyrights.
ScienzFair Project Ideas: The following categories provide listings of ideas which you may use to develop into a science fair project. Most are not fully developed projects, but just ideas and outlines. It is left to the student to fully develop the project.
Scorecard: Type in a ZIP code to find out who is polluting your community, how bad the pollution is, what is known about the particular chemicals, what the health effects of the chemicals are, and what regulatory controls exist for these chemicals.
Smithsonian Institution Home Page: The Smithsonian is composed of sixteen museums and galleries and the National Zoo and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad. Nine Smithsonian museums are located on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Five other museums and the Zoo are elsewhere in Washington, D.C., and both the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center are in New York City.
Space science Data Operations Office: The Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO) of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center offers information and discoveries about the Sun, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe to scientists, educators, students and the general public.
StarPort: This web site is dedicated to providing an online interactive forum for people throughout the world to have an opportunity to learn and talk about space exploration.
Sun or Moonrise/Set Table for One Year: Find the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and ending of twilight for one year. Choose the year, the type of table, and the place. Then click on the Compute Table button.
Table of Geological Periods: Study the geological history of earth since the beginning of the Cambrian Period. The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras are divided into periods and sub-periods with a summary of events.
Time Life: Virtual Garden: Looking for a plant, a houseplant, a tree, or a shrub? Search by name or type of plant for a colored picture, a common name, and a description.
Too Cool For Grownups: Bringing the Internet into the Classroom. Lots of neat stuff that's not just for kids. Check out back issues to find more things.
UCMP Web Time Machine: This timeline by the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley, describes the different eras of geologic time (how earth scientists study the past).
Ultimate Science Fair Resource: Welcome to The Ultimate Science Fair Resource, the Internet's premiere resource for science fair. Whether you are a student trying to find an idea for a project or a parent looking for information on building displays, you'll find it here.
UN CyberSchoolBus: Elementary Planet: Puzzles, Health Games, Flag Tag, Quick Questions, to name just a few of the topics that are covered here.
United States Geological Survey Earthquake Information: To find out about recent earthquakes, click on Latest Quake Information. Then click on Global to see a list and interactive map of recent earthquakes around the world. You can also click on other regions to find earthquakes near you.
University of Colorado Anatomy Image Browser: What do your lungs look like? Your rib cage? Select an image and view an MPEG movie.
Views of the Solar System: Take a multimedia tour of our solar system! Click on a planet for images and the history of its exploration. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click History for a timeline of spacecraft missions. Links to current and future missions are included.
Virtual Field Trips Site: Lots of interesting field trips. You can even make your own.
Visual Physics: Visual Physics is a FREE powerful tool for physics students and teachers which integrates Internet resources while learning the science
VolcanoWorld: Visit this site for information on currently erupting volcanoes, volcanoes on other planets, video clips of eruptions, and facts on various volcanic parks and monuments. Search the world volcano index and ask a volcanologist a question.
Wacky Science Projects: Wacky uses of little-known products, Weird facts about products, and What's New are a few of the fun and interesting things found at this site.
Web Elements: Select an element from the periodic table and find out key data and a description, as well as its name in other languages. Print out a copy of the table for reference.
What's Up in the Sky: The editors of Sky & Telescope magazine suggest when and what to look for in the night sky, from meteors to Jupiter's red spot. Read This Week's Planet Roundup for descriptions of where to find the planets.
Why Files: Look for cool images and new discoveries from the National Institute for Science Education and the National Science Foundation. Explore biology, environmental science, and health topics.
World-Wide Earthquake Locator: This system uses data available from the National Earthquake Information Center as part of the U.S. Geological Survey. The data provides basic information about earthquakes within hours of taking place.
Zoo Net Image Archives: View wonderful pictures of every type of zoo animal from this gallery of colorful photos.

Search Engines

Ah-ha Kids
AOL@School-Home
Awesome Library
Baldey
Berit's Best Sites for Children
Catalynx Navigator
CyberBee
Dogpile
EdView Smart Zones
FAST Search
KidsClick!
LycosZone
Needle in a CyberStack
Northern Light
OneKey
Profusion
Searchopolis
SurfWax
Woo Doggy
Yahooligans
Yahoo! México

Solar System

EarthCam: The Earthcam project allows Middle School students to participate in an exciting space program, whereby they get to actually take pictures of earth from the Space Shuttle. Skills are acquired in internet use, technology, space and earth science, mathematics, image analysis, and geography.
Exploring the Planets - Cyber-Center: Welcome to Exploring the Planets Cyber-Center. Have you ever wondered why the Moon has so many craters? Do you know which planet has the largest volcano, or what causes storms on Jupiter?
NASA Image Catalog: Click on a link to see the caption associated with each image. Each caption page includes a small preview of each image and size information for the larger versions.
Nine Planets: The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
Space Day: Space has always fascinated humankind. So way back in 1997, some people got together and created a tribute to those endlessly engaging phenomena which constitute our universe--and to the people who, through their space-related work, have contributed so much to science, medicine and everyday life.
Space Place: Visit one of the following: Make Spacey Things, Do Spacey Things, Space Science in Action, or Dr. Marc's Amazing Facts.
Solar system, science, teacher project elementary, solar system: Are you ready for a first-class tour of the Solar System? Just sit back, relax, and prepare for a wonderful journey through the planets and outer space. Fasten your seatbelts - here we go!
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers: We would like to welcome StarChild to ElectronKids.com, one of the Internet's largest kids specific information sites! While searching the Internet for the top children's sites, we discovered your site and would like to add it to our Science page!
Tour the Solar System and Beyond: From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars.
Welcome to the Planets: This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets" which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5 in December 1995.

Special Education

Content & Behavior Strategies: A useful page for gaining coping strategies.
Implementing Effective Instruction: This article discusses three major tenets for preventing reading failure and how they can be achieved in the classroom to intervene early in the reading process.
Inclusion Classrooms-Teacher Strategies: Everything from gaining support, to activities, to what an inclusion classroom even looks like.
Inclusion Examples-Jowonio School: Positive attitudes and experience with the nclusion classroom setting.
Inclusion Examples-West Greene Middle School: Positive attitudes and experience with the inclusion classroom setting; West Greene includes a pdf download for sample block scheduling.
Inclusion Models: Review different types of models for classrooms and see if any might work for you.
Inclusion...Yours, Mine, Ours: A website set up to support parents & teachers dealing with inclusion issues. There's much to inspire all here, so take your time and check all their pages. Click on their site map for direction.
Inclusive Education Seminar: Start with this introduction page, then go on --the entire seminar is not available online, but the readings are listed, along with numerous practical activities.
Involving Everyone in an Inclusion Classroom: Some starter points and educator feedback.
Making Real-World Connection in Inclusive Classrooms: The meaningful concept learning approach is addressed in regards to all students, but in particular learning disabled students in the inclusive classroom. Specialized learning tools, in the form of unique graphic organ- izers, are introduced and explained in detail, and within the context of content-area/key concept learning environments. If you have an inclusion class, upper elementary to high school, you will want to consider this approach.
Nine Types of Adaptations in the Inclusion Class: Strategies to help teachers cope.
Resources for Special Education: Phone or write away for special education resources offered by the various companies listed here. Items offered include free videos, posters, lesson plans, catalogs, information, and support.
Special Education Resources on the Internet: This particular website addresses almost everything and anything that could be included under the heading of Special Education, with links to materials and resources on every sub-category. Any educator dealing with Special Education should find this site useful.
TeachEach: Download these pdf files with several resources fo LD educators, including Reaching All Kinds of Learners, Tools to Assess & Adapt, and Teaching Students to Learn and Think Critically.
Toward a Definition of Dyslexia: Dr. Lyon from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development offers a summary of what causes dyslexia, and a call to training and practices which combine phonological awareness, decoding and meaningful text content.
What is Inclusion?: "Creating Inclusive Schools & Classrooms, Developing a Plan for Change", included in activity 6, at least 3/4 down the page. This file discusses practices that promote &/or detract from inclusion.

Specialized Dictionaries

Acronym Finder: At this site, you can find out what 69,000 acronyms and abbreviations stand for. Type in the acronym (such as CIA, NASA, or ERA) without periods or quotes and press Enter or Find.
Acronym Lookup: To look up the expanded version of an abbreviation or acronym, simply type in your query and press Enter or Return.
Braille ASCII Chart: This Braille chart provides the alphabet, numbers, some math symbols, and punctuation marks.
Braille Letters: The Braille alphabet is clearly presented here along with information on access for students and related research and training.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Suppose that you want to find fox-related phrases. Click on the letter "F" under Browse. In the F index, scroll down to Fourierists to Frangipani and click there because Fox comes between Fo and Fr. Scroll to fox and begin your prowl.
Movie Terminology Glossary: Movie credits list gaffer and best boy. What do these people do? To find out, click on G in the glossary for gaffer and on B for best boy. For all the facts on a movie, enter the keyword(s) in the search box.
Phrase Finder: Input a word and the Phrase Finder will return a list of phrases that are related to your word in some way.
Semantic Rhyming Dictionary: This is a supermarket for rhyming words! Use this dictionary to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more. You can find words that rhyme with, almost rhyme with, or sound exactly the same as a target word.
Shakespearean Glossary: Do you find it difficult to understand some of the language in Shakespeare's poems or plays? Certes (certainly), most of us do. You'll enjoy figuring out The Bard's more obscure words with help from this glossary.
StarBits-Acronyms, Abbreviations, and so on: Appropriately, StarBits features information related to astronomy, space sciences, and related fields. This is a multilingual database of abbreviations, acronyms, contractions, symbols, and so on.
Symbols.com: Here is an online version of an encyclopedia of graphic symbols. First, choose Word Index. Click on the first letter of your word, such as D for "Danger." When the list of words appears, find "danger" and click on the number(s) following it.
USPS Official Abbreviations: This handy site provides the official U.S. Postal Service abbreviations for states and possessions, street suffixes, and such things as apartments, buildings, and trailers.
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary: Type a word into the search box and a list of words that rhyme will appear. You can also find words that rhyme with the last syllable, double rhymes, and first syllable rhyming words.

State Research

All 50 American States Home Pages: Links to the home pages of all the states.
Atlapedia Online: The Atlapedia is a fine resource for full-color physical and political maps and statistics on countries around the world. Select the first letter of the country for the capital, type of government, population, area, climate, and people.
Atlas Maps - The National Atlas of the United States of America: Make interactive maps within your web browser! This program allows you to select and display map layers.
Atlas of the United States: Click on your state to see a shaded relief map. Click on the elevation key at the bottom of the page to see what the colors mean.
Census State Data Centers: Since 1978, the State Data Center (SDC) Program has provided training and technical assistance in accessing and using Census data for research, administration, planning, and decision making by the government, the business community, university researchers, and other interested data users.
Department of State - International Information Programs: The Office of International Information Programs (IIP) is the principal international strategic communications service for the foreign affairs community.
Excite Travel: Destinations: Countries & Territories: Check out all the information about different countries.
50 States and Capitals: Place your pointer on a file folder to view a pop up of postal code and capital city name. Click on a file folder to reach state's outlined links page.
50-states Home Pages: These are direct links to all of the States' Home Pages. They may provide additional links to Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems within the respective states.
Geobopological Survey: World: North America Home Page!: Click a link to visit a state’s or province’s home page, with quick facts and links to more information about symbols, geography, history, (for states) prehistory, and more topics. (If you want a challenge, find a state via one of the Quizzes below!)
GeoNet Game Introduction: Hi! I'm Orbit! Welcome to the GeoNet Game! Pick the Northeast, the South, or the entire United States to start the game!
GovSpot State Government: Information about the states can be found here.
Graham Family USA Trip Travel Through all 50 States: We had the cell phones, the fax machine, the house, successful careers and too little time for our family. So we walked away from it all. We sold our home, bought a van, packed a tent and hit the road with our kids through all 50 states. July 4, 1996-July 4, 1997! What an incredible year that was!
License Plates of the World: Most photographs of license plates were taken by Michael Kustermann. Pictures not taken by the author are used with permission or are in public domain. Pictures may be downloaded for your personal enjoyment.
Map Collections Home Page: Lots of maps: cultural landscapes, military battle grounds, transportation, cities & towns, conservation & environment, and discovery & exploration.
ParkNet: Gateway to the National Park Service: Links to the Past-Histories, Cultures & Places; Nature Net-Natural Resources in the Park; Park Smart-Education & Interpretation; and Info Zone-Servicewide Information.
Phil's Place - Tourism Page - All 50 States: Listing of links for the states plus countries.
Postcards From America 50 State Travel Adventure: Discover America...without leaving your desk.
Quia! U.S. State Capitals: Games for the U.S. State capitals: Matching, concentration and word searches.
Stately Knowledge: These web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in the Union, including Washington, D.C. Need to know the capital of Alabama?
Some of the Places RoadTrip America Likes Best: Choose from the list to travel the continent!
State and Local Governments (Library of Congress): Listing of all the states and the local governments.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: As the National Data Book it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included.
USA CityLink Project: The USA CityLink Project is a city's interface to the world. It is the Internet's most comprehensive listing of U.S. States and Cities offering information on travel, tourism and relocation.
U.S. State Fact Sheets: The State Fact Sheets contain information on: Population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rate, top export commodities, and etc.
United States of America travel and tourism information: All the information that you would want to know.
United States-Online.com.: All the states plus the commonwealth/territories.
United States Maps: Street and Road Maps, World Maps, USA Maps, Country Maps--just to name a few of the links.
United States State Maps and Atlas - Geography: U.S.A. Atlas: Maps and Geography of the United States. Including the fifty states and major territories. Click for maps of the U.S.A. as a whole.
Welcome to Moon Travel Handbooks: Follow route numbers or names to access driving tours along more than 30,000 miles of classic blacktop. Lively mile-by-mile descriptions celebrate kitsch oddities, local history, and apple-pie diners distributed over 10 yards of clickable image maps.
Where in the USA are We? teacher page: This lesson was developed as part of the Illinois State Board of Education Learning Technology Center's Enternet '99 Project,

Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics: This is a database of statistics and information on the justice system, including law enforcement, the courts, and corrections.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Check out the U.S. economy at a glance. Find the unemployment rate or where tomorrow's jobs will be.
Center for Environmental Information and Statistics: This site is part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They provide data and information on environmental quality. Find information by topic or geographical location.
EASI Quick Reports and Analysis: For easy to use information, select the Report you want, such as General Population, select the Geography, and click Go. Check out the information for your ZIP code.
Fedstats: If you need facts about agriculture, energy, environment, transportation, law enforcement, or the military, try this A-to-Z list. More than 70 agencies in the U.S. federal government produce statistics of interest to the public
Gallup Organization: The Gallup Organization has been a leading source of public opinion since 1935. Find archives of Gallup Polls, public releases, and special reports, both past and present.
Global Statistics: Welcome to the site dealing with statistics on the human population.
Historical United States Census Data Browser: This site lets you research and compare U.S. Census data from 1790 to 1970. Begin by choosing a decade from the menu at the left. Then choose categories of data to explore the people and economy of each state and county.
International Amateur Athletic Federation: This site is part of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. Compare world records in track and field.
National Center for Health Statistics: The National Center for Health Statistics provides data and surveys to help improve the health of all Americans. Click on the bar at the bottom of this page to view the Surveys and Data Collections list.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: This is part of the U. S. Census Bureau. Go to U.S. Statistics in Brief to find a quick and easy reference on national data and state population estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau is a great source of population data. The Popclock page gives minute-by-minute updates of U.S. and World population. Begin at the Current Economics Indicator.
U.S. POPClock Projection: The U.S. POPClock gives you up-to-the-second estimations on the population of the United States.
USDA NASS Kid's Page: The U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service features a glossary of statistics terms, gives crop and livestock reports for each state, and includes games to test your knowledge.
World POPClock Projection: The World POPClock gives a current estimation of the world population.
World Population: 1950-2050: This table shows the world population from the year 1950 to the present and predicted numbers for up to the year 2050.

Subject Dictionaries

Animated Math Glossary: Click on acute angle and watch the rays change from a 90 degree angle to a smaller angle. Look for a place value chart, examples of quadrilaterals, moving tangrams, spinning cylinders, and ticking clocks that show elapsed time.
ArtLex: Dictionary of Visual Art: If dance is your thing, stop here. This site was created for artists, students, and educators in many art-related fields. There are hundreds of definitions, numerous illustrations, quotations, and links to other Web resources.
Cafe Creosote: What are capers? Where do caraway seeds come from? Click on Dictionary for an alphabetical list of cooking terms. A Measuring Equivalents conversion calculator is also available.
Dictionary of Cell Biology: Biology is a fascinating subject. This dictionary is intended to help visitors quickly access simple definitions of terms found in modern biology literature.
Epicurious Eating Dictionary: Did you know that babka, a sweet bread, originated in Poland? Or that Salisbury Steak was named after a nineteenth century physician who recommended his patients eat beef? Learn more fascinating food facts by clicking on any letter for a list of topics.
MedicineNet: This medical dictionary features an A-to-Z listing of symptoms and diseases. The site is maintained by board certified physicians and health professionals who provide current medical information, written in easy-to- understand language.
Movie Terminology Glossary: Movie credits list gaffer and best boy. What do these people do? To find out, click on G in the glossary for gaffer and on B for best boy. For all the facts on a movie, enter the keyword(s) in the search box.
On-line Medical Dictionary: This vast dictionary contains over 65,000 definitions relating to biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physics, science, technology, and more. These terms are organized alphabetically, and by subject area, or you can use the search engine.
Online Ballet Dictionary: This dance dictionary, created by the American Ballet Theatre, defines hundreds of ballet terms, many with QuickTime movies that show people dancing.
Tech-Along Technology Glossary: Here's your chance to unravel the mystery of all those computer terms (bit and byte, CPU, FAQ, ISDN, and so on). Scroll until you find what you want
What Is.com: What's a bit, a chip, and a pixel? Click on a buzzword for a definition. Use the left-hand side navigation bar to access the different categories. Discover email for beginners, search the references, or create a Web site. There are many areas to explore.

Teacher's Links

Teacher Stuff A-D

Armadillo's K-12 resources: This directory of K-12 WWW Educational Resources has been developed for teachers and students of the K-12 community. It is to intended to be a list where teachers can quickly access resource materials for direct use in their lesson plans or as additional resources for students to explore.
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Themes, Lessons, Tips, Articles--are a few of the things you will find at this site.
A.Word.A.Day Home Page: The music and magic of words--that's what A Word A Day is all about.
AT&T Learning Network: Resources for classroom teachers.
Access Excellence: A site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners.
Alphabet Soup/K: Kindergarten site with lots of great links.
Back To School Ideas: This site offers more along the lines of ice-breaking activities and crafts for the first few days back.
Battle of the Books: Information about Battle of the Books. Done by Belridge School.
Blackwell's Best: The purpose of this website is to provide a resource for the teachers of Tangipahoa Parish School System as they begin to incorporate the use of technology into the curriculum. You will find my favorite links in the "Blackwell's Best" section, the latest "Bits and Bytes" newsletter, and a listing of staff development activities on the "Upcoming Events" page. The "Tech Tips" page includes hints to help you become a more efficient technology-using educator, and the "Schools Online" page has featured happenings in technology in our parish and links to individual schoolpages.
Brain Food: Groaner: Fun site of puzzles.
Bulletin Boards for Fall: Lots of inspiration at this site for some fantastic bulletin boards, including several that would be great to kick off the school year!
C*E*A's Amusing Links for Kids: Interesting links.
Checklist of Tips: First year and veteran teachers alike have added their best tips to compile this top ten list for you to consider.
ChemCom HomePage: Welcome to the Teachers Resources for ChemCom®. This site acts as a gathering place for teachers of ChemCom® to exchange information and files with each other.
Chemdex: There are 4474 links in the ChemdexTM and the ChemdexTM was last updated 28 July 2000.
ChemEd: Chemistry Education Resources: Resources for Chemistry.
Classroom Discipline: These eleven techniques offer top-notch advice and methods. They have been adapted from, "A Primer on Classroom Discipline Principles Old and New". Be sure to take a look!
Classroom Schedule Samples: From preschool to half or full day kindergarten, these sample schedules from organized, experienced and successful teachers can be extremely helpful! Many teachers have included detailed activities with their schedules.
Classrooms without Windows: Our first instructional room is the Music School. Most of our classrooms are really galleries and samplers of our projects.
CIAC Internet Hoaxes: Information on all the web viruses and chain letters.
CLN WWW Home Page: Welcome to the Community Learning Network WWW home page. CLN is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.
CTC: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing home page.
CUE: Computer Using Educators' home page.
California Department of Education: Home page for the CDE.
California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse: Need lesson plans to go with software? Want to see what software is appropriate for your grade level? Check this site.
California School Library Association Home Page: Information about the latest media and technology.
California Technology Assistance Project: Learn about technology proficiencies.
California Virtual University: Information about online classes.
Children's Literature - Resources for Teachers: Lots of great links.
Classroom Connect: Check out Classroom Today for teacher unitls.
Connections+: Connections+ consists of Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources--linked with corresponding subject-area content standards (From Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education).
Copernicus Main Menu: Information about a variety of topics.
Curriculum & Instructional, CDE: California Department of Education's curriculum information.
Developing Educational Standards: Overview: Standards by states and subject areas.
Discipline as a New Teacher: Advice and links to help you establish your own approach and practices to classroom discipline--a great site for those who might feel a bit daunted by the whole topic.

Teacher Stuff E-I

Early Childhood Educators: Index to all things Early Childhood!
Ed's Oasis: Lesson Plans, conferences, recommended websites, etc.
Education Index: Welcome to the Education Index®, an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily.
Education World® Where Educators Go To Learn: Information and lesson plans.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE HOME PAGE: California Department of Education's Technology Office.
Envisioning the Future: Interactive Teaching Resources: This is an index to Online Courses and Syllabi from U.S. universities and colleges.
Exam creation tool: This tool allows you to create a quiz for the web.
Filamentality 2.0: Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities.
First Day of School Activites: Several activities listed here will keep you and your class busy and interacting not only the first day, but for the first week back!
First Days: This compilation of timely tips from those-in-the-know will help your first days run smoothly--and make you seem like a seasoned professional!
Five Minute Activities: Save this list! It will surely come in handy several times throughout the school year.
Froggy Page: Welcome to the Froggy Page! This corner of the net is home to all kinds of virtual frogginess, from the silly to the scientific. Check out the menu below to find more frog fun.
George Goble: Science site.
GOES Project Science: The GOES Hot Stuff Image site.
Great Expectations: Helpful Hints for Beginning Teachers: Dr. Jane Bluestein offers practical suggestions here to tackle potential problem areas, such as classroom management, time management, methods of instruction, professional interaction and professional growth. Her tips and advice are timely and supportive; never patronizing. Well worth the read!
Helping Your Students with Homework: A Guide for Teachers: Establishing your expectations at the beginning of the year, varying your assignments (this simple suggestion will keep your students interested, rather than dreading a routine assignment!), aligning your assignments with current work-in-progress, addressing problematic homework concerns. . . .this government publication offers several tips for getting that whole area of homework off on the right foot.
How To's: How to Get Started; How to Manage Your Classroom, Energize Your Classroom; How to Implement Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment. . . . these and other topics will prove a helpful boon to both beginning and experienced teachers.
Ice Breakers and Energizers!: These activities are useful for getting to know each other right at the start of the school year, as well as learning right from the beginning to cooperate, and to work in teams.
ICONnect: Favorite Web Sites for K-12 Students: For K-12 Students. Point-n-click your way to the web sites our KidsConnect school library media specialists have found most helpful for K-12 students.
iloveteaching.com: Information for new teachers.
Internet Library for Librarians: A comprehensive Web database designed to provide a one-stop shopping center for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.

Teacher Stuff J-O

Jan Brett's Home Page: The author's home page.
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles: Lots of different puzzles.
Kindergarten Connection: The Kindergarten Connection is designed to serve teachers and parents anywhere, and at any time.
Learning Center : Media Services/KETN: Kern County Learning Center.
Librarian/Teachers@Random: Here you'll find a resource center packed with teacher's guides, thematic and interdisciplinary indexes, reader's companions, author and illustrator biographies, and more!
MS Instructional Resources Home: Microsoft In Education resources.
Math Forum Elementary School Teachers Place: Is "kindergarten through fifth grade" too broad a range? A number of elementary school teachers have told us that this is the case, so we've divided up resources by level for those who prefer a narrower scope:
Math Forum Internet Resource Collection: Links by topics.
Matrix of Example WebQuests: WebQuests have been developed by student teachers, experienced teachers, library/media specialists and others.
More Advice for New Teachers: This site has advice and tips, including first year mistakes, direct from first year teachers!
New Teacher Page: The place for new and aspiring educators has become part of the Educators' Resource Center from Peak Learning Systems!
NotAnotherInservice: How many times have you attended a teacher inservice and you could hardly stay awake?
Online Schoolyard: Whether you're a student, a teacher or a parent, there's great stuff here just for you!

Teacher Stuff P-T

Pathways to School Improvement: List of information: Assessment, Curriculum, Early Childhood, Leadership, Literacy, Math, and Family Involvement.
Preschool Teacher: This website is dedicated to Pre-K teachers. I'm not an expert in Early Childhood Education by any stretch and I don't pretend to be. My goal, simply, is to share ideas I've used or wanted to use in the classroom and to provide a place where my peers can share theirs.
Primary Web Sites: Last of sites for all subject areas.
Projects Page: I have listed the K-12 sites that have a variety of projects first. The next section deals with individual projects. Not all of these projects may be active at the present time, but I have included them here as samples as they may give you some ideas on designing your own project.
Project Primary: Project Primary is a collaboration of professors from the departments of Botany-Microbiology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, Physics, and Zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University and K-3 teachers from Ohio's Delaware, Marion, and Union Counties to produce hands-on activities for the teaching of science.
Puzzlemaker: Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
Ron MacKinnon's Teacher Resources: Lots of links for teachers.
Quiz Star: You can create your own online quizzes with this webbased tool. Multiple choice, true or false, and short answer quizzes can all be produced, and you are able to go back and edit your quiz at any time. Students can take your quiz as a homework assignment and receive imme-
S.C.O.R.E.: Web-based Classroom Resources.
SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet: Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location.
School Express!/Free Worksheets: School Express is a an educational portal website. Follow our links to thousands of Free Worksheets, hundreds of Free Software programs, Online Kids Activities, ePhonics, and links to hundreds of educational websites.
ScienceDaily Magazine: - Your link to the latest research news
Social Studies Lesson Plans: List of K-5 lesson plans.
Survival Kit: This site has been labeled Classroom Management, but it is really so much more! It gives a general guide for grading; a survival kit; welcome bags; supply lists; guidelines for classroom management; classroom set-up tips; parent involvement discussion; ideas for new teachers; centers set-ups; a before-it-starts list; meeting the parents advice; the first five minutes ideas. . . . much more!
Teacher TibBytes: Lots of useful links for teachers including: tutorials, we-integrated lesson plans and kids' pages.
Teacher Tips: Sometimes it helps to have advice and tips from other teachers! Here you will find just such resources in the areas of organization, discipline, new teachers, conferences, etc.
Tips & Strategies from First-Year Teachers: Over plan! Prepare, prepare, prepare!T hese tips are often given to new teachers, but here you'll also find much more in the way of wisdom and sage advice -- from first year teachers themselves!
TrackStar: TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) into lessons.
Study Guides: Information about improving study skills, writing essays & reports, passing exams, and taking good notes.

Thesauruses

Roget's Internet Thesaurus: Type in a word to find synonyms or antonyms. Use the alphabetical index to find lists of clickable words. Expand your vocabulary!
Virtual Thesaurus: Unlike a standard thesaurus that simply provides a list of synonyms, this site uses advanced graphics technology to create either a two- or three-dimensional word web of synonyms and word phrases.
Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus: This site offers an excellent tool for finding definitions and synonyms. Type a word above the search box for a complete definition with examples of how the word is used.

Time

CNN: Worldtime: This time map uses Shockwave. Roll over the red dots to get the current local time in that city. Set the time on the converter on the right to find out the times all over the world.
Current Time Around the World: This color-coded world map shows the current time in each time zone. Use the horizontal scroll bar to travel around the world.
Local Times Around the World: The links on this page give the current local time for hundreds of locations around the world.
MegaConverter: Click on Megacalculator on the bottom bar for a regular calculator. Do you want to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? Click on Use the Selector List and scroll to Temperature. Look for kitchen measures, length, mass and weight, volume, and time!
Sun and Moon Data for One Day: Find the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and ending of twilight for one day. Choose the day and place, then click on the Compute Table button.
Time Zone Converter: Do you want to know what the time is in South Africa? New Zealand? Hawaii? Highlight your time zone and the name of another country, and you can find out instantly.
Welcome to the Time Zone Page: This is a great place to find the current time in 619 cities around the world!
What Time Is It?: Find the current time or listen to a broadcast of the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock announcer using RealPlayer.
World Clock: Here's the current local time in cities around the world.
World Time Interactive World Atlas: This service features a unique interactive world atlas, information on local time, sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, and a database of public holidays around the world.

U.S. Government

Facts & Stats

American Presidency: This site includes biographies of each president and information about the first ladies.
Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin acts as a guide in this fun and educational introduction to how the United States Government works. Learn about the Constitution, how laws are made, the different branches of government, and what it means to be a citizen of America.
Fedstats: If you need facts about agriculture, energy, environment, transportation, law enforcement, or the military, try this A-to-Z list. More than 70 agencies in the U.S. federal government produce statistics of interest to the public.
President: This is an excellent resource for information about the presidents of the United States. Use the Presidential Libraries Web or a quick link to Presidents and First Ladies. Read Gerald Ford's original diary entry for April 28, 1975.
State News: Updated every weekday, this site specializes in government news from each state.
World Factbook: Click on Countries for an alphabetized list with maps and information on geography, government, people, economy, communications, transportation, and the military.

Officials & Agencies

Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information: Click on a topic such as P.E./Outdoors to find interesting careers. Click on a career to find what the workers do, how to prepare for a job, what the salary range is, what jobs might be popular in the future, and where to look for more information.
C-SPAN-Congressional Directory: Scroll down and plug in your ZIP code to indentify your state senators and representatives to Congress. Then click on Info to find facts and contact information.
CapWeb: The Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress includes links to information about the Constitution, Votes and Laws, and The Library of Congress. Click on State Directory Map to find members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
CIA Kid's Secret Zone: What does the Central Intelligence Agency do? Learn about spies who go undercover to collect foreign secrets. Discover who uses electronic and satellite photography. What skills do special agents need? Try on a top-secret disguise!
Department of Justice Kid's Page: Federal prosecutors work in the criminal justice system. They represent the federal government in a court of law and attempt to prove that a person or company committed a crime. Learn more by clicking on Steps to a Federal Prosecuter's Job.
Electronic Embassy: This site includes resources for and about foreign embassies in Washington D.C., from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
EPA Student Center: The United States Environmental Protection Agency presents facts about air quality management, conservation efforts, ecosystem restoration and preservation, water issues, waste and recycling.
Federal Emergency Management Agency: Find out more about how to prepare and cope with disasters such as floods, hurricanes, landslides, mudflows, tornadoes, tsunamis, wildfires, winter storms, volcanoes, and thunderstorms.
Food and Drug Administration: What do you know about vaccinations? Children and tobacco? Food safety? Try the quizzes, medicine cabinet word search, and food safety coloring book.
Internet Sites of the State Legislatures: Connect to a state legislature office or individual legislator through this site. Look for information on bills, laws, recent events, and FAQs.
National Archives and Records Administration: This agency oversees the management of records of the federal government. Check out the exhibit hall which features online exhibits and a variety of activities.
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General: Who does America turn to when seeking medical advice? At the Office of the Surgeon General Web site, students will meet the current holder of the position, learn about the history of the office, and see what duties he or she performs.
PoliSci.com: The Political Reference Desk: This almanac has a wealth of information about United States and world politics. Links include Executive, Legislative, Judicial, State and Local, Documents, Economics, and History.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet: Here's your resource for information about Congress. Find out what bills are in Congress, who the members of Congress are, how they recently voted, and what's happening in the House and Senate committees.
United States Senate: Connect with your state senators by clicking on a state. Find their session schedule, email address, or search for a bill by number or keyword. Legislative activities, virtual tours, and FAQs are also available on this government site.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: CPSC, an independent federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Click on 4 Kids and report unsafe products through Tell Us What You Think.
U.S. County Government Sites: Click on your state for a list of counties. Each listing links to the County Government Web site. Learn about services, county departments and agencies, events, and budgets.
U.S. House of Representatives: What's new this week in the House of Representatives? Find out what bills are currently being reviewed. Learn whether previous bills passed or failed. Send an email to your local representative, too.
U.S. Postal Service: Click on Post Office for ZIP codes, postage rates and fees, post office locator, stamps, and passport information. Select Unforgettable Letters for historical letters written by U.S. presidents.
U.S.A. Government: What are checks and balances? Learn about the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Take a quiz or a kid survey. Click on Documents of Freedom to link to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
USDA NASS Kid's Page: The U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service features a glossary of statistics terms, gives crop and livestock reports for each state, and includes games to test your knowledge.
Welcome to the White House: This is the official Web site of the White House. Read about the history of the building, find out about the presidents who lived there, and much more.
Write to Congress: This service allows you to communicate with members of Congress. Find your representatives by entering your 5- or 9-digit ZIP code. You may email or print your letter.

Weather

AccuWeather: Get the latest weather information for your area or anywhere else. Learn where new storms are brewing, and see the latest hurricane graphics. Click on the left navigation bar to see different kinds of maps.
Australian Weather: Just in time for the Olympic theme, visit down-under via internet stops to determine weather patterns & predictions. Why? Because your student group has to create a travel brochure/newsletter, complete with a weather guide, photos, satellite images, etc.
Best Weather: Grades 4-8 can complete this webquest on where in the United States might you find the "best" weather? What constitutes our ideas of "best weather" patterns in the first place? Spreadsheets will reflect gathered data on 5 American cities; final presentations take the form of a poster for exhibit.
Blizzard Attack: Your Mission: Drive through a major winter storm and arrive at your destination safely. How? The students must use weather data and internet sources to analyze conditions and make decisions.
CNN Weather Main Page: Simply enter a ZIP code and a local weather report appears! Find four-day forecasts for 6,100 cities worldwide, continually updated weather stories, and special reports on allergies, global warming, and El Niño.
Federal Emergency Management Agency: Preparedness: Find out more about how to prepare and cope with disasters such as floods, hurricanes, landslides, mudflows, tornadoes, tsunamis, wildfires, winter storms, volcanoes, and thunderstorms.
Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation: Where and when were the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the world? Click on the map to find out. Discover the highest and lowest average rainfall
How's the Weather?: Truly a technology integration exercise, and not too difficult to implement, even if you have already planned your curriculum for the entire year. Students can work in groups to accrue weather data from various sources (all internet content is already directed), which they will then plot onto spreadsheets they have created. The focus for each group will be on one region of the United States. Live data and satellite views are part of the experience.
Hurricanes: Hurricanes are very destructive storms of nature. They consist of very powerful and deadly winds that measure from 200-300 miles in diameter.
Hurricanes 98 dot Com: The Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 through November 30. This site gives the latest hurricane and tropical storm updates. Link to marine, aviation, agricultural, traveler's and sports weather information.
Hurricane Web Quest: Welcome to the storm center. CLICK on any title above to find out more about hurricanes. Or see the current weather data at the Miami Museum of Science. For current hurricane data, consult our Hurricane Hotlist.
Intellicast Weather: Sponsored by MSNBC, this site provides up-to-the-minute weather maps and forecasts for locations all around the world. Track satellite photos of approaching storms and watch current radar loops.
Live Weather Images: Retrieve current observations, forecasts, and storm warnings from this site. Visit weather cams and movie loops. Calculate windchills and heat index, view maps showing sea and ocean temperatures, and find sunset/sunrise data.
National Weather Service Climate Table: Click on a month for a climate data table. Scroll down the list of cities. The first column of the table gives the monthly normal temperature, based on data from the period 1961-90.
National Weather Service Home Page: Try this site for current weather, forecasts, climatic data (both current and historical), marine conditions, storm warnings, and meteorology. Click on the U.S. map for current weather events.
Severe Weather Forecast: Develop a worst case scenario for severe weather conditions approaching some region of the United States. Presentations can be completed with multimedia authoring or developing a web page.
South Pole Weather: No matter what time of year, if you think your own weather conditions are feeling slightly polar, then have your students visit this chilling site! Current data is displayed hurly for temperature, wind conditions, precipitation, air pressure, etc.
USA Today Weather: Study the climate guide for the world's cities. Use the weather map or read the top story of the day. Find forecasts around the world and facts about air pollution, thunderstorms, and precipitation. Sunrise, sunset, and moon phases are included.
Weather Calculator: Find a wind speed converter or a heat index calculator, or Fahrenheit to Celsius converter. This calculator also takes air temperature and wind speed and gives the windchill factor.
Weather Channel: Visit the homepage and enter a city name for the current forecast, updated throughout the day. Look for quick links to travel and aviation conditions, or discover how current weather conditions might affect health and allergies.
Weather.com Glossary: Click on any letter from A-to-Z for complete definitions of weather terms.
Weather Dude: This friendly site includes weather terms, information on today's weather, satellite images, weather phenomena, and songs about weather.
Weather Post: Historical Weather Data: Find temperature and precipitation data for 2,000 cities worldwide. Enter the city name to find yearly averages. Then click on the city name to find monthly averages.
Weather Site dotCom: Find the weather for any city, state, ZIP code, or country. Link to marine, aviation, agricultural, traveler's, and sports weather information. Tomorrow's national forecast, snow accumulation, satellite map, and archived weather information are available.
Weather Teaching Resources: This track will provide teachers with the necessary resources when teaching about weather. The unit included in this track addresses the wind, clouds, rain, and rainbows. This track will help move students towards the understanding that everything is constantly changing and that rates of change vary over a wide scale with a great variety in patterns of change.
Weather Underground: Visit this site and find the weather for any city, state, Zip code, or country! A clickable map of the United States is featured. Find the current temperature, humidity levels, pressure systems, and forecasts for any location.
Weather Unit: This unit will allow students to use observation skills to develop an awareness of the surrounding environment. The track will take students through a study of basic meteorological terms for the study of weather, a customized quiz to allow students to determine gaps in their knowledge, observations of various cloud types, a cloud-making activity, a study of El Nino, and concludes with safety measures to take for severe weather.
WeatherNex: Do you know if it will be raining, snowing, or hailing in your adventure location? Check WeatherNet before you depart on your adventure. Enter the name of any city, state, or country and see the latest weather forecast for the region.
World Reference Atlas: Use this clickable atlas to see clear maps of countries around the world. Special features include weather maps and driving directions.
World Weather: Use the clickable maps on this site to gather weather data from various cities throughout the world.

Writing Guides

Basic Punctuation: Need instant help with punctuation? Click on period, comma, quotation marks, or 8 other types of punctuation for examples and explanations.
Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information: Learn how to cite Internet sources for Individual Works; Parts of Works; Journal, Magazine and Newspaper Articles; Discussion List Messages; and email.
Bibliography Style Handbook: Study the Modern Language Association's format to learn how to write a bibliography entry for a single author, collections, parts of books, interviews, letters, recordings, journals, and periodicals.
Classroom Connect: Citing Internet Resources: Just as you must cite books and periodicals to support research, it is important to cite online sources of information.
Columbia Guide to Online Style: Select Basic CGOS Style from the main menu. Scroll down to the section that includes 2.8 to 2.16. Make your selection and read the directions and samples for citing different types of sources.
Curmudgeon's Stylebook: First, the meaning of "curmudgeon" -someone who is stubborn in his/her opinions; in other words, the author (the curmudgeon) has made very definite choices about writing style. Explore Word Choice and Matters of Fact.
Elments of Style: This site is a basic resource for those who want to write well.
Grammar Lady: This site provides quick help for students with questions about the English language.
Guide to Grammar and Style: Ask an expert about grammar and writing. Look for specific articles on using semicolons, dangling participles, or information on how to improve writing using clarity and gracefulness.
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quit stumbling through the English language! Here is a fine guide to grammar and writing. Instruction is well organized and clearly presented.
HyperGrammar: Here's everything you need to know about writing a complete sentence. Learn the tricks to writing good paragraphs, review parts of a sentence and parts of speech, and study some basic spelling rules.
MLA Bibliography Format: Give credit to book, magazine, Internet, CD-ROM, newspaper, video, speech, and TV sources by following the examples on this site.
NPR's Pronunciation, Usage and Grammar Guide: Check the alphabetized list for help with pronunciation, usage, or grammar. This is an easy-to-access aid for common language difficulties.
Online English Grammar: Here is a site to refresh your memory or learn the fine points of English grammar for the first time.
Other Punctuation Marks: Click on any of 14 punctuation marks for an easy-to-understand example and explanation of how it is used.