Blue Web'n is an online library of 2050
outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format
(tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities,
projects). You can also browse by broad subject area (Content Areas) or
specific sub-categories (Subject Area). See "About this Site" for a
scoring rubric and answers to other burning questions!
The Internet Archive is building a digital
library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a
paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and
the general public.
FOSS is a research-based science curriculum
for grades K–8 developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of
California at Berkeley. General information about FOSS can be found on the
lhsfoss.org website.
Nye applies his entertaining approach to
science to the Web, with a Demo of the Day, highlights from the day’s
television episode, and a chance to e-mail your own query.
Explore construction by type of structure, try
labs and challenges, read biographical sketches of people working in a variety
of engineering careers, and even nominate local structures. Based on David
Macaulay's BUILDING BIG.
His
name’s Explorasurus, and here is the deal: He’ll teach you of Earth when the
dinos were real. We’ll travel the world, and we’ll travel through time. We’ll
find out the dinosaur’s reason and rhyme. This is a virtual earth science
museum.
Topics including art, other cultures,
butterflies, crocodiles, and the human heart. The Thinking Fountain is good for
younger kids, while From Windmills to Whirligigs shows some cool ways to play
with the wind.
The network provides a forum in which people
can learn more about the world around them. This site has three primary
divisions: 1) Ask-A-Scientist: Includes the online archive of questions and
answers, and “Ask-A-Scientist” Section
NASA's Kids Science News Network is a program that uses the Web,
animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, math, and
NASA concepts to children in grades K-5.
This
exhibit,allows viewers to observe
specific places or events over many different time periods. View a forest, for
example, in real time, minutes, hours, days, months, or over the course of a
year.
From
the makers of the magazine, Science News, comes a kid-friendly site devoted to
a variety of science topics, puzzles, games, and science fair suggestions.
A
project of the National Institute for Science Education, this site offers
well-researched and clearly written investigations of current topics in
science; a new story is posted every other week.
Features journal entries of the work of the Wright brothers as they
struggled and succeeded in creating the Wright Flyer and their first successful
flight on December 17, 1903.
Pathfinder Science is a virtual community thatinspires a passion for learning about the
material world through science. This Collaborative Research community grew from
an attempt to fulfill the vision of national efforts to reform science and
technology education.
The purpose of this site is to promote better
understanding of globalization, world trade and economic development, including
the forces, values, events, and ideas that have shaped the present global
economic system.
Nationwide network that leads in promoting
economic literacy with students and their teachers. NCEE's mission is to help
students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed
KnowThis.com is a leading resource and
reference site for those involved in marketing, market research, advertising,
selling, promotion, and other marketing-related areas.
Useful Links section. Here you can numerous
links to Web sites offering information and advice on issues affecting and
pertaining to taxes, the accounting profession, government and more.
The economics directory compiles the best
economics sources available. It consists of carefully screened links for
economics, business and finance sources on the Web.
The Federal Reserve System is committed to
economic and personal financial education.
Here you can find links to instructional materials and tools that can increase
your understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial
education
The
goal of the "Future State" website is to provide students with the
opportunity to explore the world of American diplomacy. This site was created
by the US Department of State for Youth.
The
entries might contain recipes for holiday foods, historical background,
significance of the holidays, and the special ways in which these days are
observed. The entries are contributed by children, so they are rich in local
customs that perhaps could not be found
TimeTrek.org is an interactive website for 6th and 8th grade social
studies students and teachers. If you're a student, check out the list of
interactive presentations that can help make subjects such as ancient man,
Greece, Rome, or early American history come alive.
Children and young adults from Kindergarten
through grade 12 will find a variety of information about basic aspects of the
United States and its government, such as how a bill becomes law.
A
government information source with information on how the U.S. legislature
functions, including details on pending bills before Congress and links to the
Congressional Record Online.
enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports
from all broad areas of research.
is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids
to find answers to their questions online. The service combines human editorial
judgment with filtering technology to enable kids to find both relevant and
appropriate answers on the Web.
topical searches aggregate information into
highly segmented indexes, helping users refine their searches and quickly
access the most pertinent and useful information.
A
variety of online safety information, as well as online & offline projects
involving organizations like Disney. Aimed at both adults and children internet
users.
A
gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and
young adult literature. The CCBC is an non-circulating examination, study, and
research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early
childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in
children's and young adult literature.
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in
grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended
titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and
earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with
access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language
arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
The
goal of all children reading proficiently and imaginatively at grade level by
the end of third grade is well within our grasp. This website is designed to
provide information and technology to teachers, administrators, and parents
across the country.
The
Literacy Web is designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist
classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy instruction,
including the new literacies of Internet technologies.
The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered
free as a public service. We also provide writing journals and books at a very
low cost that can be used with the website or separately. Teachers around the
country are using Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the
classroom more fun and to inspire a love of reading and writing.
Designed for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other
information into a search screen that then retrieves information from more than
140 web sites.Lessons plans, instructional
units, and other free educational materials on that topic, for that grade
level.
The
purpose of the New York State Education Department's Virtual Learning System is
to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to
assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for instruction.
a
leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet.
Operating under Drexel's School of Education, our mission is to provide
resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and
educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning
in an increasingly technological world
This
is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely
interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in
the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The
project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation.
Learning starts from wondering, and another purpose of this site is to
serve as a resource for things, simple but curious, related to Mathematics. I
do not intentionally classify topics according to their simplicity. There must
be an element of discovery involved to enhance a learning experience. This site
is a Miscellany
Purplemath's algebra lessons are written with
the student in mind. These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the
technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely
"trick" questions, and pointing out common mistakes. The lessons are
cross-referenced to help you find related material.
Start or any of the questions in the Table of
Contents left of your window will result in the presentation of a mathematics
question and animation. If you answer the question correctly, the result will
be a basketball shot animation; incorrect responses yield the correct answer.
The writing of textbooks and making them
freely available on the web is an idea whose time has arrived. Most college
mathematics textbooks attempt to be all things to all people and, as a result,
are much too big and expensive. This perhaps made some sense when these books
were rather expensive to produce and distribute--but this time has passed
SparkNotes books and SparkNotes.com exist to
help students learn and practice basic skills, write a paper, study for a test
and achieve their academic goals. We believe that doing well in school and
learning is its own reward, and that learning is more than just getting a
diploma from a brand name college.
Funschool's mission is to make learning fun. The site offers more than
800 interactive games and activities for preschool through 6th grade that are
fun, easy-to-use, educational activities ranging from matching numbers and
shapes for pre-schoolers, to geography, math and history for third through
sixth graders.