(page last updated 5 August 1998, except minor modifications)
| Note (May 2000) -- This page is an archive record of NetVision's efforts. It is not being maintained, and thus many links to educational resources can be expected not to function. |
This list of Web sites (since considerably expanded) was originally offered by NetVision on the occasion of the 1996 Maryland Connected For Learning NetWeekend event. (NetVision is an informal organization of people from a variety of groups, including UMCP, MSDE, MSTA, BTU, and various Maryland schools. They all share an interest in facilitating the effective curricular use by teachers of the equipment and connections installed in Maryland schools on NetWeekend.)
The collections of Web sites below were put together by various individual K-12 teachers (and, in one case, a committee) for use in workshops or special programs. We all owe a special debt of gratitude to these people, and to all the others who freely share what they have found in the way of tools for teaching. Please be aware that any errors you may find in this list are more than likely attributable to NetVision's editing -- not the individual authors.
George Cassutto (history/social-studies orientation)
and George's massive Fall 1998 Social Studies Workshop links
World Wide Web Sites for Students and Teachers
(from the NetVision "Yellow Book" Teaching With the Internet)
Education-related Web sites (organized by function rather than topic)
(from the NetVision "Spring-into-the-Net" intiative)
Electronic newsletters, E-zines, and other K-12 resource compendia
An eclectic, extremely useful collection assembled by Cynde Mutrin, of Maryland Public Television.
Internet Resources for Science and Math Education
A wonderful collection of links to science and math resources and much more, by Tom O'Haver, a gifted University of Maryland chemistry professor with his feet also firmly planted in the K-12 world (the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation, and much in demand for the numerous technology-in-the-curriculum workshops given by him and his equally gifted 5th-grade-teacher wife, Mary)
Science Web Sites
A massive compendium of science web sites assembled by Joan Berger, a teacher at East Hills School on Long Island, who also has a great collection of Internet-based classroom activities.
Education web-guides
Education site compendia provided by search-engine companies.
CLASSROOM CONNECT EDUCATION TEAM
The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Rabbit In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs And Architecture
Bill Nye the Science Guy's NYE LABS ONLINE
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
KIDLINK: Global Networking for Youth 10-15
Point: It's What You're Searching For
North Hagerstown High School's Home Page
K-5 CyberTrail: More Model School Home Pages
Educational Resources on the Web
Tele-Teaching and Tele-Learning
Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources
Yahoo - Arts:Humanities:History
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
American Antiquarian Society Chicago Historical Society
IHR-Info (Institute for Historical Research), London
Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) University of Minnesota (wurlx001@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Global list of all history depts
Lynn Nelson & the folks at U Kansas History Directory
Association for History and Computing, Groningen, the Netherlands
History of Science/Technology/Medicine
Mississippi State -- historic documents, esp Latin America
Social Studies & High School History: Ohio State
National Council of Social Studies
The Valley of the Shadow = Virgina, 1850s
World History Standards Debate #1
World History Standards Debate #2
National Endowment for Humanities:
The Top 5% of History Websites
U of Kansas History Website #1
U of Kansas History Website #2
Australian National University
Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources
Vatican Website's Sistine Ceiling
WebMuseum (Louvre): (very valuable for European art)
American Memory Project (of Library of Congress)
Exploring Ancient World Cultures:
The Alexandra Palace Time Machine
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Women's History: Library & Internet Resources Guide
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
United Nations Development Databases
US Population Data: Fertility/Family Data
AAUP Online Publishers' Catalogue
CEARCH (Educational Resources with K-12 emphasis)
National Archives Online Exhibit Hall
PRESIDENT (Presidential Libraries)
Guide to the Great Sioux Nation
Internet Service Providers Organized by Area Code
Special Needs Education Network (SNE) Home Page
Pitsco's Launch to Ask an Expert
Project OPEN - The Online Public Education Network
Welcome to the C-SPAN networks
Finding People on the Internet
Pikes Peak Cam(tm) - Best Viewing Times
KPIX Online: Live San Francisco View
Campbell, Joe (Worthington PTA): K-5 Educational Software Guide
Cassutto, George (North Hagerstown HS): How to build a Web Page
Daum, Gary: (G'town Prep): Classical music (WWW Virt.Lib)
Mikulski, Steve (R.Clemente MS): Technology Education Page
Miller, Carol: (Berlin MS) Berlin MS's MSPAP WebSite
Randolph, Brenda: (Parkland MS): AFRICA ACCESS REVIEW
Raygor, Brian (James Bennett HS): Bioman's Biology Links
Shindel, Maxine: *Electronic Elementary* Magazine
Steingart, Sandy (Balto County Schools): Cholent Corner
Steingart, Sandy: Baltimore Mental Health Resources
Steingart, Sandy: School Psychology Resources Online
Verona, Mary Ellen (Montgomery Blair HS): Maryland Virtual HS
Weeg, Patti (Delmar ES): Global Classroom
The Ancient World Web: Main Index
Library of Congress World Wide Web (LC Web) Home Page
Children's Literature Web Guide
Index of Resources for History
The American Civil War Homepage
Note: This is a very well-annotated set of sites -- you can decide whether a site is of interest before you even visit it . . .
The EXPLORES acronym stands for Exploring and Learning the Operations and Resources of Environmental Satellites. This program was developed in the state of Florida in 1992. The Teacher resource page provides an excellent and very interesting history of meterology with follow-up activities and child-friendly write-ups on the atmosphere, hydrology, and hydrology, and thermometers.
The University of Michigan's comprehensive guide to current weather data, and the interactive weather software BLUE SKIES, as well as links to virtually the entire world of weather on the Web. The emphasis is on ways to use real time weather data as a part of classroom curriculum and to support authentic earth science investigations.
Everything you ever wanted to know about clouds. Diagrams and photographs explaining formation, movement and structure. Cloud measurement takes no equipment. It's the easiest data to get started with. This site offers outstanding possibilities for expanding understanding of that initial data set.
A clear description of current research into the El Nino phenomenon. A page that includes great graphics, good background information, access to a wide variety of data from satellites and buoys. FAQ's and a dial- a-scientist connection to those doing the research.
NPR's weekly science connection to breaking science stories. Audio is available of the aired stories. Activities, biliographies, and thoughtful and provocative discussion are also provided. There isn't necessarily a GLOBE related topic each week but its worth a quick click to see if there is one.
GLOBE teachers in the state of Idaho meeting to define goals and ways to help each other in implementing GLOBE in their classrooms. A terrific model of collaboration for other GLOBE teachers to look at.
Funded by NASA, ESSC directs students to do on-line research into current scientific questions about the earth, ecosystems, and the climate. ESSC provides an incredible library list of resources to current research on these issues, both on-line and off-line. Students final project is to publish their research on the Web in a hypermedia document. An excellent template for guiding students inquiry into real scientific puzzles and attempting to solve them with on-line data.
These classroom science modules build problem scenarios based around severe weather events. Would you build a high school by Mt. Ranier? You use on-line current data to evaluate the risk. You are driving to Vail and notice specific cloud formations and wind direction. Should you keep going? Definitely a fun and thought-provoking way to engage students in using data.
My personal favorite complement to GLOBE study. Lots of atmosphere and earth science resources and projects. The emphasis is on collection of atmospheric data and using it to forecast weather and to analyze the state of the planet. Lots of real inter-active learning, including an elementary page with projects, definitions, idea that both relate to and offer links to GLOBE.
CNN has an archived list of its environmental stories. Lots of great ideas to link to students measurements.
This Hot List from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is excellent. Pick out a few in different subject areas as well as add the Institute itself to a list.
The oldest and probably most comprehensive list of K-12 schools on the Web around the world. It provides direct links to all listed schools. Taking its name from the famous highway that linked the nation this site offers information on how to set up your own WWW server and SharePages you can download for your own use. It offers an e-mail discussion group for educators to share projects, concerns, and questons. A daily What's New list of sites of interest to teachers and students.
St. Olaf's College provides world-wide e-mail connections to elementary through university students. Students can request a pen-pal from a specific country or classrooms can link up to work on joint research projects. This site also contains an extensive list of other internationa e-mail projects,
The Global SchoolNet was started in 1985 by a group of San Diego teachers. Today the foundation offers a a variety of services for the educational community. It gives on-line workshops on topics from 'Hello to the Internet' to 'Making and Managing a Global Learning Project.' It manages monitored newsgroups for students and teachers and provides an excellent place to locate partner schools for specific projects. Hilites is an extremely useful list of Internet projects for students to participate in, sorted by the date they begin. This is an excellent site for collaboration on projects and expertise in designing them.
A project attempting to facilitate communication on the Web for students 10-15 around the world. To subscribe students must answer 4 basic questions including, 'How do I want the world to improve?' and 'What can I do now to make this happen?' 37,000 kids from 71 countries are participating. Forums are offered on issues from home schooling to kids rights. Students in different counties collaborate on year-long curriculum projects on topics like deserts, in which information and resources are shared, and observations compared and analyzed.
The International Education and Resource Network works to bring together K-12 students and teachers to develop and share expertise on projects to improve the quality of life on the planet. Projects focus on environmental issues as well as cultural understanding. 500 schools in 20 countries are currently involved.
This project is funded by NSF, TERC, and Tom Synder Productions. It is providing inexpensive seismometers to schools across the country, offering students a chance to collect and share data. It provides links to seismic data available on the Web. A curriculum is under development which involves sudents using current research to solve 'real' problems like the engineering problems caused by earthquakes, and the use of seismic data to monitor nuclear testing.
This project created at Hamline University's Center for Environmental Education in Minneapolis offers kids a chance to track the spring migration of animals across North America. Observations fed by participating classrooms and satellite tracking of several species including bald eagles, sandhill cranes, monarch butterflies, and sea turtles allow students to watch the arrival of spring over the continent. Several mystery games are designed to get students across the country to interact with each other and really discover the impact of the planet's tilt on weather. Fun, beautiful graphics, interesting and inter-active.
This non-profit group researches and develops math, science and technology projects. Some of the current areas of focus are LabNet a networked community for K-12 science and math educators to encourage collaboration and problem-solving in the development of innovative educational activities, and Global Lab a 7th-12th grade program in which students decide upon a problem to be studied and are given mentors and on-line links to develop and refine their problem-solving skills. It also offers a forum for discussion of thought-provoking educational actvities on or off the WEB.
This projected funded by the National Science Foundation has developed a middle-school weather curriculum in which students gather data on temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation. They then use sources on the Web to mentor their analysis.
This project the Automated Weather Source links schools, businesses and broadcast media in providing schools with weather stations for collecting data. The student gathered information is then used by local TV weather forecasters.
The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network links watershed education programs around the world. GREEN began in the 1980's as a water quality monitoring project in the Great Lakes. Currently students investigate the health of a river in their community studying its biology, chemistry,and physical parameters as well as its history. The GREEN catalogue offers a good list of current books, tapes and equipment needed to conduct water and air quality research helpful in air and water classroom investigation.
This project was developed by TERC a Cambridge, MA non-profit which focuses on improving math and science curricula and instruction. This 1993-94 project linked 10,000 students from 150 schools in 22 countries, collecting and exchanging data on 6 environmental issues including the effect of vegetationon on tropospheric ozone, to what mght account for increased levels of CO2 in classrooms at the end of the school day.
A project that currently involves 50 schools in 7 countries, with most of the U.S. schools located in Georgia. It focuses on environmental studies of weather, climate change, air pollution, acid rain, ozone, solid waste management, and global warming.
This Northwestern University project is a truly innovative attempt to make science a real world activity. Students use current on-line data to make weather predictions, and to analyze long-term and short-term climate problems. It is developing a Geoscience Server which will provide on-line tools, activities, and curriculum based on current environmental concerns- like global warming and land-use-management. CoVis stands for Collaborative Visualization. It is the authors' contention that scientists today solve problems in groups, using real time information and computer graphic visualizaion of data. They have devised a project that allows students to do the same. An example of how the Web can transform education.
The Earth Systems Science Community is what its name implies. It is funded by NASA currently has 8 schools in the U.S. and Canada involved in its projects. It is an attempt to get students to pose current questions about the earth, ecosystems, and the climate and then to do research on the Web and off the Web to find an answer to those questions. Students publish their findings on the Web in a hypermedia document. To facilitate the research stage of investigation ESSC has developed a truly awesome library of places to find data and information. It also offers a forms-based search page, where a student enters a hypothesis, chooses the data needed to test the hypothesis, and requests the type of graph to be produced to to display the data. An excellent guide for developing classroom inquiry into real scientific puzzles.
NASA's Exploring the Environment earth science modules build scenarios around possible extreme weather events. Would you build a high schoool by Mt. Ranier? Kilauea is rumbling what precautions does the population need to take? Wonderful pictures! Definitely a fun way to use data and engage students in problem-solving. Still under construction but one of the most imaginative inter-active programs on the Web.
This NASA project was developed to encourage public use of the tremendous amount of Earth Science data available on the Internet. It focuses particularly on the information gathered from the Earth Observing System and the Hubble telescope. These innovative projects involving coalitions with governmental agencies, academia, and industry. They include two outstnding programs for classrooms the Earth Sience Community Curriculum, and The Classroom of the Future.
The EXPLORES acronym stands for Exploring and Learning the Operations and Resources of Environmental Satellites. This program was developed by the state of Florida in 1992. The The Teacher Resource page provides a history of meteorology with follow-up activities and child-friendly write-ups on the atmosphere, hydrology and thermometers. The EXPLORES Home Page provides links to current and historic satellite ,and to other weather sites.
The Jason Project allows students to participate in an annual two-week research trip with scientists. This year's project called Adapting to a Changing Sea will investigate several shallow water habitats off the coast of southern Florida. The Project bills itself as electronic field trip. It also has several related activities for students to participate in. One is gathering data about the types and numbers of spiders in their area for a scientistnwho is trying to determine how spiders adapt to different ecological zones.
The University of Michigan's comprehensive guide to current weather data, and the interactive weather software BLUE SKIES, as well as links to virtually the entire world of weather on the Web. An emphasis on ways to use real-time weather data as part of classroom curriculum and to support authentic earth science ivestigations.
The University of Illinois presents current weather data and images, an excellent hyper-text with units on wind, storms, clouds and forecasts. The photographs are dramatic and the text clear and informative. It offers pointers to many other related Web sites.
Purdue University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has developed weather visualization software, WXP, which allows users to create maps of current and historic data. Lots of links to other weather and atmospheric sites.
A good resource for GLOBE classrooms trying to distinguish between types of clouds. Lots of information about cloud formation as well as pictures with short descriptions pointing out the characteristics of each one.
Another good resource for GLOBE classrooms trying to distinguish between types of clouds. Plymouth State College in New Hampshire offers brief descriptions and good photographs.
This is a description of a climate model simulator. CliMoMan runs on the National Educational Supercomputer. It allows students to manipulate different factors affecting climate including solar constant, rotation, ozone amounts, sea surface temperatures and more. Gives students a sophisticated tool to look at mltiple interactions.
Princeton University's interactive weather browser that provides current forecasts for a large number of U.S. cities. It also provides links to current weather forecasts for selected cities around the world.
This allows an interactive view of a large library of data on climate. You can enter a large number of variables including region, time of year, windspeed, sea surface temperature, air temperature also specific humidity. The site allows you to create amazing graphics instantly.
The NOAA National Weather Service site provides current local, national and world weather data, as well as forecasts, maps, severe weather warnings from hurricane to tsunami, and videos of dramatic events like hurricanes and floods.
Enter the station ID for U.S. cities or click on a station on a U.S. map and get current weather conditions.
This page offers current and historical temp and precipitation data for major cities around the world. Current satellite images are available, as well as 4-day forecasts and a special section on current ski conditions in the U.S.
The Weather Channel offers a breezy tour of current conditions, their own Cool Stuff (the best of which is the Meteorologist's Toolbox) Met on the Net answers the best weather questions of the week, also TWC channels educational guides
An excellent description of current research into the El Nino phenomenon. An excellent page that includes great visualizations, good background information, access to a wide variety of data from satellites and buoys, FAQ's and a disl-a-scientist connection to thos doing the research.
Information about the possibility of, or current information on, natural disasters around the world. It was developed to prevent the drastic consequences of such events or at least to mitigate them. An inter-active world map indicates where such events are occuring . Categories include: geophysical hazards,meterological and hydrological hazards, wldfires, insect infestation, and technological hazards.
The EPA's page offers current debate and research on ozone depletion: everything from the causes of ozone depletion to myths, health effects, regulations, conferences and the Montreal Protocol.
This site offers everything you want to know about volcanoes, current eruptions on a clickable world map, historical data, explanations of what happens during an eruption and if you can't find what you are looking for you can ask-a-vulcanologist. The replies to questions are thorough and thought-provoking. Fun and the best of current research.
The USGS provides a wide-range on earthquake information here. You can explore Hot News, current seismicity maps, information and pictures on the 1995 Kobe, Japan quake and the 1994 Northridge, California quake. There is a teacher guide and activities for California quakes.
This site sponsored by CREST, The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, offers a universal guide to that familiar and near-by star we call the sun, as well as a compendium of information on renewable energy, from education to legislation. It also offers an elecronic edition of Global Change a monthly review of current articles on climate change and ozone depletion.
Truly the total picture of tsunamis. Everything thing from the physics of these huge waves, the etymology of that fascinating word, the history of the deadliest and their impact on humans. A wonderful surf site but not so much information that you'll drown.
Description of The National Science Foundation's Global Change Program including; research opportunities, data and information, critical issues, and unexpected benefits of climate research. Good overview and rationale of the importace of analysis and study of enviromental change. Great links.
Access to everything you could possibly want to know about the Space Shuttle past, present and future. Movies, photos, biographies of crews and more.
A wonderful historic overview of the Apollo program with clear text, wonderful photos. The success of the recent movie Apollo 13 may attract many students to this informative and interesting site.
An incredible resource which displays NASA's images of the planets, linked information on relevant mythology, fascinating facts, great comparisons, and in-depth research.
A current visualization showing a map of day and night on earth. Home Planet free software is also available which allows you to create your own real-time visualizations as well as view the sky; stars, planets, asteriods and comets from different perspectives.
A visit to the San Francisco Exploratorium is a fantastic place for students and teachers to visit. The Science Snackbook offers 107 science experiments to do at home or in the classroom. It also offers links to the month's Top Ten Cool Sites (science) and to best kids' and adults' science sites and to On-Line Exhibits (the best of virtual museums).
This Philadelphia Science Museum offers changing and superb virtual exhibits. Currently one on Ben Franklin is offered with lots of hyper-text links to related science areas on the Web. The other hot exhibit is a tour of the human heart. The exhibits offer many classroom curricula extentions. A terrific place for children to explore their curiosity and for teachers to get ideas that excite discovery and thinking. Also a great paradigm for students to use in creating thir own hypertext research documents.
The Smithsonian's awesome avaiation on-line. You can tour the galleries, descriptions of exhibits and some photographs, and find limitless links to related sites.
This division of the Smithonian offers changing on-line exhibits based on the current exhibits at the museum. In your on-line visit, you not only see the displays on the floor, but are given many on-line links to further information. The Ocean Planet, the present offering, looks at the fascinating life discovered in ocean vents as well as the role of oceans in the climate system. Dazzling photographs of minerals.
A terrific resource for teachers and students to get started building school home pages or virtual museums. A select list of the best examples of both, and HTML tips make this an excellent place to start thinking about publishing on-line.
The ultimate on-line library. Provides links to an amazing array of search engines and lists, government, commercial, university.
The World Game Institute was founded in 1972, is located in Philadelphia, and was inspired by the ideas of Buckminster Fuller. Its mission is to 'inform, inspire and empower people to actively participate in solving local and global problems. It offers World Game workshops in which participants confront and work toward solving current social and environmental issues.
The Virtual Tourist 2 allows you to click on any part of a world map and obtain a variety of geographic, economic, and tourist information. It also provides writings and photos from recent tourists. Interactive geography at its best.
A great place to spark interest in vocabulary. Featured words range from the bizarre and not terribly useful, like: crwth (and your teacher told you all words had to contain a vowel) to the kind you know will appear on the SAT. A great place to generate discussions about words,derivations and interesting spelling lists.
Websters on-line! Quick and easy definitions.
This Web site was developed by students at Middlebury, Grinnell, Spelman, UCSD, Univ. of Minnesota and Dartmouth. It publishes a bi-weekly newsletter of articles from current newspapers andjournals that use statistics. It encourages questioning many of the assumptions and conclusions that sets of numbers often seem to reveal. Great resource for math and science literacy using current information.
Cal Tech's searchable database of photgraphs of famous scientists. Many different poses of your personal favorites from Einstein to Feynman in casual and professional snapshots.
The Library of Congress site which provides full-text of legislation enacted in the 103rd and 104th Congresses, information and debate on hot bills, e-mail addresses for members of the House and Senate, the full-text of the Constitution, searchable by key-words, and a legislative tutorial.
This truly comprehensive guide to art on-line offers searchable indexes of links to specific artists and art by topic. It has links to museums, galleries, art publications, and art resources from universities and government institutions. A wonderful place explore the visal resources available on the Web.
The InterNet Public Library is based at the University of Michigan. The Youth Section offers book reviews written by kids; an Ask-the-Author section currently featuring background information on writers like Avi and Robert Cormier,and an on-line form to submit questions to the listed authors; Dr. Internet who composes a science trivia page with links to sites to find the answers, and science experiments; and Story Hour, pictures books to read on-line. The graphics might lead students to think this is place only for early elementary but the range of authors and Dr. Internet cover challenging and interesting material.
The OneWorld Broadcasting Trust is a British charity committed using a variety of media to focus attention on issues in the developing world. The current news offers an excellent variety of images and discussion of daily news events. It receives support from the BBC's Networking Club. An excellent source for both sides of contentitious global issues.
The classic slim volume with its excellent advice on punctuation and clear writing is now on-line. No flashly graphics but you can quickly click on chapter headings to answer questions about editing and composition.
A comprehensive list of links to colleges and universities around the world. You can search alphabetically or geographically. This site is also conducting a survey of what Web users believe are the most effective home pages. A good guide for those designing or re-designing shool home pages.
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