Ask ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally-funded national information system that provdies, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct cleraringhouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a borach range of education-related issues. Got a question, Ask ERIC! This includes a Question & Answer Service, a Virtual Library of educational resources, and the ERIC database itself which includes over one million document abstracts and journal articles. Best Bet.
http://ericir.syr.edu/

Atlas of the Body - Part of the American Medical Association web site, included are drawings of various body parts, annotated as necessary. A great introduction to the human body. Includes brain, circulatory system, muscles, respiratory system, nervous system, or female reproductive system and some subsections as well.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html

The Awesome Library - The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. Papers, articles, Web sites and reviews are grouped into one of 24 different categories and linked to other Web pages full of resources. There are eight subject area categories: The Arts, English, Math, Technology, Science, Social Studies, Health & PE and Languages; eight search areas such as Specialized, Titles, Authors, Lessons, Reference, News, Special Ed, and Your Town; and eight domain area sections including Nurse, Counselor, Principal, Teacher, Main, Students, Family and Community. There is also a Hot Topics are with links to current events and issues in areas such as Gun Control, Tobacco, Home Schooling, Environment, Biographies, Genetics and more. Truly an awesome library, organizaed well (watch out Dewey Decimal System), and authored by Dr. R. Jerry Adams, executive director of the Evaluation and Development Institute Best Bet
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Bartleby.Com - Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and everyone with unlimited access to information on the web, free of charge. There are indexes available by Author, Subject and Title. Featured publications include: the Columbia Encyclopedia, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, American Heritage Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, King James Bible, Roget's Thesaurus, Strunks Elements of Style, World Factbook and more. Best Bet.
http://www.bartleby.com/

Becoming Human - Journey through the story of human evolution in a broadband documentary experience. The film itself is interactive, the Learning Center includes educational activies and teacher lesson plans. Included are a glossary, additional web sites and media; also a variety of news and written supporting materials. You will need a high speed connection to view this. An excellent example of using the Internet to teach and understand a topic. Best Bet.
http://www.becominghuman.org/

Best of History - This site provides categorized links to hundreds of "history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy and usefulness. Sites with engaging content and useful multimedia technologies are most likely to be included. General resources and research-oriented sites included." There are also links to information about Teaching with Technology. Best of History Web Sites is a portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History. Includes web sites on topical areas, as well as for lesson plans, multimedia and research.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - Nearly 600 links to education sites in 13 subject areas, with tabs for teachers, students and parents. Said to be developed and maintained by a teen and his dad. Best Bet.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Blue Web'N - Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). Each week 5 new sites are added. You can get a list and description of these additions sent to you by signing up below for free weekly updates!
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Brains Rule - Creighton University and several partner organizations are working together, to promote learning about the brain and nervous system among children and adults using new and exciting teaching methods. This project is funded by a Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The project seeks to improve neuroscience literacy with the goal that knowing more about the brain and nervous system can act as a long-term deterrent to drug abuse. Activities presented included: "Brain Freeze”, "Brain Twister”, "If You Wanna Know the Tooth About It”,"Shortness of Breath”, "Protect Your Melon”,"Toe The Line”, "Take The Challenge”, "Making Sense of Senses”,"N’ Sync – Not”, "Nintendo Neuron”, "Get Squashed by Deep Pressure”, "The Incredible Edible Neuron”, "Play With Your Lobes” and "Plaque Attack”.
http://www.brainsrule.com/index.htm

Center for Science Education - Educator, Public and Scientist sections, the web site of the Center for Science Education and Space Sciences Laboratory is a program of UC Berkely. A variety of topic areas and several indepth studies. There are also some interactive learning programs. An extensive "Ask An Expert" section in the Public tab; and education and public outreach 'mission' web sites.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.html

The Chalkboard - The Chalkboard provides educators with lesson plans, related links for science, language, k–12, math, special education, school–to–work, and more! Classroom resources, including curriculum units for students, are offered free from corporations, as well as educational–related news, grants and other opportunities.
http://thechalkboard.com/

Columbia Interactive - Gateway to selected e-learning resources developed at Columbia University, the best of Columbia's online offerings. Browse hundreds of class websites and learning tools, learn about our semester-length e-courses, and enjoy our shorter e-seminars, which are free to Columbia students, faculty, and staff. Topics include architecture, arts, business and finance, culture and society, education, engineering and applied science, history, information technology, journalism, law, literature, medicine, philosophy and religion, political science and social policy, public health, and science
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/

Cool Science for Curious Kids - Presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The goal of this project is simple: to help your child appreciate science. They looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade. In either case, the object is to make science fun, practical, and realistic.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Copernicus Education Gateway: SchoolNotes.Com - The purpose of the SchoolNotes.com program is to provide educators an easy-to-use no-cost tool which gives them the ability to communicate school information on the World Wide Web for access by their community of parents and students. SchoolNotes.com complements school websites by allowing teachers to post school information on the world-wide-web without worrying about HTML or FTP because there is no programming required, and it's a free community service provided in part by the Smithsonian. There are sections for educators, parents and students.
http://www.edgate.com/index.html Core Documents of US Democracy - To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications is being made available for free, permanent, public access via GPO Access. These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate. They support the public's right to know about the essential activities of their Government. Immediate, online access to authenticated versions of these Core Documents of Democracy increases in importance as Americans grow ever more dependent on remote electronic access to basic information resources -- both past and present.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Did You Ever Wonder?... - Visit this page each month for new questions and new personalities to stimulate your sense of wonder. From the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory.
http://www.lbl.gov/wonder/index.html

Disability Studies for Teachers - This website contains lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6-12. The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in postsecondary education.For further information about the project, please contact the Center Human Policy, School of Education, Syracuse University at info@disabilitystudiesforteachers.org.
http://www.disabilitystudiesforteachers.org/

DiscoverySchool - Education ideas for parents, teachers and students. Best Bet.
http://school.discovery.com/

DNA from the Beginning - An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. DNA from the Beginning is organized around key concepts with the science behine each concept explained by animation, image gallery, video interviews, problems, biographies and links. Software utilities needed may be downloaded to your computer. Funded by The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. and hosted by The DNA Learning Center.
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/

Dream Anatomy - Drawn mainly from the collections of the National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy shows off the anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present. Anatomical imagery proliferated, detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, beautiful, and grotesque — a dream anatomy that reveals as much about the outer world as it does the inner self. Best Bet.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy

Education Software Directory - Directories by topics including Childrens, Games, Math, Science, Reference, Teacher's, Social Studies and more. Links to search engines for articles and information. Other links to organizations and software publishers. It appears to be a worthy site, but there is no reference to who maintains the information - whether it is an organization, a business or a hobbiest.
http://www.educational-software-directory.net/

EDUTECH - Online resource for education and technolgies maintained by TECFA at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Using various descriptors (theme, type, audience, level, domain and keyword) EDUTECH searches its database on topics such as artificial intelligence, education software, instructional technologyh, pedagogy, and virtual reality.
http://agora.unige.ch/techfa/edutech/edutech2.html

EdWeb - Explores technology and school reform issues, links to worldwide educational resources, examples success stories of computers in the classroom, and more. Includes an interaction HTML course for designing web pages, and search feature for K-12 resources and education Listservs.
http://www.edwebproject.org/

ebrary - Freely view, browse and search books and other high-value documents from leading publishers. Find exactly what you want by searching the full text or searching by author, publisher, title or subject. Open books using free InfoTools software you download to your compuer, then page through and explore them. Increase your understanding and knowledge by linking from any word to related information. You can also purchase only what you need by paying a small copying or printing fee. It's like making photocopies, but far more convenient. Buy books directly from several online booksellers. Best Bet.
http://learningnetwork.ebrary.com/

EKU Department of Geography Web Site - A collection of annotated geography Web links. Included are: aerial and satellite imagery, country information, driving directions and street maps, global information systems (GIS), journals and magazines, mapping software, map publishers, vendors, online maps, atlases, professional associations, university departments, and U.S. government resources. From the Department of Geography at Eastern Kentucky University. Best Bet.
http://www.geography.eku.edu/LINKS.HTM

e-Lead - The organization goal is to connect school systems to information that helps them design quality leadership development strategies for their principals. e-Lead is an interactive database of school leadership development programs and a library of resources.
http://www.e-lead.org/

English & Writing Lessons - Power Point presentations on various interactive, writing-related topics, produced by Purdue University. Downloadable shows in the areas of Writing Skills, Reserach & Documentation Style, Grammer & Mechanics and Business/Professional Writing. Director for teachers and great presentation for students.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/index.html

Category Handouts - Handouts and lessons related to the Power Points.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

E-Quarium - Website of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
http://www.mbayaq.org

The Educators Reference Desk - The people who created AskERIC announce a new service and name to access the resources you've come to depend on for over a decade. While the U.S. Department of Education discontinued the AskERIC service December 19th, you will still have access to the resources you've come to depend upon. Through The Educator's Reference Desk (http://www.eduref.org) you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. While the question answer service will no longer be active, The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice.
http://www.eduref.org/

Environmental Education on the Internet - EE-Link is a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education and a member of the EETAP consortium. Includes professional resources, student and teacher resources, grant, job and project links, and much more. Best Bet.
http://eelink.net/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Teachers and Teacher Education - The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, one of sixteen ERIC Clearinghouses, collects, abstracts, and indexes education materials for the ERIC database; responds to requests for information in the subject areas of teaching; teacher education; and health, physical education, recreation, and dance; and produces special publications on current research, programs, and practices.
http://www.ericsp.org/

ERIC – Educational Resources Information Center - National information system funded by the US Department of Education to provide access to educational resources and research. ERIC will introduce a new Web site on September 1, 2004. The new centralized ERIC will provide users with a modernized system that is easy-to-use, comprehensive, and up-to-date, with many free-of-charge full-text resources.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Exploratorium - Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. A 2004 Webby Award winner. Best Bet.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Facts In Action: In the Classroom - Comments on Putting Research into Action from Associated Early Care and Education, a Boston based child care advocacy organization.
http://www.factsinaction.org/classroom/classroom.htm

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – Hundreds of education resources from agencies across the U.S. Federal government. Easy to search, a 'What's New' page, and a way for teachers and schools to link up with others having similar interests. A wonderful site to secure classroom and homework materials. Best Bet.
http://www.ed.gov/free/

First.Gov for Kids - U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
http://www.kids.gov/

Gateway to Educational Materials – Search engine and repository of lesson plans, curriculum units and other educational resources on the Interent. Sponsored by the US Department of Education and a special project of ERIC Clearinghouse. Best Bet.
http://www.thegateway.org

GreatSchools.Net http://www.greatschools.net/

Grant Sources for Educators – Discovery Channel's "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators" web site. In addition to funding sites, information on grant-writing and fund-raising.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/business/grants.html

Helping Your Child Series - Published by the US Department of Education, The Helping Your Child publication series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These booklets feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading, understand the value of homework and develop the skills and values necessary to achieve and grow.
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html

History for Kids - historyforkids! is a new service for kids, parents and teachers. The site includes information, all specially written for middle school students by experienced university professors.
http://www.historyforkids.org/

The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students - This is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students. Organized by theme, this site uses text, historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust. It is the first step in a growing resource for middle and secondary level students and teachers, with content that reflects the history as it is presented in the Museum's Permanent Exhibition, The Holocaust. Best Bet.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/

How Stuff Works - HowStuffWorks is widely recognized as the leading source for clear, reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works. Through the flagship Web site HowStuffWorks.com, a popular series of books, an acclaimed kids' magazine, as well as many other ventures, the award-winning company has helped demystify the world for millions of curious people. A 2004 Webby Award Winner.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

HubbleSite - Chances are you haven't seen what NASA's orbiting Hubble Space Telescope sees. Hubble sees the raw beauty of the universe from above Earth's atmosphere and sends back a portrait of the universe in exquisite detail. Here's your chance to leave the ground for a while... and see what Hubble sees. This included: News of Hubble's science and remarkable discoveries, gorgeous pictures of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae, and more, richly illustrated facts about the telescope and its instruments, and Weather on Mars and comet collisions. At the Space Telescope Science Institute, they study and explain the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble's cutting-edge technology.At the heart of STScI's mission are outreach and education. The Office of Public Outreach (OPO), which created this Web site, finds innovative ways to share Hubble's remarkable discoveries with the public.
http://hubble.stsci.edu/

Human Body and Mind - Part of the Science and Nature web site of the BBC. Interactive chapters on the various parts of the body. Also a full range of links to various psychological tests. A 2004 Webby Winner. Best Bet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/

INFOMINE - Scholarly internet resource collections. Brouse or search by subject category. Best Bet.
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Ingenta - Comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications available for online, fax and Ariel delivery.Since its launch in May 1998, Ingenta has developed and grown to become the leading Web infomediary empowering the exchange of academic and professional content online. Ingenta supplies access to 5,400+ full-text online publications and 26,000+ publications.
http://www.ingenta.com/

Internet History Sourcebook Project - The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use; Paul Halsall, editor. Included are ancient, medieval and modern history sourcebooks, with subsidiary sourcebooks included for topical convenience. Also included are historical studies websites and bibliographies. Best Bet.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

Interactive Learning Network - The Interactive Learning Network is an Internet service that helps students to learn math and science interactively, as though a personal tutor were teaching them step-by-step. The Interactive Learning Network includes truly interactive lessons in math and science for high school and college students. Lessons may incorporate animation, simulations, narration and video instruction. Among the subjects covered are those listed to the right. Each subject is covered completely, giving students access to the most unparalleled educational resource available. In addition, the Interactive Learning Network provides access to the Internet's most useful educational sites, furnishing links to excellent reference pages with materials on topics including: Math and Science, Art, Biography, Biology, World Geography, Government, History, Language, Literature, and Technology. Best Bet.
http://www.iln.net/

Internet Public Library - The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. They provide library services to Internet users including finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals. They use a learn-by-doing approach to train information professionals and students to work in an increasingly digital environment and to develop technology and best practices for providing library services via the Internet, including digital reference service and collection management.
For example, the IPL books collections includes over 20,000 titles, reprinted in total, and searched by author, title or the Dewey Decimil System. You can also link to nearly every newspaper with online access in the world, hundreds of journals and other media sources.
There is also a special KIDS SPACE and TEEN SPACE, with information links specifically identified for these groups, including a number of special projects. There are a dozen subject area collections and several special collections.
JUST A GREAT SITE TO VISIT AND USE
[ NOVEMBER 2001 FEATURED SITE... more in Featured Sites Index. ]
http://www.ipl.org/

IPEDS College Opportunities Online - College Opportunities On-Line helps you find out about a specific college or set of colleges, if you have some in mind. You can name the colleges and obtain information about them. College Opportunities On-Line is brought to you by the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education. A direct link to nearly 7,000 colleges and universities in the United States.

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/Search.asp

The Jason Project - The JASON Project is a multi-disciplinary program that sparks the imagination of students and enhances the classroomexperience. From oceans to rain forests, from polar regions to volcanoes, the JASON Project explores Planet Earth and exposes students to leading scientists who work with them to examine its biological and geological development.
http://www.jasonproject.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators – Categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. Updated daily and located on the Discovery Channel web site.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

Learner.Org from the Annenberg Foundation/PBS - Free, online video workshops and courses on many teaching areas and topics. Annenberg/CPB uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. Annenberg/CPB multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg/CPB videos exemplify excellent teaching. Best Bet.
http://www.learner.org/index.html

Learner.Org for Students - Links to accompany some of the teacher resources, or to do at home.
http://www.learner.org/students/

Learning to Give - Learning to Give seeks to perpetuate a civil society by: educating children about the independent sector (knowledge), developing behavior and philanthropic experience (skills), and, stimulating private voluntary citizen action for the common good (behavior). They seek to teach the importance of voluntary action for the common good in a democratic society. The long-term goal of the project is to develop and replicate curriculum lessons, units, and materials for perpetuating a civil society through the education of children about the independent sector, and to achieve their commitment to private citizen action for the public good. The lessons, units, and materials that are a part of the curriculum contain both academic content about philanthropy, and skill development activities which involve students in giving and serving their communities.Best Bet.
http://www.learningtogive.org/

Library of Congress – The Library preserves a collection of nearly 121 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. These include the largest map, film and television collections in the world. In addition to its primary mission of serving the research needs of the U.S. Congress, the Library serves all Americans through its popular Web site and in its 22 reading rooms on Capitol Hill. Best Bet.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

Collections and Services for Researchers, Libraries and the Public - The extensive services and resources of the Library of Congress are available to institutions, businesses, and you. Learn how to access the Library's global collections covering all languages, topics, and types of material. Doing research? Use the services and tools created by expert staff to help meet your needs.
http://www.loc.gov/library/

Thomas - Named for the third president of the United States, whose collection of books formed the core of the Library's own collection, THOMAS is a comprehensive federal legislative information site. You will find the full text of all legislation introduced in Congress and the Congressional Record since 1989, summaries of bills since 1973, recent congressional committee reports and legislative schedules, as well as a multitude of links to other sites of interest in legislative research. A powerful search engine enables you to find bills and other documents needed for your research according to different criteria.
http://thomas.loc.gov/

America's Library: Fun Site for Kids and Family - Named for the third president of the United States, whose collection of books formed the core of the Library's own collection, THOMAS is a comprehensive federal legislative information site. You will find the full text of all legislation introduced in Congress and the Congressional Record since 1989, summaries of bills since 1973, recent congressional committee reports and legislative schedules, as well as a multitude of links to other sites of interest in legislative research. A powerful search engine enables you to find bills and other documents needed for your research according to different criteria.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

The Library Today - The Library Today is the regularly updated electronic magazine of the Library of Congress, featuring news and events. In addition, we highlight some of the most interesting and timely pages from our comprehensive Web site. Bookmark us and return frequently for the latest from the nation's library.
http://www.loc.gov/today/

American Memory: American History in Words, Sounds and Pictures - American Memory is a project of the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. More than 5 million items relating to American history are available from the unparalleled collections of the Library. American Memory's collections include materials ranging from the papers of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, to Civil War photographs and early films of Thomas Edison, to panoramic maps and sound recordings, and to documents relating to the women's suffrage and civil rights movements.
http://memory.loc.gov/

Music for the Nation - Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music contains more than 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music registered for copyright: more than 15,000 registered during the years 1820-1860 and more than 47,000 registered during the years 1870-1885. Included are popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra. The collection documents the attitudes and tastes of a bygone era with music of many varieties and sources, all of it published in the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mussmhtml/

Search Catalog - The Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of records that represent and describe the nearly 121 million items held by the Library. The Online Catalog may be searched by name, title, subject, and call number. You may use keywords, commands, or a search form, and there are several advanced techniques to refine your searches.
http://www.loc.gov/catalog/

Literacy University - Verizon Literacy University (VLU) offers a range of online courses and other resources to support volunteers and program staff working to create a more literate nation. VLU is brought to you by two of America's premier literacy organizations, the National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide, and is funded by Verizon Communications.
http://www.vluonline.org/

LiveText - Developed by Teachers College at Columbia University to provide guidance and models for curriculum development and technology planning. An index site prepared by educators, pre-sorted and annotated. Also includes resources for it's own school-based projects including the Constructivist Project Design Guide and the American History Archive Project, which provides models and tools for the classroom use of the World Wide Web.
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/home/cover.html

Math.Com - Resources for students, teachers and parents including homework help, references, tutoring assistance, calculators, puzzles & tricks, family math, and other materials.
http://www.math.com

Math Tools - Software for teaching and learning mathematics: preK - calculus.
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/

Measure 4 Measure - A collection of interactive sites on the Web that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate, etc. In other words, they do the work for you. Best Bet.
http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm

Middle School Homework Helpers - Quick links to homework helper and student information sites around the web. Basically a link to mega-link sites, so it's a pretty good place to start.Best Bet.
http://www.fhsd.k12.pa.us/mshomework.htm

MIT Open Courseware - This is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. MIT OCW: is a publication of MIT course materials and does not require any registration. This is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity and oes not provide access to MIT faculty
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm

Museum of Western Expansion - Explore the world of the American Indians and the 19th century pioneers who helped shape the history of the American West. Click on the floor plan picture to take the tour of the "Museum of Westward Expansion." Located at the Arch in St. Louis.
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mus-tour.htm

NASA Quest - Online projects and information bringing NASA to the classroom through the Internet. Includes interative programming from the Kennedy Space Center, flight simulators, ideas on bringing the Internet to classrooms, a series about the sun, and background on NASA people and the International Space Shuttle.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

National Constitution Center - The NCC was established by Congress through the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988, as an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. NCC was established to increase awareness and understanding of the US Constitution, the Constitution's history, and the Constitution's relevance to our daily lives so that all of us -- "We the People" -- will better understand and exercise our rights and our responsibilities.
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

National Geographic Education Tools - Lots of materials from this noted publication and media series, with an emphasis on teacher tools such as Lesson Plans, photos and maps. Links to 'educator favorites', a search by keyword, to publications and other related sites. Best Bet.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/index.html

Net Day Compass - Designed to help technology decision-makers in K-12 schools maximize technology investments. This new web site is a centralized web-based directory of resources where educators can access high-quality ed tech resources to make informed decisions about technology planning, infrastructure, funding and classroom support.
http://www.netdaycompass.org/

Net Happenings - Net-happenings email list. Founded in 1993 by former biology teacher of twenty years, Gleason Sackmann, Net-happenings distributes announcements about the latest Internet resources, especially education-related.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/nethappenings.html

New England College EdLinks - EdLinks is a resource for pre-service teachers and other educators. It includes annotated links to educational web sites containing lesson plans, curriculum resource materials, teaching tools, assessment strategies, publications, publishers and vendors of educational materials, as well as state and national standards and frameworks. Web sites and software have been reviewed to support the national learning standards, as well as the New Hampshire Curriculum Frameworks. The site is updated frequently. Check out the Recent Additions area for newly added resources.
http://www.necedlinks.org/

New York Times Learning Network - This "free service for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents" offers background information on news stories, lesson plans and classroom activities, links to related resources, suggested family discussion topics, and other features to help with an understanding of current events.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

NGA Center for Best Practices - One of the most pressing challenges states face is dealing with schools that are persistently under-performing. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) raises the stakes for states considerably and requires states and districts to quickly scale-up their accountability systems so they can bring all students to proficiency. Governors and other state education leaders understand that now - more than ever - they need a comprehensive and coherent strategy of school improvement, one that effectively assists a greater numbers of low-performing schools than ever before. Includes downloadable publications including: A Guidebook for Governors that provides a policy framework for turning around schools and highlights best practices from states, districts, and schools; and Knowing the Right Thing to Do: School Improvement and Performance-Based Accountability (in PDF) A Series of Framing Papers. The first of these papers—by Richard Elmore of Harvard University—looks in detail at two schools classified as low-performing in their states.
http://www.nga.org/center/schools/

Newseum - The world's first interactive museum of news — the Newseum — opened in Arlington, Va., in 1997. Its mission was simple: to help the public and the news media understand one another better. A 2004 Webby Nominee.
http://www.newseum.org/

Online Courses - University of Washington - Explore a variety of learning in these free courses from the University of Washington. Current list includes: Business Communications; The American Civil War; Energy, Diet and Weight; Greek Mythology; Gulliver's Travels; Hamlet; HTML Basics; History of Jazz: New Orleans; The American Revolution; Shakespeare's Comedies; Heroic Fantasy: Tolkien; and World War II
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/

Our Documents – A list and reprint of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965. Also a Teacher Guide and other materials as part of a national initiative on American History, Civics and Service.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. It uses hypertext structure to create a web of links and text frames that you can navigate quickly and easily by clicking your desired choice. Paradigm is intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced. To get the most from the website, take time to explore its components. Choose a topic that interests you, read the discussion, do an activity, move to another topic. Sense how the topics relate to your own needs and interests.
Best Bet. http://www.powa.org/

Partnership For Learning - Partnership for Learning is a nationally award-winning non-profit that helps schools and communities work together to boost learning from birth through the transition to college. The Partnership publishes reports, conducts trainings, and coordinates programs as a non-position-taking collaborative resource.
http://www.partnershipforlearning.org/default.asp

Learning Guides - Learning Guides are specialy designed to help parents and schools work together to help children take full advantage of educational opportunities. Learning Guides serve as great resources for parents and are excellent tools for schools to help parents get involved.
http://www.partnershipforlearning.org/article.asp?ArticleID=1

Wonder Years - Wonder Years is there to help parents and caregivers make the most of their child’s first five years. This full-color, glossy newsletter, and its accompanying development guides, has been parent tested and approved as a trusted resource for facing problems and finding solutions.
http://www.partnershipforlearning.org/article.asp?ArticleID=2

Partnership for 21st Century Skills - The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a unique public-private organization formed to define and incorporate into learning the skills that are necessary for every student's success in the 21st Century. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills brings together educators, administrators, parents, businesses, and community leaders to determine how to define and assess these skills, as well as to make recommendations and provide tools for their implementation.
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/default.asp

PBS Teacher Source - Using PBS content in the classroom is easy since many producers work with teachers to create standards-based curriculum materials, which are then aggregated at PBS TeacherSource. Usually, these curriculum materials weave together video and online resources into an exciting instructional strategy that builds on the visual and collaborative strengths of these media. TeacherSource also strives to use technology creatively to save you time and quickly connect you to relevant resources. PBS TeacherSource materials are developed by trained and practicing educators. In addition to having teachers create curriculum materials, PBS regularly seeks educator feedback through surveys and focus groups, receives ongoing guidance from the team of exemplary teachers who make up the TeacherSource Advisory Group, and conducts periodic "reality checks" with the PBS Education Committee representing various educational organizations. Finally, the TeacherSource editorial staff is composed of educators with a variety of teaching backgrounds. Best Bet.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Pearson Educational Technologies - A list of educator resources to assist with your educational needs. Topic areas include: How to Evaluate Learning Software, Funding Opportunities, State Standards, Technology in the Classroom, Associations and Government Pages, Discussion Groups, Forums and Lists, and General Resources. Best Bet.
http://www.pearsonedtech.com/

The Picture Collection - The New York Public Library Picture Collection Online is an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History and other subjects.
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/

Praxis ACT Practice Tests - Resources and information about the test preparation process, particularlya the ACT Test.
http://www.testprepreview.com/act_practice.htm

Rader's Kapili.Com - Rader's Kapili.com is a website that introduces the basics of science using easy to understand language and diagrams. This link takes you directly into the topic list, where you can choose to learn about different scientific topics. Of particular interest are the 4KIDS links to Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geography areas. The Topic List tabs has two dozen areas for study. Best Bet.
http://www.kapili.com/index.html

Resources for Educational Grantseekers – Although developed as a regional service, much of the site is generic and helpful to others.
http://www.col-ed.org/fund/

Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program – Federal government's primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/

Scholastic - Three distinct sections in this web site of the well-know education vendor - for Teachers, Kids and Parents. The teacher section, especially for Pre-K through Grade 3, included lesson plans, teaching with technology, information on authors and books, guide to other links and much more. The Parent section includes materials on children's books and software, web sites, reading, and activities. The Kids section focuses on the various features of Scholastic in the areas of books, software, television, and the Internet. Best Bet.
http://www.scholastic.com

SchoolGrants – For the K-12 schools and educators, this site is very extensive and easy to search. Includes a "What's New" section, lists and links of grant opportunities, news in the field and a great deal of information on grant-writing and evaluation. Many related links. Best Bet.
http://www.schoolgrants.org

School Violence Prevention - Internet resources for parents and schools on the issue of violence prevention, compiled by Helping.Org and part of their nonprofit portal website.
http://www.helping.org/promos/promotemplate.adp?origin=schoolviolence

Science.Gov- Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
http://www.science.gov/

Science Netlinks - Science NetLinks is part of the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. MarcoPolo partners the AAAS, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, the National Council on Economic Education, the National Geographic Society, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The MarcoPolo partnership provides free, Internet-based content across academic disciplines. Science NetLinks' role is to provide a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans and reviewed Internet resources. SNL is a dynamic site with new content being added on a regular basis, so check back often.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

A Science Odyssey - A companion to the PBS Television series including features and biographies on scientists, science activities, key events and discoveries, and Resources for Educators. Best Bet.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/

Science Web Sites - NSTA Teacher Resources - National Science Teachers Association recommended web sites. Topics include: General, Biology, Chemistry. Physics, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Space Science, Mathematics, Museums/Science Centers, Publications, Lesson Plans, Science Fairs, Software, Resources, Distance Learning, and Employment. Best Bet.
http://www.nsta.org/recommendedsites/default.asp

SCIRUS - Scientific Information -Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, it enables scientists, students and anyone searching for scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites and find reports and articles quickly and easily. It was launched by Elsevier Science, the leading international publisher of scientific information.
http://www.scirus.com

SETDA National Leadership Institute Toolkit - Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has hosted a National Leadership Institute where state participants worked hand-in-hand with content experts and the key people from the United States Department of Education to produce the SETDA National Leadership Institute Toolkit - States Helping States to Implement No Child Left Behind. By concentrating on five themes that transcend NCLB, such as: Scientifically Based Research, Technology Literacy Assessment, Common Data Elements, Evaluating Effective Teaching and the National Education Technology Plan. SETDA works in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, education associations and the corporate community. Its founding partners include ISTE, CoSN, FETC, the R*TECs and CCSSO. Key SETDA platinum sponsors include: Apple Computer, IBM, Microsoft, Pearson Education Technology, Surf Control, and Texas Instruments.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/index.htm

Scientifically-Based Research - To provide background information about Scientifically Based Research (SBR) as it applies to educational technology in K-12 schools, and to provide guidance for using existing SBR studies and planning SBR in state and district programs.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/SBR/index.htm

Technology Literacy Assessment - To develop a shared definition of technology literacy as well as a set of criteria to benchmark it's presence at the eighth grade level. To identify a continuum of possibilities for assessing technology literacy.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/TLA/index.htm

Common Data Elements - To identify a set of common data elements that will inform state progress on NCLB and will serve as a foundation for national comparisons regarding educational technologies.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/CDE/index.htm

Effective Teaching with Technology Assessment - To review and consider a set of models and processes for assessing effective teaching with technology.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/EET/index.htm

National Education Technology Plan - To identify a set of key components essential to building a National Education Technology Plan (NETP), including identifying themes, recommendations and stakeholders.
http://www.setda.org/nli2002/CD/NETP/index.htm

Seven Natural Wonders of the World - A CNN Destinations page with links to information on these seven world sites: Grand Canyon, Paricutin, the Harbor at Rio De Janeiro, Victoria Falls, Northern Lights, Mt. Everest, and The Great Barrier Reef.
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9711/natural.wonders/

Shodor Educational Foundation - The Shodor Foundation is a non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. They work to extend valuable educational resources and opportunities as far as possible. They place a special emphasis on enabling authentic science and mathematics explorations at all educational levels, developing numerical models and simulations integrated with the curriculum, professional development, and network access to support their use in learner-centered environments. The Shodor Foundation staff and associates are developing interactive tools and simulations that enable and encourage exploration and discovery through observation, conjecture, and modeling activities. These Modeling and Simulation Technology for Education Reform (MASTER) tools are part of on-going collaborations with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and other education organizations. Simulations and supporting materials developed by Foundation staff form the basis of international science collaborations presently demonstrating network technologies involving middle and high schools of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). A growing portfolio of MASTER tools is being fully integrated with new collaboration tools and on-line research facilities to create authentic scientific experiences. All tools, simulations, and supporting curriculum materials are designed in accordance with the National Science Education Standards and the National Math Education Standards.
http://www.shodor.org/

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - Listings as described in the Libranians' Index to the Internet, located at
http://lii.org/search?basic_search=1

Smithsonian Institution - Information about the United States' national museum plus links to the Web sites of each of its facilities. The Smithsonian is composed of several art, history, technology, and science, museums and galleries; the National Zoo; and numerous research facilities, with more than 240 million artifacts and specimens in its collections.
http://www.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution Libraries - This site has exhibits on science, industry and technology, art and design, and American history; a digital library; and links to the twenty individual Smithsonian libraries. Many of the "Galaxy" links on are to rare books and other texts and include images of pages from the texts. There is also access to the Smithsonian Libraries Catalog, SIRIS.
http://www.sil.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution Online Collections - The Smithsonian gateway to digitized images from its museums, archives, and libraries. Currently more than 15,000 images have been digitized and described. The collection is browsable by department and searchable by keyword, artist/maker, department, or year. Additional fields include medium, object name, title, and culture/region. Digitization of the collections is an ongoing project as there are more than 240 million objects in the Smithsonian. You must have cookies turned on for this site to work.
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/index.htm

Spellbee - In SpellBee, your goal is to gain as many points as you can in seven rounds of a spelling activity. You can gain points in two different ways. First, when asked to spell a word, you will gain points if you spell it correctly. Second, you will be asked to choose a word for the other player to spell. You will also be able to gain points for this. The number of points will be based on which word you choose, and whether the other player spells that word correctly or not.
http://spellbee.org/

Staying Connected - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) a three-year grant to build a Web-based, public access computing portal for public libraries and other organizations that provide open access to information. Staying Connected is the first small step in achieving the final vision of the portal as a place of continuous online collaboration and learning for public libraries and other nonprofit organizations whose mission includes increasing public access to the Internet and other computer-based knowledge services.Over the coming months and years the portal will evolve and grow as new functionalities, content, and resources-created by the community of users, as well as the portal development team-are added to serve the needs of public libraries in managing hardware and software, implementing advanced applications, training staff and patrons, and delivering digital library services.
http://stayingconnected.oclc.org/

Teacher Certification - 50 State - University of Kentucky attempt to gather teacher certification requirements for all 50 states.
http://www.uky.edu/Education/TEP/usacert.html

Teaching Every Student - Site for information on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), part of the CAST Teaching Every Student web portal. UDL is a framework that can help you turn the challenges posed by high standards and increasing learner diversity into opportunities to maximize learning for every student. Drawing upon new knowledge of how the brain works and new technologies and media now available for teaching and learning, UDL frames a systematic approach to setting goals, choosing or creating flexible materials and media, and assessing students accurately.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/

UDL Toolkits - The CAST UDL Toolkits help educators to understand and apply UDL principles in classrooms and/or to train others in UDL. Using the UDL framework, the toolkits support varied learning styles, needs, and preferences for teachers and students. Interactive activities, tutorials and tools are provided online; similar versions can be downloaded or printed. Specific curriculum resources, tools, and materials may be copied and used in classrooms.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/

Tools and Activities - This section of Teaching Every Student supports strategic learning by offering tutorials, tools, templates, and activities to help you put UDL into practice.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/

Digital Content in the Classroom - The Digital Content Toolkit provides information, support, tools, ideas, models, research, and a community of practice for educators interested in using flexible computer technologies to reach and teach diverse learners.
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=41

Teaching With Historic Places - Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom. These include a series of lesson plans; guidance on using places to teach; information encouraging educators, historians, preservationists, site interpreters, and others to work together effectively; and professional development publications and training courses.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/index.htm

Ten Cool Sites - Monthly selections by the Museaum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Franscisco.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html

Understanding Evolution - A website for teachers. This site is a collaborative project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education. Best Bet.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

Universities Worldwide - Links to searchable database of at over 6,000 Universities in 169 countries.
http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/univ/

USA Today Education Online - This site was developed with the busy, time-pressed educator in mind. This site provides a "wealth of information about timely and relevant resources" you can use. The fact that a major portion of state assessment tests require comprehension of non-fiction material makes USA TODAY a valuable resource to help students practice the knowledge and skills needed to meet state standards and to pass required assessment tests.Through using USA TODAY online resources, students will be able to develop higher order thinking skills such as application of concepts, analysis of information and synthesis to arrive at new solutions. Current "real world" examples will reinforce and motivate students to learn, apply and integrate concepts from every curriculum area. USA TODAY changes every day.
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm

US History.Org - Published by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphiam ushistory.org has information contributed by a host of partners that are historic nonprofits or experts. Members of their Association have publishing and storytelling talents and they facilitate electronic publishing by collaborating with people in historic organizations and non-profit groups throughout the country. Topics such as the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, Liberty Bell, Valley Forge, Philadelphia monuments and sites, etc.,
http://www.ushistory.org/index.html

U.S. Department of Education: Education Resource Organizations Directory - Intended to help identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
http://www.ed.gov./Programs/EROD/

U.S. Department of Education: Grants and Contract Information – One stop source for funding information coming from this federal department. Also news stories and announcements on education and links to its most popular web pages. Best Bet.
http://gcs.ed.gov/

Visual Elements of the Periodic Table - An introduction to the Periodic Table.

http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html

Weatherscope : An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate- Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate is recommended for upper elementary, middle school and high school students (ages 11-18). From all the schools in your country, your school alone has been selected by the world famous meteorological institution Weather First International to conduct an investigation and report on local and world weather and climate. To complete your assignment, you will have at your disposal detailed instructions that describe how to create weather instruments, how to access the Internet to locate real-time weather information from around the world, and this online educational project to guide you along. Specifically, students will: develop a basic understanding of how weather can be described in measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind and precipitation; use hands-on activities and real-time data investigations to study factors that affect weather and climate
http://k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/

WebTeacher - A self-paced Internet Tutorial that puts both basic and in-depth information about the World Wide Web. E-mail, video conferencing, chat rooms, Web page design, Internet safety, curriculum searches - you choose the topic you want to explore, you choose your own pace, you choose the depth of knowledge you desire, and webTeacher guides you through the information. Then, because webTeacher is an interactive guide, you get to put your new knowledge to work immediately through the online exercises and activities. Best Bet
http://www.webteacher.org/winexp/indextc.html

TEACHER RESOURCES - As part of WebTeacher, they have linked three excellent education-related directories including: Sites for Teachers, over 100 directories of sites for teachers; The Learning Page, a collection of instructional material to download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site; and Sharp Links,organized in nine categories, include lesson plans, instructional materials, online activities and projects, and virtual trips to museums and countries around the world.

Weaving a Secure Web Around Education: A Guide to Technology Standards and Security - Publication of the National Center For Education Statistics' National Forum on Education Statistics which provides recommendations for development, maintenance, and standardization for effective web sites. This guidebook builds on, and is linked to, other technology guides developed by the National Forum on Education Statistics (the Forum) and available on the NCES web site (http://nces.ed.gov/forum). As with other Forum publications, this guide of technology standards and security reflects the “best-practices” judgments of the state and local education professionals and others who contributed to it.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003381.pdf

Whats Up With The Weather - The overwhelming majority of scientists agree: earth's temperature has risen during the past century. But is it due to man's use of fossil fuel energy? And if so, how can we prevent the catastrophic results that some scientists predict if global warming continues? In "What's Up with the Weather?" NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to investigate the science and politics of one of the most controversial issues of the 21st century: the truth about global warming.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/

What Works Clearinghouse - The What Works Clearinghouse was established by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education. It is administered by the Department through a contract to a joint venture of the American Institutes for Research and the Campbell Collaboration. Through a set of easily accessible web-based databases, the WWC will provide decision makers with the information they need to make choices based on high-quality scientific research. The WWC will develop standards for reviewing and synthesizing educational research and will provide its findings in several free, searchable, user-friendly databases that include: reviews of potentially replicable interventions (programs, products, and practices) that are intended to enhance student outcomes, information about the evaluation studies on which intervention reviews have been based, scientifically rigorous reviews of test instruments used to assess educational effectiveness, and outcome evaluators (individuals and organizations) willing to conduct evaluations of educational interventions. Best Bet.
http://www.w-w-c.org

Wikipedia - Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia being written collaboratively by contributors from around the world. The site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles, simply by clicking on the Edit this page link that appears at the top of each page. A 2004 Webby Award Winner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Word Central - Teachers - Word Central is the place where kids can learn how much fun words can be. This section of that site was developed for teachers using a language arts curriculum framework. Included on the Merriam-Webster service are a catalog of books and lesson plans. Also the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Thesaurus, Word of the Day and other resources.
http://www.wordcentral.com/educators.html

World eBook Library This is the free, public access portion. Use our Public Access eBook Search to find the HTML ebook you are looking for. Over 27,000 HTML eBooks to choose from. World eBook Library Consortia, promoting global literacy by multiplying intellectual properties though Internet library lending and increasing access to digital archives and repositories. The World eBook Library Consortia brings the world's finest digitized documents to World Wide Web.
http://www.netlibrary.net/Public.htm

World School – Resource for teachers to enhance learning through the use of online resources, collaborative classroom activities and opportunities for personal growth. They have a section on 'Super Sites' maintained entirely by K-12 teachers; and 'Lesson Resources' which includes lesson plans, links, and literature.
http://www.wvaworldschool.org

Writing and Presenting your Thesis or Dissertation - This guide has been created to assist graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. It is my attempt to share some of the many ideas that have surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier. was written by Dr. S. Joseph Levine of Michigan State University.
http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/

Zoos Worldwide - Links to Zoos Worldwide (and if available, their web cams) - zoos, aquariums, animal sanctuaries and wildlife parks worldwide - also includes zoo reviews, zoo cams and an Animal of the Month!
http://www.zoos-worldwide.de/

SPECIAL SECTION - ONLINE MUSEUM DIRECTORIES

Art Museum Network - Site of some of the world's largest and most prestigious art museums who have joined forces to provide free access to information about their collections, exhibitions, and services. Included is a link to the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), a not-for-profit organization of institutions with collections of art, collaborating to enable educational use of museum multimedia. www.AMICO.org features an illustrated search engine of some 100,000 works of art, with thumbnails available for browsing at no charge.
http://www.amn.org/

Association of Art Museum Directors - The purpose of the Association of Art Museum Directors is to aid its members in establishing and maintaining high standards for themselves and the museums they represent, thereby increasing the contribution of art museums to society. It serves as a forum for the exchange of information and the exploration of ideas, and as a voice with which museum directors express their joint concerns and those of their institutions.
http://www.aamd.org/

Coudal Partners Museum of Online Museums - Links from archives to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions: Start with a review of classic art and architecture, and graduate to the study of mundane (and sometimes bizarre) objects elevated to art by their numbers, juxtaposition, or passion of the collector. The Museum Campus contains links to brick-and-mortar museums with an interesting online presence. Most of these sites will have multiple exhibits from their collections (or, in the case of the Smithsonian, displays of items not on display in the Washington museum itself). The Permanent Collection displays links to exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising. Galleries, Exhibition, and Shows is an eclectic and ever-changing list of interesting links to collections and galleries, most of them hosted on personal web pages.
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php

Exploratorium - Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center. The web site contains over 12,000 pages of original interactive content and science education resources. Best Bet.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Hands-On Activities - Dozens of hands-on science activities from the San Francisco Exploratorium, grouped for easy access.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html

Science of Music - What is music? Is birdsong music? How about the tap-tap-tap of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a garbage can different than playing a drum? Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and above all?listen.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html

MUSEE - Works with cultural institutions around the world to provide services to museums, schools and the general public to enhance cultural awareness, advance education at all levels and stimulate public interest in cultural institutions.
http://www.musee-online.org/home.asp

Museums In The USA - List of museums by name, state and type. Also a search feature and indicators of selected top sites.
http://www.museumca.org/usa/

Ology - OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies. If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY. There are three major areas including Paleontology, Astronomy, and Genetics. Best Bet.
http://www.ology.amnh.org/

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - Listings as described in the Libranians' Index to the Internet, located at
http://lii.org/search?basic_search=1

Smithsonian Institution - Information about the United States' national museum plus links to the Web sites of each of its facilities. The Smithsonian is composed of several art, history, technology, and science, museums and galleries; the National Zoo; and numerous research facilities, with more than 240 million artifacts and specimens in its collections.
http://www.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution Libraries - This site has exhibits on science, industry and technology, art and design, and American history; a digital library; and links to the twenty individual Smithsonian libraries. Many of the "Galaxy" links on are to rare books and other texts and include images of pages from the texts. There is also access to the Smithsonian Libraries Catalog, SIRIS.
http://www.sil.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution Online Collections - The Smithsonian gateway to digitized images from its museums, archives, and libraries. Currently more than 15,000 images have been digitized and described. The collection is browsable by department and searchable by keyword, artist/maker, department, or year. Additional fields include medium, object name, title, and culture/region. Digitization of the collections is an ongoing project as there are more than 240 million objects in the Smithsonian. You must have cookies turned on for this site to work.
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/index.htm

Virtual Library Museums - A comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources.
http://vlmp.museophile.com/

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