Internet Tools
General Lessons and Activities
- TrackStar trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp -- TrackStar is a starting point for online lessons and activities. Users collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations, and have an interactive, online lesson called a Track.
- Web Toolboxes www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolbox.html > -- The toolboxes are resources and lesson ideas for using the web in the classroom.
- Teach-nology www.teach-nology.com/themes --
Each theme contains links to a variety of resources to help teachers develop lessons that are challenging, exciting, and fun.
- Tramline Virtual Field Trips www.field-trips.org -- This is a site where virtual field trips are created and added by educators.
- International Schools CyberFair www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/cf/ --
The International Schools CyberFair is a learning program used by schools and youth organizations around the world. Youth conduct research and publish their findings on the Web.
- IEARN Network www.iearn.org -- iEARN is a global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
- Global SchoolNet Foundation gsh.org -- The Global Schoolhouse is a virtual meeting place where educators, students, parents, and community members can collaborate, interact, develop, publish, and discover learning resources.
- U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov -- The mission of the U.S. Department of Education is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation.
Pen Pals and Mentors
- EPals www.epals.com -- ePALS is a provider of school-safe email and collaborative technology for the educational market.
- International E-Mail Classroom www.iecc.org -- IECC is a free service to help teachers link with partners in other cultures and countries for email classroom pen-pal and other project exchanges.
- International Telementor Program www.telementor.org -- The International Telementor Program provides academic mentoring support from professionals in ITP-sponsoring companies.
- Electronic Postcards from Around the World genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/internet/electronic -- This project offers a way to learn geography and map skills plus provide an increased social awareness of schools/communities around the world.
Science
- Chats with NASA Personnel quest.arc.nasa.gov/sso/chats -- NASA Quest allows the public to share the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits. The chat events are live interactions with NASA experts.
- Windows to the Universe www.windows.ucar.edu -- Windows to the Universe is a learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public.
- National Health Museum www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.htm This page is a listing of virtual dissections, labs, and field trips in health and science.
- CIESE Online Classroom Projects www.ciese.org -- The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) provides eeducation resources and science projects for K-12 grade levels
- The GLOBE Program www.globe.gov -- GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based education and science program.
- Pathfinder Science projects kancrn.org -- Links to science fair resources and guides.
- Cool Cosmos coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu -- This site provides activities, experiments, and lesson plans for learning about light.
- Hello Dolly! A WebQuest on Cloning /www.pusd.info/projects/dolly/main.htm -- In this WebQuest, the purpose is to determine how to legislate cloning.
- WeatherScope www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en > --
At this site, students conduct an investigation and report on local and world weather and climate.
- Journey North www.learner.org/jnorth -- This project is a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.noaa.gov -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun, and applies this knowledge to science and services that touch the lives of all Americans.
Math
- Math Forum mathforum.org -- The Math Forum is a center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet.
- The National Math Trail www.nationalmathtrail.org --
The National Math Trail is an opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environments.
News
- Children's Express www.childrens-express.org -- Children's Express is a UK-wide news agency producing news, features, and comment by young people for everyone.
- Midlink Magazine www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/ -- MidLink Magazine is the digital magazine by students, for students ages 8 -- 18.
Music and Arts
- MIDI Music Relay www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Midi/ -- The Midi Music Relay" is a collaboration project directed to students and their music teachers. The aim is to create midi songs for all on the web to enjoy.
- Project Mars Millennium projectpioneer.com/mars -- Working in teams with educators, community leaders and professionals in many fields, young people will weave the arts, sciences, and humanities into an exploration of their own communities.
Peace
- Cranes for Peace Project www.cranesforpeace.org -- People from around the world send origami cranes to the Children of the A-Bomb statue in the Hiroshima Peace Park as a symbol and wish for peace.
- I Have a Dream Project www.kidlink.org/dream" -- The I Have a Dream program challenges students to plan, design, and implement an Internet based project to realize their favored dreams in collaboration with peers in other countries.
- Unsung Heroes: An ePals Project www.epals.com/projects/unsung_heroes/ -- ePALS invites classes around the world to collaborate in the exchange of information about students, teachers, and others in their communities whose positive actions are making a difference to the quality of life of others.
History & Government
Multicultural
- KidLink Multicultural calendar www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC -- The calendar entries contain recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays, and the special ways in which these days are observed.
Sports