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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