Kidsource Online
is an extensive collection of information about raising children from
newborns to adolescents. A sampling of the publications
they've pulled together at the site includes "Children and Bilingualism"
from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; "Testing Your
Child's Hearing" by Carol Knightly, Pediatric Audiologist; and the
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) Provides Tips to Help
Parents and Kids Cope with Allergy Season. Resources are organized under
top-level categories of Newborns, Toddlers, Preschoolers, K-12,
Education, Health, Recreation, Forums, Organizations, and Guide to Best
Software, among others.
The Internet Kids Yellow Pages Web site is a companion to the recently
released book, but stands on its own as a resource for kids and their
parents, teachers, and care-givers. Produced by librarian Jean Armour
Polly with the help of an experienced research team, The Internet Kids
Yellow Pages offers sites which have been thoroughly researched and
elected with care and respect for children.
G.TEK
Cyber School
This site features a demonstration of how whole lessons about physics can
be conducted through the Internet, a true Cyber School. On the technical
side, our technology uses netscape plugins (which you must first
download - you will recieve instructions on site) and incorporates high
level of content designed for high school students together with well
designed simulations in order to bring lessons which are highly
interactive.
Visit the Science Teachers Lounge!This page is intended as a resource for secondary science instructors but will contain info useful to all teachers
Free reserach site for students aims at establishing contacts between people working on similar projects and giving them a unique coordination.
Latin language studies web site with a complete set of Latin inflection/accidence tables and several e-text books, including Tacitus's "Germania", the "Fabulae Aesopicae" of Gualterius Anglicus, and the "Monosticha and Disticha Moralia" of Dionysius Cato (along with an English translation published by Benjamin Franklin.) Both the grammar tables and the books are readable online as html or downloadable as ascii from a free ftp archive.
InterActive Teacher Online The online version of Interactive Teacher contains the full text of each issue, as well as a searchable index. The bimonthly magazine has features and departments on topics of interest to K-12 teachers. In addition to feature articles on various topics, each issue contains Teacher's Aid (lesson plans and ideas), Review Session (recaps of current events in public education), and TECHniques (information on technology in the classroom). Features on the web site include Study Hall, which offers links to educational resources on the Internet, including lesson plan archives. Still under development is the Teachers Lounge, which will provide an informal chat area for teachers.
Free educational site for K-12 students that contains colorful, easy to use information on computer terms. This site is safe and educational for students of all ages.
The Simplified Spelling Society - a group promoting the gradual adoption and greater use of some simpler spellings.
THE VIRTUAL ART SCHOOL A new learning experience. Visually-rich, interactive, tutor-supported design and art courses via e-mail. Free sample pages.
"Alchemy by Merlin" is a series of courses designed to teach chemistry over the Internet.Courses come with a hypertextbook and (via email and/or IRC) a teacher! Students range from the gifted 10 year old demanding advanced science education to the curious adult wishing to learn more about science. "Alchemy by Merlin" is designed specially with the needs of the home schooler in mind.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures Exploring Ancient World Cultures, provided by Evansville University, "is an introductory, on-line, college-level 'textbook' of ancient world cultures, constructed around a series of cultural pages consisting of: The Ancient Near East, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe."
Get in touch with your creative side by browsing ArtSearch,
The place on the net to search for
Arts and Crafts. This site gathers links to artists
and exhibitions on the Internet, and allows users to search for media,
subjects, and artists.
Incredible Art Department
with the lesson plan section submitted by elementary, middle school, high
school, and college art teachers. The site also offers links to the best
school art on the Net, and a selected monthly school art room, featuring a
gallery of that school's work. Users will also find links to elementary,
secondary, and higher education art rooms and departments ("Art Stuff"),
and a pointer to an art "site of the week."
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Gourmet
World, produced by Internet World Broadcasting Corp., is an epicurean
delight. The Culinary Center offers hundreds of recipes, organized
geographically and by main ingredient, as well as pointers to the pages of
over twenty renowned chefs. The Fine Dining Court presents restaurant reviews
and restaurants by cuisine. The Library contains links to associations,
cooking schools, conversion tables, and food information. Bon appetit!
Sporting a new look and user interface, as well as five hundred new
quotations (and a new URL, so check your bookmark file!),
the Quotations Page allows
the user to search ten Internet quotation archives for keywords.
The
Jazz Photography Of Ray Avery Web site at the University of California
- Irvine offers a multimedia collection of information about jazz in the
U.S. during the middle of this century.
Greatest Films of All Time Greatest Films of All Time is a loving tribute to great films, provided by Tim Dirks. Here you can find plot information on hundreds of classic films, arranged by year, genre, and title. Also, there are sections on memorable film quotations (which are linked to the movie they came from), as well as great scenes. Possibly the best part of the entire site is the large bibliography of film reference books. The only drawback to the site is that it is not searchable. Are these the best films of all time? Half the fun of this site is comparing your list to Mr. Dirks'.
Two of the better sites for interested Internauts to follow the 49th
Cannes Film Festival are the Official
Cannes Film Festival site and
the Le Monde Cannes site.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
offers a collection of annotated links to all past winners in the fields of
physics, chemistry, literature, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine.
The maintainers of the site encourage submissions of links. Prize winner
information is available both by year and alphabetically. This site is a very
useful reference for those interested in information on Nobel laureates.
NASA's "Life on Mars?" (mirrored on 3 sites)
http://cu-ames.arc.nasa.gov/marslife/
CNN Special Report--Mars: Life Signs?
NASA's official "Life on Mars?" site has press releases, photos, video,
audio from press conferences, and background information on meteorites.
In addition to articles, audio, and video, this page provides links to many
official and non-official sites about this discovery, Mars, and even
meteorites in general (including Meteorite Central, which accepts
advertisements for meteorites for sale).
Random House has built a gorgeous, interactive educational experience for
children, adults, and teachers interested in the living history of U.S.
elections.
One of the highlights of the Dance Links Web site at Purdue University,
compiled mainly from information provided by dance videographer Amy
Reusch, is the The National Geographic Society
site, updated daily, provides highlights
from the Society's three print magazines: National Geographic, World, and
Traveler. Also included: the Map Machine, which provides political and
physical maps of the world; Flashback, which allows the viewer to see
photographs and maps from the NGS archives; and Gold Mine, an archive of
questions and answers from NGS members and others. Users may also send a
virtual postcard with an NGS photograph to anyone with an email address.
The site's search engine is not yet implemented, but there is the NGS
Publication Index, which includes listings for National Geographic
magazines, books, and videos. Registration, free of charge, is offered but
not required to view the site.
An index to the
site is availableA page
devoted to the art of Japanese flower arranging will give you
the history of this ancient craft, as well as help you find out how to get
involved. Each school of Ikebana is described in detail, and represented by
a photograph of a sample arrangement.
Alfred Hitchock, The Master of Suspense, is a topic
well-covered on the Web site of the same name. Besides a biography and
complete filmography with links to available Web sites for each of his movies,
there is a page devoted to his "Wit and Wisdom" (memorable quotes), a listing
of his trademark cameo scenes in each movie, and a collection of links to
pages about his stars, collaborators, and students, which include Francois
Truffaut, Mel Brooks, Brian De Palma and Quentin Tarantino. A listing of
TV showings of Hitchcock's movies and shows is available each month.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/flash/marslife/
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/marslife/Entertainment Resources
Music Resources on the Internet
Christian Resources On The Web