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Science Links

  • The Electronic Zoo Everything about animals, including further resources on the Web, FTP, Gopher, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc.
  • Exploratorium Fun for kids of all ages. Has a digital library and FTP site with images and more.
  • Bill Nye, The Science Guy Has Goodies (like pictures, sounds and links), Nyestore, U-Nye-Verse, TV Listings and News.
  • The JASON Project Dr. Robert D. Ballard founded the JASON Project in 1989, after receiving thousands of letters from children wanting to know how he discovered the RMS Titanic. Each year, a two-week scientific expedition is mounted in a remote part of the world and broadcast in real-time, using state-of-the-art technology, to a network of educational, research, and cultural institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom.
  • The StarChild Project Connecting NASA and the K12 Classroom - The links on the page are labeled Astronomy, The Earth, Galaxies, The Moon, Planets, Space, Stars, The Sun, The Universe.
  • Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum They 'bring the exhibits, resources, and fun of a museum visit right to your desktop with virtual exhibits and hotlists.
  • Helping Your Kids Learn Science For parents. Do your kids ask why is the sky blue, why do things fall to the ground, how do seeds grow, what makes sound and music, where do mountains come from? Well, look into this from the government.
  • VolcanoWorld Everything about volcanos. Includes a Hawaiian Tour Guide, volcano images, current and recent eruptions, and more.
  • Sea World Main selections are Animal Information Data Base, Teacher's Guides, Shamu TV: Sea World and Busch Gardens Video Classroom.
  • Solar System Created as an educational tour of the solar system. It contains images and information about the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids found within the solar system.
  • Space Telescope Handbooks and guides for proposing, observing, and data reduction. Plus info on the telescope's instruments, pictures, and links.
  • Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Covers space, astronomy, rocketry, etc. Has a chat room, and links to further resources.
  • Space Shuttle Encyclopedia Has Mission File Archive, Mission Press Kits, Status Report/Press Release Archive, Technical Information Archive, Earth Observation Image Archive, Image Clip Archive, Video Clip Archive, and Sound Clip Archive.
  • Ontario Science Center Tour, events, "The Human Body", a young person's guide to the Internet, and links.
  • You Can with Beakman and Jax Yeah right, it's that crazy science show on the tube, Beakman's World.
  • NCSA Education Program Makes the connection between scientific research and education, and makes the tools for computational science available in the classroom.
Math Links
  • MathMagic Provides strong motivation for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills.
  • MegaMath Project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms.
  • Puzzles Puzzles and brain teasers archived from the newsgroup rec.puzzles and categorized by subject. Both the puzzles and their solutions are given.
  • Geometry Forum Online More than math, it offer links to many other areas of interest like graphics, projects on the Internet, publications, creating Web pages, and more.
History/Social Science Links
  • Museums From the WWW Virtual Library. Has links to museums, exhibits, galleries, libraries, and further lists and links.
  • MayaQuest 96 Online, interactive, hands on digs in Central America. Parts of this site are Shocked (requiring the Shockwave plug-in).
Geography Links
  • USA CityLink The USA CityLink project is a city's interface to the world. It is a listing of World Wide Web pages featuring U.S. states and cities.
  • Virtual Tourist 2 The successor to the popular Virtual Tourist . It operates as a map-based interface to City.Net, the Web's most extensive library of community. Here you can find general information, tourist guides, and pictures for thousands of places, so you can 'Virtually Tour' the world.
  • Earth Viewer You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit.
Language Arts Links
  • Library of Congress: Children's Literature Centre Has Bibliographies and Guides, Electronic Discussion Groups, Electronic Journals, Electronic Texts (Books and Images), and Other Internet Resources.
  • KidPub Children can publish stories on the Web and read stories published by other children. A free service sponsored by En-Garde Technical Comunication.
  • KidsCom They call it 'A Communication Playground For Kids Ages 4 to 15'. And it's available in four languages. Registration is necessary.
  • Wacky Web Tales Pick a story title, and fill in the blanks. Wacky Web Tales then shows you the story with the items you put in the blanks.
  • Global Show and Tell Children show off their favorite projects, possessions, accomplishments and collections to kids (and adults) around the world.
  • Tales of Wonder Has 'Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World'.
  • Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections The IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) mailing lists are provided by St. Olaf College as a free service to help teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland A Project Gutenberg version, with separate links for each of the 12 chapters. This makes accessing quicker.
  • Library of Congress Children's Literature Centre - Has Bibliographies and Guides, Electronic Discussion Groups, Electronic Journals, Electronic Texts (Books and Images), and Other Internet.
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  • MidLink Magazine An ezine created for and by kids in the middle school year (10 to 15).
  • Children's Literature A guide for the K-12 range. It has: Lists of Recommended Books, Information about Fictional People and Places, Electronic Children's Books, Current Movie Tie-ins, Electronic Journals and Discussion Groups, Other Children's Literature Sites, Resources for Parents and Teachers, Children's Writings.
  • Reading Rainbow Program descriptions and suggestions for activities.
Health and Safety Links Music Links Art Links
  • VidKids California Museum of Photography's Web page for K-12 kids has an Interactive Gallery, Media Literacy Program, and Lesson Plans.
  • Museums From the WWW Virtual Library. Has links to museums, exhibits, galleries, libraries, and further lists and links.
  • Yahoo's Museum Guide Links to museums around the world.
  • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts They have over 85,000 objects spanning 4,000 years. You can see some of them in the exibitions and galleries. There's also a museum shop, educational and general info, and other resources.
  • Computer Graphics Great set of links (with icons) to places like MiraLab Computer Graphics & Animation Group, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, The University of Manchester Computer Graphics Unit, Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center, Thant's Animations Index, 3D WEB, UBC IMAGER Computer Graphics Lab, NASA Scientific Applications and Visualization Branch.
  • Coloring Book Select a picture, and color it. The pictures used here were taken from Coloring Book 2.0 by Jim Allison. There's even a Mac coloring program you can download.
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