University of Pennsylvania's AmeriCorps Program to Bridge the Digital Divide
Art (Virtual Tours):
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City - http://www.metmuseum.org/
Philadelphia Museum of Art - http://www.philamuseum.org/
Louvre Museum in Paris, France - http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
Current Events:
CNN on the web - http://www.cnn.com/
The Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Philadelphia Inquirer - http://inq.philly.com/
The Wall Street Journal - http://www.wsj.com/
Time Magazine - http://www.time.com/
English:
University of Pennsylvania Digital Library. Search for books available in online form. - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/
Tufts University Perseus Digital Library. Classic literature. - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
MLA Handbook Online - http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.. Everything you wanted to know about the Bard and his work. - http://www.folger.edu
Project Gutenberg. Electronic texts of classic works of literature. - http://www.gutenberg.net/
English as Second Language:
Intersting Things for ESL Students. Word, games, puzzles for those studying ESL. - http://www.manythings.org/
English@home. Resources for students. - http://www.english-at-home.com/
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages - http://www.tesol.org/
Foreign Language Study:
Yourdictionary.com. Online dictionary of languages ranging from Abenaki to Zoque. - http://www.yourdictionary.com/
Babel Fish Translation. Online language translator English <-> (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish) - http://babelfish.altavista.com/
General Reference:
Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Thesaurus online. - http://www.m-w.com/
Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.britannica.com
Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/
US Dept of Ed – Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Ideas for subjects ranging from arts to science. - http://www.ed.gov/free
Public Broadcasting System. Lesson materials for all subjects. - http://www.pbs.org/
Eisenhower Clearninghouse. This sight is a megasearch site for educational resources on the web. You can find almost anything here. - http://www.enc.org/resources/search/advanced/
Co-nect. Site is an excellent resource for interactive, interdisciplinary projects that make use of technology resources. - http://www.co-nect.com/
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia - http://www.encarta.com/
Mathematics:
SuperKids. Create worksheets for math drills. - http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/add
A+ Math - http://Aplusmath.com/
Lesson Plans, Ideas for Activities (problem of the day) and detailed explanation of elementary math topics:
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies - http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/
Math on the Web - http://www.edzone.net/~kinney/3-4Math/Family.html
Math Mystery - http://www.fwi.com/sjcentral/math.html#100
Dr. Math - http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Math Forum. Selection of lesson plans, advice for K-12 teachers, internet math library, links to discussion group. - http://mathforum.org/
Basic Math Drill and Practice computer generated skill builder math problems:
http://www.exit109.com/~learn/mathdrill.htm
Education for Kids - http://www.edu4kids.com
Math Resources - http://ousd.k12.ca.us/~brady/math.html
Dr. Gibson Mathematics - http://www.cadvision.com/fotherin/MathP1.html
Math Archives. Teacher oriented sites which contain significant collections of materials which can be used in the teaching mathematics at the K-12 level.- http://archives.math.utk.edu
Knowledge Network Explorer. Cool Math Sites K-12: An internet hotlist of cool math sites created by Verdi Huffman Educational Technology Training Center. - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/
MathStories. Subscription site with a database of open-ended questions and traditional stories altered and infused with math. - http://Mathstories.com/
Science:
NASA website. History, satellite maps, current missions. - http://www.nasa.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency. Find out how polluted your town’s water really is. - http://www.epa.gov/ also visit http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
National Institutes of Health – Learn about the latest cutting edge research. - http://www.nih.gov/
Agriculture Network Information Center. Contains professional and consumer info covering a wide range of food and nutrition topics. There is also a helpful link for teachers (click the apple). - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
This National Science Foundation. Site for atmospheric, ocean and geographic sciences is was specifically created for students K-12 and has tremendous links. - http://www.geo.nsf.gov/atm/atmkids.htm
The Science Learning Network. Browse this month's "Ten Cool Sites! Visit our international network of museums for the best inquiry resources on the web. Our news and hotlists have been developed by each museum. - http://www.sln.org/
Natural History Museum of London. Virtual exhibits. - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Search Engines:
Google. General search. - http://www.google.com/
1blink.com. Search multiple search engines simultaneously. - http://www.1blink.com/
Yahoo! Broken down by categories. - http://www.yahoo.com/
Social Studies:
National Geographic Magazine - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
“Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” - http://www.carmensandiego.com/
The Discovery Channel. Web cams, online educational games. - http://www.discovery.com/
Library of Congress. There is a wealth of historical data here including source documents and sample lesson plans. - http://lcweb.loc.gov/
Schools of California
Online Resources for Education (SCORE).
This is an amazing site, please check it out for access search tips, classroom
projects, museums, and field trips. Also find resources, lessons, and activities
according to grade levels. - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
Social Science Education Consortium. Non-profit organization in Colorado provides publications programs, cultural projects, and monthly featured lesson plans. See staff contacts. - http://www.ssecinc.org/
GeoWorld. If your school wants to order something, you might want to consider Geoworld. You can visit the site once for free, but after that you will need to purchase access to the database. - http://www.geohistory.com/GeoWorld/
The History Channel. Historical archives and speeches. - http://www.historychannel.com/