Blue Web'n Sites Shown in EDT 548 Younger Learners | Older Learners | Teachers For Younger Learners Africa for Kids This PBS site for kids offers lots of information about Africa as well as hands-on activities for primary aged children. Amazing Space Hosted by the Formal Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach, this site promotes the science and majestic beauty of the universe for use in the classroom. The materials we develop for educators and learners of all ages are accurate, classroom-friendly, visually appealing, and carefully crafted to adhere to accepted educational standards. Be World Wise: Bringing the World to the Classroom This Web site is meant primarily as a teaching tool to help teachers and homeschooling families bring traditional subjects such as math, social studies, and geography to life. Brainteasers Houghton Mifflin's EducationPlace offers brain-stretching activities for kids in Grades 3-8 Bucket Buddies - CIESE Online Classroom Projects Students around the United States and other countries will collect samples from local ponds to answer the question: Are the organisms found in pond water the same all over the world?  Children's Discovery Museum The purpose of Children's Discovery Museum to serve the needs of children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery. Encompassing the broad themes of community, connections and creativity, exhibits invite self-directed, open-ended explorations, while programs provide facilitated, focused, and sustained interactions. Cool Math Sites This site included links to sites about: Algebra, Geometry, Discrete Math, Trigonometry, and Calculus> It also includes links to: Math Puzzles, Math Brain Teasers, Math WebQuests, Math Humor. Finally, it includes Math Teacher Resources for Elementary, Middle School, and High School. CyberBee The cartoon character, CyberBee, guides teachers on Internet adventures as s/he zooms around the Internet scouting out curriculum treasures. Ewe Too? A case study on cloning by the San Diego County Office Of Education. Insectclopedia Insectclopedia is a rapidly expanding research portal with selected resources about entomology and its related fields. These resources include species, research, insect control, communication, pictures, schools, conservation, identification, expertise, hobbies and other important services. Jurassic Park Institute Jurassic Park Institute is a resource into the world of dinosaurs, providing great educational dinosaur resource for teachers and students. It includes information about dinosaurs in pictures, timelines, interactive games, dictionary, museum guides, and more. KidsPsych This site provides interactive games encouraging problem solving and creative thinking in kides from Ages 1-5 and 6-9. It also includes information for teachers or parents. Pyramids is one example KinderGARDEN There are many opportunities available for children to become involved with plants, gardens, or the outdoors in general. Some of these opportunities include children's programs at school gardens, botanic gardens or community gardens. This site contains ideas for gardening with kids. MathLetics This site provides examples of sports that use math in some way. It also links to a site entitled What Good is Math? that relates math to may real-life situations. Museum of Web Art The Museum of Web Art was founded to display excellence and innovation in electronic art in an environment suited to its content. PlaneMath PlaneMath is a place to learn cool things about math and aeronautics! It includes activities for students, reference material for teachers, and links to other sites of interest. Solar System Part of the Amazing Space site, Solar System is asitewhere students can use web-based activities to learn about the Solar System, train to be a scientist, follow a star's life cycle, and more. Westward HO! Westward HO! is a five week classroom project and online event from CyberBee. It provides information for students and teachers to participate in this interactive activity. registration is Oct. 7, 2002 - Jan. 10, 2003 with participation from January 21, 2003 - February 21, 2003. For Older Learners Bridging the WaterShed Bridging the Watershed (BTW) is a "National Parks Labs" program that began in March 1998 in the National Capital Region with support from the National Park Service, National Park Foundation, and Toyota USA Foundation. Program Goals include: promoting national parks in the Potomac watershed as learning laboratories for secondary teachers and students, supporting local high school science and math curricula and learn science concepts in a real-world context, and increasing knowledge of the Potomac watershed and recognize the importance of national parks in preserving cultural and natural resources. Exploring the Environment Exploring the Environment™ is an online series that features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future™. The vision of the ETE online series is to promote science-literate and reflective students who are knowledgeable of the earth's processes and their responsibilities for stewardship. The site includes numerous modules including three new modules on the Yellowstone Fires, Global Climate Change, and Florida Everglades. FigureThis Figure This! includes Mathematics Challenges for Families provides interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families. Language Arts Site for Middle School Students Links to a variety of sites for Middle School Language Arts enthusiasts. Math Power - Professor Freedman's Math Help. This site provides information about basic math, algebra, study skills, math anxiety and learning styles and specifically addresses the needs of the community college adult learner. MathPower: Videos Video Snippets on Algebra & Pre-Algebra Women & Geometry: An Archive of American Patchwork Quilt Designs This site includes a wonderful collction of quiilts with a variety of geometric shapes. Beside each quilt is the black line drawing of the geometric shapes included in the quilt.   For Teachers CNet's Shareware A searching utility to locate freeware and shareware on the Internet. Funding Technology This McRel sites provides reports, articles, bibliographies, grant-writing strategies, and links to funding sources for teachers wishing to write grants to acauire technology for their classrooms. Ten Stages to Web-Nirvana - Professional development Ten Stages of Working the Web for Education Another version of the article above.  Back to EDT 548 Main Page | Back to Dr. Christie's HomePage