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This page was last updated on 11/07/05.
BBC
Animals -- Contains
sections on birds, mammals, sea life, pets and conservation.
BirdIQ -- Information
about birds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Desert Animals & Wildlife -- Information, photographs and classifications of U.S. desert wildlife.
Sounds of
the World's Animals -- Includes animal sounds in foreign languages and pictures.
Architectural Studio 3D -- Interactively design a house on a site sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
Art History Network -- Collects art history, archaeology and architecture resources.
Art History Resources on the Web -- Links for web sites on everything from prehistoric to 21st Century art.
Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine -- Database of over 7,500 artists and their works.
Guggenheim Museum -- Includes selections from the works of 169 artists in its collection.
Louvre -- View selections from the museum's collections.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
-- View the many treasures from 5,000 years of art at the museum.
Biography.com -- Web site of A&E show, Biography, has information on over 25,000 individuals.
Academy of Achievement: Gallery of Achievement -- Profiles of individuals selected by the American Academy of Achievement.
Faces
of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
-- Biographies of famous African-American scientists.
National
Portrait Gallery -- Presents paintings of figures from American history.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive -- Information on the Nobel Prize and the winners.
Ask Asia -- Information on Asian countries and culture.
Atlapedia -- Physical and political maps of the world with facts and statistics of countries.
Background
Notes -- From the US State Department information
on selected countries of the world.
Canadian
Encyclopedia
-- Information on
Canadian history and culture.
CIA World Factbook-- Statistical information for countries including maps, flags, and facts.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks -- In-depth studies from Library of Congress and US Army.
Earth Calendar -- Search for international holidays by date, country or religion.
Embassy World -- Addresses of embassies and missions around the world.
Geography@About.com
-- Provides links to maps and geographical information..
Human Rights Watch --
Information and news stories on human rights issues around the world.
Places in the News
-- Provides maps to accompany current event stories.
(Part of LC's American Memory)
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
-- Provides information on the UN and its countries.
World
Weather Information Service --
Provides worldwide weather forecasts and climatological
information.
Economic Education Web: EcEdWeb -- Includes teaching materials, online lessons, and links to useful sites.
EconEdLink -- Source of "economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students."
It All Adds Up -- Lessons for teenagers on personal finance with teacher resources.
The Mint -- Web site for middle and high school on money and finance.
Planet Orange -- Interactive web site explores investment, saving, spending and currency.
Wise Pockets -- A personal finance site with sections for children and teachers.
CLIC-On-Health --
Collects links to consumer health web sites and local medical
resources.
Consumer
Health for Kids -- Annotated links to 22 health and medical
information sites for kids.
Healthfinder -- Provides
information on a variety of health related subjects. Sponsored by U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Medical
Mysteries -- Online game that challenges students
to solve mysteries about infectious diseases.
MEDtropolis -- Health
web site includes guided tours through the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive
tract.
MedlinePlus -- Access to medical and health databases and resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
My Pyramid -- Official USDA web site for the Food Pyramid includes nutrition information and interactive games.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health -- Consumer health site.
Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
Jurist: Legal News and Research
Legal Information Institute Home Page
Supreme Court of the United States
WashLaw WEB: Washburn University School Of Law Library
Author Yellow Pages -- Searchable directory of author websites
Bartleby: Great Books Online -- Full text of all types of literature
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature -- Search database of more than 3,500 records.
International Children's Digital
Library -- Collects more than 10,000 books in at least 100
languages.
J. K. Rowling -- Author's
web site is interactive and a model of accessibility.
Mr. William
Shakespeare and the Internet -- Information and links about
Shakespeare, his life and times
On-Line Books
Page -- Full text of over 13,000 listings, accessible by author,
title, or subject
Project Gutenberg --
Collects the text for a very wide range of electronic books
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy --
Online resource written and maintained
by experts in their fields.
StoryPlace -- Stories and activities for Pre-2
Calculator.com -- Presents a variety of standard and scientific online calculators
Coolmath4kids -- Collection of math games
Count On -- British site of interactive math games and activities
Cut the knot -- Interactive math games and puzzles
Figure
This -- Math problems designed to be solved as family
activities
Mathbrain
-- Online board game helps develop math skills
Multi-Topic Sites
Awesome Library for
Kids -- Links to school subjects and fun activities.
Awesome Library for Teens
-- Links to school subjects and activities suitable for
teenagers.
EncyloZine
-- Science, technology, arts & humanities.
Funbrain
-- Educational games for grades from K-8.
FirstGov for Kids --
Provides links grouped by subject to Federal kids' sites along with sites from other organizations.
Great
Web Sites for Kids -- American Library
Association's selection of recommended web sites for children.
Homework Spot -- Links to sites on a wide range of subjects divided by grade level.
Internet Public Library -- Recommended resources on a variety of subjects.
African Music Encyclopedia
-- Information on African musicians, links to country information
All Music
Guide -- Biographies and CD reviews for musicians and
composers in styles
ranging from rock to classical.
River of Song -- Companion
web site to Smithsonian television series about contemporary music along the
Mississippi River.
Top of the Page
Presidents
of the USA -- Collects links to sources of Presidential
information.
Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents -- Weekly
documents plus
archives since 1993
White House
-- Information on current and past Presidents.
Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn --
Official site for NASA's mission to Saturn with impressive images
and lesson plans.
Conservation
Central -- Site from the National Zoo explores conservation
topics through interactive lessons.
Earth Science Information Center -- Resources from the U.S. Geological Survey.
eNature.com -- Provides information on a wide range of plants and animals.
Exploratorium -- Interactive web site from the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco.
eSkeletons Project -- Interactive human & baboon skeletons and comparative anatomy.
Invention
Dimension -- Provides lively information
and activities on inventors and their inventions.
J-Track
Satellite Tracking -- Enables you to
track the location of orbiting satellites and spacecraft in real time.
Miracle
of Fall -- Collection of links about all
aspects of autumn and fall foliage from the University of Illinois Extension.
Ocean
World -- Provides information and
resources on many aspects of oceanography.
Packetville
-- Interactive games encourage students' interest
in science and information technology.
Periodic
Table of the Elements -- Interactive
table presented by Los Alamos National Laboratories.
SciCentral
-- Gateway to scientific research news. Suitable for high
school students.
Science Fair
Central
-- Comprehensive guide to creating science fair
projects.
Science Net -- Links to science resources from Toronto Public Library.
ScienceDaily
Magazine -- Latest news on scientific research.
Science.gov
-- Gateway to science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research
results.
Scifair.org --
Provides instructions on how to develop a science fair project.
T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S.
Project -- Describes scientific
experiments performed on cream-filled snack cakes.
The Why? Files
-- Provides the scientific background to current news stories.
American and British History Resources on the Internet -- Rutgers University history links.
America's Story from America's Library -- History from the Library of Congress for Kids.
Ancient Egypt (Gander Academy) -- All aspects of life in ancient Egypt.
Biography of America -- Designed as to supplement Annenberg/CPB's television & video series, site contains additional information, maps, transcript and links related to each segment.
Congress for
Kids -- Interactive tour of the U.S.
Congress for students in grades 4-12.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian The Smithsonian from A to Z
-- Information from the vast collections at the Smithsonian
Institution.
Eyewitness to History -- Print, audio, photos of world history.
Govspot -- Links to information and news from all levels of the Federal government and each state. Includes world affairs, money, politics, social services, science, travel.
Hargrett Library (University of Georgia) -- Manuscripts and rare maps arranged by period of US history.
History Matters (George Mason University) -- US History links and primary sources.
Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity -- Detailed site on the
French Revolution includes many primary source materials.
Project Vote Smart
-- Provides information on elected officials. Can search
by zip code to locate your state and federal representatives.
WebChron -- Chronologies of the world accessible through two sections: regional or cross-cultural.
World Rulers-- Kings Presidents Prime Ministers of the World
-- Leaders by country and links to web sites about
each country in the world.
WW2 People's War --
BBC site collects eyewitness stories of World War II.
Top of the Page
50States.com
-- Information in areas such as state songs,
sport teams, and political systems.
National
Atlas of the United States -- Interactive and multimedia maps.
Postcards From America
-- Teaches American geography through postcards
Stateline.org
-- Collects state news and discusses how
various political issues affect the states.
US Census Bureau State and County QuickFacts -- Provides population and social statistics.