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Education
Resources

A.Word.A.Day Homepage
http://lrdc5.lrdc.pitt.edu/awad/home.html
Provides information about the listserv AWAD, which sends a new vocabulary
word a day to your e-mail address. Also offers links to other word-related
Internet resources.

Academy One
http://www.nptn.org:80/cyber.serv/AOneP/
Provides resources for students, parents, and K–12 educators and
administrators. Sponsors Internet projects throughout the year, including a
Mousetrap-Powered Vehicle Competition, the TeleOlympics, and the Math Olympics.
Also offers a curriculum database and an index of other online projects.

Adult Education
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Education/Adult-Education.html
Offers links to several resources on adult education. Enables the combination
of distance education, adult education, and the Internet to deliver instruction.
Invites contributions to the collection of resources.

AIMS Education Foundation
http://204.161.33.100/AIMS.html
Presents the world of hands-on science and math investigations for K–9
students. Integrates the study of mathematics and science in a meaningful
manner, which prompts students to quickly realize the value of mathematics and
learn to "work like scientists."

The Amistad Research Center
http://www.arc.tulane.edu/
Archives African-American history and culture. Also contains information
about many other minority groups. Offers links to the center's manuscript
collection, several art collections, traveling history exhibits, and library.

Apple Higher Education: The Apple Virtual
Campus
http://www.info.apple.com/hed/
Showcases Apple's vision of the campus of the future, while strengthening the
technologies of today. Lists learning technologies such as distance learning,
talks about collaboration and information access, and the mobile student. Also
contains a link to Highway 1, a non-profit organization formed to support
innovative use of new technologies in the legislative environment and democratic
process. A Quicktime virtual tour of the University of Southern California is
also included.

The AskERIC Virtual Library
http://ericir.syr.edu
Contains select resources for both education and general use. Includes lesson
plans, ERIC digests, information guides and publications, reference tools,
government information, and educational listserv archives.

Biology(Science)
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Biology.html
Offers links to all things scientific that might be of use to teach K–12 or
university teachers and students. Categorizes sections by subset of biology,
most recent additions, software, and collections, to name a few.

CALI: The Center for Computer-Assisted
Legal Instruction
http://cali.org/
Nonprofit consortium of more than 155 United States law schools. Supports the
production, distribution, and use of computer-based instructional materials.

Cartoon Laws of Physics
http://abacus.bates.edu/~jburke/open1/physics.html
Adds humor to the standard laws of physics. Illustrates each law using
cartoon characters.

Center for Talented Youth (CTY) of the
Johns Hopkins University
http://www.jhu.edu:80/~gifted/
Serves the gifted population with special programs, job opportunities, and
other resources. Provides details about all the CTY programs, and also offers
links to other resources.

Childaware
http://www.inetcom.net/test/index.html
Offers positive interaction with other parents of preschoolers. Includes a
manual and resources for preschoolers to help check readiness for first grade.

CIC, Center for Library Initiatives
http://www.cic.net/cic/cli.html
Provides information for librarians, educators, and institutions,
particularly those within the CIC (Big Ten universities, plus the University of
Chicago).

The Comer School Development Program
http://info.med.yale.edu/comer
Provides information about the School Development Program, a national school
reform project directed by James P. Comer, M.D., the renowned child psychiatrist
at the Yale Child Study Center.

Computer as Learning Partner
http://www.clp.berkeley.edu/CLP.html
Gives information on integrating computer use to improve middle school
science instruction. Provides curriculum guides, software links, and project
information.

Cornell Theory Center Math and Science
Gateway
http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Edu/MathSciGateway/
Provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and
students in grades 9–12. Divides the resources into standard subject areas and
includes links to online field trips and museums. Also offers journal and
research articles.

Department of Clothing, Design, and
Technology, MMU
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/hol/cdt.html
Details courses, staff, students, and the work done in this department.
Contains examples of designs produced by students and staff and also details
some of the conferences and shows scheduled.

The Digital Frog
http://www.sentex.net/~dfi
Focuses on producing high-quality educational software. Features The Digital
Frog CD-ROM. Describes DFI and contains a full-featured Web version of The
Digital Frog.

Education Virtual Library—Primary
School
http://www.csu.edu.au/education/primary.html
Alphabetically catalogs several interesting K–12 curriculum resources from
around the world. Helps you research trends in education and creates
multicultural or foreign language units. Also highlights links to a Web site
created in Russian using the Cyrillic alphabet.

EDUCOM—Homepage
http://educom.edu:80/
Offers searchable archives of EDUCOM Review, archives of the listserv
EDUPAGE, and other online documents. Supports EDUCOM's focus on educational
technology in higher education. Also offers links to several other
telecom/educational technology-related site and programs.

The Egyptian Gallery
http://www.mordor.com/hany/egypt/egypt.html
Provides information on the modern state, such as the national anthem,
pictures of modern cities, and sound clips. Also presents pictures and text
about ancient Egypt.

Federal and State-Run Servers
http://edweb.cnidr.org:90/gophwww.gov.html
Lists all current federally- and state-run gopher and Web servers with an
educational focus. Lists a link to each site along with a brief description of
the site.

The Geometry Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
Focuses on geometry and math education. Offers links to resources such as the
Coalition of Essential Schools, a Web-based lesson on vectors, a geometry
listserv, and more. Also offers a section on projects for students, such "Ask
Dr. Math."

Heritage Map Museum
http://www.carto.com
Displays hundreds of original 15th to 19th century antique maps. Focuses on
displaying and selling original works of the masters of cartography. Offers the
works of Schedel, Munster, Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu, Hondius, and many others.

Hillside Elementary School
http://hillside.coled.umn.edu/
Contains activities and projects. Lets students make their own homepages and
have e-mail addresses, and use the Internet for research.

ICBL Video Conferencing CASE Studentship
Page
http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~cjs/vidconf.area/index.html
Provides information about using video conferencing in the classroom.
Includes technology, how-to's, integrating it into the classroom, current
projects, and more.

ICDL
http://acs-info.open.ac.uk/info/other/ICDL/ICDL-Facts.html
Offers links to a free telnet database, a quarterly publication about
distance learning, and the ICDL gopher server.

Interactive Multimedia Education
Resources
http://www.ems.psu.edu/Earth2/E2Top.html
Contains images and other multimedia files related to earth science. Offers
an online tutorial to learn how to use the resources.

The Internet Educational Resources
Guide
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~magwww/index_ht1.html
Offers a searchable collection of educational links, but offers more than
just links to school subject areas. Also reviews online magazines and books
about the Internet, and has information about gophers, FTP sites, telnet
databases, and listservs.

IPL Building Directory
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu:80/bldg.dir/
Consists of four main divisions: reference, youth services, services for
librarians and information professionals, and the education division. Contains
resources, interactive exhibits, and discussion areas.

ISN KidNews
http://www.umassd.edu/SpecialPrograms/ISN/KidNews.html
News service for students and teachers around the world. Lets you use stories
from the services as long as you credit the author, and lets you submit stories.
Encourages comments about news gathering, teaching, and computer-related issues
in the Discussion sections for students and teachers.

Knox Junior High Homepage
http://www.geopages.com/CapitolHill/1444
Provides important links for research and training students and teachers to
use the vast resources of the Internet.

Little Toy Store on the Net
http://www.suba.com/~chicago/lts.html
Specializes in fun and educational toys for children. Offers a list of
resources for educators, parents, and kids on the net.

Magic Learning Systems
http://www.xmission.com/~stageone/mls.html
Develops and markets educational and self-improvement software and shareware,
combining the latest technologies with time-tested educational methods for the
individual, the classroom, and the home.

The Mark Twain Library
http://hydor.colorado.edu/twain/
Provides electronic texts of Mark Twain's works. Offers several works. Also
lists other pages with Mark Twain resources.

Math and Science Gateway (Cornell Theory
Center)
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
Provides a wide range of educational services to the national community.
Provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and
students in grades 9–12.

MATHMOL—K–12 Mathematics and
Molecules
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/
Provides students, teachers, and the general public information about the
rapidly growing field of molecular modeling. Also provides K–12 students with
basic concepts in mathematics and their connection to molecular modeling.
Contains supporting materials for this project, such as a hypermedia textbook, a
library of 3D molecular models, and online challenges for students.

The Media Literacy On-line Project
Homepage
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
Provides information and resources to educators, producers, students,
parents, and others interested in the influence of electronic media on children,
youth, and adults. Contains a database on media literacy, as well as links to
Internet resources related to the topic.

MediaPro
http://www.widdl.com/MediaPro/
Features the Magic Carpet series of interactive learning software (in English
or Mandarin Chinese). Provides ordering information and information on a 30-day
free trial basis.

Medical/Clinical/Occupational Toxicology
Resource Homepage
http://www.pitt.edu/~martint/welcome.htm
Provides information for practioners, educators, and researchers in medical,
clinical, and occupational toxicology. Also provides poison information.

MEOL
http://meol.mass.edu:70/0/home
Serves as a cooperative gateway to all of Massachusetts' educational agencies
and organizations. Offers easily accessible FAQ's, listings of current online
projects, and job postings.

Mount St. Helens
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/msh/msh.html
Provides image maps more than 1,490 still images of the mountain before,
during, and after the eruption. Provides information about the people, Mount St.
Helens and other volcanoes, other Mount St. Helens resources, plants and
animals, and curriculum.

MU CoE Links to Education Resources
http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/Resource.html
Offers many links on education and resources. Includes an entire section
devoted to mathematics, science, and technology.

NASA Education Sites
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/
Offers a collection of servers specifically geared for teachers, students,
and administrators. Offers a selection of math and science education resources,
connectivity to numerous education servers, journals, and grant and project
participation information.

Network Nuggets
http://www.etc.bc.ca/~tcoop/index.html
Shares information about educationally relevant Internet resources. Provides
list members with a message each day during the school year to help them find
resources on the Internet. Offers an organized main index, and the listserv is
one way to keep up with the Internet one day at a time.

The New York Open Center
http://www.panix.com/~openctr
Nonprofit center for holistic learning and culture in New York City. Offers
nearly 1,000 courses annually on topics of alternative health and bodywork
disciplines, depth psychologies, sociocultural issues, spiritual and meditative
teachings, and multicultural arts. Includes program information and a preview of
the center's journal.

The Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html#to
Presents a multimedia essay about the solar system, using text, pictures,
sounds, and an occasional movie. Briefly describes each of the planets and major
moons in the solar system, and illustrates them using pictures from NASA
spacecraft.

The OSPI Math, Science, and Technology
Server
http://www.ospi.wednet.edu/
Contains a collection of online math and science resources, as well as
information on WEdNet. Also offers links to public and private online schools
and Washington state colleges and universities.

Parenting Skills on Video
http://www.novia.net/~video
Contains parenting enhancement skills that you can use throughout your
impressionable child's life. Presents guidelines for raising happy, healthy
children.

Persimmon Software for Children
http://www.dnai.com/persimmon
Chooses a different monthly aspect of the arts and humanities to create an
interactive, multimedia presentation that engages children and promotes creative
learning.

Peterson's Education Center
http://www.petersons.com:8080/
Seeks to catalog all United States K–12 schools, colleges, and universities,
both public and private, as well as community and technical colleges. Also plans
to offer transcript services and scholarship information.

Placer County Office of Education
http://placercoe.k12.ca.us
Lists California K–12 and community colleges, as well as several links for
teachers, students, and administrators.

Private School Resource
http://www.brigadoon.com/psrnet/
Presents a collection of many resources for private, independent, and
religiously affiliated schools. Includes separate sections for organizations,
school home pages, private school resources guides, and vendor information.

Project LEAP (Learn Earn and
Prosper)
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/project_leap
Provides basic skills, GED, job skills, and life-coping skills to a wide
range of programs including literacy programs, family literacy, and workplace
literacy.

Project Libellus
http://osman.classics.washington.edu/libellus/libellus.html
Contains free classic Greek and Latin electronic texts. Offers pointers to
other classics etexts found at other archives, organized by institution or
archive.

Scholarly Electronic Forums Web Page
http://www.oise.on.ca/~arojo/forums.html
Offers contextualized information on scholarly electronic discussion groups.
Provides information for potential and present users and listowners. Serves as a
resource for electronic communication scholars, practitioners, and students.

Schoolhouse Videos and CDs (CD-ROMs)
http://www.nando.net/ads/gift/school.htm
Offers hundreds of topics and thousands of videos and CD-ROMs, from algebra
to gardening to music.

SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education
Resources
http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html
Offers an organized math and science virtual bookshelf. Offers pointers to
online scientific and mathematical reference works and charts, as well as links
to the usual science and math subject areas. Also includes information on ethics
in science and software and equipment suppliers.

Second Nature
http://www.2nature.org
Nonprofit environmental organization that helps institutions of learning,
such as colleges and universities, produce graduates who will become
environmental leaders. Provides information about Second Nature's unique
educational philosophy.

SERESC
http://reg.seresc.k12.nh.us/
Contains links to a short list of very useful educational Internet resources.
Also offers information on grants, government agencies, and museums.

Small is Beautiful
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/Education/nanotech/nanotech.html
Lists resources on nanotechnology. Includes DNA nanotechnology, molecular
manufacturing, and computational nanotechnolgy.

Street Cents Online
http://www.screen.com/streetcents.html
Tied to the Canadian television show "Street Cents," which teaches young
people how to be informed consumers. Covers all of the highlights of the week's
program, and also offers a kids club and discussion list.

The Tecla Homepage from Birkbeck College
London
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/Departments/Spanish/TeclaHome.html
Text magazine written for learners and teachers of Spanish, produced weekly
during the school year. Provides text in Spanish, with vocabulary listed below
the text.

TENET
http://gopher.tenet.edu
Serves as a Web site and gopher for state educators and general use. Includes
state educational news, policies, and reform information. Also offers college
planning, field trip plans, and connectivity to educational gophers around the
world.

TESL-EJ Master Page
http://violet.berkeley.edu/~cwp/TESL-EJ/index.html
Online journal. Covers teaching English as a second language from many
perspectives.

Theodore Tugboat
http://www.cochran.com/
Based on a Canadian TV show, "Theodore Tugboat," and designed for young
children. Lets kids send a postcard to a friend, download a coloring book page,
and help write an interactive story. Also offers a parent/teacher area.

TIESnet
http://tiesnet.ties.k12.mn.usandgopher://tiesnet.ties.k12.mn.us
Technology and Information Educational Services of Minnesota, the older
sister of InforMNs. Includes access to numerous ongoing school projects, as well
as lesson plans, research information, and connectivity to InforMNs.

UEWeb
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/
Provides information on and for urban students, their families, and the
educators who serve them. Includes manuals, brief articles, annotated
bibliographies, reviews publications, and conference announcements in urban
education, among other features.

The United States Education
Department/OERI
http://gopher.ed.gov
Offers an information server that acts as a reference desk for all things
educational. Includes educational software, Goals 2000 information, as well as
primary, secondary, and vocational information.

Videodiscovery
http://www.videodiscovery.com/vdyweb
Provides information about interactive CD-ROM and laserdisc multimedia for
science and math education, plus cool science facts, a guide to Internet
education resources, educational technology primers, and more.

VOTEC Homepage
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/COE/VOTEC/home.html
Provides information about vocational/technical education. Includes
information on workplace literacy, tech prep, thinking skills, and training.

The Washington Center for Internships
& Academic Seminars
http://www.fga.com/twc
Propones the idea that the key to student success is active involvement in
the educational process. Provides internships and academic seminar programs to
college students that challenge them personally and professionally. Students
apply academic theory through practical experience, discover their professional
strengths and weaknesses, question chosen career paths, interact with students
from across the country, and develop a broad sense of civic and professional
responsibility.

Web 66
http://web66.coled.umn.edu
Seeks to be a catalyst that integrates the Internet into K–12 school
curricula. Facilitates the introduction of Internet technology into K–12 schools
by helping them set up servers, design homepages, and find other online schools.

Web66: K-12 Schools Registry
http://hillside.coled.umn.edu/others.html
Consists of a clickable map of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and
each click takes you to a different region's online schools. Provides the same
information in a text format. Also offers school listings by country. Helps find
keypals or partners for an online project.

Welcome to MegaMath
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/welcome.html
Aims bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school
classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them
together. Provides an online workbook with activities for teachers and students,
as well as lesson plans and curriculum guides.

Welcome to the United States Civil War
Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Serves as a clearinghouse for all Civil War materials. Offers links to many
Civil War exhibits, continuously updated. Seeks to be objective and look and the
causes, events, and aftermath from every viewpoint possible.

Whales: A Thematic Web Unit
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/~kpj5e/Whales/Contents.HTML
Focuses on K–5 kids. Contains images, activities and project ideas.

Window-To-Russia Homepage
http://www.kiae.su/www/wtr/
Offers resources in both Russian and English, as well as links that tell you
how to install a Netscape-readable Cyrillic font. Offers online art exhibits, an
interactive Russian-English dictionary, basic country information, and more.

Winston Churchil High School Web
Server
http://lancelot.chs.lane.edu/
Hosts various WWW documents written by Churchill High School students or
about Churchill High School.

WisDPI—The Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction
http://badger.state.wi.us:70/0h/agencies/dpi/www/dpi_home.html
Includes resources about education and libraries. Contains a variety of K–12
projects, lesson plans, and educational links.

Women in Higher Education
http://www.itis.com/wihe
Presents Women in Higher Education, a monthly newsletter for women university
administrators, faculty, and staff. Includes news and articles and current job
listings.

The World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
Offers links to faculty world-wide who use the Web to deliver class
materials. Includes syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, multimedia
textbooks, and resource materials on almost any subject.

The World of Benjamin Franklin
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
Provides multimedia information about Ben Franklin using pictures, documents,
and movies. Covers his family, inventions, diplomacy, philosophy, and
leadership. Provides a bibliography for further study of Franklin, his
accomplishments, and the time period.

The World of the Vikings Homepage
http://www.demon.co.uk/history/vikings/vikhome.html
Provides information about the World of the Vikings CD-ROM and research
project. The CD-ROM includes two separate resources—the Research Database,
created for academic researchers, libraries and schools, and Evidence Boxes,
which collect together the best resources from the main archive for younger
children. Also offers links to other Internet Viking resources.

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mkant/Public/FinAid/finaid.html
Offers a collection of financial aid information on the Internet. Includes
links to all online scholarship and fellowship databases and information about
grants and loans, as well as links to university financial aid Web and Gopher
servers and a link to the online version of Octameron Associates' book, Don't
Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid.

Money for College
http://emporium.turnpike.net/D/dcservice/wg/lenn4.htm
Offers assistance in finding money for higher education. Loans, grants, and
scholarships are available if you know where to find them, and they do.

Home Schooling

Homeschooling Resources
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/home.html
Contains home schooling resources, divided into home schooling Web sites,
relevant educational directories, and ERIC information guides.

Jon's Home-School Resource Page
http://www.midnight
beach.com/hs
Provides information about home schooling. Offers links to other Web pages,
online curriculum guides, listservs, newsgroups, and so on.

International
Education

Friends and Partners
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/home.html
Promotes understanding between Americans and Russians. Provides information
on almost every aspect of life in the two cultures, and also links to learning
and using the Cyrillic alphabet. Offers a related listserv that you can join or
access.

Hello India!
http://www.helloindia.com
Serves the Indian community. Contains information about Indian food, music,
culture, entertainment, events, and the online version of India Today.

The Human-Languages Page
http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html
Focuses on bringing together information about the languages of the world.
The language resources listed here come from all around the world, and range
from dictionaries to language tutorials to spoken samples of languages. Offers
the page in several languages. Provides Quick-Jump links for easy navigation,
and should soon be searchable.

I*EARN
http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/
I*EARN is the International Education and Resource Network, composed of
teachers and young people working together in different parts of the world via a
global telecommunications network. The purpose of I*EARN is to enable
participants to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful difference in
the health and welfare of the planet and its people. Contains information from
all the international projects, as well as entry points for the I*EARN member
newsgroups.

IMD International Institute for Management
Development
http://www.imd.ch/
Offers a solid reputation for pioneering the development of executive
education, bringing a truly international perspective to management development
in cooperation with some of the most successful companies around the world.

Le Coin des Francophones et Autres
Grenouilles
http://www.cnam.fr/fr/
Offers links to almost all other French-related sites. Includes pointers to
popular tourist attractions, learning and using the language, and more.

Live from Antarctica
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/livefrom/livefrom.html
Connects students and teachers to Antarctica. Includes field journals of
scientists, teachers guides, Q & A forums, links to resource materials, and
so on.

World Kids Press Homepage
http://www.webpub.com/worldkids/
Offers audiotape and coloring book packages designed to introduce the concept
of foreign languages to children from preschool level to age 8 or 9 through fun
with music, read-alongs, and coloring.

K–12 Education

About the NDLC
http://www.occ.uky.edu/NDLC/NDLCexplain.html
Serves as a free resource for K–12, higher education, and adult education,
distance learning. Offers a free telnet database. Explains how to use the
database, who to call for help, and NCLD's mission.

Alpine Valley School—Homepage
http://www.well.com/user/artbrock/avs/
A K–12 independent day school located in Denver at which the students
completely design their own education and participate in governing the school.
Provides detailed information about the school's philosophy, mission, enrollment
process, and generally presents a very bright picture of the school.

ArtsEdge Network
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
Focuses on using technology to increase access to arts resources and increase
arts education in the K–12 school environment. Features an online newsletter, an
information gallery, curriculum guides, and links to other arts-related online
information.

Book Nook
http://i-site.on.ca/Isite/Education/Bk_report/
Presents book reports by kids on kids' literature. Links reports worldwide
into one central point of reference.

Brooke High WWW Server
http://168.216.219.18
Provides information about Brooke High School, located in the northern
panhandle of West Virginia, 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Includes its
newspaper, Babbling Brooke, which gives information about the school
system and surrounding coummunities, and information on how to install a Web
server and slip servers. Offers thousands of educational and shareware files for
ftp/gopher transfer.

Busy Teachers WebSite K–12
http://www.gatech.edu/lcc/idt/Students/Cole/Proj/K-12/TOC.html
K–12 Internet resource for teachers. Organized by subject area with annotated
links to sites that lead directly to source materials.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and
Aquarium
http://www.okc.com/fish
Offers a wide variety of hands-on educational programs for K–12 students.
Presents indoor and outdoor displays. Provides trout and other fish to lakes and
streams throught the region.

Columbia Public Schools Homepage
http://www.ims.columbia.k12.mo.us
Serves 15,000 K–12 students. Features student and staff work and technical
information for other schools.

Council of the Great City Schools
Online
http://www.cgcs.org
Nonprofit organization that represents the nation's largest public school
systems. Links to local chapter pages.

The Cyberspace Middle School
http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~dennisl/CMS.html
Contains links to science fairs, Midlink Magazine (for kids by kids),
and Virtual Bus Stops (links to online middle schools). Also offers many helpful
links for students, such as an online Periodic Table, how to read a map, and so
on.

FYI, RFC #1578-Schools, and Internet
http://chs.cusd.claremont.edu/www/people/rmuir/rfc1578.html
Provides an Internet FAQ on the Internet and K–12 schools. Offers a clickable
table of contents for browsing and contains useful information for anyone
considering putting the Internet into a K–12 environment.

Galileo
http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/galileo.html
Offers a downloadable collection of science lesson plans for K–12 science
teachers for classroom use.

HotList of K–12 Internet School
Sites
http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/k12
Contains links to all United States K–12 schools with Internet access,
divided by state, and lists the level of access each school currently has
(gopher, Web, e-mail only, and so on).

K–12 Education
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Education/K12-Education.html
Offers many K–12 links, searchable and subdivided into primary and secondary
education, and also into document type.

K–12 Technology
http://www.cvu.cssd.k12.vt.us/K12TECH/K12TECH.HTM
Describes what is called "Simple School Internet Protocol"—that is, a way to
get schools online.

NCSA Education Program
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/
Seeks to bridge the gap between scientific research and education and make
the tools for computation available in the classroom (K–12). Offers jumps for
teachers looking for resource materials.

NYSERNet
http://nysernet.org
Offers a wide variety of K–12 tools. Includes class projects, teaching tools,
discussion groups, career guidance, reference information, and school reform
plans.

Turner Adventure Learning
http://cee.indiana.edu/turner/tal.html
Contains information about Turner Adventure Learning, electronic field trips
for K–12. Contains text documents, graphics, and Web links related to each field
trip.

Welcome K–12
http://www.gatech.edu/lcc/idt/Students/Cole/Proj/K-12/K12wel.html
Focuses on teachers learning to use the Internet while online, as well as
those who have very limited access time. Arranged alphabetically by subject area
with two different tables of content—one with subheadings and pictures for those
who want to browse and the other with just plain text links to resources.
Addresses the real problem of teachers and time.

Online Teaching &
Learning

Canadian Institute of Applied Learning,
Inc.
http://www.inforamp.net/~canial/index.html
Offers courses in hardware and software training. Carries courses to train
students to become certified Novell Engineers and Administrators (CNE and CNA
certification). Also offers courses on PC repair and service.

Canadian Kids' Page
http://www.onramp.ca/~lowens/107kids.htm
Serves as a starting place for parents and children exploring the Web
together.

Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.net
Online magazine for K–12 educators using the Internet in the classroom. Both
in print and online, Classroom Connect has become a source of pointers and
features related to using the Internet in formal education for more than 8,000
monthly readers.

The Community Learning Network
http://cln.etc.bc.ca
Provides information pertinent to United States education as well. Includes
distance learning resource information, connections to other educational and
Canadian government gophers and CLN software.

Cornell Computer Science Graphics
Course
http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Visualization/Education/cs418/
Plans to develop an online service for the students to review lab procedures
and results, as well as present lecture material and project animations for all
to view.

Distance Ed
http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/distance.html
Offers several links to good distance education resources, especially for
colleges and universities. Serves as a good starting point for researching
distance learning examples and practices.

Distance Education Clearinghouse
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
Gathers information on teleconferencing technologies, instructional design,
programs and courses, and other distance learning resources.

Distance Education Resources
http://tenb.mta.ca/disted.html
Offers links to international distance learning resources for community and
higher education.

Distance Learning Directory
http://199.125.205.20/WebPages/dll/DIST-LRN/dld.htm
Provides a listing of Web sites, gopher sites, listservs, and newsgroups
associated with distance education.

Distance Learning Resources
http://www.crl.com/~gorgon/distance.html
Offers a list of links (all resources for distance education) that have
Internet support of distance learning included in the definition. Also describes
each link.

Educational Online Sources
http://netspace.students.brown.edu/eos/main_image.html
Plans to become a central "welcoming" and jump station for educators on the
Internet. Contains links to educational conferences, policy and reform archives,
and subject guides to online resources.

election.html
http://buckman.pps.k12.or.us/election/election.html
Presents the Toon Town Election Page, an example of an online interactive
project. Students from about 50 classes sent in their votes on which cartoon
should be "Mayor of ToonTown," and one class posted the results on the Web. They
used e-mail ballots and accepted write-in candidates.

The Electronic Prehistoric Shark
Museum
http://turnpike.net/emporium/C/celestial/epsm.htm
Features fossil shark teeth (photos and descriptions) from the prehistoric
Great White to the jaws of a modern-day shark. Also offers links to other
paleontological sites and posts additional shark sightings on the Internet.

Exploratorium Homepage
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Features, among other exhibits, "Diving in to the Gene Pool," "Remembering
Nagasaki," "Ask Us A Question," and a digital library. Also offers The Learning
Studio, a collection of science resources for parents, teachers, and kids.

Garfield Co. Public Library System
http://www.colosys.net/garfield.html
Provides access to online books, magazines, and reference tools. Includes
searchable library catalogs.

GCRIO On-line Student Activities
http://www.gcrio.org/eduStd.html
Offers a collection of links to online science-oriented interactive projects
that students can participate in. Also offers subject guides to resources and
grant information.

Genetic Engineering Taught Through
Telecommunications
http://kadets.d20.co.edu:80/~lundberg/index.html
Genetic Engineering (plant tissue culture/ recombinant DNA) is taught to 36
other schools in the state of Colorado using the Internet.

HotList: Virtual Exhibits
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/jump.html
Offers links to many online interactive exhibits, where you control the
action on the other end, such as a robot or telescope. Also offers links to
online exhibits, such as the Amazon jungle or the Louvre.

Impact! Online Homepage
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Impact/impact_homepage.html
Consists of hypertext documents in English, with links giving pronunciation,
part of speech, and meaning.

The Interactive Frog Dissection: An
On-line Tutorial
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu:80/~insttech/frog/
Uses photographs and QuickTime movies to illustrate step-by-step the
dissection of a frog. Provides tests along the way to help the student judge
mastery of the content.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom
Connections
http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/
Provides listings of teachers and classes needing keypals for cross-cultural
exchanges and partners for online projects at the K–12 and the college level.
Also offers links to listservs and other collections of keypal requests and
online projects.

JASON Project
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/scripts/JASON.html
Collaborative learning experience for students around the world. 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. Lets participating students at the interactive
downlink sites "go live" (using telepresence) to the expedition, operate the
scientific equipment being used, and talk directly with the scientists at the
expedition site.

Landegg Academy Online
http://www.landegg.org/landegg/
Serves as a learning environment in which people from all parts of the world
can gather to search for new answers to the needs of contemporary society.

Math Education Resources
http://www.teleport.com/~vincer/math.html
Offers links to many good online math sites. Lists lesson plans, curriculum
guides, and interactive links such as the Gallery of Interactive Geometry. Also
offers listings of math-related newsgroups.

MathMagic Internet
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/
Seeks to involve teachers and students in problem solving. Pairs up
registered teams from all over the world to discuss and find ways to solve the
challenges posted in each of four categories: K–3, 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12.

Online Reference Works
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/references.html
Lists several different online reference sources, such as a hypertext
Webster's dictionary, a thesaurus, and an acronym dictionary. Also offers
several foreign language dictionaries, and computing dictionaries.

The Open University
http://www.open.ac.uk/
The British institution that pioneered distance education as a way to broaden
educational opportunities across the country. Offers a comprehensive program
that serves as a model for other programs. Also offers links to other online
resources.

Reed Interactive's Global Classroom
http://www.reedbooks.com.au/index.html
Offers online projects centering around specific themes, and encourages
international participation. Also offers an international keypal search and find
center and access to education-related newsgroups.

The Study in the USA Online
Directory
http://www.studyusa.com/
Serves as a resource for international students seeking to study at a quality
American university, college, or English language institute. Lets you browse
informative articles and program descriptions, and use the online request
information forms to e-mail the school in which you're interested for more
information.

The Technology and Distance Education
Branch
http://www.etc.bc.ca/etc.html
Focuses on the development of a community learning network. Also offers links
to other good distance education sites and guidebooks.

Total Recall
http://www.demon.co.uk/sharpsw/total.html
Presents an amazing online training course that teaches you how to
dramatically improve your memory powers—improve exam grades, learn foreign
vocabulary, and more.

Traveler's Japanese with Voice
http://www.ntt.jp/japan/japanese/
Uses the Internet to teach basic language skills. Divides modules by subject.
Plays an audio clip that provides proper pronunciation of any word you click.
Also provides historical and cultural information.

Upena Hawaii
http://kalama.doe.hawaii.eduandgopher://kalama.doe.hawaii.edu
Focuses on internetworking between Hawaiian schools and distance education in
general. Contains educational resources for teachers and students, interesting
Internet server links, and a good collection of state and local education
information from the department of education.

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html
Provides a learning tool instead of dissecting a real frog. The program uses
3D and MRI images that you can manipulate to see the various parts of the body.
Includes online tests.

Welcome to TEAMSnet
http://teams.lacoe.edu/
Offers information on both distance education and Internet in the classroom.
Lists online projects, links to resources, and professional development
information. Also offers a page on preservice teacher preparation.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
Cross-references everything from aboriginal studies to zoos. Details the
links by alphabetical order, by era, and by region. Offers clickable maps of the
world and specific information about many countries. Also offers a list of other
online resources.

Organizations

Arrow Publishing
http://www2.interpath.net:80/spadion/arrow/
Lists videos, software, and publications designed to increase literacy.
Produces literacy-oriented educational materials. Also offers an order form that
you can print out and fill in to receive more information or materials.

Banned Books On-line
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/spok/banned-books.html
Discusses literary censorship and offers links to each work mentioned that is
available in electronic format. Also offers a Most Frequently Challenged Books
of the 1990s page, as well as links to other sites dealing with censorship.

Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in
Science
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
Tackles tough issues that face scientists every day. Discusses basic versus
applied research, breast cancer and genetic screening, and more.

Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian
National University
http://online.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/
Provides Asian Studies teaching-and-learning resources, pointers to a vast
wealth of Asian Studies research material, information about the programs of the
Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University, pointers to
information about the University, Australia, and studying in Australia.

Florida Institute of Technology—School of
Aeronautics
http://www.fit.edu/soa
Offers five accredited degree programs in aviation management, aeronautical
science, and aviation computer science. Offers FAA-approved flight training.

Global Ecology Study Abroad/IHP
http://world.std.com/~ihp/ihp.html
Study global ecology and travel around the world to England, India,
Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico. Earn college credit, live with families, small
group, international faculty. Offers courses in anthropology, biology, ecology,
and economic development. Provides an online catalog, slide file, and
application.

Grolier Interactive
http://www.grolier.com
Presents Grolier Interactive, the international CD-ROM multimedia reference
and entertainment publisher of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia
Americana, Guinness Multimedia Disc of Records, Science Fiction encyclopedia,
World Cup Soccer, and Modern Art.

GROW—Opportunity Wales
http://194.72.34.100/grow/
Nonprofit organization that administers a variety of placement schemes and
internships (some United Kingdom government-sponsored) for graduates and
undergraduate students seeking experience of working for UK-based small- and
medium-sized enterprises.

Harry Singer Foundation
http://www.redshift.com/~singerf
The Harry Singer Foundation was created to get people, especially high school
and college students, more actively interested in public policy. Provides free
information such as books and pamphlets, as well as points of contact for
further interest.

International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/home.html
Provides librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas,
promoting international cooperation, research and development in all fields of
library activity. Presents members and interested individuals an evolving range
of electronic information resources and services through the use of Internet
technologies.

Junior Achievement Purpose/Facts
http://www.baynet.com/junior/intro.html
Provides information about Junior Achievement, such as the purpose, mission,
goals, and national contact information. Also lists answers to commonly asked
questions and tells why you should volunteer to help this worthwhile
organization.

Macroscale Land Surface Hydrology Modeling
at the UW
http://atlas.ce.washington.edu/~lettenma/mlshm.html
Applies the VIC-2L model, a soil-vegetation-atmospere transfer scheme
(SVATS), for macroscale hydrologic simulations of the water and energy balance.

Natural Resources Defence Council
(NRDC)
http://www.nrdc.org/nrdc
Nonprofit environmental organization with 170,000 members nationwide and a
staff of scientists, lawyers, and environmental experts. Features the latest
news from the Hill, plus information everyone should have on the state of our
air, water, land, and health. NRDC's mission is to protect the world's natural
resources and improve the quality of the human environment.

Northwest Service Academy Page
http://www.teleport.com/~nwsa
Addresses unmet environmental and community needs. Also contains an
application.

The Smithsonian Institution Homepage
http://www.si.edu/
Features links to What's New (exhibits), Perspectives, Activities, and
Resources, which all provide information on a variety of subjects.

TERC
http://hub.terc.edu:70/hub/owner/TERC
Researches, develops, and disseminates innovative programs in science,
mathematics, and technology for educators, schools, and other learning
environments. Contains information for educators interested in trying new ideas
in learning environments.

United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
http://www.tucson.com/nscc
Provides a year-round Naval youth education program for young men and women
ages 11–18 years old. Learn new skills and gain confidence while aboard Naval
ships or air stations.

Welcome to the Council of the Great City
Schools Online
http://www.cgcs.org/
Non-profit organization that represents the United States's largest school
systems. Offers "legislative alerts," information on instruction, curriculum,
and standards, as well as other information necessary to the functioning of
large urban school systems. Also provides hypertext versions of the council
newsletters, council reports, and conference highlights.

Research

Alabama Supercomputer Authority
http://sgisrvr.asc.edu/index.html
Provides state-of-the-art technology in supercomputing and networking to
educational institutions, government agencies, and private industry.

Brunel University Artificial Intelligence
Area
http://http1.brunel.ac.uk:8080/depts/AI/
Features information on artificial intelligence, including artificial life
and genetic algorithms. Also contains many links to other AI sites.

The Centre for Alternative Transportation
Fuels
http://www.bcr.bc.ca/catf\default.htm
The Centre for Alternative Transportation Fuels is operated by BC Research
Inc.(BCRI) in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Maintains a database of technical papers
to support the technical and business community in this rapidly moving
technological area.

CEPS/NASM Smithsonian Institution
http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/homepage.html
Serves as a jumping-off point for exploring planetary and other astronomical
data from the Center for Planetary Studies, Regional Planetary Image Facility,
and the National Air and Space Museum. Offers links that provide information
useful for classes such as activities, images, and calendars of events.

Concepts in Science through Molecular
Modeling
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/modules/modules.html
Contains many activities for use in the classroom. Includes a section for
teachers and for students.

DreamLink
http://www.iag.net:80/~hutchib/.dream/
Contains current information and resources on dream translation techniques
and different theoretical orientations regarding dreams. Provides a journal to
post dreams and receive feedback. Featyres an archive and guest dreamer.

The Environmental Education Network
http://www.envirolink.org/enviroed/
Serves as a jumping-off point for using the Internet to research the
environmental issues. Offers categorized links to resources for teachers,
resources for students, and also for higher education.

ILTweb: LiveText: Index
http://daemon.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/
The LiveText project is based on the belief that the educational applications
enabled by networked multimedia technologies will provide the opportunity for
educational reform. Provides supporting curricula, lesson plans, and
instructional design resources.

Image Analytics Corporation
http://www.imsworld.com/image
Provides cost effective hardware and software systems for microscopic and
macroscopic image analysis. A full system performs morphometric cell analysis
(length, area, velocity, and shape), currently used for AIDS, neuroimmunology,
and biological research. Includes ftp Demo file. Offers basic software and frame
grabber board. Also offers color analysis.

IUB Libraries: Research Collections and
Services Department
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/
Serves the humanities and social sciences. Builds the printed and electronic
collections, instructs classes and individuals, and offers general and
specialized reference and research assistance to the students, faculty, and
staff of Indiana University.

John and Janice's Research Page
http://k12.cnidr.org/janice_k12/states/states.html
Provides continually updated education-and-the-Internet and other
telecom-related statistics. Provides numbers to convince anyone not sure that
the Internet really is useful in a learning environment. Lists information in a
summary document, and also by state.

Middlebrook's Structured Analog
Design
http://www.ardem.com/middlebrook/
Offers techniques to help improve design quality and save design time in the
analog world.

Monterey Academy of Oceanographic
Science
http://205.155.54.2/maos/home.html
Student-driven pages from a school-within-a-school on the campus of Monterey
High School, along California's central coast.

Norm's Homepage
http://www.together.com/home/norm
Explores the use of high-tech construction materials like epoxy methacrylate.
Provides educational information on waterproofing, concrete repair, and
restoration.

Research at BYU Integrated
Microelectronics Lab
http://www.ee.byu.edu/ee/iml/research/research.html
Innovative research takes place in the BYU Integrated Microelectronics Lab,
including MEMS, IC processing techniques, MCMs, and TCAD.

Waterford Institute
http://www.xmission.com/~waterfrd/index.html
Provides the latest in educational research and products for the home and
school.

Standards and
Testing

Environmental Training Group Inc's
ENVIROPAGE
http://www.etg-inc.com
Provides United States environmental and occupational safety and health
regulations. Emphasizes on training. Contains updates on agency interpretations
and regulations.

Guidelines for Educational Uses of
Networks
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Guidelines/guidelines.html
Offers a collection of several different works related to setting up and
managing an educational network, mostly philosophical and focused on educational
outcomes.

Technology for All Americans Project
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/TAA/TAA.html
Seeks to create a forum for developing national standards for K–12 technology
education. Contains press releases, consensus building workshops, and a
newsletter.

North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory
http://cedar.cic.net/ncrel/
Nonprofit organization devoted to researching and implementing the best
practices in public schools so that all students achieve standards of
educational excellence. Contains an online newsletter, educational resources you
can order, and other useful resources. Provides standards information.

Student Resources

CASAA Student Leadership Resource
Centre
http://www.sentex.net/~casaa
Focuses on providing fresh student leadership materials, ideas, and support
for the student activity advisor.

Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Catalogs Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
Lists recommended books, recent awards, new authors, resources for parents,
teachers, and story tellers, movies based on children's books, and much more.
Provides information on how to get your children or class involved in online
publication, so the whole world can enjoy their creativity.

Classroom at the Internet
Schoolhouse
http://www.packet.net:80/schoolhouse/inside.html
Offers a collection of educational and interactive resources. Includes
Internet projects, art, civics, interactive games, and science.

College Prep Page
http://www.tpoint.net/~jewels/college.html
Presents a collection of resources for planning your education. Provides
information on financial aid, admissions, career planning, and more.

CyberKids Home
http://www.woodwind.com:80/cyberkids/
CyberKids was created as a place for kids to learn and have fun. Offers a
free online magazine that contains stories and artwork created by kids, as well
as online puzzles, games, and more. Also provides keypals from around the globe
in CyberKids Interactive.

English as a Second Language
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/edpsy-387/rongchang-li/esl/
Brings together resources for teaching ES/FL, such as matching audio to text
to help comprehension. Also offers links to the Word a Day vocabulary building
e-mail service, and idiom of the Week.

Exchange—Learning.English Language
Culture
http://www.deil.lang.uiuc.edu.exchange/
Serves primarily ES/FL students, but also works for multicultural lessons or
thematic units. Consists of contributions from international students, such as
"Did you know?" about little cultural differences. Also serves as a place to
publish your writing (for ES/FL students).

FredNet MOO
http://www.fred.net/cindy/frednet.html
Lets you attend Lincoln's assassination, visit a biochemical laboratory,
examine ancient artifacts at the Iceman Museum, and more. Provides a tutorial
for new MOOers. Also contains a handy MOO command Index for reference.

The Homework Page
http://www.tpoint.net/~jewels/homework.html
A general subject guide page. Categorizes links by subject matter and by age
group.

Inkspot
http://www.interlog.com/~ohi/inkspots/young.html
Offers a collection of useful resources for young writers, and anyone
teaching young writers. Includes references to workshops, online style guides,
publications accepting submissions, and contests.

Jefferson-Scranton Community Schools
http://molebio.iastate.edu/js/homepage.html
Provides high school students the opportunity to explore the Internet through
the Web.

Kids Web A World Wide Web Digital Library
for Schoolkids
http://www.infomall.org/kidsweb/
Provides a collection of multimedia and other resources useful in education.
Caution: The fun and humor link leads to a general Internet humor archive, an
area that might not be entirely appropriate for children.

Kids' Space
http://www.interport.net/~sachi
Kids Space has been planned for children to enhance basic computer skills
through their real participation and use of the Internet. Provides tools for
creation of student's own Web pages.

North American Historical Re-Enactor Web
Site (West Site)
http://www.webcom.com/~custer/
Contains a register of societies and clubs dedicated to re-creating
historical events for preservation of artifacts and experiencing other periods
of history.

Private Schools Online
http://www.thinkthink.com/schools/
Provides students information about private preparatory schools directly from
the institution. Offers listings from several private schools.

Sylvan Learning Centers
http://www.magicnet.net/cge/sylvan/
Offers supplemental education to every type of student. Provides information
on their services and locations.

Voices of Youth Homepage
http://www.unicef.org/voy/
Contains messages from the World Summit for Social Development. Pertains to
topics discussed at the Summit, and although the server doesn't currently accept
new messages, you can browse and search old messages by topic.

Welcome to the DeweyWeb
http://ics.soe.umich.edu/
Provides information to students and attempts to provide them a chance to
contribute their own observations, findings, and reflections.

Welcome to Virtual FlyLab
http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VflyLab/IntroVflyLab.html
Lets you play the role of a scientist investigating genetic inheritance:
manipulate the matings of different fruit flies and see the genetic results of
the matings.

Writing at MU
http://www.missouri.edu/~wleric/writery.html
Online discussion site for writers. Offers four direct links to information
exchange with other writers. Includes other links to assorted Internet sites,
mostly related to writing, as well. Note: A few might not be appropriate for
children.

Teacher Resources

Ainsworth Keyboard Training Systems
http://www.qwerty.com
Keyboard training for teachers, executives, writers, etc. Includes demo of
Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer, as well as special warm-up exercises to improve
efficiency and end writer's block.

Ameritech Education Resources
http://www.aads.net:1081/education/
Features the Schoolhouse, which contains a Recreation Area (information on
hands-on projects and hobbies), a Teacher's Lounge (lesson plans and curriculum
guides), and a Student Activities Center (online activities and projects). Also
features the Internet InfoCenter.

Carrie's Sites for Educators
http://www.mtjeff.com/~bodenst/page5.html
Provides a table of contents to make browsing easy. Offers a collection of
resources, from humanities to math to science to software.

Cisco Educational Archives and Resources
Catalog
http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/edu-arch.html
Provides information to help educators and schools connect to the Internet.
Provides technical information (because Cisco produces networking hardware), but
also offers examples of school networking projects. Also offers the Virtual
Schoolhouse.

Dole 5-A-Day Homepage
http://www.dole5aday.com
Offers educational nutrition information and delivers it in a clever and fun
way: 36 fruit and vegetable characters host the site and make eating five fruits
and vegetables a day fun for everyone. Provides nine areas: 5 A Day Program,
CD-ROM, Nutrition Center, Fan Mail, Fun Stuff, 5 A Day at School, Newsroom, and
Dole.

DPI InfoWeb
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us
Provides access to ERIC, employment opportunities, and the state standardized
curriculum. Also offers an online telephone directory for the DPI, and a nice
teacher and administrator resource page. Features an outline that shows exactly
what information links off which page.

Ed Web Homepage
http://edweb.cnidr.org:90/
Centers on resources showing technology and its role in school reform. Lets
you hunt down online educational resources around the world, learn about trends
in education policy and information infrastructure development, and examine
success stories of computers in the classroom.

Education
http://www.lib.umich.edu/chouse/tree/edu.html
Provides a listing of Internet resources, and rates the linked sites to help
Internet users plow through the vast amount of information.

Education (Social Sciences)
http://aw.com/educatio.html
Provides a listing of Internet educational resources, organized by topic and
type of resource.

Education Sites
http://www.fn.net/education.html
Serves as a subject-oriented guide to Internet resources. Categories include
art, health, online museums and libraries, math, science, social sciences, and
other resources. Offers art and health links.

eduMall
http://edumall.com/
Offers education products. Includes mall locations: Mall Central for mall
events, freebies, and latest information; the Learning Center; Bookstore;
Administrator's Connection; Campus Shops; Stadium; and Kiosk. Sells education
products.

ELTI Charlotte's English Aids
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~brmattin/adds.html
Lists several sample letters for different situations, intended to be models
for ES/FL students or others learning written English.

Explorer Homepage
http://server2.greatlakes.k12.mi.us/
Acts as a curriculum resource. Contains a searchable database of lesson plans
and curriculum guides aimed at math and science. Also categorizes lists of Web
classroom resources.

GENII Homepage
http://139.132.40/GENII/GENIIHP.html
Teaches teachers how to utilize the resources of the Internet so that they
can incorporate the technology into their lesson plans. Lists the mission,
virtual faculty, and other relevant data for this project.

Gifted and Talented (TAG) Resources
Homepage
http://www.eskimo.com:80/~user/kids.html
Describes many resources for talented and gifted children, their parents, and
educators. Overviews giftedness, and lists mailing lists, schools with TAG
programs, summer programs, and publications to name a few. Also offers a keypal
contact page.

Heinemann World
http://www.heinemann.co.uk
Offers news on educational books, events and technology, guides to relevant
sites of use for class and coursework, and sample material to download.

InfoList Homepage
http://www.electriciti.com:80/~rlakin/
Helps teachers begin using the Internet as an educational tool. Contains back
issues of the InfoList Digest, to which you also can subscribe free via e-mail.

InforMNs
http://informns.k12.mn.us
Includes teacher discussions, lesson plans, and a collection of gopher lists.

inQuiry Almanack, March 1995
http://sln.fi.edu/qanda/qanda3.html
Monthly magazine for educators interested in using the Internet to support
inquiry-based learning in the classroom. Offers Internet "hunts," online
puzzles, and experiments. Focuses on science education.

Integrating Technology Schools Homepage at
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~jeffryes/its.html
Helps teachers both in the field and preservice learn how to integrate
technology into the classroom. Offers online project ideas, subject guides, and
how-to's for the Internet.

Judi Harris' Network-Based Educational
Activity Collection
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Activity-Structures/
Offers a collection of 236 network-based educational activities, collected by
Judi Harris.

Kidding Around
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~watts/kiddin.html
Offers links to the Internet designed for middle-school age students.
Features current affairs, celebrity information, movie and music reviews, and
educational links.

Lesson Plans and Activities
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~cjhamil/solarsystem/education/index.html
Provides information for educators trying to incorporate astronomy into their
curriculum.

Mining the Internet columns
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Mining/Overview.html
Presents articles (in HTML) written by Judi Harris for "The Computing
Teacher," including tips and information on using computers, telecommunications,
and the Internet in the classroom.

NASA Spacelink—An Electronic Information
System for Educators
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/
Contains NASA's public online library of lesson plans, satellite and shuttle
images, and more. Also offers information on space careers, interdisciplinary
units, and software.

National Science Foundation World Wide Web
Server
http://stis.nsf.gov
Provides information for educators and administrators. Contains information
on NSF education projects, grants, and publications.

National Teachers Enhancement
Network
http://www.montana.edu/~wwwxs/index.html
Offers graduate-credit science and mathematics courses to teachers
nationally. Lets teachers participate in the telecomputing courses from
convenient home or work locations by using dial-up modem connections or Internet
access. Provides teachers with high-quality graduate science courses taught by
university scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.

Newton's Apple Educational
Materials!
http://ericir.syr.edu/index.html
Contains 26 lessons from the 12th season of the television show, Newton's
Apple. Topics range from brain mapping to bread chemistry to the Hubble
telescope to printing money to a raptor hospital: includes activities,
questions, and further investigation suggestions.

The North Dakota ICICLE Project http://calvin.cc.ndsu.nodak.edu/wayne/icicle.html
Offers a library of reviewed K–12 curriculum and instructional materials
(lesson plans, pictures, subject matter, and so on) available on the Internet,
indexed according to subject area.

The Old School House Studio
http://www.pikeperry.co.uk/ppp/pd/courses.htm
Offers inspirational personal development workshops. Also offers the
one-year, part-time dramatherapy certificate course, which commences every
September spans six weekends, as well as a summer school (validated by Worcester
College).

School and Community Networking
Resources
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/HPCC/K12/EDRC21.html
Contains several pointers to good technical guides to getting your school
online. The links reference FAQ's, lists of Internet providers, and technology
plans from other online schools.

The Tech Classics Archive
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Classics/
An archive of 184 works by 17 classical authors (in translation). Provides
texts in HTML format and as raw text files. Segments each work into the
different books, sections, parts, and so on, whenever possible.

The Virtual English Language Center
http://www.comenius.com/index.html
Provides information for ES/FL teachers and students. Includes such resources
as interactive exercises and text/audio playback. Also features "Idiom of the
Week," a keypal registry, and a recommended software listing. Also offers links
to related Internet sites.
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