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Explore web resources for teachers and students.

The following sites are good places to get started. Most sites contain lists of educational resources.

General Search Tools


Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com


Web Crawler
HTTP://www.webcrawler.com/


Search Tools for Children

Yahooligans
HTTP://www.yahooligans.com/

Lists of Links for Teachers

Kathy Schrock's
http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/wixon.htm

This is one of the best starting places for teachers. It has links for every content area.

The Magic Carpet Ride
http://magic.usi.edu

Annette Lamb developed this page for Teacher Education students at the University of Southern Indiana.

EdWeb Curriculum Links
http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/www/WebEd.html

Again, lots of links in every content area.

Classroom Connect's GRADES
http://www.classroom.net/cgi/rofm/eduFind.html
This is the home of many great resources. They also produce a great magazine.

NWREL
http://www.nwrel.org/school_house/

NWREL's school house contains lots of great links for teachers.

Lists of Links for Kids and Teens


CyberKidsCyberTeens - LaunchPad http://www.mtlake.com/CyberKids/Launchpad/Testpad.html
This site is a great starting place for students of all ages.

Berit's Best Sites for Kids
http://www.cochran.com/theosite/Ksites.html

Looking for a good starting place for kids? Try Berit's best!


Lesson Plans and Educational Resources

AskEric: Lesson Plans and Links
http://ericir.syr.edu/

Looking for lesson plans? AskEric! This site contains tons of lesson plans to explore.

Mustang Lesson Plans
http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/Lessons/Lessons.html

This site contains AskEric links as well as lots of other lesson planning links.


School Sites

Web66 - School Pages
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html

Are you interested in exploring school sites? You can find web pages for schools throughout the world using Web66!

There are lots of fun places on the Internet.

Raccoon World
http://www.loomcom.com/raccoons/


ABC Educational Games
http://www.klsc.com/children/


Cockroach World
http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/index.html

Crayola Site
http://www.crayola.com/crayola/home.html


CyberSeas Treasure Hunt
http://www.cyberjacques.com/


ESPN SportZone
http://www.sportszone.com


I Spy
http://www.lexmark.com/data/spy/spy.html

Sea World
http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/homepage.html

ZooNet Animal Links
http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/anilinks.html


All of your favorite television shows and movies have web sites. Check them out.

http://www.cbs.com
http://www.nbc.com
http://www.abc.com
http://www.fox.com
http://www.discovery.com/
http://www.paramount.com
http://www.sony.com
http://www.apple.com
http://www.movies.com

There are many news resources available on the Internet. Many newspapers and magazines are available as well as text versions of television resources.

CNN
http://cnn.com


USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com

The Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com


GNN: Global Network Navigator
http://www.gnn.com:80/gnn/news/index.html


Electronic Newsstand
http://www.enews.com/


Time Warner's Pathfinder
http://pathfinder.com


Build a Newspaper
http://sun.bucknell.edu/~boulter/crayon/

Use the Subject Resources area of the Magic Carpet Ride to find many more subject area resources. Some of the most popular sites are listed below.
Before You Jump In ...

What's the educational objective?
Is it worthwhile to go online?
Are print resources easier/better?
Would traditional resources be more effective?
Is this activity to learn about a topic or learn about Internet?

Virtual Fruitfly Lab http://vflylab.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VflyLab/Design.html

Space
http://shuttle.nasa.gov/

Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/

Math and Science - The Hub
http://hub.terc.edu/


Everyday Classroom Tools
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/EverydayClassroomTools/HomePage.html


Helping Your Child Learn Science
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.html


Geometry Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/


Cool Stat/Math Sites
http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/moresites.html


Welcome to MegaMath!
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/welcome.html


Science Launchpad
http://www.weblust.com/NS/BuildPadPage/Science


Exploratorium Learning Studio
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/


National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/


Missouri Botanical Gardens
http://cissus.mobot.org/MBGnet/


Science Links
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/index/life-sciences.html


ENC (Eisenhower)
http://www.enc.org


Science Learning Network
http://sln.fi.edu


Icon Science
http://www.injersey.com/Media/IonSci/


Beakman's World
http://www.nbn.com:80/youcan/beakworld/beakTV.html


GORP National Sites
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/archaeol/main.htm


Human Cross Sections
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/


Volcanoes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Virtual Tourist
http://wings.buffalo.edu/world/


CityNet
http://www.city.net/


European Sites
http://www.tue.nl/maps.html


Yahoo's Country List http://www.yahoo.com/Regional_Information/Countries/

America History
http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html


Canadian Museum of Civilization http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca/cmc/cmceng/exhibeng.html

Medieval Studies
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html


7 Wonders of the World
http://ce.ecn.purdue.edu/~ashmawy/7WW/


Pirates
http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~toby-g/pirates.html

National Museum Indians
http://www.si.edu/nmai/


Index to Native American Studies http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/NAresources.html

How far is it?
http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/dist


Map Maker
http://loki.ur.utk.edu/ut2kids/maps/map.html


White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/


Legislative Information on Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/


CSPAN
http://www.c-span.org/


FedWorld Government Information
http://www.fedworld.gov/


Life Education Network
http://www.lec.org/


Human Rights Page
http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/hrweb.html


Psychology Web Pages
http://spsp.clarion.edu/topss/topss.htm

Arts & Art Education
http://www.artsusa.org/


Art Galleries
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/galleries.html

WebMuseum
http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/

Cartoons
http://www.sara-jordan.com/edu-mart/cartoon/


General Music Guide
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources.html


History of Rock and Roll
http://www.hollywood.com/rocknroll/

Knowbase
http://www.jayi.com/jayi/KNOWB.html

YA-Zine
http://www.harpercollins.com/kids/yazine.htm


Children's Literature
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html


Stories
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/charlie.html


Ask the Author
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/AskAuthor/


Sources of Electronic Books
http://nickel.ucs.indiana.edu/~lwolfgra/english.html


Ink Spot - Authors Page
http://www.interlog.com/~ohi/inkspot/authors.html


Science Fiction Society
http://myrddin.chu.cam.ac.uk/cusfs/ttba


Mark Twain
http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twainwww.html

Health Center
http://128.196.106.42/nutrition.html

5 a day
http://www.dole5aday.com


Tossed Salad Productions
http://www.tossed-salad.com/index.html


Worldguide to health/fitness
http://www.worldguide.com/Fitness/hf.html


Planned Parenthood
http://www.ppca.org


World Health Organization
http://www.health.org/

You and your students have unlimited opportunities to participate in Internet-based projects. From sharing poetry to exploring virtual field trips, you'll find just the right project for your class.

A Great List of Projects
http://www.reedbooks.com.au/heinemann/global/project.html


Global SchoolNet
http://www.gsn.org/index.html


International Kids Space
http://plaza.interport.net/kids_space/

Global Show & Tell
http://www.telenaut.com/gst/


Kid News
http://www.vsa.cape.com/~powens/Kidnews3.html


Hotlist
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/kids.html

KidPub
http://en-garde.com/kidpub/intro.html


Tales to Tell
http://www.thekids.com/

Minnesota Project Links
http://informns.k12.mn.us/iir.html


Annette Lamb, c1996. The contents of this page are based on the book Cruisin the Information Highway. Users are free to link to this site. Users are also allowed to print and use the resources in their classroom.
This page updated 1/27/97.