Web66: Massachusetts WWW School Registry- (http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools/US/Massachusetts.html)
- Lists schools, school districts, and educational organizations with WWW sites in Massachusetts.
- Classroom Connect on the Net
- (http://www.classroom.net/classroom/default2.html)
- Includes list of many schools with home pages.
- Boston Public Schools
- (http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/)
- This is a district-level page with information about all the schools, the adminstration, policies, the school committee, etc.
- Boston, MA - Lee Elementary School
- (http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/WWW/schools/rc328/D4.html)
- School in Boston, MA that has created a resource for people interested in information about Boston
- Holden, MA - Wachusett Regional High School
- (http://www.wachusett-rhs.wrsd.k12.ma.us/)
- An extensive school site that includes three on-line student publications as well as an extensive list of Internet resources.
- Jamaica Plain, MA - Agassiz CyberKid Page
- (http://members.tripod.com/~Tecol/AgCy.html)
- This is a "colorful" site!
- Lexington, MA - Bridge School
- (http://bridge.ci.lexington.ma.us/)
- Elementary School in Lexington, MA with some good links to educational resources.
- Lowell Arts Magnet
- (http://www.lowell.k12.ma.us/Arts/arts.html)
- Features a cover story on how to make your own camera.
- Lowell City Magnet
- (http://www.lowell.k12.ma.us/City/city.html)
- This micro-society school site contains several interesting lesson plans inlcuding "Unknown Planets" and "Acrostic Poetry." Also, the site offers a peak into the school's extensive student election process.
- Newton, MA - The Fessenden School
- (http://world.std.com/~fessende/index3.html)
- Information about a boys K-9 boarding school. Site focuses on information about the school and its academic programs.
- Plymouth, MA - Plymouth South High School
- (http://media3.com/plymouth/schools/PSHS/)
- This is an extensive site that includes information about the curriculum, student activities, and educational resources. The site also includes summer reading lists.
- South Dennis, MA - Nathaniel H. Wixon Middle School
- (http://www.capecod.net/nhwixon/)
- The Student Showcase section includes an Internet project about the Underground Railroad. Site also includes information about a Moon Watch Project and some activity ideas for a World Languages course.
- Weston, MA - The Rivers School
- (http://www.rivers.org/)
- Nicely organized school site created with extensive student participation.
- North Pole, AK - North Pole High School
- (http://www3.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/nph/nphshome.htm)
- This web site features both a literary magazine and school newspaper that are created entirely by students. In addition, there are some student home pages.
- Empire, CA - Empire Elementary
- (http://www.eusd.stan-co.k12.ca.us/empire/empire1.htm)
- This K-5 school includes quite a bit of teacher and student generated materials, including a collection on the American Revolution and audio recordings of the children performing in a musical production.
- Fremont, CA - American High School
- (http://www.infolane.com/ahs/front.html)
- This is a small web site, but it contains nicely designed materials including an on-line student newspaper.
- Lemoore, CA - Lemoore High School
- (http://www.luhsd.k12.ca.us/lhs/welcome.html)
- This site has some graphic design problems, but the content is good. It includes a good selection of Internet resources, student home pages (some created as part of the 24 Hours in Cyberspace project), and an ambitious "Daily Bulletin" which was up-to-date when I looked at it.
- Mendocino, CA - Birds of a Feather
- (http://204.189.12.10/ed/cur/liv/ind/birds/)
- This web site about birds was created by first & second grade teacher Jessica Morton by e-mailing questions her students had about birds to experts on the web.
- San Jose, CA - Lincoln High
- (http://lincoln.sjusd.k12.ca.us/)
- This Academic, Visual and Performing Arts Magnet school has a nicely designed web site with home pages for each of the academic areas.
- Union City, CA - Logan High School
- (http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/)
- The home page looks professionally designed, complete with animation. The site also contains an extensive collection of student art work.
- Chicago, IL - Chicago Academy for the Arts
- (http://www.dotlogic.com/academy/index.html)
- This site is beautifully designed and includes exceptionally good navigational aids.
- Dearborn, MI - Fordson High School Online
- (http://oeonline.com/~fordsonh/)
- A very professional-looking school site that includes information about all aspects of the school. You can even order items with the school logo on-line at the "Tractor Stop."
- Fairfax VA - Oak View Elementary School
- (http://oakview.fcps.edu/)
- This site is both attractively designed and easy to navigate. There are several excellent examples of materials published by students and teachers. The "Mad Scientist" section even allows the public to help answer questions about science experiments.
- Williamsburg, VA - Lafayette High School
- (http://www.lafayette.wjcc.k12.va.us/)
- This is an extensive site that includes an animation on the home page. There is also a weather service run by students as part of an Internet monitoring project.
- Alta Vista
- (http://www.altavista.digital.com/)
- Full text index of over 30 million web pages.
- Infoseek
- (http://www.infoseek.com/)
- Infoseek provides both a topical index and a full text index. They say they index 50 million web pages.
- Yahoo!
- (http://www.yahoo.com/)
- Topical index of web sites.
- Lycos
- (http://www.lycos.com/)
- Another topical index of web sites. The "Top 5%" of sites in each category are reviewed according to presentation, content, and expertise of the authors.
- Uncover Periodical Database Search
- (http://www.carl.org/uncover/index.html)
- Uncover offers an index to nearly 17,000 periodicals. Searching the index by keyword or author is free, but they charge a hefty price to fax articles to you. Once you find an article, you can take the information to the library.
- Classroom Connect Search Page
- (http://www.classroom.net/classroom/search.htm)
- An annotated list of search tools and set of tips for effective search strategies.
- Cybercitations
- (http://www.internetworld.com/1996/09/cybercitations.html)
- Article reprinted from Internet World, September 1996, that discusses issues of citing Internet resources in research papers.
- MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources
- (http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html)
- This style sheet for citing electronic sources has been approved by the Alliance for Computers & Writing.
- Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation
- (http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/apa.html)
- Another style sheet for electronic citations.
- Another style sheet for electronic citations.
- Pitsco's Launch to Asking an Expert
- (http://www.askanexpert.com/p/askexperts.html)
- List of over 200 web sites and/or e-mail addresses of experts from A to Z.
- Electronic Emissary Expert Matching Service
- (http://www.tapr.org/emissary/)
- The University of Texas administers this site which matches teachers and students with subject matter experts in many fields. Teachers and experts work together to create an educational on-line encounter for students.
- AskERIC Inquiry
- (http://ericir.syr.edu/Qa/userform.html)
- Submit questions about educational research or the practice of education ranging from early childhood to adult education.
- International Tutoring Foundation Inc.
- (http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca:80/it/)
- A web site that matches students of modern languages, social sciences, math, science, and humanities with tutors around the world. Tutoring is either free or provided at a reduced rate.
- A web site that matches students of modern languages, social sciences, math, science, and humanities with tutors around the world. Tutoring is either free or provided at a reduced rate.
- Introduction to the Internet for Teachers
- (http://www.massnetworks.org/~nicoley/tutorial/)
- A collection of material, including lecture notes, to help teachers get started using the Internet in the classroom. The site also contains an annotated bibliography of paper books related to the topic.
- Heritage OnLine
- (http://www.hol.edu/)
- Antioch University offers on-line courses for art, foreign language, math, science, writing, and social studies teachers who would like to learn more about integrating the Internet into their courses. The courses, which can be taken for a fee, are self-paced and can be started at any time.
- Internet 101
- (http://www2.famvid.com/i101/internet101.html)
- The site includes basic information about using Internet services such as web browsers, e-mail, chat rooms, and search engines.
- AskERIC Virtual Library
- (http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/)
- ERIC, the Educational Resources Information Center, provides 16 subject-specific clearinghouses. The library also includes over 700 lesson plans and archives of education-related electronic mailing lists.
- Yahooligans!
- (http://www.yahooligans.com/)
- This is an index of the Internet designed for ages 7 - 12.
- Lycos Education K-12 Resources
- (http://a2z.lycos.com/Education/K-12_Resources/popular.html)
- A well-annotated list of education links. The list can be sorted alphabetically or by most popular.
- Judy Harris's WWW Projects: Activity Structures
- (http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Activity-Structures/web-activity-structures.html)
- This list of links is organized around "activity structures." Each link goes to a site that can be used for a K-12 curriculum-based telecomputing project.
- ThinkQuest Internet Contest
- (http://io.advanced.org/thinkquest/)
- ThinkQuest is an annual contest that challenges students 12-18 to use the Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool.
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- (http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/)
- A well-organized and well-annotated list of links aimed towards educators.
- Web Sites And Resources For Teachers
- (http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/)
- A well-organized and well-annotated collection of links created by two professors of elementary education at California State University.
- NETLEARNING: Online Resource Guide
- (http://www.songline.com/teachers/index.html)
- Contains links to all sites mentioned in the book "NetLearning: Why Teachers Use the Internet" (list corresponds to Appendix B of the printed book).
- 50 Extraordinary Experiences for Internet Kids
- (http://www.well.com/user/polly/ikyp.exp.html)
- This site contains the top 50 links listed in the book "The Internet Kids Yellow Pages." The list is annotated with brief descriptions.
- Search our GRADES Educational Link Archive!
- (http://www.classroom.net/cgi/rofm/eduFind.html)
- Classroom Connect sponsors this directory of educational sites. They also rate sites, so you can browse their A+ sites to find some of the better educational material.
- WachuNet Virtual Library
- (http://www.wachusett-rhs.wrsd.k12.ma.us/Library/library.html)
- Index of Internet resources including mostly educational topics.
- Delmar Elementary Education Resources for Teachers
- (http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/resource.html)
- Good list of links, but not annotated.
- Delmar Elementary Projects and Activities
- (http://www.intercom.net/local/weeg/projects.html)
- Internet project ideas for lower and middle school students.
- Teacher Topics: Curriculum Resources
- (http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/Homepages/JAndrews/TeacherTopics.html)
- Sparcely annotated list of educational resources.
- Eisenhower Clearinghouse for Math & Science
- (http://www.enc.org/)
- Lots of on-line documents, plus links to top science and math sites.
- Lots of on-line documents, plus links to top science and math sites.
- Deja News - The Source for Internet Newsgroups!
- (http://www.dejanews.com/)
- This is a great site for searching for news groups and reading archived messages.
- EDNET Guide to Usenet Newsgroups
- (http://netspace.students.brown.edu/eos/usenet_plain.html)
- An annotated guide to education-related news groups.
- An annotated guide to education-related news groups.
- NASA K-12 Internet Initiative
- (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/)
- This NASA initiative is to help teachers get connected to the Internet and to provide ideas for using the Internet in the classroom.
- Classroom Connect
- (http://www.wentworth.com/classroom/default.html)
- This site includes links to educational sites, a teacher "chat" area, a database of teachers who can be contacted on-line, as well as information about educational products and seminars.
- DeweyWeb
- (http://ics.soe.umich.edu/#AboutWild)
- Experiments in electronic experiential education.
- Web 66
- (http://web66.coled.umn.edu/)
- Site contains resources for integrating the Internet in the K-12 curriculum. Contains a list of school web sites.
- Sites for Lesson Plans
- (http://bridge.ci.lexington.ma.us/kritch.htm)
- An unannotated list of links to sites that contain lesson plans.
- WebQuests
- (http://edweb.sdsu.edu/EdWeb_Folder/courses/EDTEC596/About_WebQuests.html)
- A WebQuest is a project that can be accomplished by doing research on the WWW. This site contains examples of WebQuests and a template for creating your own.
- Library of Congress
- (http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html)
- Listing of on-line services available through the Library of Congress.
- Listing of on-line services available through the Library of Congress.
- Netscape Navigator Gold
- (http://merchant.netscape.com/netstore/NAVIGATORS/GOLD/GOLD_ITEMS/leaf/product1.html)
- Web page creation software for all computer platforms.
- Claris Home Page
- (http://www.claris.com/products/claris/clarispage20/clarispage20.html)
- Web page creation software for Macintosh computers.
- ForeFront WebWhacker
- (http://www.ffg.com/whacker.html)
- Software for downloading remote web sites to your local network.
- Boston Area Map of WWW Resources
- (http://donald.phast.umass.edu/misc/boston.html)
- A list of Boston-area web sites, including links to all the local college and university web pages.
- Boston Online
- (http://ftp.std.com/NE/boston.html)
- Large collection of information about Boston, including consumer information, maps, and economic statistics.
- Boston.com!
- (http://www.boston.com/)
- Source for news from Boston=area media, including the Globe, Boston Magazine,and WCVB Channel 5.
- Artlinx
- (http://desktoppublishing.com/artlinx.html)
- An unannotated but extensive list of art links, organized alphabetically.
- Art
- (http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/vft/art.html)
- An annotated list of art links, also organized alphabetically.
- WebMuseum
- (http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/)
- This site contains biographies of many artists as well as many wonderful art reproductions. The artists and their works are organized both thematically and chronologically.
- The Louvre
- (http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/louvrea.htm)
- This museum web site includes high quality photographs of the museum's most famous works as well as general information about the museum.
- World Art Treasures
- (http://sgwww.epfl.ch/BERGER/)
- Collection of slides from the world's most famous art collections.
- National Museum of American Art
- (http://www.nmaa.si.edu:80/)
- This site contains tours of exhibitions plus a search tool to find illustrations and information about particular works of art in the museum's collection.
- Global Show-n-Tell Museum Wings
- (http://emma.manymedia.com/show-n-tell/)
- Gallery of children's art.
- Castle on the Web
- (HTTP://fox.nstn.ca/~tmonk/castle/castle.html)
- All sorts of information about castles.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- (http://kultur-online.com/greatest/leonardo.htm)
- On-Line Music Resources
- (http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/music-ed/on-line.html)
- Very sparcely annotated list of music sites.
- K-12 Resources For Music Educators
- (http://isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/cindys.page.k12.link.html)
- Lightly annotated list of web sites for music teachers.
- Guitar Instruction
- (http://geoweb.tamu.edu/~jager/guitar.html)
- A nicely organized site that contains lessons on scales, modes, and chords, among other things.
- Piano on the NET
- (http://www.artdsm.com/music.html)
- This site contains approximately 40 piano lessons from "Starter Studies" to "Advanced Studies." Each lesson is accompanied by an illustration of the piano keyboard.
- College & Guidance
- (http://www.marblehead.com/amahaney/colleges.htm)
- Annotated list of links involving college guidance, financial aid, and test preparation.
- American Universities
- (http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html)
- Alphabetical list of links to college and university web sites.
- CollegeNET
- (http://www.collegenet.com/)
- An Internet guide to colleges and universities that lets you browse institutions by various criteria including geography, tuition, and enrollment.
- Peterson's Education Center: Undergraduate Study
- (http://www.petersons.com/ugrad/ugsector.html)
- Includes information about 3,500 colleges and universities, including on-line application forms where available.
- The Princeton Review
- (http://www.review.com/index.html-ssi)
- This web site contains extensive information about colleges as well as information about Princeton Review test preparation courses and books.
- Kaplan Educational Centers
- (http://www.kaplan.com/)
- Web site containing extensive information about Kaplan's test prep products and software.
- TESTPREP.COM
- (http://www.testprep.com/wwlist.html)
- Stanford Testing Systems offers a free on-line SAT prep test.
- Classroom Connect's Teacher Contact Database
- (http://www.wentworth.com/contact/)
- A searchable list of teachers on-line who would not mind being contacted.
- Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
- (http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/)
- A match-making service to help teachers and classrooms establish e-mail exchanges with classrooms in other cultures.
- KidsCom Home Page
- (http://www.kidscom.com/)
- This site contains a set of interactive activities for kids, including stories, games, crafts, a graffiti wall, and a pet arena.
- CyberKids Home
- (http://www.woodwind.com/cyberkids/)
- On-line magazine featuring children's writing and art work.
- CNN Interactive
- (http://www.cnn.com/index.html)
- An extensive news site with up-to-date news stories and descriptions of CNN broadcasts.
- USA TODAY
- (http://www.usatoday.com/)
- This site contains the full-text of the newspaper as well as searchable database of news stories for the past 6 days.
- Boston Globe
- (http://www.boston.com/globe/glohome.htm)
- The on-line version of the Globe contains full-text of all the breaking news stories as well as articles from the paper's other sections. In addition, you can search the full-text of the last 7 days of Globe articles.
- The New York Times
- (http://www.nyt.com/)
- This is a great newspaper site, but they require users to register to obtain the data. There is currently no charge.
- San Francisco Examiner
- (http://www.examiner.com/)
- The full text of this well-known newspaper is on-line along with a searchable index of stories dating back to January 1, 1995.
- KidNews
- (http://www.vsa.cape.com/~powens/Kidnews3.html)
- The site contains news written by students around the world. Anyone may submit news stories and anyone may use stories found on the site.
- Welcome to Mass Ed Online LearnNet
- (http://meol.mass.edu/)
- Source for educational resources in Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts Department of Education
- (http://info.doe.mass.edu/)
- The site contains information about the Mass DOE, recent press releases, information on the Mass Education Reform Act, and general information for administrators, teachers, students, and parents.
- U.S. Department of Education
- (http://www.ed.gov/)
- This extensive site contains general information about the US DOE as well as news, guides, grant information, DOE educational initiatives, DOE programs and services, and DOE publications.
- Pathways to School Improvement
- (http://www.ncrel.org/ncrel/sdrs/pathwayg.htm)
- This site addresses school improvement issues about students, educators, content, methods, and environment. There is practical, action-oriented advice about best practice and research, as well as descriptions of schools that have successfully implemented changes.
- Coalition of Essential Schools
- (http://home.aisr.brown.edu/ces/)
- Information about the Coalition of Essential Schools, a school reform organization started by Ted Sizer at Brown University.
- Teaching with Electronic Technology
- (http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html)
- An annotated collection of links all having to do with the educational use of computers.
- Internet Resources for Social Studies Education
- (http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/internet.html)
- An unannotated, but well-organized list of links to sites related to history and social studies.
- The World Factbook 1995
- (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html)
- Basic facts for most countries in the world including maps, natural resources, climate, population, languages, etc.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- (http://www.census.gov/)
- A wealth of information and statistics including current economic indicators, population figures, school enrollment statistics, and much more.
- MayaQuest '96
- (http://www.mecc.com/mayaquest.html)
- Exploration of Mayan culture aimed at 4-8 grade.
- Perseus Project
- (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/)
- An extensive site on ancient Greece and Rome including full texts, information about art and archaeology, secondary sources, and ideas for teaching with the collection.
- Facing History
- (http://www.facing.inter.net/)
- Information about this national educational and professional organization that examines racism, prejudice, and antisemitism.
- GeoCities - Create a Map With Proximus!
- (http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/main/BHI/proxmap.html)
- Create a map based on street address, city & state, or e-mail domain name.
- Virtual Tourist II World Map
- (http://www.vtourist.com:80/vt/)
- A world map serves as an index to tourist information for countries around the world.
- American Immigration
- (HTTP://www.bergen.gov/AAST/Projects/Immigration/index.html)
- This site, started by a 10th grade class, provides information on reasons for immigration, treatment of immigrants, and other related topics.
- The White House
- (http://www1.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html)
- This extensive site includes an exceptionally good virtual tour of the White House as well as biographies of all the presidents and vice presidents. The site also includes the text of press releases, goverment statistics, government services, and a section for kids.
- FDR Cartoon Collection Database
- (HTTP://www.wizvax.net/nisk_hs/departments/social/fdr_html/FDRmain.html)
- Students created this web site that contains cartoons about Roosevelt along with annotations explaining the cartoons.
- Virtual Library: US Government Information Sources
- (http://iridium.nttc.edu/gov_res.html)
- Provides links to all US Goverment departments
with Web sites. - Provides links to all US Goverment departments
- Government Databases
- (http://www.town.hall.org/govt/govt.html)
- Includes links to the Congressional Record,
United Nations, US Patents, Federal Reserve
Board, etc. - Includes links to the Congressional Record,
- US Historical Texts
- (http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/othertexts.html)
- A list of links to the full text of about 100 historical US documents including the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the Gettysburg Address, and Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.
- U.S. Constitution - Table of Articles
- (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html)
- Full text of the Constitution.
- American Memory Collection
- (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amtitle.new.html)
- Text, photographs, and movies on US historical topics collected by the Library of Congress as part of the American Memory Project. Topics include African-American Pamphlets, Civil War Photographs, Walt Whitman Notebooks, plus quite a few others.
- The American Revolution and the struggle for Independence
- (http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html)
- A hypertext collection on American history from the colonial period until modern times. The essays are from a US Information Agency booklet called "An Outine of American History." In addition, there are contributions from a number of historical scholars.
- Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the U. S. Civil War
- (http://www.ucsc.edu/civil-war-letters/home.html)
- This Civil War site contains a collection of letters, photographs, and portraits.
- Thomas Jefferson in the 19th Century
- (http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~jsj8e/Jeff/jeffhome.html)
- The site contains two essays by members of the American Studies Group at the University of Virgina.
- The Freedom Trail
- (http://www.boston.com/common/freetrail/common.htm)
- A "virtual tour" of the 15 stops along the Freedom Trail in Boston. The site contains audio narration from a park ranger.
- Foreign Language & Literature Resources
- (http://nimrod.mit.edu/depts/humanities/subjects/Forl.html)
- Lightly annotated list of links to French, German, Spanish, and multiple language sites.
- WWW Foreign Language Resources
- (http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html)
- Nicely annotated list of links organized by language.
- International Language Developmnet
- (http://www.ild.com/)
- Free language lessons in French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. Includes audio recordings of sentences in each lesson.
- IES Language Foundation
- (http://www.teleport.com/~ieslf/h_main_menu.html)
- Lessons for adults and children for foreign language learning in several languages. The site includes audio recordings of native speakers.
- Impact! Online (ESL)
- (http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/impact/impact_homepage.html)
- An interactive magazine for English As A Second Language students. The site features articles about current events, health, sports, and entertainment. Select words in each article are linked to explanations and sometimes to audio files containing pronunciations.
- Florilege (Index of French texts)
- (http://www.ambafrance.org/FLORILEGE/)
- This site, written in French, contains links to the full texts of French literary works.
- The English Server at CMU
- (http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/)
- The site contains links to the full texts of many literary works including poetry, drama, fiction, and others.
- American Literature: Writers
- (http://www.sccd.ctc.edu/~sbeasley/mais/amlitwri.html)
- List of links to sites devoted to one writer or to a group of writers.
- Project Bartleby Archive
- (http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/)
- Site at Columbia University that contains full-text versions of works by the 35 most studied literary authors, including Emily dicinson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, and William Butler Yeats.
- Books On-line, Listed by Author
- (http://www-cgi.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/book/makeauthorpage)
- This site lists books which are available in electronic form. The full text of hundreds of books from Aeschylus to Yeats is available via the links from this site.
- Shakespeare
- (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html)
- The complete works of William Shakespeare in electronic form, plus other information about Shakespeare and his work. Words in the text are linked to definitions in an Old English Dictionary.
- The Victorian Web
- (http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/victov.html)
- A collection about the Victorian error, including information on literature, economics, religion, philosopy, and the visual arts.
- Children's Literature Web Guide
- (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html)
- List of children's literature sites on the web.
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
- (http://www.crocker.com/~rebotis/index.html)
- Contains reviews of many children's books.
- Electronic Archives for Teaching American Lit
- (http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html)
- This archive contains essays, syllabi, bibliograhies, and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
- American Literary Classics -- A Chapter A Day
- (http://www.mindport.net/~arezis/)
- This site contains electronic texts of some American classics. Each day, a new chapter from one of the electronic texts is selected for on-line discussion.
- Amazon.com! Earth's Biggest Bookstore
- (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/5690-3886076-386726)
- Amazon.com sells 2.5 million titles at a discount. The site includes book reviews and a variety of different ways to help users find other books that they might like to read.
- Human Languages Page
- (http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html)
- Collection of pages relating to the
languages of the world. - Collection of pages relating to the
- On-line Dictionaries
- (http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html)
- Long list of links to dictionaries in many languages.
- Welcome to Britannica Online
- (http://www.eb.com/)
- For a few, you can subscribe to this web site and access the entire encyclopedia on-line. There is also a free area with a sampling of articles from the encyclopedia.
- Math Forum - Math Projects (Annotated)
- (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/mathprojects.desc.html)
- An annotated list of many math sites on the World Wide Web.
- Math Forum - Guided Tour
- (http://forum.swarthmore.edu/tour/)
- A brief summary of each of the Math Forum's projects, including "Ask Dr. Math," an on-line expert, and "The Internet Geometry Hunt," a monthly math question that can be answered with information found on the Internet.
- PBS MATHLINE
- (http://www.pbs.org/mathline/)
- This site was created by the Public Broadcasting System in conjunction with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The site targets math teachers in grades K-8. The site promotes on-line discussions between teachers.
- A Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry
- (http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html)
- An interactive site with a number of on-line projects involving geometry.
- This Is Mega-Mathematics!
- (http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html)
- A site created by Los Alamos National Laboratory for math teachers and students. There is information on many math topics as well as ideas for activities.
- Olsen & Associates: Currency Convertor
- (http://www.olsen.ch/cgi-bin/exmenu)
- Use to convert over 160 currencies. Site allows you to enter a dollar amount to convert.
- The PE Office
- (http://whidbey.net/~eriise/jriise/peoffice.html)
- A lightly annotated, but well-organized list of links related to physical education, health, and sports.
- WWW Women's Sports Page by Amy Lewis
- (http://fiat.gslis.utexas.edu/~lewisa/womsprt.html)
- An extensive list of links to WWW sites related to women and sports.
- Gender Equity In Sports
- (http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/proj/ge/)
- This site, created by the University of Iowa, contains information about Title IX, related legislations, and the effect on schools.
- PE Central
- (http://infoserver.etl.vt.edu/~/PE.Central/)
- Web site sponsored by Virginia Tech for physical education teachers, students, and parents. The site contains information on developmentally appropriate PE programs for children. There are lesson ideas, suggested activities, links to other sites, and professional information.
- Sports Media
- (http://ping4.ping.be/sportsmedia/)
- This web site includes physical education lesson plans.
- Worldguide: Health & Fitness
- (http://www.worldguide.com/Fitness/hf.html)
- This site by Ziff-Davis Press includes a human anatomy diagram, excercise recommendations, and tips on eating well and staying healthy.
- Cyber-Active!
- (http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g032/arnt0008/kara/)
- A resource for information on how to include students with special needs into a physical education class.
- National Association for Sport and PE
- (http://www.aahperd.org/naspe.html)
- The site for this national organization includes information about the organization as well as information about national standards.
- American Alliance for Health, PE, Recreation and Dance
- (http://www.aahperd.org/)
- The site contains information about AAHPERD, as well as information on college programs, professional journals, and a list of other related sites.
- ESPNET SportsZone
- (http://espnet.sportszone.com/)
- Up-to-the-minute sports scores, sports news stories, information on the science of sports, audio recordings, etc.
- USA Today Sports
- (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sfront.htm)
- Current sports reports from USA Today's on-line newspaper.
- Sports Schedules As You Like 'Em
- (http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/schedules/)
- A listing of schedules for professional sporting events. The site includes links to the home pages of many national sporting associations.
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- (http://www.tradenet.it:80/links/arsocu/photography.html)
- Well-annotated list of links to photography sites.
- PhotoWeb
- (http://www.web-search.com/photo.html)
- Lightly-annotated collection of links to photography sites, organized topically.
- FineartForum Online Art Resources: Photography
- (http://www.gu.edu.au/gart/Fineart_Online/art-resources/exhibitions/photography.html)
- A well-annotated list of links to photography sites listed alphabetically by site name.
- The Archive - Historic and Artistic Photographs
- (http://www.hypernetusa.com/thearchive/home.htm)
- The Archive contains over 4,000 historic and artistic photographs that span the history of world-wide photography.
- A History of Photography
- (http://www.kbnet.co.uk/rleggat/photo/)
- Robert Leggat has created a web site that discusses the beginnings of photography and significant people, processes and movements throughout the history of photography.
- George Eastman House
- (http://www.it.rit.edu/~gehouse/)
- Information about the Museum and its collection. Not too many sample photos.
- KODAK: Education - Photography
- (http://www.kodak.com/ciHome/education/lessonPlans/indices/photography.shtml)
- Contains a set of 15 lesson plans, including one that describes how to make a pinhole camera.
- Hoffer School Home Page
- (http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/hoffer/hoffer.homepage.html)
- Photography projects carried out by elementary school students.
- Pinhole Camera Information
- (http://webspace.com/markv/pinhole.html)
- This portion of a personal home page describes how to make a pinhole camera. No illustrations.
- Making a Pinhole Camera
- (http://unite.ukans.edu/UNITEResource/783750224-447DED81.rsrc)
- Contains a lesson plan for making a pinhole camera to study properties of light.
- Black Hole - Recipe for a pinhole camera ...
- (http://web.fdn.fr/~srengeval/recipe.html)
- Another method for making a pinhole camera. Also no illustrations.
- The Pinhole Resource Online: What is Pinhole Photography?
- (http://www.yatcom.com/pinhole/pinhole_whatis.html)
- Description and history of pinhole photography.
- Center for Creative Photography, Arizona
- (http://www.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/ccphome.html)
- Contains some samples for photography collection, as well as general information about the Center.
- UCR/California Museum of Photography
- (http://138.23.124.101/frames/)
- Contains sample photographs and information about various exhibits. Nice examples of how to present photography exhibits on-line.
- Science Resources - Institute for Learning
- (http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~vito/mec/scigen.html)
- A well-annotated list of science links.
- Exploratorium
- (http://www.exploratorium.edu/)
- This site from the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA contains on-line exhibits including electronic versions of a number of the actual museum exhibits.
- JASON Project
- (http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/JASON/HTML/JASON.html)
- Exciting science curriculum for grades 4 - 8 based on underwater exploration.
- Journey North
- (http://www.learner.org/jnorth/)
- This Internet-based project site involves a global study of wildlife migration. New activities are added each year.
- EnviroNet Monitoring Projects
- (http://whale.simmons.edu/environet)
- An excellent collection of monitoring projects related to the environment.
- GLOBE Monitoring Projects
- (http://www.globe.gov/ghome/invite.html)
- GLOBE is a network of K-12 students, teachers, and scientists from around the world who are concerned with environmental issues. GLOBE includes monitoring projects involving the atmosphere, climate, hydrology, biology, and geology. The site contains an excellent guided tour which explains exactly how the monitoring process works.
- Virtual Laboratory
- (http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/)
- Several Java-based virtual experiments, including speed distribution, gas laws, gravity, circuits, and telescopes.
- Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
- (http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/dissect.html)
- Interactive site that allows visitors to dissect a virtual frog.
- Virtual FlyLab
- (http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VflyLab/IntroVflyLab.html)
- This interactive site allows you to select fruit fly traits and then breed the flies. A simulation runs at California State University and then displays the results of the breeding.
- The Visible Human Project
- (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html)
- This web site describes a project to collect three-dimensional data on the human body. There are links to many sites which use the data collected from this US National Library of Medicine project.
- The Origin of Dinosaurs
- (http://tyrrell.magtech.ab.ca/tour/dinorign.html)
- A stop on the Canadian Royal Tyrrell Museum's virtual tour. This page includes nicely illustrated information on the origin of dinosaurs.
- WhaleNet
- (http://whale.wheelock.edu/)
- WhaleNet is a site that focuses on whales and marine research sponsored by the biology departments at Wheelock and Simmons Colleges. The site is accompanied by a curriculum that teachers can use to integrate the site into their classrooms.
- Whale Songs
- (http://www.ot.com/whales/)
- A site about whales and a teacher's expedition on the research vessel "Song of the Whales." The site includes some interesting lesson plans.
- NCDC Climate Visualization
- (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/onlineprod/drought/xmgr.html)
- This site provides a variety of climate diagrams. Also, visitors have the option of downloading the datasets used to create the visualizations.
- An Online Guide to Meteorology (UIUC)
- (http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/)
- A collection of multimedia instructional modules that introduce and explain the fundamental concepts in meteorology.
- Current Weather Maps/Movies
- (http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/)
- Current weather maps from Michigan State University.
- Hubble Space Telescope Greatest Hits
- (http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BestOfHST95.html)
- The site includes photographs taken between 1990-1995 along with links to more complete explanations about the pictures.
- Views Of The Solar System
- (http://128.165.1.1/solarsys/)
- Photographs and information about planets, asteroids, comets, and scientists.
- Weather Underground
- (http://www.wunderground.com/)
- This attractive weather site includes both a US temperature map and radar map. You can select any state and see the current weather conditions and the 5-day forecast.
- Interactive Weather Browser
- (http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/interactive.html?447,408)
- This weather browswer allows you to enter a weather station ID and see a current weather map. The weather maps seem to be unavailable some of the time.
- NWS Burlington Home Page
- (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/btv/index.html)
- Extensive weather information for Vermont and upstate New York
- CoVis Geosciences Web Server
- (http://www.covis.nwu.edu/Geosciences/index.html)
- Includes lesson plans and special science project ideas.
- US Geological Survey: Ask-A-Geologist
- (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html)
- General questions on earth science can be addressed to the USGS geologist on call for the day.
- Ask an Engineer - SWE Pittsburgh
- (http://www.city-net.com/~tombates/askengalt.html)
- This site, set up as a career guidance activity, allows anyone to submit a question to a female engineer.
- Ask An Expert @ The Franklin Institute Science Museum
- (http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/publications/askexprt.html )
- Anyone can ask a science-related question to experts at the Franklin Institute.
- Web-Elements
- (http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Table/index.html)
- Periodic table.
- The Telegarden
- (http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/garden/)
- Live photographs of a real garden that people on the Internet can watch grow and can water via a remote control robot.
- Mendel Web
- (http://netspace.org/MendelWeb/)
- An educational resource concerning the origins of genetics, introduction to data analysis, and elementary plant science. In addition, the site contains the full text of various works by Gregor Mendel.
- The Biology Place
- (http://www.biology.com/)
- BioChemNet
- (http://schmidel.com/bionet.htm)
- Welcome to Life on the Internet!
- (http://web-cr02.pbs.org/internet/)
- Web page associated with PBS 13-part series on the Internet.
- Kids Food CyberClub
- (http://www.kidsfood.org/index.html)
- Site about nutrition designed for students in K-5. It includes on-line lessons for kids, a teacher's guide, a parent's guide, and a list of web resources.
- Computer as Learning Partner
- (http://www.clp.berkeley.edu/CLP.html)
- Project devoted to middle school science instruction. Includes a semester-long thermodynamics, light, and sound curriculum.
- Science Learning Network
- (http://www.sln.org/)
- The Science Learning Network includes links to inquiry-based on-line exhibits at a number of different science museums.
- The Museum of Science, Boston
- (http://www.mos.org/)
- The Boston Museum of Science web site includes a virtual tour of the museum as well as on-line exhibits and resources for teachers.
- The Franklin Institute Science Museum
- (http://www.fi.edu/)
- This site has some interactive on-line exhibits with activities for students.
- New England Aquarium
- (http://www.neaq.org/index.html)
- Use this site to find out about the current exhibits and to find links to other aquatic sites.
- The Smithsonian Institution
- (http://www.si.edu/organiza/start.htm)
- Information about the Smithsonian museums and collections.
- SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
- (http://www.hood.edu/seri/serihome.htm#behavior_disorders)
- An annotated list of links related to special education, organized by topic.
- Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
- (http://w3.one.net/~julio_c/)
- A lightly annotating list of links organized by disability type.
- Office of Special Education
- (http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/cise/ose/)
- Information about special education plus lists of links to web resources and pointers to professional in special education.
- The CHATBACK Trust
- (http://www.tcns.co.uk/chatback/welcome.html)
- An on-line service that encourages young people with disabilities to correspond with each other for social interaction and classroom projects.
- What is Assistive Technology?
- (http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/at.html)
- This site describes different technologies that can be used to assist people with disabilities.
- Access95 - Special Ed Text Resources
- (http://www.schdist42.bc.ca/ProjectInfo/Access95/Access95homepage.html)
- Excerpts from the book "Access" by Anne Branson.