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CO2 Car
NASA
Racecar Aerodynamics
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Racecar/aerodynamics.html
Read the link Racing Physics
to get good ideas on design principals.
Newton
Public Schools CO2 Dragsters
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Brown/TE/DRAGSTERS/co2.html
Good examples of CO2 race cars.
Newton
Public Schools Newton's Laws of Motion
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Brown/TE/DRAGSTERS/NEWTONSLAWS/index.html
Look in the link Laws of Motion.
Anne Frank
http://www.annefrank.com/
http://www.annefrank.ch/content/default.htm
Middle Ages
Annanberg CPB- Middle Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
Arranged by subject heading and area.
NetSerf
http://www.netserf.org
NOVA Lost
Empires (Castles)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuc
Try the "life in a castle" link.
Minnesota
State University emuseum
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html
Scroll down to see the topics covered or choose a guide.
Castles and Ancient Monument in
Great Britain
http://www.britcastles.com/
Dichotomous Key
National Wildlife Federation's eNature
http://www.enature.com/
Enter all or part of your animal's species to get information and
pictures.
Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
Use the search box or browse by classification.
Music Appreciation
All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com
Enter your artist in the search box. Make sure to click on the
"Read More" link to see the rest of the article.
Note the tabs across the top. Use them to get a Discography and
list of songs.
SF Kids
Symphony
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
Baroque composers
Use Grolier Online from the table
above. Input your composer's name in the box in the lower right
hand
corner of the screen. This will search several encyclopedias
simultaneously. You will also find an article on the
Baroque period by using the keywords "Baroque Music". Watch for
musical samples!
Jazz Roots
http://www.jass.com
Jazz Kids
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/index.html
Math Lab
Who Wants to be a Mathonaire?
http://www.counton.org/
Click on Games button and choose Who Wants to be a Mathonaire?
FunBrain
http://www.funbrain.com
Mathaquarium.com
http://www.mathaquarium.com/
Circle
0
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_122_g_3_t_1.html
Number
Line Bounce
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_107_g_3_t_1.html
Shodor
Education - Pascal's Triangle
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/pascal1/index.html
Subtracting
Integers Quizzes
http://www.mathguide.com/cgi-bin/quizmasters/IntegersSubtract.cgi
Dia:Beacon
http://www.diacenter.org/bindex.html
Equal
Areas
http://www.diabeacon.org/exhibs_b/demaria/index.html
Walter
De Maria
http://www.diabeacon.org/exhibs_b/demaria/essay.html
Reconstruction
Access STUDENT RESOUCE CENTER from the Library's Main Page
or from above
Suggested Keywords:
suffrage
education reconstruction
lynching
mob violence
segregation
black codes
Jim Crow
General Resources:
The History
of Jim Crow
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/overview.htm
Jim Crow
Gateway
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/gateway.htm
Welcome to Aftrican American History
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/index.html
The
Constitution of the United States:
The US
Constitution Online
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
The Constitution
for Kids
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids.html
The Bill
of Rigts: The 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments:
Emory
School of Law
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst/amend.html
Plessy
v. Ferguson Case of 1896 (Decision):
Historical
Documents and Speeches, Plessy v. Ferguson
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/PlessyvFerguson.htm
African-American
Historical Documents
http://www.historicaldocuments.com/AfricanAmerican.htm
Includes Black Codes and other texts pertaining to African American
history.
American Memory: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html African American Perspectives: Documents
dealing with the broad areas of civil rights, race relations,
education,
segregation, lynching, suffrage, and mob violence.
Slave
Voices from
Duke
University Special Collection Library: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/slavery/
Jim
Crow Laws by State:
History of Jim Crow
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/geography/geography.htm
The
Jim Crow Laws
http://poster.hprtec.org/view/poster.php?poster_id=67557
Scroll down to view topics covered.
About.com's
Jim Crow Laws by State
http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/jimcrowlaws/a/jimcrowlaws.htm
There are three pages of state laws, alphabetical by state. Click
next to get further in the alphabet.
Handbook of Texas
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/jsb1.html
Contains information on the Black Codes of Texas.
Mississippi
Black Codes
http://www.nv.cc.va.us/home/nvsageh/Hist122/Part1/MissBlCode.htm
Black
Codes of Mississippi
http://www.usconstitution.com/BlackCodesofMississippi.htm
Louisiana
Black Codes from About.com
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/bllouisiana_blackcodes.htm
Louisiana
Black Codes from Northern Virginia Community College
http://www.nv.cc.va.us/home/nvsageh/Hist122/Part1/LaBlackCode.htm
State Constitutions:
Patrick
Crusade's State Constitutions
http://www.patrickcrusade.org/state_constitutions.htm
Some historical state constitutions included.
Mob
Violence/Lyniching:
http://www.umass.edu/complit/aclanet/ACLAText/USLynch.html
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lynching/lynching.htm
Suffrage:
Black
Suffrage After the Civil War
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/May/black-suffrage.htm
Civil War
Battles
American Battlefield Protection
Program
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
Civil War battle summaries by campaign. Scroll down to view
battles chronologically. Gives a description plus principal commanders
and location.
American
Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#specific
A site from a adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee.
Under the heading Battles and
Campaigns you will find links to other
resources arranged by campaign and state.
CivilWarAlbum.com
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/
Modern photos of Civil War sites plus historic maps.
CivilWar@Smithsonian
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/collections.html
Photos of Civil War artifacts housed at the Smithsonian.
Library of Congress American Memory/ Civil War Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/
Searchable collection of maps. Also has a Browse feature on the left side of
the page.
American Memory/ New York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
Civil War photograhs, scroll down to Search
or Browse the collection.
American Treasures of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11b.html#civil
Selected Civil War items from the Library of Congress
Library
of Congress American Memory/ Civil War Photos
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Scroll down to Search or Browse. Contains photos of
soldiers, battle preparations, and portraits.
Library of
Congress American Memory/ Lincoln's Virtual Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
Contains images of Lincoln's papers and sheet music.
PBS John Brown's Holy War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/index.html
PBS website for the film.
PBS Ken Burns Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
Companion website to the PBS series.
University of Texas Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Click on Military History to
obtain historical maps from their collection.
Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Letters, diaries, newspapers and speeches from two different
communities during the Civil War.
Virtual Museum of Ancient Cultures
British Museum
Compass
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/
Compass is an online database of many of the British Museum's
holdings. Use the Search
function or the Quick Search
box to find objects and their descriptions. The best way to do a search
is to use the Where/When? feature
under the Quick Search box and enter the continent and country you were
assigned.
Louvre Museum
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
On the left hand side of the screen under Collections click on Selected Works. Choose Oriental Antiquities to get to
pieces of Mesopotamian art or Egyptian Antiquities to get to Egyptian art.
National
Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt/slideshow.shtm
View streaming slideshows which give details about objects in their
Ancient Egyptian
collection.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art/Asian Collection
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewHigh.asp?dep=6&viewmode=0
This section of the museum's vast website contains images from thier
Asian Collection. Make sure that the object you research is
actually from China or India. There are nine
pages of selected works, drag your mouse across the work to get a short
description. Click on the work, then on the Description link on the resulting
page for more detail.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art/Near East Collection
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewHigh.asp?dep=3&viewmode=0
This section of the museum's vast website contains images from thier
Near East Collection. Make sure that the object you research is
actually
from Mesopotamia.
There are nine pages of selected works, drag your mouse across the work
to get a short description. Click on the work, then on the Description link on the resulting
page for more detail.
Detroit Institute of Arts
http://www.dia.org/collections/
Click on the Ancient Art Collection, agree to copyright rules, and you
will find pieces of ancient Mesopotamian
and Egyptian Art.
Kyoto National
Museum
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/index.html
The Masterworks collection
holds items and descriptions from the museum. Check to make sure
the item you are looking at is from India or China. You must click on
the pictured item to get a description. Be patient, the
information is coming all the way from Japan.
Virtual
Museum Note taking Sheet
Available through the school network only. You should have a
print copy from your teacher. Make sure that you are citing your
sources!
Virtual
Museum Power Point
Available through the school network only.
Virtual Museum Power Point Directions
Available through the school network only.
Stem Cell Debate
Viewpoint
Essays can be found at the Opposing Viewpoints site. Can be found
at the top of this page and on the Library's Main Page.
Use
Grolier Encyclopedias to check on stem cell related diseases or any
term you are unsure of.
National Institute
of Health
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/
Scroll down to the table of contents to get information that should
help you with your research sheet.
Univerisity
of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/facts.html
Helpful question and answer format.
Stem Cell Cultivation Image
http://www.hawkhill.com/stem.jpg
Diagram of a stem cell cultivaton.
Stem Cell Cultivation Animation
http://www.dnalc.org/stemcells.html
Shows the process by which embryonic stems cells are convinced to
develop into specific cell types.
Stem
Cell Demonstration
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/stemcells.html
Demonstrates how stem cells develop in a culture.
Glossary
A glossary of terms.
Civil War Unit
Score
Virtual Museum
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cwvm/cwvmtg.htm
Activity
1
Activity
2
Activity 4
Activity
5
Activity
6
Activity 7
Egytian Project
Ancient
Egypt Transportation
http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/means_of_transportation.htm
A short description of the means of Transportation in Ancient
Egypt. Beware, this site
gets popups, just close them up.
Ancient Egypt Weapons
http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/weapons/edged_weapons.htm
Short description of Ancient Egyptian Weapons.
Bergen
Schools Ancient Egypt
http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Egypt/social_report.html
Contains information on Housing and
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.
Boston Museum of Sciene
http://www.mos.org/quest/afterlife.php
The Afterlife was
important to the Ancient Egyptian.
British Museum
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html
Beautiful interactive site which tells all about the important Gods and Goddesses of Ancient
Egypt.
Make sure to scroll down and click on "Explore".
Carnegie
Museum
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/dailylife.htm
Aspects of Daily Life are
discussed on this page. Also covers Religion.
Charlotte
Coutry Day School Egypt
http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Egypt/04/haup/hauptfuhrer.htm
A great essay by a student on the affect of the Nile on Ancient Egypt's
Civilization.
History
for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/clothing/index.htm
An overview of Clothing in
Ancient Egypt.
History
for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/food/egyptfood.htm
Information on the Food
of Ancient Egypt.
KingTutOne
http://www.kingtutone.com/queens/cleopatra/
Biography of Egypt's Queen Cleopatra
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/index.htm
Contains information on Pyramids
and Temples, Hieroglyphics,
and Kings and Queens (Pharaohs)
Mark Millmore's Ancient
Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm
The Egyptian number system and Math.
Minnesota State University EMuseum
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/medicine.html
This site deals with Ancient Egytian Medicine.
National
Geographic's Secrets of the Ancient World
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html
Has a great deal of information on Pyramids
and Tombs. Make sure
to read the
text before clicking on the pyramids.
Ancient
Egypt's Deepest Secrets Revealed!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/technology.htm
Technology and Inventions of
Ancient Egypt.
Tour Egypt
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sphinx1.htm
Contains lots and lots of information on the Great Sphinx.
University of Michigan
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/
Great overview of Mummies
and the mummification process.
See YOUR Name in Egytian Hieroglyphics
http://www.kingtut-treasures.com/hiero.htm
Use this site to translate your name into hieroglyphics. Use only
after your research
is done!!
Ancient Egypt
British Museum Ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut
History for Kids
Curse of Tutankhamen
National Geographic
Tomb of Tutankhamen
NOVA's Pyramids
Sptimes
Acient Egypt
Cells
Life
Science Safari
http://vilenski.org/science/safari/classifyall/eukaryotic.html
Discusses briefly the difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaroytic
cells.
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/cell_organelles.html&edu=elem
Diagrams of prokaryotic and eukarotic cells.
Gondar Design Science
http://www.purchon.com/biology/cells.htm
The difference between animal cells and plant cells.
Cells Alive! Cell Biology
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm
Diagrams of plant and animal cells and information about their
organelles.
Enchanted
Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell/
Contains a defintion of a cell.
Kimball's
Biology Pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/AnimalCells.html
Detailed diagram of an animal cell with links to information
about the organelles.
The
Biology Project
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page3.html
A Prokaryotes,
Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial.
Wisconsin
Online Resource
Center
http://www.wisc-online.com/index.asp?objID=AP11403
Click on "Typical Animal Cell" to get an interactive diagram.
Very cool.
Cellular
Biology Thinkquest
http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/structures.html
The Rubric
The grading rubric for this project. Take a look!
Roller Coasters
Roller Coaster Simulator
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/index.html
Roller Coaster Database
http://www.rcdb.com/
Election Issues
Time
for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election04/issues.html
Gives an overview of both candidates stands on five key issues.
Scholastic's
Where the Candidates Stand
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election_countdown/candidates/index.asp?article=issues
Gives an overview of both candidates stands on five key issues.
Time's Election 2004, Where they stand
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101041101/photoessay/
Make sure to click the continue arrows at the bottom of the screen to
go on to the next issue.
Bush/Cheney '04
http://www.georgewbush.com/News/
Official site of the George Bush campaign for re-election. Use
the tabs across the top of the
page to get the official stand on these issues.
Kerry/Edwards Pressroom
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/
This section of the Kerry/Edwards campaign for president contains his
stands on many issues.
Look at the issues under the section "Plan for America".
Les Morts Francais
Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
Use the Seach by Name
function. This website has some basic biographical information,
exact dates of birth and death, and most interestingly, photographs of
the deceasesed's grave. Don't forget to check for "more photos
not showing" after the tomb photographs.
Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
This site claims to be the "largest guide to posthumous biography on
the Web". Use the alphabet on the right side, the seach
function does not always work well.
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Click on Biography Search on
the left hand side of the screen. The photographs sometimes load
slowly, be patient. This site has very basic, short biographies.
Who2
http://www.who2.com/
Contains very basic information but it most useful for it's links to
other sites.
Bruce Coville
Mr. Coville will be visiting Todd October 26th and 27th!
The Official Bruce Coville
Site
http://www.brucecoville.com/
Kidsreads
Bruce Coville site
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-coville-bruce.asp
Fantastic
Fiction Bruce Coville page
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Bruce_Coville.htm
Has his upcoming new titles as well as his series and sequels.
Fairy Tales
Scholastic's
Myths,
Folktales & Fairy Tales
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/
Scholastic's
Discovering Fairy Tales
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fairytales_discovering.htm
Rogers
Review
Glencoe
Life Science 7th Grade
http://glencoe.com/sec/science/lep_science/life_science/index.html
Go to Chaper Resources and click the appropriate unit and chapter.
Click Quiz. Print ONLY the
first page!!!
Glencoe
Physical Science 8th Grade
http://glencoe.com/sec/science/lep_science/physical_science/index.html
Go to Chaper Resources and click the appropriate unit and chapter.
Click Quiz. Print ONLY the
first page!!!
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Arc/
Centre
Pompidou
http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm
Champs
-Elysees
http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/champselysees.htm
Gare du Nord
http://www.paris.org/Gares/Nord/
Hotel
de Ville
http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/hoteldeville.htm
Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
Notre Dame
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/NDame/
Parc
de la Villette
http://www.villette.com/us/mainprog.htm
Public Parks and Gardens
Bois de Boulogne
http://www.parisdigest.com/takingarest/boisdeboulogne.htm
Jardin
du Luxembourg
http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/jardinduluxembourg.htm
Jardin des Tuileries
http://www.123paris.net/attractions/jardin-des-tuileries.html
Sacre Coeur
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Sacre.Coeur/
Shops
Gallieries
de Lafayette
http://www.galerieslafayette.com/ Click on
International Customers.
Printemps
http://www.printemps.com/
Tour Eiffel
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/
Versailles
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
French Only
Auchan
http://www.auchan.fr/
Bois de
Vincennes
http://www.boisdevincennes.com/site/index.php3
Quotes
Quoteland
http://www.quoteland.com/
Look up quotes by topic.
Bartleby's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/100/
Use the search box to find a quote by subject.
Creative Quotations
http://creativequotations.com/
You can search this quotation database by date or name.
We Didn't Start the Fire
School
of Champions Lyrics
http://www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_lyrics.htm
After you look over this page and take the quiz you can click on
"We Didn't Start the Fire" (Facts) link in the Historical Events
section
of the page.
Todd
Library Catalog
http://horizon.dcboces.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=stms#focus
Check for books in our library. Don't forget the sets of print
encyclopedias!
Funk
and Wagnall's Encyclopedia
http://web12.epnet.com/
Works better when you type in a person's last name then first
name.
HEC
6thGrade
Career Pathfinder
7th
Grade Career Pathfinder
CareerZone
Reality
Check
Car Project
How far does light go?
How
far?
Webquest
How
far? temporary link
Canada/Quebec/Montreal
CIA
World Factbook
CountryWatch
Government
of Quebec
Official
Website of Quebec
Fodor's
Miniguides
Official
Canada Website
Math Magazine
The Mint
http://www.themint.org/
National Library
of Virtual Manupulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/index.html
CoolMath4Kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
FunBrain
http://www.funbrain.com/
CountOn
http://www.mathsyear2000.org/
CuriousMath
http://www.curiousmath.com/
Mudd Fun Facts
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
AllMath.com
http://www.allmath.com/
Rice University
http://www.math.rice.edu/
Amendments Project
National
Constitution
Center's Interactive Constitution
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
Use the navigation bar at the top of your screen to choose your
amendment.
Bacterial War
CDC (Center for Disease Control)
http://www.cdc.gov/page.do
Enter the name of your bacterial disease into the search box.
You should find a general article which includes information on the
spread
of the bacteria and the signs and symtoms of the disease it causes.
Gale
Health Reference Center
Enter the name of your bacteria in the search box. If this link
does not work, use the Gale link at the top of this page.
American
History
Museum - Infection Detection Protection
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/
Quizzes to take when your research is completed.
Career Paper
Career
Zone Search
http://www.nycareerzone.org/
Use this familiar site to search for information on your chosen
career.
You should remember Career Zone from HEC.
U.S. Department
of
Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov
Contains sections on Nature of the Work,Working Conditions,
Employment,
Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related
Occupations,
Sources of Additional Information such as webstite.
America's
Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/select_occupation.asp?stfips=&next=occ_rep
Do a keyword occupation search to get an Occupation Report, click
"Metro
Wages" on the left hand menu to compare wages in up to 10 cities for
your
chosen career. You may also view a video related to your career.
O*NET Online
http://online.onetcenter.org/gen_search_page
Find your occupation by keyword or area search. Inludes Tasks,
Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities, Work Activities, Work Context, Job Zone, Interests,
Work Values, Related Occupations, Wages & Employment
Musical Instrument History
The American Musical Instrument
Society
http://www.amis.org/links.htm
Extensive database of links for virtually every field in music.
Electronic Musical
Instruments
Page
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/
A timeline of electronic music instrument history. Includes links to
information of particular instruments and innovators.
Evolution of the
Instruments
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002478F/
Use the links on the left hand side of the page to choose your
instrument
family and then your instrument. Click "up" to go back to the
menu.
The Museum of
Musical
Instruments
http://www.themomi.org/museum/index2.html
This site is in conjunction with MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New
York City.
Musical
Instrument
Encyclopedia
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
A sampler of some of the world’s most interesting instruments. There
is a search engine to browse their reference material.
PageWise
Musical
Instruments
http://www.essortment.com/in/Music.Instruments/
Large assortment of musical instrument links. Several links to
instrument
information, categorized by instrument family.
About.com's
Guide to the History Behind Musical Instruments
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmusic.htm
Many links to information on specific instrument histories.
South
Hamilton School's History of Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
Includes several pictures of instruments being played by musicians
in period clothing.
Element CD Jacket
Chemical Elements.com
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Click on the element on the periodical table or click the links on
the left side of the screen for a table by name.
Periodic Table
of the Elements
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
From the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Click on the element
in the periodic table to find information about it's history and uses.
Sample Element CD
Project
This is a Microsoft Word document that you may save to your own g:
drive and alter for your own CD. Please save it to your g: drive
before making any changes. Thank you!
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/
Use Amazon if you need to see a photo of your band's CD. You
may also use the print resource Contemporary Musicians.
Periodic Table of
Comics
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Only follow this link AFTER you are completely done with your research!
Invertebrate Journal
Enchanted
Learning Invertebrates
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/index.shtml
Plaleos
Invertebrates
http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/default.htm
KidsKonnect
Invertebrates
http://kidskonnect.com/Invertebrates/InvertebratesHome.html
KidsPort
Invertebrates
http://kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexinv.htm
Gander's
Academy
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/invertebrates.htm
Animal
Planet Spiders
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/atoz/spiders.html
Classification
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Encyclopedia
of Animals
http://web11.epnet.com/
Use for the scientific classification of animals only.
Encyclopedia.com
http://encyclopedia.com/
Use for classifications of plants and animals.
Genetics Scavenger Hunt
Kid's Genetics
http://www.genetics.gsk.com/kids/heredity01.htm
DNA from
the Beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/2/concept/index.html
Mendal's
Genetics
http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_1.htm
Civil War Museum Project
Todd
Library Catalog
http://horizon.dcboces.org/
You must click on the title of the item you wish to find, then
scroll
down to find the call number.
Civil
War Battle Summaries
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
Battle summaries are arranged by campaign, but you may see them
by state by clicking the link on the left.
Civil War
Biographies
http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm
From Shotgun's Civil War page. A limited number of biographies
are available. Check print resources in the Todd Library Catalog.
Civil War @
Smithsonian
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/collections.html
A vast collection of objects from the Smithsonian Institution are
available here. Check the links at the left hand side for primary
documents and information related to your topic.
Civil War
Maps from American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
This collection is part of the Library of Congress. Scroll
down to find a description of the collection and directions for its use.
Civil
War Photographs from American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Scroll down for a description of the collection and searching
options.
Cornell's
Official Records of the Civil War
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html
Official records of military operations, correspondence and
orders.
Records are searchable, use the simple search option.
KidPort
Reference Civil War
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/CivilWar.htm
Make sure to scroll down to "pages on the Civil War".
Shotgun's Home of
the American Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/index.htm
A huge collection of information and links put together by Civil
War aficionado Dick Weeks. Check the table for links to your
topic
or scroll down to search the site.
The Valley of the
Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Contains primary source material from both a southern and a northern
community.
Women
Soldiers of the Civil War
http://www.archives.gov/
Resources from the National Archives. Make sure to scroll
down to look at Part 2 and Part3.
Cloning
What
is Cloning?
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/whatiscloning/
Click
and Clone
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clickandclone/
Cloning
Issues
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/clissues/
Plate Tectonics
Todd
Library Catalog
http://horizon.dcboces.org/
Use your "keywords" to find out if Todd Library has a book on your
topic. Click on the title of the book, then scroll down to find
the
call number.
Dynamic
Earth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
A book previously just in print, adapted to be a website.
This site has a bit of information on many of the topics.
Early Man Websites
Early
Man student pages
Http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/lewis/earlyman/index.htm
This is the site that contains the details of
the project. Make sure to read each section of the webquest
carefully
to make sure you understand your tasks. Use the links below to
find
information on your early man rather than the links in the "process"
section
of the webquest.
The
Life and Times of Early Man
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/EarlyMan.html
Excellent source of information for all early
man groups. Click or scroll down the the "Cheat Sheet" and then
click
on the name of your early man.
Other sites to try:
Yahooligans
Early Man
Virtual
Tour
Lost
Cave People, Search For
Science
Odyssey Human Evolution
Science
Odyssey human Evolution activity
Science
Odyssey Fossilized Footprints
Science
Odyssey Lucy
Cave
Paintings
Becoming
Human
Washington
State University Modules
Health
USDA
Dietary Guidelines for Good Health
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/
U.S. Department of Agriculture gives advice on how dietary and exercies
habits promote good health and reduce risk for diseases. Revised
every 5 years.
National
Institutes of Health
http://health.nih.gov/
Five-a-Day
http://www.5aday.gov/
This program from the National Cancer Institute is designed to
encourage
people to consume at least 5 serving of fruits and vegetables each day
for good health.
Food
Guide Pyramid
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/food-pyramid/main.htm
An introduction to the Food Guide Pyramid including activities to
evaluate
your diet.
FDA Guide to
Food Lables
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html
Drive Through
Diet
Kid's
Health Organization
Spanish Speaking Countries
Google Images
http://www.google.com/imghp
You may use most images for education use but you must site the source
of the photo! Go to the webpage where the photograph comes from
to make sure that it is actually from the country you wish. Stick
to reliable sources such as educational or government websites.
You must give the web address of any photo you use! The best way
to do this is to copy and paste the address under the photo in your
document.
Grolier Encyclopedias
http://go.grolier.com
This site includes Lands and Peoples Encyclopedia, an
excellent resource for country information.
CIA
WorldFactBook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Mostly statistical information but a great place to get the flag and
map.
Fodor's
Miniguides
http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/
Many spanish speaking cities included. Look for
your city by country first.
Midi
Heaven
National Anthems
http://laurasmidiheaven.com/International.shtml
An alphabetical list of national anthems available for
download which may be used in your presentation.
KidLink
Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/index.html
Has holidays arranged by country, more information on the holidays
than encyclopedias and Culturegrams. Please also try The
Folklore
of World Holidays found in the Reference section at REF 394.2 FOL.
Currency Converter
Earth Science
GeoScience
http://www.bedford.k12.ny.us/flhs/science/geohome.html
Earth
Science
Labs
http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/3.html
www.geocities.com/earthscience317
Frog Guts!
Froguts.com
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.html
Choose "Dissection with Quizzes and Test" on the LEFT
Body Systems
Gander
Academy's
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/body.htm
Mr.
Cottle's class website
http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/morgan_cottle/body/body.htm
Human Body
Systems
Student Site
http://www.stcms.si.edu/hbs/hbs_student.htm
Life Science
Connections
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/
A Look
Inside
the Human Body
http://www.users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/
Glaciers
Fundimentals
of Physical Geography Glossary
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/physgeoglos/glossary.html
Not a great site, but will need for Kettles and Outwash plain.
Glacier
Gallery
http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/gallery/
Pictures of glacial features.
Glacier
Glossery
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/glossary/index.html
Glossery of glacial features.
Glacier
Image
Database
http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/imageref.html
Pictures of glaciers.
Geography
Exchange Resource Center
http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/resources/index.html#Earth
Scroll down to Glacers.
Illustrated
Glossery of Glacial Landforms
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary/glossary.html
Defintions and pictures.
Protozoa
- American
Museum of Natural History
- Microbiology
- Protist
Image Data: The Picture Gallery
- Protist
Databases
- Systematics
of the Eukaryota
Protista
Index
Civil Rights Movement
To complete the Civil Rights Project, in addition to researching
the individual events you must have an understanding of the whole Civil
Rights Movement. You are required to explain why the event or
person is significant in the stuggle and relate it or them to the
movement and its history. General Civil Rights resources will
help you with this.
General sources:
African
American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
Excellent source from the Library of Congress. Scroll down to
IX Civil Rights, then look at both parts of the
exhibit. Many of the topics are covered and include primary
documents.
National Civil Rights Museum
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html
Take the Virtual Tour which outlines the events of the Civil Rights
Movement starting with the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Please follow the directions for taking the tour on the site.
Erie
Times News in Education What
are Civil Rights?
http://www.goerie.com/nie_civilrights/civil_rights.html
Overview of what are defined as Civil Rights and a time line from
1690-2000.
Specific events:
For most persons and events you may use the Student Resource Center. The
link to this resource is found on the Library's Main Page and at the
top of the Current Links page. Use keywords from
the project sheet rather than the whole phrase given to you. If
you have any difficulty see the librarian for hints on keywords to use.
PBS Scottsboro An
American Tragedy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/
Try the timeline for an outline of events
Little Rock Central High School
http://www.centralhigh57.org/
History of the Little Rock 9 integration.
NAAPC
http://www.naacp.org/index.html
Look at the Our Roots section for a historical look at the organization.
About.com African American History
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa080403a.htm
Sit-ins.
Teaching
American History.org
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=100
Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail.
Thompson Gale Free Resources
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/literature/birmingham_jail.htm
Information About the Letter from Birmingham City Jail.
African-American
Almanac
Biographies
http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/bio.htm
Some biographies, not all inclusive.
CORE
http://www.core-online.org/
SCLC
http://sclcnational.org
Gale
Resource Center
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/index.htm
Nice, long, biographies for Black History Month.
National Women's Hall
of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php
Biographies of inductees to the Hall of Fame.
Notable
African-Americans
from Information Please Almanac.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmbios1.html
VERY short biographies of African-Americans.
University of
Georgia
http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html
Biographies of notable African-americans.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
http://www.landmarkcases.org/
Find the cases on the left side of the page.
Washington, D.C.
List
of Sites, Historic Places
Park
Explorer, Picture Search
Official
Washington D.C. Homepage
Air
and Space Museum
Albert
Einstein Planetarium
American
History Museum
Arlington
Cemetery
Bureau
of Engraving and Printing
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Ford's
Theater
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Holocaust
Memorial Museum
Iwo
Jima Memorial
Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts
Korean
War Veterans Memorial
National
Gallery of Art
Natural
History Museum
Navy
Museum
Pentagon
Peterson
House, Ford's Theater
Postal
Museum
Supreme
Court
Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier
United
States Mint
Vietnam
Memorial
White
House Tour
Women
in Military Service Memorial (Nurse's Memorial?)
World
War II Memorial
Regents Prep
Math A and Earth Science Regents Prep
Frog Dissections
Virtual
Frog Dissection (cartoon)
Frogguts
(online dissection, actual frog)
Detailed
directions and pictures, actual frog)
Invertebrates
Folklore
American Folklore
Encyclopedia
Mythica
Folklore
Electronic
texts
Folktales from Around
the World
Medieval Times
CastlesOnTheWeb
E-Museum
Middle Ages
Fordham
Medieval Resources
Life
in the Middle Ages
Plague
What
was it really like to live in the middle ages?
WWW
Medieval Resources
Composers
Classical
Composer's Archive
http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
Comprehensive database of biographical information on
classical composers.
Classical
Music
Navigator
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm
Gives some hard to find information such as influences and best known
for. Do NOT click on the
composers name, this takes you to a subscription site.
Classical
Music Pages
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/composer_index.html
Lengthy biographies from Grove's Dictionary of Music.
Essentials
of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
Has short biographies and sometimes samples of the
composer's
work.
Teen Issues
Explorers
About.com-
Age of Exploration
Discoverers
Web
Discovery
School Explorers
Famous Women
Distinguished Women Past
and
Present
National Women's Hall
of Fame
Timeline of Women's
History
Women's
Studies Reading Room
Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble
Project
Instructions
Topo
Map Reading Guide
Mapserver
Proverbs
Bartlett's
Quotations
One-liners
and Proverbs
Proverbs,
Precepts, Adages, Maxims & Quotations
Quotations
Page
Child Labor
Definition
of Child Labor
Child
Labor Pictures
Human
Rights Watch - Child Labor
History
Place-Child Labor
Tree Identification
Iowa State Tree
Identification
What Tree Is It?
Trees
